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UK surname

Revitt

In the 1881 census there were 310 people recorded with the Revitt surname, ranking it #9,488 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 428, ranked #11,234, down from #9,488 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Ecclesfield, Manchester and Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Sheffield.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Revitt is 505 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 38.1%.

1881 census count

310

Ranked #9,488

Modern count

428

2016, ranked #11,234

Peak year

1999

505 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Revitt had 310 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,488 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 428 in 2016, ranked #11,234.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 435 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Revitt surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Revitt surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Revitt 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 143 #13,343
1861 historical 223 #10,942
1881 historical 310 #9,488
1891 historical 371 #9,405
1901 historical 389 #9,666
1911 historical 435 #8,724
1997 modern 498 #9,324
1998 modern 504 #9,531
1999 modern 505 #9,587
2000 modern 494 #9,717
2001 modern 468 #9,949
2002 modern 488 #9,802
2003 modern 473 #9,879
2004 modern 456 #10,188
2005 modern 439 #10,401
2006 modern 428 #10,659
2007 modern 434 #10,639
2008 modern 435 #10,735
2009 modern 439 #10,911
2010 modern 444 #11,017
2011 modern 456 #10,676
2012 modern 447 #10,720
2013 modern 442 #10,997
2014 modern 445 #11,002
2015 modern 426 #11,320
2016 modern 428 #11,234

Geography

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Where Revitts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Ecclesfield, Manchester, Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory, Shiffnal and Sheffield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Sheffield. 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 Ecclesfield Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Manchester Lancashire
3 Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory Northamptonshire
4 Shiffnal Shropshire
5 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Sheffield 001 Sheffield
2 Sheffield 008 Sheffield
3 Sheffield 023 Sheffield
4 Sheffield 002 Sheffield
5 Sheffield 021 Sheffield

Forenames

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First names often paired with Revitt

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Revitt

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

Revitt is most concentrated in decile 3 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy 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

Revitt 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.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Revitt 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 Revitt, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Revitt families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Revitt 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 173 Revitts recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.77x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 173 5.77x
Lancashire 26 0.72x
Staffordshire 24 2.35x
Essex 17 2.85x
Northamptonshire 14 4.92x
Surrey 8 0.54x
Shropshire 7 2.68x
Northumberland 6 1.33x
Suffolk 6 1.63x
Kent 5 0.48x
Nottinghamshire 5 1.23x
Durham 4 0.44x
Warwickshire 4 0.52x
Buckinghamshire 3 1.64x
Cambridgeshire 2 1.04x
Cheshire 2 0.30x
Middlesex 2 0.07x
Derbyshire 1 0.21x
Sussex 1 0.20x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bradfield in Yorkshire leads with 59 Revitts recorded in 1881 and an index of 510.82x.

Place Total Index
Bradfield 59 510.82x
Sheffield 28 29.35x
Ecclesall Bierlow 26 42.66x
Nether Hallam 21 51.80x
Manchester 10 6.20x
Brightside Bierlow 8 13.61x
Newington 8 7.16x
Northampton Priory St 7 41.01x
Tettenhall 7 112.18x
Attercliffe Cum Darnall 6 21.49x
Curborough Elmhurst 6 2857.14x
Handsworth 6 75.76x
Longbenton 6 31.48x
Newchurch 6 20.44x
Penistone 6 256.41x
Shifnal 6 84.63x
West Ham 6 4.55x
Bradford 5 6.89x
Deptford St Paul 5 6.28x
Framlingham 5 191.57x
Nottingham St Mary 5 4.74x
Shenfield 5 322.58x
Aston 4 1.90x
Cheetham 4 14.95x
Laughton En Le Morthen 4 579.71x
Little Wakering 4 1212.12x
Northampton St Sepulchre 4 27.64x
Wolverhampton 4 5.10x
Northampton St Giles 3 27.70x
Sunderland 3 18.88x
Walsall Foreign 3 5.69x
Wednesbury 3 11.76x
Barnsley 2 6.47x
Bocking 2 55.71x
Chorlton On Medlock 2 3.51x
Harston 2 246.91x
Simpson 2 263.16x
Batley 1 3.51x
Bethnal Green London 1 0.76x
Bramhall 1 36.23x
Brighton 1 0.97x
Dore 1 111.11x
Gateshead 1 1.48x
Gorleston 1 10.68x
Gorton 1 2.96x
Liverpool 1 0.46x
Monks Coppenhall 1 3.97x
Olney 1 39.53x
Paddington London 1 0.90x
Poulton Barre 1 24.51x
Shrewsbury St Chad 1 10.91x
West Bromwich 1 1.71x
Withington 1 8.65x
Wortley In Wortley 1 84.75x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 20
John 12
George 11
Charles 7
Joseph 7
Walter 7
Thomas 6
Arthur 5
Richard 5
Frank 4
Christopher 3
Frederick 3
Samuel 3
Wm. 3
Benjamin 2
Bernard 2
Byron 2
Ernest 2
Francis 2
Harry 2
Heber 2
Henry 2
James 2
Jonathan 2
Alfred 1
Arnold 1
Colin 1
Daniel 1
David 1
Edward 1
Fred 1
Geo. 1
Harvey 1
Hector 1
Herbert 1
Herod 1
Horrice 1
Morgan 1
Norman 1
Owen 1
Percy 1
Priestley 1
Reuben 1
Rodison 1
Silas 1
Vincent 1
Wilfred 1
Willis 1
Worral 1

FAQ

Revitt surname: questions and answers

How common was the Revitt surname in 1881?

In 1881, 310 people were recorded with the Revitt surname. That placed it at #9,488 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Revitt surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 428 in 2016. That gives Revitt a modern rank of #11,234.

What does the Revitt map show?

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