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 Wilkin, with 122 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
301	Wilkin	122	0.070%	12.03x
302	Neal	121	0.070%	2.21x
303	Poulter	121	0.070%	8.79x
304	Skeels	121	0.070%	67.76x
305	Gibson	120	0.060%	0.53x
306	Moxon	120	0.060%	11.57x
307	Stockbridge	120	0.060%	40.05x
308	Banyard	119	0.060%	28.20x
309	Bye	119	0.060%	12.79x
310	Coxall	119	0.060%	37.25x
311	Franklin	119	0.060%	1.94x
312	Nicholls	119	0.060%	1.23x
313	Gentle	118	0.060%	19.37x
314	Goodwin	118	0.060%	1.21x
315	Langley	118	0.060%	2.91x
316	Sewell	118	0.060%	3.02x
317	Wing	118	0.060%	10.14x
318	Freestone	117	0.060%	14.71x
319	Pepper	117	0.060%	4.50x
320	Salmon	117	0.060%	2.77x
321	Lewis	115	0.060%	0.24x
322	Meeks	115	0.060%	36.21x
323	Thorpe	115	0.060%	1.57x
324	Constable	114	0.060%	5.57x
325	Godfrey	114	0.060%	2.08x
326	Heath	114	0.060%	1.24x
327	Layton	113	0.060%	7.63x
328	Newton	113	0.060%	0.80x
329	Preston	113	0.060%	1.22x
330	Sanderson	113	0.060%	1.48x
331	Bass	112	0.060%	5.35x
332	Hawkes	112	0.060%	3.75x
333	Pauley	112	0.060%	55.27x
334	Stokes	112	0.060%	1.43x
335	Waters	112	0.060%	1.51x
336	Kent	111	0.060%	1.42x
337	Seymour	111	0.060%	2.94x
338	South	111	0.060%	6.36x
339	Atkin	109	0.060%	4.41x
340	Bidwell	109	0.060%	23.97x
341	Patman	109	0.060%	49.28x
342	Ashman	108	0.060%	8.99x
343	Blackwell	108	0.060%	3.20x
344	Hicks	108	0.060%	1.39x
345	Kimpton	108	0.060%	21.50x
346	Pledger	108	0.060%	23.72x
347	Balls	107	0.060%	4.51x
348	Chambers	107	0.060%	1.02x
349	Creek	107	0.060%	31.37x
350	Kirby	107	0.060%	1.52x
351	Metcalfe	107	0.060%	2.53x
352	Simpkin	107	0.060%	15.41x
353	Finch	106	0.060%	1.72x
354	Harradine	106	0.060%	40.94x
355	Holland	106	0.060%	0.80x
356	Ling	106	0.060%	6.06x
357	Mead	106	0.060%	2.46x
358	Morton	106	0.060%	1.07x
359	Purkis	106	0.060%	21.39x
360	Wisbey	106	0.060%	35.97x
361	Hodson	105	0.060%	2.74x
362	Marriott	105	0.060%	2.53x
363	Moden	105	0.060%	114.06x
364	Moule	105	0.060%	16.40x
365	Winters	105	0.060%	13.39x
366	Hubbard	104	0.060%	2.31x
367	Vail	104	0.060%	50.70x
368	Austin	103	0.060%	1.14x
369	Buttress	103	0.060%	40.76x
370	Cousins	103	0.060%	3.09x
371	Fenn	103	0.060%	5.48x
372	Hagger	103	0.060%	18.84x
373	Allgood	102	0.060%	70.25x
374	Dockerill	102	0.060%	72.10x
375	Munns	102	0.060%	15.44x
376	Westley	102	0.060%	13.42x
377	Bradley	101	0.050%	0.68x
378	Clayton	101	0.050%	1.00x
379	Granger	101	0.050%	5.34x
380	Hawes	101	0.050%	4.43x
381	Kemp	101	0.050%	0.98x
382	Reader	101	0.050%	6.32x
383	Willis	101	0.050%	1.03x
384	Bruce	100	0.050%	1.15x
385	Ginn	100	0.050%	19.55x
386	Northrop	100	0.050%	34.07x
387	Tabor	100	0.050%	24.63x
388	Wolfe	100	0.050%	10.38x
389	Potter	99	0.050%	0.83x
390	Swan	99	0.050%	2.07x
391	Abbott	98	0.050%	1.20x
392	Blows	98	0.050%	48.80x
393	Huckle	98	0.050%	16.70x
394	Ball	97	0.050%	0.63x
395	Goodman	97	0.050%	1.80x
396	Nichols	97	0.050%	1.61x
397	Pettitt	97	0.050%	9.80x
398	Sharpe	97	0.050%	1.78x
399	Stanford	97	0.050%	6.30x
400	Farrington	96	0.050%	6.04x