Cumberbatchs of UK in 2001

Local District Authorities with more than twice the national average of Cumberbatchs (excluding Inner London)

Inner London Local District Authorities with more than twice the national average of Cumberbatchs

Inner London was treated separately as London has a tremendous attraction. As David Hey in his Family Names and Family History p.140 explains:

"Commonwealth immigrants who have arrived since the 1950s can be even more difficult to identify in this way [distribution by telephone numbers], for many came with English surnames.  Some of the bearers of distinctive surnames derived rfom English villages and hamlets turn out to be descendants of African slaves who were shipped to the West Indies and given the name of a slave owner whose family originated in England. For example, Comberbatch (sic) [he means Cumberbatch], a surname which is derived from a village in Cheshire, is a very common name in Barbados and has been reintroduced into England by West Indian immigrants.....As immigrants tend to cluster together, some of their distinctive surnames are now confined to particular localities in Britain."

Whilst slave naming patterns are not the subject here he does raise a point regarding immigrants. The UK National Archives website 'Moving Here' includes a sample of immigrants ariving at UK ports between 1950 & 1960. In this sample 43 Cumberbatchs are mentioned and 33 (77%) are destined for London. The 'clustering' Hey mentions may be identified in the above mentioned Inner London boroughs, which may well be due to immigrants from Barbados. 'Moving Here' explains why and how:

"A minority [of Caribbeans] were recruited and subsidised by London Transport or by the hospitals of the new Health Service, but the majority came of their own accord, paying fares of up to £85, for ship cabins they typically shared with half a dozen other travellers. At the lower price range, conditions were worse, and cabin accommodation could be shared among a score of passengers." See: Immigrant_motivation

The low number of Cumberbatchs in London during the 1881 Census allow me to treat London separately.

Regions with more than 1.5 times the national average of Cumberbatchs

Administrative Counties with more than 1.4 times the national average of Cumberbatchs