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 Saunders, with 253 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
101	Saunders	253	0.140%	1.49x
102	Frost	249	0.130%	2.39x
103	Parish	249	0.130%	8.72x
104	Collins	248	0.130%	0.93x
105	Harvey	248	0.130%	1.26x
106	Lawrence	248	0.130%	2.06x
107	Russell	245	0.130%	1.08x
108	Curtis	244	0.130%	2.32x
109	Stevens	244	0.130%	1.26x
110	Jarman	239	0.130%	13.54x
111	Searle	237	0.130%	6.37x
112	Leonard	236	0.130%	5.88x
113	Wells	235	0.130%	1.53x
114	Harding	234	0.130%	1.75x
115	Haylock	233	0.130%	46.16x
116	Anderson	230	0.120%	0.63x
117	Bird	227	0.120%	1.61x
118	Willson	227	0.120%	10.93x
119	Stearn	226	0.120%	58.81x
120	Burton	225	0.120%	1.43x
121	Harris	225	0.120%	0.48x
122	Bates	223	0.120%	1.89x
123	Stubbings	223	0.120%	34.80x
124	Coe	220	0.120%	7.32x
125	Leach	219	0.120%	2.87x
126	Barrett	215	0.120%	1.73x
127	Parr	215	0.120%	4.65x
128	Reed	214	0.120%	1.58x
129	Rule	213	0.120%	16.78x
130	Roberts	212	0.110%	0.30x
131	Symonds	212	0.110%	9.51x
132	Badcock	211	0.110%	19.90x
133	Hammond	210	0.110%	1.99x
134	Foster	209	0.110%	0.84x
135	Hopkins	209	0.110%	1.88x
136	Reeve	209	0.110%	4.83x
137	Shaw	209	0.110%	0.61x
138	Woods	209	0.110%	1.79x
139	Peachey	208	0.110%	28.01x
140	Cornell	206	0.110%	16.66x
141	Brooks	204	0.110%	1.13x
142	Bedford	201	0.110%	4.58x
143	Christmas	201	0.110%	20.14x
144	Phillips	201	0.110%	0.61x
145	Barber	200	0.110%	1.80x
146	Pope	198	0.110%	3.10x
147	Burling	196	0.110%	57.47x
148	Lofts	196	0.110%	46.65x
149	Woollard	196	0.110%	30.13x
150	Pettit	195	0.110%	13.33x
151	Gilbert	193	0.100%	1.83x
152	Page	193	0.100%	1.30x
153	Rowell	193	0.100%	11.95x
154	Oliver	192	0.100%	1.45x
155	Brand	191	0.100%	6.99x
156	French	191	0.100%	2.11x
157	Bishop	190	0.100%	1.47x
158	Wayman	190	0.100%	39.02x
159	Pearce	188	0.100%	1.11x
160	Sharp	188	0.100%	1.22x
161	Murfitt	187	0.100%	81.36x
162	Hobbs	185	0.100%	2.74x
163	Dickerson	184	0.100%	24.37x
164	Parsons	184	0.100%	1.31x
165	Harrison	183	0.100%	0.45x
166	Prime	181	0.100%	24.93x
167	Graves	179	0.100%	6.38x
168	Gifford	178	0.100%	11.06x
169	Briggs	176	0.100%	1.75x
170	West	175	0.090%	0.98x
171	Benstead	174	0.090%	36.48x
172	Doggett	174	0.090%	36.43x
173	Whitehead	173	0.090%	1.38x
174	Bond	172	0.090%	1.76x
175	Dawson	172	0.090%	0.84x
176	Ayres	171	0.090%	6.66x
177	Fox	171	0.090%	1.00x
178	Kidman	171	0.090%	45.90x
179	Bradford	169	0.090%	4.68x
180	Chamberlain	169	0.090%	3.36x
181	Ingrey	169	0.090%	94.65x
182	Newell	169	0.090%	5.78x
183	Claydon	168	0.090%	14.39x
184	Gilby	168	0.090%	24.36x
185	Hitch	168	0.090%	34.25x
186	Houghton	168	0.090%	2.60x
187	Hayden	167	0.090%	11.57x
188	Jakes	166	0.090%	47.72x
189	Burgess	165	0.090%	1.28x
190	Prior	165	0.090%	3.85x
191	Radford	165	0.090%	4.70x
192	Randall	165	0.090%	2.85x
193	Simpson	165	0.090%	0.51x
194	Osborne	163	0.090%	1.85x
195	Unwin	163	0.090%	8.86x
196	Baxter	162	0.090%	1.47x
197	Lambert	162	0.090%	1.60x
198	Morris	160	0.090%	0.39x
199	Skinner	160	0.090%	1.70x
200	Bowers	159	0.090%	4.71x