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UK surname

Kilvington

In the 1881 census there were 553 people recorded with the Kilvington surname, ranking it #6,244 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 622, ranked #8,471, down from #6,244 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Whitby, Hull Holy Trinity and Acklam. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Stockton-on-Tees, East Riding of Yorkshire and Ryedale.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Kilvington is 670 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 12.5%.

1881 census count

553

Ranked #6,244

Modern count

622

2016, ranked #8,471

Peak year

1999

670 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Kilvington had 553 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #6,244 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 622 in 2016, ranked #8,471.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 660 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Kilvington surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Kilvington surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Kilvington 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 325 #7,157
1861 historical 350 #7,295
1881 historical 553 #6,244
1891 historical 589 #6,485
1901 historical 628 #6,820
1911 historical 660 #6,361
1997 modern 643 #7,719
1998 modern 666 #7,770
1999 modern 670 #7,761
2000 modern 648 #7,951
2001 modern 643 #7,864
2002 modern 652 #7,929
2003 modern 659 #7,749
2004 modern 659 #7,755
2005 modern 646 #7,807
2006 modern 654 #7,766
2007 modern 653 #7,834
2008 modern 632 #8,085
2009 modern 629 #8,289
2010 modern 646 #8,285
2011 modern 653 #8,128
2012 modern 627 #8,308
2013 modern 640 #8,312
2014 modern 639 #8,371
2015 modern 621 #8,492
2016 modern 622 #8,471

Geography

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Where Kilvingtons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Whitby, Hull Holy Trinity, Acklam, St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles and Sculcoates. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Stockton-on-Tees, East Riding of Yorkshire, Ryedale and Redcar and Cleveland. 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 Whitby Yorkshire, North Riding
2 Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire, East Riding
3 Acklam Yorkshire, North Riding
4 St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles Yorkshire, East Riding
5 Sculcoates Yorkshire, East Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Stockton-on-Tees 014 Stockton-on-Tees
2 East Riding of Yorkshire 014 East Riding of Yorkshire
3 Ryedale 004 Ryedale
4 East Riding of Yorkshire 016 East Riding of Yorkshire
5 Redcar and Cleveland 011 Redcar and Cleveland

Forenames

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First names often paired with Kilvington

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Kilvington

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

Kilvington 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

Kilvington falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more 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 Kilvington is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of Over 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 Kilvington, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Kilvington families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Kilvington 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. Yorkshire leads with 464 Kilvingtons recorded in 1881 and an index of 8.68x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 464 8.68x
Lancashire 27 0.42x
Durham 12 0.75x
Lincolnshire 11 1.28x
Middlesex 11 0.20x
Derbyshire 6 0.71x
Westmorland 6 5.06x
Surrey 5 0.19x
Berkshire 2 0.49x
Sussex 2 0.22x
Cheshire 1 0.08x
Cumberland 1 0.22x
Essex 1 0.09x
Hertfordshire 1 0.27x
Lanarkshire 1 0.06x
Somerset 1 0.12x
Staffordshire 1 0.05x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Leeds in Yorkshire leads with 33 Kilvingtons recorded in 1881 and an index of 10.93x.

