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UK surname

Kniveton

In the 1881 census there were 187 people recorded with the Kniveton surname, ranking it #13,407 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 254, ranked #16,632, down from #13,407 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to St Peter, Prestbury and St Werburgh. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Derbyshire Dales, Wigan and Derby.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Kniveton is 282 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 35.8%.

1881 census count

187

Ranked #13,407

Modern count

254

2016, ranked #16,632

Peak year

1911

282 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Kniveton had 187 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #13,407 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 254 in 2016, ranked #16,632.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 282 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Kniveton surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Kniveton surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Kniveton 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 198 #10,483
1861 historical 119 #18,393
1881 historical 187 #13,407
1891 historical 195 #15,211
1901 historical 258 #12,875
1911 historical 282 #11,915
1997 modern 261 #14,849
1998 modern 259 #15,320
1999 modern 268 #15,070
2000 modern 270 #14,943
2001 modern 269 #14,776
2002 modern 275 #14,819
2003 modern 268 #14,897
2004 modern 272 #14,843
2005 modern 266 #15,007
2006 modern 262 #15,255
2007 modern 257 #15,606
2008 modern 258 #15,732
2009 modern 250 #16,421
2010 modern 253 #16,652
2011 modern 269 #15,800
2012 modern 264 #15,904
2013 modern 262 #16,273
2014 modern 267 #16,161
2015 modern 259 #16,409
2016 modern 254 #16,632

Geography

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Where Knivetons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around St Peter, Prestbury, St Werburgh, Wirksworth and Leigh. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Derbyshire Dales, Wigan, Derby 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 St Peter Derbyshire
2 Prestbury Cheshire
3 St Werburgh Derbyshire
4 Wirksworth Derbyshire
5 Leigh Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Derbyshire Dales 006 Derbyshire Dales
2 Wigan 033 Wigan
3 Derby 009 Derby
4 Redcar and Cleveland 016 Redcar and Cleveland
5 Wigan 034 Wigan

Forenames

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First names often paired with Kniveton

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Kniveton

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Kniveton, 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 Kniveton surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Kniveton 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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Kniveton 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

Kniveton is most concentrated in decile 8 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier 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

Kniveton 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 Kniveton is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 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 Kniveton, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Kniveton families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Kniveton 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. Derbyshire leads with 77 Knivetons recorded in 1881 and an index of 26.82x.

County Total Index
Derbyshire 77 26.82x
Lancashire 69 3.17x
Leicestershire 14 6.89x
Yorkshire 12 0.66x
Surrey 6 0.67x
Nottinghamshire 5 2.02x
Cheshire 2 0.49x
Lanarkshire 1 0.17x
Middlesex 1 0.05x
Northamptonshire 1 0.58x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bedford in Lancashire leads with 17 Knivetons recorded in 1881 and an index of 373.63x.

Place Total Index
Bedford 17 373.63x
Hugglescote 14 468.23x
Derby St Werburgh 13 78.41x
Litchurch 13 112.55x
Tyldesley Cum Shakerley 13 207.67x
Derby St Peter 11 120.35x
Pennington In Leigh 11 263.79x
Wirksworth 9 344.83x
Alfreton 6 68.81x
Bermondsey 6 10.99x
Codnor Loscoe 6 264.32x
Sharples 6 254.24x
Ardwick 5 25.47x
Brightside Bierlow 5 14.03x
Sheffield 5 8.64x
Adlington 4 196.08x
Derby St Alkmund 4 46.51x
Sutton In Ashfield 4 74.63x
Worsley 4 29.83x
Doveridge 3 681.82x
Heanor 3 69.93x
Bradford 2 19.63x
Broughton In Salford 2 10.05x
Cromford 2 294.12x
Heaton 2 217.39x
Nether Hallam 2 8.14x
Wigan 2 6.58x
Wingerworth 2 769.23x
Bugbrooke 1 178.57x
Church Broughton 1 270.27x
Derby All Sts 1 41.67x
Eastwood 1 45.25x
Gawsworth 1 270.27x
Glasgow 1 0.95x
Godley 1 114.94x
Matlock 1 25.97x
Oldham 1 1.42x
St Marylebone London 1 1.02x
Tupton 1 116.28x
Youlgreave 1 120.48x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 15
Elizabeth 6
Sarah 6
Ellen 4
Alice 3
Annie 3
Emma 3
Hannah 3
Jane 3
Selina 3
Ann 2
E. 2
Eliza 2
Florence 2
Harriet 2
Louisa 2
Margaret 2
Martha 2
Rachel 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Amelia 1
Anne 1
Bertha 1
Catherine 1
Clara 1
Edith 1
Effie 1
Elizth. 1
Elsie 1
Esther 1
Ethel 1
Eveline 1
Fanny 1
Georgiana 1
Henrietta 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Lizzie 1
Mar 1
Rosa 1
Ruth 1
T. 1
Temperance 1
Thomazin 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 9
Joseph 7
William 7
John 6
Henry 5
James 5
Samuel 5
Charles 4
Alfred 3
Arthur 3
Edward 3
Frederick 3
Thomas 3
Albert 2
David 2
Fredk. 2
Fredrick 2
Harry 2
Robert 2
Abert 1
Amos 1
Benjamin 1
Charlie 1
Chas. 1
Francis 1
Frank 1
Fredk.J. 1
Geo.Anthony 1
Gilbert 1
Herbert 1
J.B. 1
J.S. 1
Matthew 1
Nehemiah 1
T. 1
Thos. 1
Vehemiah 1
W.J. 1

FAQ

Kniveton surname: questions and answers

How common was the Kniveton surname in 1881?

In 1881, 187 people were recorded with the Kniveton surname. That placed it at #13,407 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Kniveton surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 254 in 2016. That gives Kniveton a modern rank of #16,632.

What does the Kniveton map show?

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