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Deed poll statistics: what our orders show
Legal Deedpolls has prepared deed polls for people changing their name in England and Wales since 2014. These figures come from our own order records, so anyone researching a name change can see how other people use deed polls.
Key findings
deed polls we sent was for a child (79 of 383, or 21%), including replacements.
deed polls we sent was a replacement for one that had been lost or damaged (58 of 383, or 15%).
of deed polls we sent were adult deed polls (249 of 383). We sent an average of about 128 deed polls a month.
Deed polls sent by type
Adults changing their own name make up most of our orders, but child and replacement deed polls together account for over a third.
| Type of deed poll | Share shown as a bar | Number | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult deed poll | 249 | 65.0% | |
| Child deed poll | 76 | 19.8% | |
| Replacement adult deed poll | 55 | 14.4% | |
| Replacement child deed poll | 3 | 0.8% | |
| Total dispatched | 383 | 100% |
Orders dispatched and refunded
Of 391 orders placed in the period, 383 (98%) were dispatched and 8 (2%) were refunded.
What the figures tell you
Changing a child’s name is common
Around a fifth of the deed polls we send are for children. A child deed poll normally needs the consent of everyone with parental responsibility for the child.
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Around 15% of the deed polls we send are replacements, usually because the original was lost, damaged or needs reissuing.
Get a replacement deed pollAbout this data
These figures come from Legal Deedpolls’ own order records. They cover orders placed with us only and are not official statistics for name changes in the UK.
“Dispatched” means a deed poll was prepared and sent to the customer. “Refunded” means the order was refunded and no deed poll was sent. Replacement deed polls are reissues of a deed poll previously supplied. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
Legal Deedpolls, Deed poll statistics, three months to 23 October 2026, legal-deedpolls.co.uk/deed-poll-statistics/ Ready to change your name? Deed polls from £15.99, sent the next working day.
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