Place Total Index
Leeds 33 10.93x
Leavening 19 2638.89x
York St Saviour 19 372.55x
Holy Trinity 15 11.67x
York St Maurice 13 129.10x
Burythorpe 12 2500.00x
Whitby 11 61.08x
Crayke 10 1075.27x
Landmoth With Catto 10 12500.00x
Norton In Malton 10 154.32x
Sculcoates 10 11.80x
Dishforth 9 1607.14x
Garforth 8 195.60x
Luttons Ambo 8 720.72x
Moss Side 8 23.75x
Nafferton 8 350.88x
Stranton 8 14.81x
Flaxton 7 1029.41x
Flockton 7 321.10x
Newington 7 47.55x
Westow 7 1129.03x
Alfreton 6 23.38x
Altcar 6 588.24x
Bilton Cum Harrogate 6 32.82x
Brough 6 517.24x
Hessle In Sculcoates 6 127.12x
Hunsingore 6 1764.71x
Little Ribston 6 1818.18x
Middleton In Pickering 6 1132.08x
Wortley In Bramley 6 14.17x
Birdsall 5 847.46x
Copt Hewick 5 1136.36x
Cundall Cum Leckby 5 1515.15x
Gilling East 5 1111.11x
Normanby In 5 34.99x
Seamer In Scarborough 5 290.70x
Skegness 5 202.43x
Tottenham 5 5.82x
Wilstrop 5 3571.43x
Winton 5 3125.00x
Withernwick 5 602.41x
York St George 5 118.76x
York St Helen Stonegate 5 609.76x
York St Mary 5 22.58x
York St Nicholas In 5 166.11x
Croydon 4 2.74x
Farlington 4 1290.32x
Garton Cum Grimstone 4 1379.31x
Great Ayton 4 122.32x
Hunslet 4 4.80x
Nawton 4 615.38x
Newton 4 8.11x
Pickering Kingthorpe 4 666.67x
Pickering Marishes 4 677.97x
St Luke London 4 4.62x
Thornton Le Clay 4 784.31x
York St Margaret 4 120.85x
Armley 3 12.72x
Beverley St Martin 3 33.63x
Burnby 3 1304.35x
Easington In Patrington 3 422.54x
Great Driffield 3 27.35x
Hovingham 3 270.27x
Idle 3 12.10x
Scarborough 3 6.18x
Stockton On Tees 3 3.88x
Tockwith 3 283.02x
Wheldrake 3 272.73x
York St Giles In 3 59.52x
Chorlton On Medlock 2 1.97x
Falsgrave 2 25.38x
Green Hammerton 2 370.37x
Kearby Cum Netherby 2 769.23x
Kensington London 2 0.67x
Leven 2 127.39x
Louth 2 10.12x
Newhaven 2 27.06x
Rigton 2 281.69x
Ryther Cum Ossendyke 2 370.37x
Tilehurst 2 24.45x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 44
Elizabeth 20
Annie 18
Hannah 16
Ann 13
Jane 13
Emma 12
Sarah 11
Alice 8
Maria 7
Margaret 6
Edith 5
Martha 5
Anne 4
Eliza 4
Ellen 4
Florence 4
Harriet 4
Louisa 4
Caroline 3
Clara 3
Emily 3
Fanny 3
Lucy 3
Rachel 3
Ruth 3
Selina 3
Ada 2
Amelia 2
Betsey 2
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Elizabth. 2
Elizth. 2
Frances 2
Lizzie 2
Mabel 2
Minnie 2
Nancy 2
Rebecca 2
Amilia 1
Amy 1
Bethsheba 1
Betsy 1
Elerina 1
Ellis 1
Jessie 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Sussannah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 38
John 32
Thomas 26
Charles 19
George 19
James 19
Robert 10
Henry 9
Joseph 9
Benjamin 6
Christopher 5
Daniel 5
Arthur 3
Edward 3
Tom 3
Wm. 3
Earnest 2
Ernest 2
Harry 2
Herbert 2
Thos.Grayson 2
Alfred 1
Andrew 1
Arther 1
Clarence 1
Consort 1
David 1
Edwin 1
Francis 1
Fred 1
Frederic 1
Frederick 1
Fredrick 1
Geo. 1
Gregory 1
H. 1
Hargraves 1
Herbt. 1
Isaac 1
Jacob 1
Johnathon 1
Jonath. 1
Mark 1
Nathaniel 1
Oliver 1
Percy 1
Robt. 1
Ruben 1
Thos. 1
Wm.T. 1

FAQ

Kilvington surname: questions and answers

How common was the Kilvington surname in 1881?

In 1881, 553 people were recorded with the Kilvington surname. That placed it at #6,244 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Kilvington surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 622 in 2016. That gives Kilvington a modern rank of #8,471.

What does the Kilvington map show?

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