1881 census county

Buckinghamshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Buckinghamshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

6,959 surnames are listed for Buckinghamshire, covering 162,534 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 2,847 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Buckinghamshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	2,847	1.61%	1.14x
2	White	1,169	0.660%	2.06x
3	King	1,081	0.610%	2.81x
4	Brown	1,001	0.570%	0.86x
5	Saunders	1,000	0.570%	6.17x
6	Harris	930	0.530%	2.07x
7	Stevens	866	0.490%	4.70x
8	Clarke	824	0.470%	2.30x
9	Clark	821	0.460%	1.55x
10	Jones	791	0.450%	0.40x
11	Wright	776	0.440%	1.37x
12	Taylor	763	0.430%	0.68x
13	Green	762	0.430%	1.53x
14	Cox	732	0.410%	2.73x
15	Carter	714	0.400%	2.41x
16	Walker	695	0.390%	1.18x
17	Cook	694	0.390%	1.98x
18	Turner	652	0.370%	1.33x
19	Rogers	642	0.360%	2.80x
20	Keen	610	0.350%	17.24x
21	Adams	598	0.340%	2.30x
22	Webb	594	0.340%	2.48x
23	Bates	580	0.330%	5.16x
24	Rose	576	0.330%	4.40x
25	Pearce	568	0.320%	3.50x
26	Hill	555	0.310%	1.23x
27	West	539	0.310%	3.17x
28	Ward	528	0.300%	1.37x
29	Allen	517	0.290%	1.55x
30	Wheeler	492	0.280%	4.61x
31	Johnson	491	0.280%	0.83x
32	Williams	485	0.270%	0.38x
33	Collins	482	0.270%	1.90x
34	Mead	471	0.270%	11.44x
35	Payne	466	0.260%	2.93x
36	Harding	463	0.260%	3.62x
37	Chapman	457	0.260%	1.82x
38	Tompkins	457	0.260%	29.98x
39	Robinson	456	0.260%	0.81x
40	Parker	455	0.260%	1.35x
41	Young	453	0.260%	1.19x
42	Evans	442	0.250%	0.57x
43	Stone	433	0.250%	3.39x
44	Butler	431	0.240%	2.50x
45	Cooper	422	0.240%	0.98x
46	Davis	419	0.240%	1.08x
47	Dean	407	0.230%	3.32x
48	Lacey	407	0.230%	12.50x
49	Brooks	406	0.230%	2.35x
50	Price	403	0.230%	1.30x
51	Edwards	401	0.230%	0.81x
52	Atkins	400	0.230%	6.04x
53	Martin	386	0.220%	0.89x
54	Scott	380	0.220%	0.85x
55	Wilson	377	0.210%	0.46x
56	Barnes	374	0.210%	1.76x
57	Hall	374	0.210%	0.72x
58	Bowler	368	0.210%	17.07x
59	Miller	368	0.210%	1.16x
60	Birch	366	0.210%	5.06x
61	Roberts	365	0.210%	0.55x
62	Baker	359	0.200%	0.93x
63	Howard	345	0.200%	1.99x
64	Hawes	337	0.190%	15.47x
65	Coleman	335	0.190%	3.81x
66	Lane	318	0.180%	2.61x
67	Janes	315	0.180%	27.76x
68	Bennett	313	0.180%	1.08x
69	Watson	313	0.180%	0.76x
70	Hawkins	310	0.180%	2.42x
71	Hearn	305	0.170%	13.05x
72	Bryant	301	0.170%	3.99x
73	Franklin	299	0.170%	5.10x
74	Page	299	0.170%	2.12x
75	Ayres	298	0.170%	12.16x
76	Gibbs	293	0.170%	3.38x
77	Richardson	293	0.170%	0.97x
78	Plumridge	292	0.170%	59.65x
79	Newman	287	0.160%	2.19x
80	Sharp	286	0.160%	1.94x
81	Warner	283	0.160%	4.39x
82	North	282	0.160%	4.82x
83	Hobbs	279	0.160%	4.34x
84	Hunt	279	0.160%	1.19x
85	Warren	279	0.160%	2.36x
86	Grace	277	0.160%	11.71x
87	Nicholls	277	0.160%	3.00x
88	Griffin	276	0.160%	3.32x
89	Bailey	274	0.160%	1.03x
90	Pratt	273	0.150%	2.69x
91	Knight	272	0.150%	1.25x
92	Biggs	270	0.150%	8.11x
93	East	268	0.150%	9.76x
94	Higgins	267	0.150%	2.99x
95	Morris	265	0.150%	0.67x
96	Baldwin	257	0.150%	3.41x
97	Palmer	257	0.150%	1.23x
98	Sear	255	0.140%	38.57x
99	Lee	250	0.140%	0.87x
100	Miles	250	0.140%	2.40x