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UK surname

Goodeve

In the 1881 census there were 134 people recorded with the Goodeve surname, ranking it #16,602 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 176, ranked #21,298, down from #16,602 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, South Stoneham and Clifton. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Chichester, Halton and Test Valley.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Goodeve is 201 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 31.3%.

1881 census count

134

Ranked #16,602

Modern count

176

2016, ranked #21,298

Peak year

1911

201 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Goodeve had 134 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #16,602 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 176 in 2016, ranked #21,298.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 201 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Goodeve surname distribution map

The map shows where the Goodeve surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Goodeve surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Goodeve over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 131 #14,243
1861 historical 91 #22,206
1881 historical 134 #16,602
1891 historical 131 #20,073
1901 historical 169 #16,824
1911 historical 201 #14,905
1997 modern 177 #19,018
1998 modern 175 #19,658
1999 modern 170 #20,153
2000 modern 170 #20,120
2001 modern 166 #20,129
2002 modern 164 #20,687
2003 modern 165 #20,401
2004 modern 164 #20,609
2005 modern 167 #20,296
2006 modern 173 #19,995
2007 modern 178 #19,887
2008 modern 177 #20,169
2009 modern 187 #19,868
2010 modern 184 #20,521
2011 modern 180 #20,649
2012 modern 173 #21,135
2013 modern 181 #20,879
2014 modern 185 #20,739
2015 modern 179 #21,069
2016 modern 176 #21,298

Geography

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Where Goodeves are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, South Stoneham, Clifton, London parishes and Portsmouth, Portsea. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Chichester, Halton, Test Valley and Portsmouth. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 South Stoneham Hampshire
3 Clifton Gloucestershire
4 London parishes London 3
5 Portsmouth, Portsea Hampshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Chichester 010 Chichester
2 Halton 010 Halton
3 Test Valley 004 Test Valley
4 Portsmouth 021 Portsmouth
5 Portsmouth 010 Portsmouth

Forenames

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First names often paired with Goodeve

These lists show first names that appear often with the Goodeve surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Goodeve

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Goodeve, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Goodeve surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Goodeve household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Goodeve is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Goodeve is most concentrated in decile 7 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Goodeve falls in decile 10 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Goodeve is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Goodeve, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Goodeve families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Goodeve surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Hampshire leads with 33 Goodeves recorded in 1881 and an index of 12.23x.

County Total Index
Hampshire 33 12.23x
Middlesex 28 2.13x
Gloucestershire 16 6.20x
Surrey 13 2.03x
Essex 9 3.46x
Somerset 9 4.25x
Sussex 9 4.05x
Nottinghamshire 7 3.94x
Kent 6 1.34x
Hertfordshire 3 3.31x
Lincolnshire 1 0.48x
Royal Navy 1 6.37x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bethnal Green London in Middlesex leads with 15 Goodeves recorded in 1881 and an index of 26.22x.

Place Total Index
Bethnal Green London 15 26.22x
South Stoneham 8 136.75x
Stoke 8 264.03x
Bedminster 7 35.14x
Mansfield Woodhouse 7 593.22x
Portsea 7 13.24x
Deptford St Paul 6 17.32x
Hampnett 6 8571.43x
Clifton 5 38.31x
Hound 5 273.22x
Prittlewell 5 138.89x
Liss 4 727.27x
Horsham 3 69.61x
Mile End Old Town London 3 10.71x
Richmond 3 33.37x
Shoreditch London 3 5.26x
Westbury On Trym 3 34.29x
Alverstoke 2 20.47x
Bramshott 2 298.51x
Bristol St James St Paul 2 23.23x
Buriton 2 384.62x
Chichester St 2 1333.33x
Frome 2 39.45x
Hammersmith London 2 6.17x
Leaden Roothing 2 2500.00x
Penge 2 23.78x
Stevenage 2 141.84x
Clerkenwell London 1 3.22x
Elsted 1 1111.11x
Farnborough 1 35.34x
Iping 1 416.67x
Islington London 1 0.78x
Little Ilford 1 222.22x
Lymington 1 50.51x
Midhurst 1 136.99x
Petersfield 1 135.14x
Romford 1 24.33x
Rotherfield 1 51.28x
Royal Navy 1 7.46x
St Benet Fink London 1 1666.67x
St George Hanover Square 1 4.31x
Stamford St Mary 1 232.56x
Stoke Newington London 1 9.75x
Watford 1 14.20x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Goodeve surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Sarah 8
Elizabeth 4
Ellen 4
Florence 4
Ada 3
Caroline 3
Kate 3
Alice 2
Caro. 2
Emily 2
Emma 2
Emmeline 2
Jane 2
Lucy 2
Maria 2
Ruth 2
Amy 1
Ann 1
Anna 1
Anne 1
Carrington 1
Edith 1
Eliza 1
Elizth. 1
Fanny 1
Frances 1
Gladys 1
Hannah 1
Harriet 1
Lydia 1
M.L. 1
Margaret 1
Mary 1
Matha 1
Matilda 1
Maude 1
May 1
Nelly 1
Rachel 1
S. 1
Selina 1
Susan 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Goodeve surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
John 7
George 6
Henry 6
William 6
Albert 4
Charles 4
Alfred 3
Edwin 2
Frederick 2
Harry 2
Louis 2
Walter 2
Christopher 1
Edgar 1
Francis 1
Freak 1
Fredk. 1
Heny. 1
James 1
Leonard 1
Oliver 1
Percy 1
Richard 1
Stephen 1
Thomas 1
Victor 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Goodeve surname: questions and answers

How common was the Goodeve surname in 1881?

In 1881, 134 people were recorded with the Goodeve surname. That placed it at #16,602 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Goodeve surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 176 in 2016. That gives Goodeve a modern rank of #21,298.

What does the Goodeve map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Goodeve bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.