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UK surname

Neeve

In the 1881 census there were 215 people recorded with the Neeve surname, ranking it #12,249 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 170, ranked #21,801, down from #12,249 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Easton and Hastings St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings St Andrew. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bolsover, South Norfolk and Waveney.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Neeve is 258 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 20.9%.

1881 census count

215

Ranked #12,249

Modern count

170

2016, ranked #21,801

Peak year

1911

258 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Neeve had 215 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #12,249 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 170 in 2016, ranked #21,801.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 258 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Neeve surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Neeve surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Neeve 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 130 #14,314
1861 historical 161 #14,392
1881 historical 215 #12,249
1891 historical 207 #14,546
1901 historical 237 #13,574
1911 historical 258 #12,614
1997 modern 221 #16,565
1998 modern 216 #17,257
1999 modern 220 #17,160
2000 modern 198 #18,330
2001 modern 205 #17,683
2002 modern 207 #17,911
2003 modern 204 #17,909
2004 modern 206 #17,883
2005 modern 196 #18,404
2006 modern 197 #18,465
2007 modern 197 #18,669
2008 modern 197 #18,818
2009 modern 201 #18,965
2010 modern 196 #19,698
2011 modern 195 #19,610
2012 modern 182 #20,440
2013 modern 185 #20,575
2014 modern 181 #21,033
2015 modern 175 #21,372
2016 modern 170 #21,801

Geography

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Where Neeves are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Easton, Hastings St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings St Andrew, Deal and Hellesdon, St Mary in the Marsh, St Clement, St Martin at Oak, St Mary at Coslany, St Michael at Cos. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bolsover, South Norfolk, Waveney, Barnsley and King's Lynn and West Norfolk. 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 London parishes London 1
2 Easton Suffolk
3 Hastings St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings St Andrew Sussex
4 Deal Kent
5 Hellesdon, St Mary in the Marsh, St Clement, St Martin at Oak, St Mary at Coslany, St Michael at Cos Norfolk

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bolsover 003 Bolsover
2 South Norfolk 013 South Norfolk
3 Waveney 007 Waveney
4 Barnsley 029 Barnsley
5 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 008 King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Forenames

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First names often paired with Neeve

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Neeve

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

Neeve 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

Neeve 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 Neeve 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 Neeve, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Neeve families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Neeve 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. Suffolk leads with 70 Neeves recorded in 1881 and an index of 27.40x.

County Total Index
Suffolk 70 27.40x
Norfolk 45 13.95x
Kent 30 4.19x
Middlesex 24 1.14x
Essex 16 3.86x
Berkshire 6 3.81x
Yorkshire 6 0.29x
Lincolnshire 4 1.19x
Sussex 4 1.13x
Buckinghamshire 3 2.37x
Northumberland 3 0.96x
Cambridgeshire 2 1.51x
Bedfordshire 1 0.92x
Surrey 1 0.10x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Framlingham in Suffolk leads with 20 Neeves recorded in 1881 and an index of 1104.97x.

Place Total Index
Framlingham 20 1104.97x
Deal 19 311.48x
Dennington 11 1929.82x
Great Yarmouth 10 37.44x
Starston 9 2432.43x
Whitechapel London 9 43.54x
South Weald 8 225.35x
Bray 6 129.59x
Lenham 6 419.58x
West Ham 6 6.56x
Beccles 5 121.65x
Easton 5 1612.90x
Great Massingham 5 781.25x
Norwich St Michael At 5 267.38x
Sibton 5 1428.57x
Ubbeston 5 3571.43x
Westacre 5 1666.67x
Keelby 4 754.72x
Lowestoft 4 33.14x
Ormesby 4 71.56x
Parham 4 1250.00x
Brundish 3 1153.85x
Byker 3 19.44x
Norwich St Stephen 3 101.35x
St George Bloomsbury 3 24.94x
Thornton 3 6000.00x
Tottenham 3 8.98x
Bromley London 2 4.33x
Gimingham 2 1000.00x
Holy Trinity 2 4.00x
Ipswich St Margaret 2 23.07x
Lewisham 2 5.24x
Loddon 2 240.96x
Mile End Old Town 2 6.04x
St Marylebone London 2 1.79x
Aldeburgh 1 66.23x
Bedford St Paul 1 13.42x
Bethnal Green London 1 1.10x
Brighton 1 1.40x
Bury St Edmunds St Mary 1 20.88x
Colchester St Botolph 1 28.41x
Copdock 1 434.78x
Downham Market 1 45.05x
Hastings St Mary 1 11.36x
Hempnall 1 158.73x
Hove 1 6.44x
Ipswich St Mathew 1 13.97x
Ipswich St Peter 1 29.07x
Islington London 1 0.49x
Kelvedon 1 90.91x
Kings Lynn St Margaret 1 10.33x
Maidstone 1 4.69x
Northiam 1 114.94x
Norwich St Julian 1 73.53x
Putney 1 10.46x
Rolvenden 1 107.53x
St Benedict Cambridge 1 133.33x
St George Hanover 1 3.65x
Walmer 1 32.15x
Wisbech St Peter 1 15.02x
Woodbridge 1 30.58x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 15
Elizabeth 7
Sarah 7
Ellen 5
Emily 5
Kate 4
Alice 3
Anna 3
Emma 3
Florence 3
Harriet 3
Margaret 3
Rose 3
Ada 2
Ann 2
Annie 2
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Edith 2
Eliza 2
Elizth. 2
Esther 2
Harriett 2
Maria 2
Sophia 2
Susan 2
Agnes 1
Alma 1
Arabella 1
Clara 1
Cordelia 1
Eliz.M. 1
Frances 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Henrietta 1
Ida 1
Jane 1
Jemima 1
Julia 1
Letitia 1
Lizzie 1
Lizzy 1
Lonie 1
Martha 1
Matha 1
Rebecca 1
Susanna 1
Thorza 1
Violet 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
James 14
John 13
William 13
George 11
Henry 6
Thomas 5
Alfred 4
Frederick 3
Arthur 2
Frank 2
Harry 2
Isaac 2
Robert 2
Thos. 2
Albert 1
Charles 1
Chas.J. 1
Chester 1
David 1
Edward 1
Ellis 1
Enoch 1
Ernest 1
Francis 1
Fredk. 1
Herbert 1
Jesse 1
Joseph 1
Mark 1
Richard 1
Samuel 1
Sarah 1
Wm.C. 1
Wm.J.B. 1

FAQ

Neeve surname: questions and answers

How common was the Neeve surname in 1881?

In 1881, 215 people were recorded with the Neeve surname. That placed it at #12,249 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Neeve surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 170 in 2016. That gives Neeve a modern rank of #21,801.

What does the Neeve map show?

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