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UK surname

Shuttlewood

In the 1881 census there were 228 people recorded with the Shuttlewood surname, ranking it #11,826 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 439, ranked #11,007, up from #11,826 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Sileby, Barrow-on-Soar (Barrow-on-Soar, Mountsorrel, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Maplewell), Beaumanor, Roth and Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Uttlesford, Gravesham and Rushcliffe.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Shuttlewood is 502 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 92.5%.

1881 census count

228

Ranked #11,826

Modern count

439

2016, ranked #11,007

Peak year

1998

502 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Shuttlewood had 228 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,826 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 439 in 2016, ranked #11,007.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 396 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Suburban Professionals.

Shuttlewood surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Shuttlewood surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Shuttlewood 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 154 #12,668
1861 historical 156 #14,813
1881 historical 228 #11,826
1891 historical 267 #12,136
1901 historical 341 #10,629
1911 historical 396 #9,354
1997 modern 485 #9,512
1998 modern 502 #9,562
1999 modern 483 #9,932
2000 modern 500 #9,632
2001 modern 484 #9,702
2002 modern 476 #9,999
2003 modern 480 #9,782
2004 modern 473 #9,905
2005 modern 465 #9,958
2006 modern 457 #10,127
2007 modern 458 #10,190
2008 modern 466 #10,162
2009 modern 486 #10,069
2010 modern 479 #10,370
2011 modern 471 #10,418
2012 modern 446 #10,733
2013 modern 462 #10,618
2014 modern 457 #10,767
2015 modern 446 #10,898
2016 modern 439 #11,007

Geography

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Where Shuttlewoods are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Sileby, Barrow-on-Soar (Barrow-on-Soar, Mountsorrel, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Maplewell), Beaumanor, Roth, Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars, Chelmsford, Broomfield, Writtle, Widford, Chignal St James, Chignal Smealy and Gravesend, Milton next Gravesend. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Uttlesford, Gravesham, Rushcliffe, Charnwood and Wiltshire. 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 Sileby Leicestershire
2 Barrow-on-Soar (Barrow-on-Soar, Mountsorrel, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Maplewell), Beaumanor, Roth Leicestershire
3 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire
4 Chelmsford, Broomfield, Writtle, Widford, Chignal St James, Chignal Smealy Essex
5 Gravesend, Milton next Gravesend Kent

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Uttlesford 007 Uttlesford
2 Gravesham 005 Gravesham
3 Rushcliffe 015 Rushcliffe
4 Charnwood 015 Charnwood
5 Wiltshire 044 Wiltshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Shuttlewood

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Shuttlewood

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Shuttlewood, 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

Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals

Group

Suburban Professionals

Nationally, the Shuttlewood surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Suburban Professionals, within Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals. This does not mean every Shuttlewood household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Employment in this Group is typically in managerial and professional occupations, and education to degree level is common. Residents are typically of working age, many of whom identify with an Indian ethnicity. Households are unlikely to be of Mixed or Multiple ethnicities, and English is not the main language used in some households. This Group is found on the outskirts of most conurbations as well as in the suburbs of some free-standing towns.

Wider pattern

Those working within the managerial, professional and administrative occupations typically reflect a wide range of ethnic groups, and reside in detached or semi-detached housing. Their residential locations at the edges of cities and conurbations and car-based lifestyles are more characteristic of Supergroup membership than birthplace or participation in child-rearing. Houses are typically owner-occupied and marriage rates are lower than the national average. This Supergroup is found throughout suburban UK.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Older Residents in Owner-Occupied Suburbs

Group

London Fringe

Within London, Shuttlewood is most associated with areas classed as London Fringe, part of Older Residents in Owner-Occupied Suburbs. 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

Predominantly located in neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Greater London, residents of these neighbourhoods typically have their highest qualifications below degree (Level 4) level, with those still in work engaged in skilled trades and occupations in distribution, hotels and restaurants. There is low ethnic diversity in these neighbourhoods and high levels of Christian religious affiliation. Detached or terraced houses predominate, often with spare rooms.

Wider London pattern

The age distribution of these neighbourhoods is skewed towards the middle-aged and old, although few residents live alone or in communal establishments and numbers of dependent children are around average. Owner occupation is the norm, as is residence in detached or semi-detached houses. Residential densities are low and many households have spare rooms. Most residents were born in the UK and, aside from some identifying as members of Chinese or Indian ethnicities, identify as White. Mixed ethnicity households are rare. Incidence of married couples is higher than average and few individuals have never been married. A large proportion of individuals still in employment work in administrative and secretarial occupations, or in the construction industry. Few residents are students, and many households own more than one car.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Shuttlewood is most concentrated in decile 4 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

Shuttlewood falls in decile 9 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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Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Shuttlewood families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Shuttlewood 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. Leicestershire leads with 90 Shuttlewoods recorded in 1881 and an index of 36.34x.

