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 Groom, with 41 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
901	Groom	41	0.020%	1.58x
902	Hercock	41	0.020%	27.65x
903	Hyde	41	0.020%	0.72x
904	Ingram	41	0.020%	0.73x
905	Massey	41	0.020%	0.87x
906	Parson	41	0.020%	4.94x
907	Powers	41	0.020%	5.43x
908	Rooke	41	0.020%	3.01x
909	Savill	41	0.020%	4.68x
910	Woodward	41	0.020%	0.45x
911	Allpress	40	0.020%	27.09x
912	Barford	40	0.020%	8.46x
913	Beck	40	0.020%	0.92x
914	Clear	40	0.020%	10.36x
915	Disbury	40	0.020%	64.75x
916	Dye	40	0.020%	3.26x
917	Eley	40	0.020%	3.50x
918	English	40	0.020%	1.15x
919	Fabb	40	0.020%	56.30x
920	Gammon	40	0.020%	4.01x
921	Greenwood	40	0.020%	0.28x
922	Ludman	40	0.020%	115.67x
923	Mitham	40	0.020%	104.44x
924	Pamplin	40	0.020%	19.50x
925	Samuel	40	0.020%	1.81x
926	Seal	40	0.020%	3.00x
927	Thorp	40	0.020%	1.59x
928	Wakeling	40	0.020%	5.66x
929	Youles	40	0.020%	52.21x
930	Ager	39	0.020%	5.39x
931	Askham	39	0.020%	10.83x
932	Baldwin	39	0.020%	0.49x
933	Burkett	39	0.020%	10.45x
934	Cash	39	0.020%	3.18x
935	Covell	39	0.020%	13.15x
936	Dear	39	0.020%	2.85x
937	Denton	39	0.020%	1.15x
938	Else	39	0.020%	6.37x
939	Feary	39	0.020%	43.23x
940	Gadsby	39	0.020%	5.15x
941	Germany	39	0.020%	26.98x
942	Glasscock	39	0.020%	15.17x
943	Goodenough	39	0.020%	7.34x
944	Hankin	39	0.020%	6.87x
945	Hewitt	39	0.020%	0.43x
946	Hinton	39	0.020%	1.57x
947	Lamb	39	0.020%	0.40x
948	Longstaff	39	0.020%	2.99x
949	Mallows	39	0.020%	18.30x
950	Meadows	39	0.020%	1.51x
951	Murfet	39	0.020%	81.98x
952	Neville	39	0.020%	1.77x
953	Purkiss	39	0.020%	8.88x
954	Smoothy	39	0.020%	29.64x
955	Sole	39	0.020%	9.11x
956	Steward	39	0.020%	1.64x
957	Warner	39	0.020%	0.58x
958	Willers	39	0.020%	37.80x
959	Witt	39	0.020%	5.29x
960	Ayers	38	0.020%	3.42x
961	Aylett	38	0.020%	9.35x
962	Barron	38	0.020%	1.33x
963	Cattell	38	0.020%	7.38x
964	Challice	38	0.020%	20.71x
965	Eagle	38	0.020%	3.71x
966	Gatward	38	0.020%	16.10x
967	Gibbons	38	0.020%	0.64x
968	Harrup	38	0.020%	29.71x
969	Head	38	0.020%	0.84x
970	Hockley	38	0.020%	3.81x
971	Hood	38	0.020%	0.74x
972	Pamenter	38	0.020%	111.86x
973	Pavis	38	0.020%	50.83x
974	Payton	38	0.020%	5.16x
975	Tebbit	38	0.020%	82.02x
976	Thurlow	38	0.020%	4.26x
977	Tolliday	38	0.020%	36.18x
978	Wooll	38	0.020%	62.77x
979	Bilton	37	0.020%	4.71x
980	Bridges	37	0.020%	1.26x
981	Browning	37	0.020%	0.98x
982	Clayden	37	0.020%	6.36x
983	Conder	37	0.020%	22.68x
984	Coote	37	0.020%	4.06x
985	Dobson	37	0.020%	0.45x
986	Farnham	37	0.020%	9.90x
987	Franks	37	0.020%	1.60x
988	Grimwood	37	0.020%	4.86x
989	Hare	37	0.020%	1.30x
990	Hollis	37	0.020%	1.44x
991	Ladds	37	0.020%	19.44x
992	Lord	37	0.020%	0.43x
993	Mayle	37	0.020%	29.50x
994	Mingay	37	0.020%	15.01x
995	Rippon	37	0.020%	5.75x
996	Saunderson	37	0.020%	8.62x
997	Spicer	37	0.020%	1.49x
998	Stapleton	37	0.020%	1.99x
999	Summers	37	0.020%	0.71x
1000	Tarrant	37	0.020%	2.83x