1881 census county

Cambridgeshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cambridgeshire 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

6,803 surnames are listed for Cambridgeshire, covering 170,564 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 3,033 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cambridgeshire

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	3,033	1.64%	1.16x
2	Brown	1,519	0.820%	1.25x
3	Chapman	1,349	0.730%	5.13x
4	Taylor	1,191	0.640%	1.01x
5	Wright	1,102	0.600%	1.86x
6	Webb	1,049	0.570%	4.18x
7	Johnson	956	0.520%	1.54x
8	Clark	862	0.470%	1.55x
9	Wilson	858	0.460%	1.01x
10	Carter	830	0.450%	2.67x
11	King	781	0.420%	1.94x
12	Green	713	0.390%	1.37x
13	Fuller	693	0.370%	9.26x
14	Ward	681	0.370%	1.68x
15	Clarke	662	0.360%	1.77x
16	Hall	651	0.350%	1.20x
17	Turner	632	0.340%	1.23x
18	Newman	628	0.340%	4.56x
19	Palmer	624	0.340%	2.86x
20	Miller	618	0.330%	1.87x
21	Watson	614	0.330%	1.43x
22	Thompson	611	0.330%	1.10x
23	Day	608	0.330%	3.49x
24	Allen	580	0.310%	1.66x
25	Martin	551	0.300%	1.21x
26	Jackson	548	0.300%	1.06x
27	Cooper	537	0.290%	1.19x
28	Robinson	528	0.290%	0.89x
29	Moore	504	0.270%	1.36x
30	Bailey	495	0.270%	1.78x
31	Cole	492	0.270%	2.92x
32	Barker	491	0.270%	2.03x
33	Baker	489	0.260%	1.21x
34	Edwards	477	0.260%	0.93x
35	Mason	468	0.250%	1.88x
36	Norman	458	0.250%	5.34x
37	Marshall	440	0.240%	1.42x
38	Howard	437	0.240%	2.41x
39	Cook	433	0.230%	1.18x
40	Andrews	431	0.230%	2.43x
41	Barnes	426	0.230%	1.91x
42	Cox	420	0.230%	1.50x
43	White	418	0.230%	0.70x
44	Hills	407	0.220%	7.95x
45	Rayner	407	0.220%	8.82x
46	Hart	395	0.210%	2.50x
47	Gray	393	0.210%	1.49x
48	Adams	377	0.200%	1.38x
49	Nunn	377	0.200%	11.63x
50	Cornwell	376	0.200%	35.26x
51	Parker	376	0.200%	1.07x
52	Hunt	373	0.200%	1.52x
53	Morley	372	0.200%	5.03x
54	Watts	372	0.200%	2.40x
55	Holmes	363	0.200%	1.61x
56	Richardson	361	0.200%	1.15x
57	Flack	359	0.190%	27.55x
58	Butler	354	0.190%	1.96x
59	Papworth	353	0.190%	49.08x
60	Porter	353	0.190%	2.54x
61	Lee	352	0.190%	1.16x
62	Jones	349	0.190%	0.17x
63	Fordham	343	0.190%	23.05x
64	Bell	337	0.180%	0.97x
65	Payne	334	0.180%	2.01x
66	Dean	333	0.180%	2.59x
67	Scott	332	0.180%	0.71x
68	Pratt	330	0.180%	3.10x
69	Wallis	329	0.180%	5.25x
70	Ellis	319	0.170%	1.19x
71	Fisher	317	0.170%	1.46x
72	Mansfield	310	0.170%	8.93x
73	Warren	310	0.170%	2.51x
74	Hill	308	0.170%	0.65x
75	Marsh	306	0.170%	2.32x
76	Walker	306	0.170%	0.49x
77	Young	303	0.160%	0.76x
78	Freeman	302	0.160%	2.56x
79	Peck	302	0.160%	9.66x
80	Plumb	300	0.160%	20.04x
81	Butcher	299	0.160%	3.83x
82	Howe	294	0.160%	4.05x
83	Garner	291	0.160%	4.98x
84	Ison	287	0.160%	52.91x
85	Barton	285	0.150%	2.85x
86	Matthews	284	0.150%	1.76x
87	Few	283	0.150%	67.26x
88	Peters	278	0.150%	4.28x
89	Williams	277	0.150%	0.21x
90	Long	273	0.150%	2.27x
91	Fletcher	265	0.140%	1.25x
92	Arnold	261	0.140%	2.62x
93	Sutton	261	0.140%	2.22x
94	Coulson	258	0.140%	7.77x
95	Rogers	258	0.140%	1.07x
96	Read	255	0.140%	2.14x
97	Benton	254	0.140%	13.26x
98	Reynolds	254	0.140%	1.58x
99	Starling	254	0.140%	18.68x
100	Pearson	253	0.140%	1.18x