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 Reynolds, with 249 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
101	Reynolds	249	0.140%	1.63x
102	Elliott	246	0.140%	1.64x
103	French	245	0.140%	2.84x
104	Goodman	245	0.140%	4.75x
105	Holland	243	0.140%	1.93x
106	Gomm	242	0.140%	52.07x
107	Gurney	240	0.140%	13.05x
108	Read	240	0.140%	2.11x
109	Faulkner	239	0.140%	4.99x
110	Rolfe	239	0.140%	10.43x
111	Thorne	239	0.140%	6.42x
112	Andrews	238	0.130%	1.41x
113	Ball	238	0.130%	1.63x
114	Slade	238	0.130%	6.76x
115	Higgs	237	0.130%	7.36x
116	Bunce	236	0.130%	17.94x
117	Kirby	236	0.130%	3.52x
118	Stratford	235	0.130%	19.39x
119	Crook	234	0.130%	4.61x
120	Munday	233	0.130%	11.28x
121	Freeman	228	0.130%	2.02x
122	Moore	228	0.130%	0.65x
123	Wells	226	0.130%	1.54x
124	Bird	225	0.130%	1.67x
125	Lovell	224	0.130%	6.06x
126	Wood	224	0.130%	0.40x
127	Alderman	223	0.130%	32.13x
128	Chilton	222	0.130%	15.65x
129	Barrett	221	0.130%	1.86x
130	Gray	221	0.130%	0.88x
131	Markham	218	0.120%	10.37x
132	Phillips	217	0.120%	0.69x
133	Herbert	216	0.120%	3.27x
134	Hughes	214	0.120%	0.43x
135	Harvey	213	0.120%	1.13x
136	Hedges	213	0.120%	10.54x
137	Pusey	213	0.120%	54.81x
138	Tilbury	212	0.120%	31.15x
139	Varney	212	0.120%	22.94x
140	Mitchell	210	0.120%	0.59x
141	George	209	0.120%	2.02x
142	Aldridge	207	0.120%	6.04x
143	Curtis	207	0.120%	2.07x
144	Dickins	207	0.120%	31.88x
145	Russell	207	0.120%	0.96x
146	Thompson	205	0.120%	0.39x
147	Horn	204	0.120%	5.08x
148	Mills	204	0.120%	0.89x
149	Holt	201	0.110%	1.70x
150	Frost	200	0.110%	2.01x
151	Jackson	199	0.110%	0.40x
152	Perkins	194	0.110%	2.44x
153	Batchelor	193	0.110%	6.44x
154	Jackman	191	0.110%	11.65x
155	Line	191	0.110%	22.78x
156	Newell	191	0.110%	6.84x
157	Watts	191	0.110%	1.29x
158	Simmons	190	0.110%	2.64x
159	Horwood	189	0.110%	22.57x
160	Matthews	189	0.110%	1.23x
161	Willis	189	0.110%	2.01x
162	Rickard	188	0.110%	15.60x
163	Haynes	187	0.110%	2.97x
164	Kent	186	0.110%	2.50x
165	Field	185	0.100%	2.11x
166	Randall	184	0.100%	3.33x
167	Brackley	183	0.100%	60.14x
168	Foster	183	0.100%	0.78x
169	Lawrence	183	0.100%	1.60x
170	Barker	182	0.100%	0.79x
171	Goodchild	181	0.100%	10.54x
172	Jennings	181	0.100%	2.02x
173	Norman	180	0.100%	2.20x
174	Austin	178	0.100%	2.06x
175	Cutler	178	0.100%	8.10x
176	Darvill	178	0.100%	54.88x
177	Wingrove	177	0.100%	34.18x
178	Bristow	176	0.100%	7.37x
179	Chandler	176	0.100%	3.10x
180	Anderson	175	0.100%	0.50x
181	Cannon	175	0.100%	5.47x
182	Finch	174	0.100%	2.96x
183	Barlow	173	0.100%	1.81x
184	Fisher	173	0.100%	0.84x
185	Garner	173	0.100%	3.10x
186	Todd	173	0.100%	1.92x
187	Walters	173	0.100%	2.05x
188	Butcher	171	0.100%	2.30x
189	Dancer	171	0.100%	45.02x
190	Holmes	169	0.100%	0.79x
191	Buckland	168	0.100%	8.98x
192	Ridgway	167	0.090%	10.31x
193	Roads	167	0.090%	77.16x
194	Dormer	166	0.090%	33.79x
195	Ford	166	0.090%	0.96x
196	Mason	166	0.090%	0.70x
197	Wyatt	166	0.090%	3.20x
198	Cheshire	164	0.090%	12.05x
199	Nichols	162	0.090%	2.82x
200	Brandon	161	0.090%	17.96x