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UK surname

Tebbit

In the 1881 census there were 75 people recorded with the Tebbit surname, ranking it #22,893 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 123, ranked #27,115, down from #22,893 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Willesden, Milton and Hatfield Broad Oak. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include South Cambridgeshire, Teignbridge and Maidstone.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tebbit is 143 in 2003. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 64.0%.

1881 census count

75

Ranked #22,893

Modern count

123

2016, ranked #27,115

Peak year

2003

143 bearers

Map years

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1901 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tebbit had 75 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #22,893 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 123 in 2016, ranked #27,115.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 129 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Established Mature Families.

Tebbit surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tebbit surname density by area, 2016 modern.

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Timeline

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Tebbit 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 26 #28,667
1861 historical 28 #30,405
1881 historical 75 #22,893
1891 historical 89 #25,542
1901 historical 129 #19,735
1911 historical 110 #21,519
1997 modern 126 #23,461
1998 modern 125 #24,198
1999 modern 117 #25,362
2000 modern 121 #24,824
2001 modern 119 #24,733
2002 modern 140 #22,876
2003 modern 143 #22,367
2004 modern 137 #23,098
2005 modern 122 #24,817
2006 modern 123 #24,873
2007 modern 123 #25,208
2008 modern 120 #25,922
2009 modern 112 #27,685
2010 modern 117 #27,557
2011 modern 121 #26,789
2012 modern 112 #28,174
2013 modern 118 #27,686
2014 modern 118 #27,961
2015 modern 123 #27,088
2016 modern 123 #27,115

Geography

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Where Tebbits are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Willesden, Milton, Hatfield Broad Oak, Takeley and Cambridge: St Andrew the Less, St Andrew the Great, Holy Trinity, St Benedict. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to South Cambridgeshire, Teignbridge, Maidstone, Westminster and Birmingham. 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 Willesden Middlesex (Exclusive Of London Districts)
2 Milton Cambridgeshire
3 Hatfield Broad Oak Essex
4 Takeley Essex
5 Cambridge: St Andrew the Less, St Andrew the Great, Holy Trinity, St Benedict Cambridgeshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 South Cambridgeshire 010 South Cambridgeshire
2 Teignbridge 004 Teignbridge
3 Maidstone 017 Maidstone
4 Westminster 022 Westminster
5 Birmingham 076 Birmingham

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tebbit

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tebbit

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

Established Mature Families

Nationally, the Tebbit surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Established Mature Families, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Tebbit household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Married couples predominate, many with older dependent children. Detached housing is common. Homeownership rates are the highest within this Supergroup. The presence of some students suggests that households are towards the end of a child rearing phase. Many residents have degree level qualifications, and the occupational profile is heavily skewed towards managerial and professional occupations. Residential developments commonly occur on the periphery of major urban cities or conurbations.

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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Tebbit 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

Tebbit 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

Tebbit falls in decile 10 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 Tebbit is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 20-25 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 Tebbit, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Tebbit families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tebbit 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. Cambridgeshire leads with 38 Tebbits recorded in 1881 and an index of 82.02x.

County Total Index
Cambridgeshire 38 82.02x
Middlesex 12 1.64x
Kent 6 2.40x
Brecknockshire 4 27.34x
Essex 4 2.77x
Leicestershire 3 3.70x
Somerset 2 1.70x
Staffordshire 2 0.81x
Surrey 2 0.56x
Devon 1 0.66x
Suffolk 1 1.12x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Comberton in Cambridgeshire leads with 7 Tebbits recorded in 1881 and an index of 5000.00x.

Place Total Index
Comberton 7 5000.00x
St Andrewthe Less 7 132.33x
Dover St Mary Virgin 6 247.93x
Milton 5 3571.43x
Willesden 5 72.46x
Barton 4 5000.00x
Hatfield Broad Oak 4 816.33x
Lower Ystradgynlais 4 444.44x
Carlton 3 3750.00x
Chesterton 3 209.79x
Seals 3 1034.48x
Swavesey 3 1000.00x
Westminster St James 3 39.89x
Bishops Hull 2 526.32x
Handsworth 2 32.84x
Holy Trinity Cambridge 2 400.00x
Mile End Old Town 2 17.32x
Soham 2 200.00x
Tottenham 2 17.17x
Wimbledon 2 50.00x
Dawlish 1 87.72x
Lakenheath 1 212.77x
Little Shelford 1 769.23x
Wicken 1 476.19x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Jane 3
Ada 2
Ann 2
Annie 2
Edith 2
Elizabeth 2
Emily 2
Maria 2
Mary 2
Alice 1
Amelia 1
Anne 1
Catherine 1
Eliza 1
Emilia 1
Florance 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Isabel 1
Louisa 1
Margeret 1
Marianne 1
Maud 1
Rosetta 1
Sarah 1
Sophia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
Edward 3
Frank 3
John 3
Joseph 3
William 3
Charles 2
Samuel 2
Aaron 1
Abraham 1
Albert 1
Alfred 1
Benjamin 1
Edwin 1
Ernest 1
Fredrick 1
Herbert 1
Isaac 1
Jno. 1
Manning 1
Percy 1
Reginald 1
Robert 1
Sidney 1
Sydney 1
Thomas 1
Victor 1
Walter 1

FAQ

Tebbit surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tebbit surname in 1881?

In 1881, 75 people were recorded with the Tebbit surname. That placed it at #22,893 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tebbit surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 123 in 2016. That gives Tebbit a modern rank of #27,115.

What does the Tebbit map show?

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