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UK surname

Shulver

In the 1881 census there were 152 people recorded with the Shulver surname, ranking it #15,372 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 200, ranked #19,591, down from #15,372 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Stradbroke, London parishes and Rishangles. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include South Norfolk, Braintree and Mid Suffolk.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Shulver is 267 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 31.6%.

1881 census count

152

Ranked #15,372

Modern count

200

2016, ranked #19,591

Peak year

1911

267 bearers

Map years

8

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Shulver had 152 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #15,372 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 200 in 2016, ranked #19,591.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 267 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Shulver surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Shulver surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Shulver 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 120 #15,144
1861 historical 99 #21,294
1881 historical 152 #15,372
1891 historical 204 #14,702
1901 historical 244 #13,329
1911 historical 267 #12,360
1997 modern 220 #16,607
1998 modern 231 #16,555
1999 modern 235 #16,458
2000 modern 235 #16,423
2001 modern 230 #16,415
2002 modern 221 #17,206
2003 modern 210 #17,559
2004 modern 205 #17,935
2005 modern 204 #17,893
2006 modern 209 #17,784
2007 modern 203 #18,303
2008 modern 197 #18,818
2009 modern 206 #18,657
2010 modern 209 #18,893
2011 modern 201 #19,213
2012 modern 201 #19,147
2013 modern 204 #19,276
2014 modern 205 #19,375
2015 modern 198 #19,714
2016 modern 200 #19,591

Geography

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Where Shulvers are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Stradbroke, London parishes, Rishangles, St John Hackney and Debenham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to South Norfolk, Braintree, Mid Suffolk and Chelmsford. 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 Stradbroke Suffolk
2 London parishes London 3
3 Rishangles Suffolk
4 St John Hackney London (North Districts)
5 Debenham Suffolk

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 South Norfolk 014 South Norfolk
2 Braintree 001 Braintree
3 Mid Suffolk 007 Mid Suffolk
4 Chelmsford 018 Chelmsford
5 South Norfolk 012 South Norfolk

Forenames

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First names often paired with Shulver

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Shulver

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

Shulver 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

Shulver falls in decile 6 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 Shulver 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 Shulver, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Shulver families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Shulver 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 61 Shulvers recorded in 1881 and an index of 33.56x.

County Total Index
Suffolk 61 33.56x
Middlesex 32 2.14x
Yorkshire 19 1.28x
Norfolk 14 6.10x
Essex 9 3.06x
Kent 9 1.77x
Surrey 7 0.96x
Channel Islands 1 2.26x
Gloucestershire 1 0.34x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Stradbroke in Suffolk leads with 14 Shulvers recorded in 1881 and an index of 2295.08x.

Place Total Index
Stradbroke 14 2295.08x
Bedfield 10 5263.16x
Bradford 8 22.35x
Occold 8 2962.96x
Rishangles 8 8888.89x
Bromley London 7 21.32x
Halifax 7 32.24x
Diss 6 304.57x
Cliffe 5 434.78x
Hackney London 5 5.98x
Islington London 5 3.46x
West Thurrock 5 510.20x
Barnby 4 3076.92x
Chelmsford 4 79.21x
Croydon 4 9.91x
Edenbridge 4 400.00x
Shoreditch London 4 6.18x
Wakefield 4 35.24x
Lakenham 3 92.02x
Shelfanger 3 1764.71x
St George Hanover 3 15.40x
St Pancras London 3 2.50x
Westminster St John 3 16.51x
Bedingfield 2 1176.47x
Debenham 2 333.33x
Framlingham 2 155.04x
Mellis 2 833.33x
Mickfield 2 1538.46x
Monk Soham 2 1000.00x
Southolt 2 2857.14x
Sudbury St Gregory 2 136.99x
Tivetshall St Mary 2 1428.57x
Ashford 1 84.75x
Bethnal Green London 1 1.54x
Camberwell 1 1.05x
Lambeth 1 0.77x
Rotherhithe 1 5.42x
St Peter Port 1 12.22x
Stow Upland 1 166.67x
Tetbury 1 60.24x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Emma 10
Mary 9
Elizabeth 5
Ellen 4
Jane 4
Alice 3
Annie 3
Eliza 3
Florence 3
Laura 3
Anne 2
Clara 2
Frances 2
Harriet 2
Harriett 2
Kate 2
Minnie 2
Sarah 2
Ada 1
Amelia 1
Anna 1
Edith 1
Emily 1
Fanny 1
Hannah 1
Helen 1
Herbert 1
Julia 1
Kitty 1
Lucy 1
Maria 1
Maud 1
Mitilda 1
Susan 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 11
John 9
Charles 7
James 7
George 6
Arthur 5
Walter 4
Henry 3
Alfred 2
Edmund 2
Samuel 2
Alexander 1
Ernest 1
Fenn 1
Frederick 1
Fredk. 1
Fredk.A. 1
Fredrica 1
Fredrick 1
Harry 1
Hugh 1
Hurbert 1
Joshua 1
Richard 1
Robert 1
Thomas 1
Wm.Jas. 1

FAQ

Shulver surname: questions and answers

How common was the Shulver surname in 1881?

In 1881, 152 people were recorded with the Shulver surname. That placed it at #15,372 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Shulver surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 200 in 2016. That gives Shulver a modern rank of #19,591.

What does the Shulver map show?

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