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UK surname

Jellicoe

In the 1881 census there were 192 people recorded with the Jellicoe surname, ranking it #13,185 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 283, ranked #15,359, down from #13,185 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Neston, St Mary Islington and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Cheshire West and Chester, Conwy and Brighton and Hove.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Jellicoe is 295 in 2011. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 47.4%.

1881 census count

192

Ranked #13,185

Modern count

283

2016, ranked #15,359

Peak year

2011

295 bearers

Map years

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1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Jellicoe had 192 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #13,185 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 283 in 2016, ranked #15,359.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 284 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Jellicoe surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Jellicoe surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Jellicoe 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 76 #20,127
1861 historical 71 #24,765
1881 historical 192 #13,185
1891 historical 228 #13,582
1901 historical 284 #12,093
1911 historical 259 #12,585
1997 modern 270 #14,515
1998 modern 278 #14,620
1999 modern 278 #14,705
2000 modern 281 #14,567
2001 modern 275 #14,540
2002 modern 275 #14,819
2003 modern 281 #14,443
2004 modern 272 #14,843
2005 modern 263 #15,139
2006 modern 273 #14,804
2007 modern 276 #14,855
2008 modern 282 #14,748
2009 modern 291 #14,742
2010 modern 289 #15,127
2011 modern 295 #14,758
2012 modern 266 #15,828
2013 modern 277 #15,644
2014 modern 277 #15,734
2015 modern 278 #15,586
2016 modern 283 #15,359

Geography

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Where Jellicoes are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Neston, St Mary Islington, London parishes, Bidstone and Southwold. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Cheshire West and Chester, Conwy and Brighton and Hove. 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 Neston Cheshire
2 St Mary Islington London (North Districts)
3 London parishes London 2
4 Bidstone Cheshire
5 Southwold Suffolk

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Cheshire West and Chester 001 Cheshire West and Chester
2 Cheshire West and Chester 006 Cheshire West and Chester
3 Conwy 012 Conwy
4 Cheshire West and Chester 004 Cheshire West and Chester
5 Brighton and Hove 025 Brighton and Hove

Forenames

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First names often paired with Jellicoe

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Jellicoe

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Jellicoe, 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

Retired Professionals

Group

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Jellicoe surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Jellicoe household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

European Enclaves

Within London, Jellicoe is most associated with areas classed as European Enclaves, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. 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

Many residents of these accessible neighbourhoods have wide-ranging non-UK European origins. Typically residing in privately rented flats, many residents live alone and are beyond normal retirement age. There are more students than elsewhere in the Supergroup, some of which live in communal establishments. Household residents are often drawn from different ethnic groups.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Jellicoe is most concentrated in decile 1 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy end of the index.

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

Jellicoe falls in decile 5 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

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 Jellicoe is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

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

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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Jellicoe families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Jellicoe 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. Cheshire leads with 88 Jellicoes recorded in 1881 and an index of 21.18x.

County Total Index
Cheshire 88 21.18x
Middlesex 42 2.23x
Denbighshire 14 19.69x
Suffolk 11 4.80x
Surrey 7 0.76x
Lancashire 6 0.27x
Hampshire 5 1.30x
Kent 5 0.78x
Cornwall 4 1.88x
Glamorgan 2 0.61x
Gloucestershire 2 0.54x
Norfolk 2 0.69x
Staffordshire 2 0.31x
Royal Navy 1 4.46x
Somerset 1 0.33x
Sussex 1 0.32x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Islington London in Middlesex leads with 23 Jellicoes recorded in 1881 and an index of 12.60x.

Place Total Index
Islington London 23 12.60x
Great Neston 21 1532.85x
Ness 15 6250.00x
Willaston In Wirral 11 3666.67x
Birkenhead 9 27.17x
Ruabon 9 92.02x
Southwold 9 661.76x
Hackney London 7 6.63x
St Marylebone London 7 6.96x
Barnston 6 3333.33x
Kingston On Thames 6 27.24x
Eastham 5 892.86x
Lower Bebington 5 202.43x
Northfleet 5 88.34x
Burton 4 869.57x
Southampton St Mary 4 16.49x
Staines 4 134.23x
Chester Holy Trinity 3 153.85x
Higher Bebington 3 112.78x
Little Neston 3 447.76x
St Just In Roseland 3 322.58x
Frankby 2 1666.67x
Huyton With Roby 2 76.34x
Much Woolton 2 66.01x
Oystermouth 2 78.74x
Tettenhall 2 51.41x
Tranmere 2 13.10x
Bersham 1 33.00x
Bristol St James St Paul 1 8.12x
Bury St Edmunds St James 1 16.34x
Bury St Edmunds St Mary 1 23.26x
Cheadle 1 12.59x
Chester St Oswald 1 13.30x
Claughton With Grange 1 52.91x
Clifton 1 5.36x
Dulverton 1 112.36x
Ealing 1 5.95x
Helhoughton 1 454.55x
Hove 1 7.18x
Kings Lynn St Margaret 1 11.51x
Little Bolton 1 3.48x
Richmond 1 7.78x
Royal Navy 1 5.21x
St Austell 1 13.74x
St Faith Winchester 1 55.56x
Toxteth Park 1 1.32x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 10
Elizabeth 6
Ellen 6
Margaret 6
Sarah 6
Emily 5
Annie 4
Louisa 4
Ada 3
Alice 3
Edith 3
Frances 3
Ann 2
Beatrice 2
Hannah 2
Jane 2
Jessie 2
Lucy 2
Agnes 1
Anna 1
Anne 1
Barbara 1
Caroline 1
Catherine 1
Charlotte 1
Clara 1
Dora 1
Eliz. 1
Eliza 1
Emma 1
Eva 1
Harriatt 1
Henrietta 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Kitty 1
Laura 1
Leonora 1
Lily 1
Maria 1
Martha 1
Memuka 1
Mona 1
Priscilla 1
Rose 1
Ruth 1
Susan 1
Susannah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 11
James 9
John 9
Charles 8
Samuel 5
Joseph 4
Thomas 4
William 4
Herbert 3
Edward 2
Edwin 2
Ernest 2
Frederick 2
Richard 2
Abraham 1
Adam 1
Alfred 1
Arthur 1
Chas.F. 1
Chester 1
Donald 1
Earnest 1
Edgar 1
Edmund 1
Fredk. 1
Gustave 1
Harry 1
Henry 1
Hy.Edward 1
J. 1
Jane 1
Nathaniel 1
Percy 1
Robert 1
Stanley 1
Stephen 1
Thos.Hy. 1
Victor 1
Will 1

FAQ

Jellicoe surname: questions and answers

How common was the Jellicoe surname in 1881?

In 1881, 192 people were recorded with the Jellicoe surname. That placed it at #13,185 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Jellicoe surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 283 in 2016. That gives Jellicoe a modern rank of #15,359.

What does the Jellicoe map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Jellicoe 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.