County Total Index
Leicestershire 90 36.34x
Essex 58 13.15x
Kent 27 3.54x
Rutland 15 91.46x
Middlesex 11 0.49x
Derbyshire 6 1.72x
Cheshire 5 1.01x
Devon 5 1.08x
Warwickshire 4 0.71x
Yorkshire 3 0.14x
Surrey 2 0.18x
Lancashire 1 0.04x
Lincolnshire 1 0.28x
Northamptonshire 1 0.48x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Gravesend in Kent leads with 25 Shuttlewoods recorded in 1881 and an index of 387.60x.

Place Total Index
Gravesend 25 387.60x
Leicester St Mary 24 119.94x
Sileby 16 1025.64x
Chelmsford 15 198.41x
Leicester St Margaret 12 19.87x
Langham 10 1923.08x
Little Dunmow 9 3461.54x
St Pancras London 7 3.89x
Stebbing 7 823.53x
Woodham Ferris 7 1346.15x
Roydon 6 923.08x
Derby St Werburgh 5 24.76x
Leicester All Sts 5 102.88x
Paglesham 5 1282.05x
Bagworth 4 869.57x
Bilton 4 307.69x
Chadwell Wycombe 4 5000.00x
Chigwell 4 96.15x
Hinckley 4 68.14x
Macclesfield 4 18.25x
Oakham Lordshold 4 232.56x
Barrow Upon Soar 3 146.34x
Bethnal Green London 3 3.09x
Dartmouth Townstall 3 158.73x
Leicester St Leonard 3 128.21x
Mountsorrel North End 3 625.00x
Stoney Stanton 3 394.74x
Burton Overy 2 625.00x
Doncaster 2 12.37x
Mountsorrel South End 2 571.43x
Rochford 2 156.25x
Woolwich 2 7.10x
Bruntingthorpe 1 434.78x
Dartmouth St Saviour 1 75.19x
Desborough 1 63.29x
Enderby 1 78.13x
Felstead 1 66.23x
Friskney 1 88.50x
Garston 1 12.79x
Grays Thurrock 1 24.39x
Hadleigh 1 277.78x
Heston 1 13.48x
Keighley 1 4.24x
Litchurch 1 7.11x
Melton Mowbray 1 22.47x
Mountsorrel 1 222.22x
Oakham Deanshold 1 136.99x
Stockport 1 3.94x
Tavistock 1 18.87x
Thrussington 1 212.77x
Wandsworth 1 4.65x
Woking 1 15.24x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 15
Eliza 11
Sarah 9
Elizabeth 8
Annie 6
Ann 4
Louisa 4
Emma 3
Jane 3
Margaret 3
Ada 2
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Edith 2
Emily 2
Esther 2
Lydia 2
Maria 2
Martha 2
Sophia 2
Amanda 1
Anna 1
Anne 1
Carrie 1
Clara 1
Eliza. 1
Elizth. 1
Ellen 1
Fanny 1
Flora 1
Gertrude 1
Herbert 1
Infant 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Lilian 1
Lillie 1
Lilly 1
Lottie 1
Mahala 1
Matilda 1
May 1
Mehala 1
Mildred 1
Pricilla 1
Rebecca 1
Rosa 1
Rosehannah 1
Winnifred 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 15
Thomas 9
Henry 8
John 8
Joseph 8
Alfred 7
Edwin 4
George 4
Eli 3
James 3
Joel 3
Walter 3
Charles 2
Frank 2
Frederick 2
Herbert 2
Samuel 2
Albert 1
Arthur 1
Carlton 1
Christopher 1
Ernest 1
Ezra 1
Fred 1
Fredk. 1
Fredrick 1
Geore 1
Jas.Wm. 1
Jesse 1
Job 1
Jobinay 1
Joe 1
Johni 1
Matthew 1
Nelly 1
Percy 1
Robert 1
Sidney 1
Stephen 1
Sydney 1
Zachariah 1

FAQ

Shuttlewood surname: questions and answers

How common was the Shuttlewood surname in 1881?

In 1881, 228 people were recorded with the Shuttlewood surname. That placed it at #11,826 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Shuttlewood surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 439 in 2016. That gives Shuttlewood a modern rank of #11,007.

What does the Shuttlewood map show?

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