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UK surname

Kilvert

In the 1881 census there were 151 people recorded with the Kilvert surname, ranking it #15,419 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 203, ranked #19,396, down from #15,419 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Rowley Regis, Dudley and Manchester. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Shropshire, Wolverhampton and Carmarthenshire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Kilvert is 231 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 34.4%.

1881 census count

151

Ranked #15,419

Modern count

203

2016, ranked #19,396

Peak year

1911

231 bearers

Map years

8

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Kilvert had 151 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #15,419 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 203 in 2016, ranked #19,396.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 231 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Kilvert surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Kilvert surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Kilvert 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 129 #14,406
1861 historical 87 #22,681
1881 historical 151 #15,419
1891 historical 183 #15,918
1901 historical 199 #15,173
1911 historical 231 #13,636
1997 modern 192 #18,103
1998 modern 193 #18,511
1999 modern 190 #18,797
2000 modern 199 #18,278
2001 modern 197 #18,108
2002 modern 185 #19,212
2003 modern 191 #18,628
2004 modern 204 #17,992
2005 modern 193 #18,572
2006 modern 193 #18,675
2007 modern 204 #18,251
2008 modern 212 #17,950
2009 modern 206 #18,657
2010 modern 215 #18,551
2011 modern 211 #18,630
2012 modern 206 #18,837
2013 modern 206 #19,153
2014 modern 208 #19,194
2015 modern 200 #19,567
2016 modern 203 #19,396

Geography

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Where Kilverts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Rowley Regis, Dudley, Manchester, West Bromwich and Ercall Magna, Roddington. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Shropshire, Wolverhampton and Carmarthenshire. 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 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
2 Dudley Staffordshire
3 Manchester Lancashire
4 West Bromwich Staffordshire
5 Ercall Magna, Roddington Shropshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Shropshire 012 Shropshire
2 Shropshire 006 Shropshire
3 Shropshire 003 Shropshire
4 Wolverhampton 003 Wolverhampton
5 Carmarthenshire 012 Carmarthenshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Kilvert

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Kilvert

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Kilvert, 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 Kilvert surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Kilvert 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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Kilvert is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, 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

These primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Kilvert is most concentrated in decile 6 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

Kilvert falls in decile 4 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 Kilvert 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Kilvert families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Kilvert 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. Shropshire leads with 48 Kilverts recorded in 1881 and an index of 37.72x.

County Total Index
Shropshire 48 37.72x
Lancashire 31 1.77x
Worcestershire 20 10.40x
Staffordshire 19 3.82x
Middlesex 14 0.95x
Montgomeryshire 6 17.78x
Cheshire 5 1.54x
Denbighshire 3 5.39x
Somerset 3 1.27x
Oxfordshire 1 1.10x
Warwickshire 1 0.27x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Dudley in Worcestershire leads with 17 Kilverts recorded in 1881 and an index of 72.71x.

Place Total Index
Dudley 17 72.71x
Hulme 15 41.11x
Kensington London 9 10.99x
Ruyton Of Eleven Towns 9 1607.14x
West Bromwich 8 28.11x
Gorton 7 42.61x
Llandrinio 6 1463.41x
Rowley Regis 6 43.29x
Clunbury 5 1000.00x
Ashton On Mersey 4 238.10x
Ercall Magna 4 439.56x
Grinshill 4 2352.94x
Moss Side 4 43.48x
Shawbury 4 816.33x
Willesden 4 28.82x
Bishops Castle Out 3 1153.85x
Ellesmere 3 137.61x
Walcot 3 23.75x
Wednesbury 3 24.14x
Wombridge 3 191.08x
Wrexham Regis 3 72.64x
Chorlton On Medlock 2 7.20x
Codsall 2 281.69x
Edgmond 2 142.86x
Eyton Upon Wild Moors 2 909.09x
Hadnall 2 740.74x
Kinnersley 2 1818.18x
Lye 2 62.50x
Oswestry Town 2 49.14x
Wrockwardine 2 71.43x
Broughton In Salford 1 6.26x
Clerkenwell London 1 2.88x
Great Malvern 1 24.94x
Harbury 1 166.67x
Liverpool 1 0.94x
Pilkington 1 15.06x
Preston Gubbals 1 454.55x
Willaston In Wirral 1 434.78x
Wootton 1 181.82x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Elizabeth 10
Sarah 10
Emma 6
Ann 5
Jane 5
Annie 3
Ellen 3
Mary 3
Eliza 2
Emily 2
Lucy 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Anne 1
Charlotte 1
Eleanor 1
Elizth.Anne 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Harriet 1
Helena 1
Isab.Ch. 1
Isabella 1
Judith 1
Kate 1
Kitty 1
Leonora 1
Lily 1
Margaret 1
Marianne 1
Martha 1
Phebe 1
Phoebe 1
Thermathis 1
Thermurhus 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 10
Thomas 10
William 10
James 9
Ralph 5
Joseph 4
Richard 4
Charles 3
Robert 3
Edward 2
Frank 2
George 2
Henry 2
Nicholas 2
Samuel 2
Albert 1
Alfred 1
Harry 1
Levi 1
Walter 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Kilvert surname: questions and answers

How common was the Kilvert surname in 1881?

In 1881, 151 people were recorded with the Kilvert surname. That placed it at #15,419 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Kilvert surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 203 in 2016. That gives Kilvert a modern rank of #19,396.

What does the Kilvert map show?

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