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 Button, with 21 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
1501	Button	21	0.010%	0.96x
1502	Carder	21	0.010%	6.41x
1503	Clingo	21	0.010%	57.61x
1504	Cock	21	0.010%	1.03x
1505	Copping	21	0.010%	2.85x
1506	Cragg	21	0.010%	1.79x
1507	Daws	21	0.010%	2.22x
1508	Dunkling	21	0.010%	41.45x
1509	Dunmore	21	0.010%	6.06x
1510	Easey	21	0.010%	16.42x
1511	Ely	21	0.010%	2.16x
1512	Feetham	21	0.010%	19.99x
1513	Foote	21	0.010%	2.96x
1514	Frisby	21	0.010%	2.62x
1515	Hartley	21	0.010%	0.18x
1516	Hilliam	21	0.010%	34.34x
1517	Holt	21	0.010%	0.17x
1518	Horrell	21	0.010%	7.26x
1519	Humm	21	0.010%	8.76x
1520	Hurrell	21	0.010%	1.91x
1521	Ilett	21	0.010%	16.58x
1522	Knightley	21	0.010%	13.43x
1523	Laxton	21	0.010%	3.73x
1524	Loughton	21	0.010%	8.00x
1525	Mayhew	21	0.010%	1.38x
1526	Mays	21	0.010%	1.99x
1527	Oakley	21	0.010%	0.54x
1528	Overland	21	0.010%	38.20x
1529	Pointer	21	0.010%	2.68x
1530	Ranns	21	0.010%	91.90x
1531	Ream	21	0.010%	38.20x
1532	Redhouse	21	0.010%	26.15x
1533	Ringham	21	0.010%	12.10x
1534	Rush	21	0.010%	1.06x
1535	Sadd	21	0.010%	7.67x
1536	Simpkins	21	0.010%	2.52x
1537	Slack	21	0.010%	0.72x
1538	Thorogood	21	0.010%	2.55x
1539	Turrell	21	0.010%	3.76x
1540	Watling	21	0.010%	2.19x
1541	Whitechurch	21	0.010%	28.56x
1542	Anthony	20	0.010%	0.93x
1543	Boreham	20	0.010%	2.72x
1544	Bouch	20	0.010%	9.14x
1545	Boutle	20	0.010%	33.38x
1546	Brickwood	20	0.010%	13.32x
1547	Brook	20	0.010%	0.28x
1548	Browne	20	0.010%	0.59x
1549	Buzzard	20	0.010%	15.87x
1550	Charity	20	0.010%	9.22x
1551	Clapham	20	0.010%	1.25x
1552	Claypole	20	0.010%	11.94x
1553	Creak	20	0.010%	21.30x
1554	Dicker	20	0.010%	2.76x
1555	Dickson	20	0.010%	0.29x
1556	Dowling	20	0.010%	0.98x
1557	Downs	20	0.010%	0.61x
1558	Edis	20	0.010%	8.07x
1559	Fillingham	20	0.010%	5.23x
1560	Frankham	20	0.010%	8.26x
1561	Furnace	20	0.010%	19.50x
1562	Gardener	20	0.010%	0.60x
1563	Gardiner	20	0.010%	0.38x
1564	Goulding	20	0.010%	1.11x
1565	Ground	20	0.010%	26.54x
1566	Gunn	20	0.010%	0.44x
1567	Halford	20	0.010%	1.45x
1568	Hilton	20	0.010%	0.31x
1569	Holben	20	0.010%	52.22x
1570	Hunter	20	0.010%	0.11x
1571	Jonas	20	0.010%	6.29x
1572	Judge	20	0.010%	1.00x
1573	Kitchen	20	0.010%	0.63x
1574	Larrington	20	0.010%	46.25x
1575	Lea	20	0.010%	0.55x
1576	Lockwood	20	0.010%	0.49x
1577	Logan	20	0.010%	0.46x
1578	Matson	20	0.010%	4.42x
1579	Morling	20	0.010%	10.48x
1580	Overhill	20	0.010%	34.45x
1581	Peckover	20	0.010%	13.27x
1582	Pigg	20	0.010%	3.67x
1583	Place	20	0.010%	2.06x
1584	Ranson	20	0.010%	2.19x
1585	Reid	20	0.010%	0.10x
1586	Shipley	20	0.010%	1.22x
1587	Stannard	20	0.010%	1.55x
1588	Suckling	20	0.010%	3.69x
1589	Topper	20	0.010%	19.04x
1590	Vince	20	0.010%	1.79x
1591	Waite	20	0.010%	0.52x
1592	Willimott	20	0.010%	21.58x
1593	Witherow	20	0.010%	57.84x
1594	Worts	20	0.010%	15.64x
1595	Yaxley	20	0.010%	6.86x
1596	Ames	19	0.010%	1.49x
1597	Ash	19	0.010%	0.62x
1598	Ashley	19	0.010%	0.61x
1599	Band	19	0.010%	4.50x
1600	Bard	19	0.010%	12.45x