NameCensus.

UK surname

Nixey

In the 1881 census there were 163 people recorded with the Nixey surname, ranking it #14,689 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 205, ranked #19,250, down from #14,689 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Oakley, Shabbington, Englishcombe, Tiverton and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include South Oxfordshire, Kirklees and West Oxfordshire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Nixey is 264 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 25.8%.

1881 census count

163

Ranked #14,689

Modern count

205

2016, ranked #19,250

Peak year

1911

264 bearers

Map years

7

1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Nixey had 163 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #14,689 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 205 in 2016, ranked #19,250.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 264 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Nixey surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Nixey surname density by area, 1881 census.

Loading map
Lower densityMedium densityHigh density

Timeline

Back to top

Nixey 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 79 #19,712
1861 historical 66 #25,487
1881 historical 163 #14,689
1891 historical 182 #15,983
1901 historical 236 #13,616
1911 historical 264 #12,449
1997 modern 170 #19,505
1998 modern 245 #15,903
1999 modern 250 #15,802
2000 modern 248 #15,827
2001 modern 230 #16,415
2002 modern 231 #16,677
2003 modern 220 #17,033
2004 modern 225 #16,882
2005 modern 232 #16,480
2006 modern 227 #16,842
2007 modern 216 #17,575
2008 modern 217 #17,693
2009 modern 219 #17,960
2010 modern 219 #18,319
2011 modern 216 #18,321
2012 modern 221 #17,979
2013 modern 224 #18,080
2014 modern 223 #18,279
2015 modern 214 #18,712
2016 modern 205 #19,250

Geography

Back to top

Where Nixeys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Oakley, Shabbington, Englishcombe, Tiverton, London parishes, Upton with Chalvey and Brill. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to South Oxfordshire, Kirklees and West Oxfordshire. 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 Oakley, Shabbington Oxfordshire
2 Englishcombe, Tiverton Somerset
3 London parishes London 1
4 Upton with Chalvey Buckinghamshire
5 Brill Oxfordshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 South Oxfordshire 005 South Oxfordshire
2 Kirklees 057 Kirklees
3 South Oxfordshire 004 South Oxfordshire
4 West Oxfordshire 005 West Oxfordshire
5 South Oxfordshire 002 South Oxfordshire

Forenames

Back to top

First names often paired with Nixey

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

Modern profile

Back to top

Neighbourhood profile for Nixey

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Nixey, 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 Nixey surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Nixey household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

Read profile summary

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, Nixey 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.

Read profile summary

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

Nixey is most concentrated in decile 5 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.

5
Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Nixey falls in decile 8 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

8
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Nixey 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.

6
Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

Back to top

Nixey families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Nixey 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. Buckinghamshire leads with 60 Nixeys recorded in 1881 and an index of 62.42x.

County Total Index
Buckinghamshire 60 62.42x
Middlesex 35 2.20x
Oxfordshire 20 20.37x
Somerset 11 4.30x
Essex 10 3.19x
Berkshire 6 5.03x
Devon 6 1.81x
Durham 5 1.06x
Kent 3 0.55x
Yorkshire 3 0.19x
Lancashire 2 0.11x
Argyllshire 1 2.26x
Surrey 1 0.13x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Oakley in Buckinghamshire leads with 26 Nixeys recorded in 1881 and an index of 11304.35x.

Place Total Index
Oakley 26 11304.35x
Brill 12 1714.29x
Twerton 10 378.79x
West Ham 10 14.43x
Chilton 9 5294.12x
Upton Cum Chalvey 9 234.99x
Oxford St Thomas 8 174.67x
Ipsden 7 1794.87x
Kensington London 7 7.92x
Hammersmith London 6 15.32x
Shaugh Prior 6 1578.95x
Hart 5 434.78x
Chelsea London 3 6.26x
Clerkenwell London 3 7.99x
Fulham London 3 13.01x
Hanwell 3 106.38x
Hornsey 3 14.93x
Paddington London 3 5.13x
Sunninghill 3 180.72x
Brightside Bierlow 2 6.47x
Chatham 2 13.40x
Langley Marish 2 169.49x
Manchester 2 2.36x
Old Windsor 2 144.93x
St Pancras London 2 1.56x
Wheatley 2 357.14x
Easthampstead 1 156.25x
Feltham 1 62.89x
Great Marlow 1 38.61x
Kildalton 1 85.47x
Leeds 1 1.12x
Lyncombe Widcombe 1 14.93x
Oxford All Sts 1 476.19x
Oxford St Peter In East 1 263.16x
Reigate Foreign 1 11.92x
Thame 1 55.87x
Tonbridge 1 5.11x
Tottenham 1 3.95x
Wotton Underwood 1 833.33x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 7
Annie 5
Sarah 5
Emma 4
Jane 4
Ada 3
Alice 3
Eliza 3
Elizabeth 3
Emily 3
Fanny 3
Florence 3
Louisa 3
Susan 3
Kate 2
Lucy 2
Lydia 2
Martha 2
May 2
Rose 2
Amy 1
Ann 1
Annis 1
Augusta 1
Caroline 1
Catherine 1
Charles 1
Charlotte 1
Clara 1
Dinah 1
Edith 1
Edward 1
Ellen 1
Emanuel 1
Emelyne 1
Eth. 1
Henry 1
Jemima 1
Lily 1
Maria 1
Maryann 1
Maud 1
Melora 1
Minnie 1
Rhoda 1
Rosana 1
Ruth 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 12
George 8
Thomas 6
Edward 4
Joseph 4
Albert 3
Frank 3
Frederick 3
Henry 3
James 3
John 3
Alfred 2
Charles 2
Ernest 2
Walter 2
Andrew 1
Arthur 1
David 1
Ed. 1
Edwin 1
Francisa 1
Fredrick 1
Jesse 1
Jno. 1
Laban 1
Sidney 1

FAQ

Nixey surname: questions and answers

How common was the Nixey surname in 1881?

In 1881, 163 people were recorded with the Nixey surname. That placed it at #14,689 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Nixey surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 205 in 2016. That gives Nixey a modern rank of #19,250.

What does the Nixey map show?

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