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 Gilson, with 48 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
801	Gilson	48	0.030%	8.36x
802	Howlet	48	0.030%	27.95x
803	Lancaster	48	0.030%	1.04x
804	Markwell	48	0.030%	14.13x
805	May	48	0.030%	0.41x
806	Parcell	48	0.030%	32.78x
807	Roughton	48	0.030%	15.26x
808	Rowlingson	48	0.030%	62.16x
809	Scotney	48	0.030%	15.14x
810	Sneesby	48	0.030%	57.12x
811	Stone	48	0.030%	0.36x
812	Wye	48	0.030%	28.46x
813	Gleaves	47	0.030%	16.94x
814	Glover	47	0.030%	0.60x
815	Joyce	47	0.030%	1.03x
816	Mote	47	0.030%	38.42x
817	Pryke	47	0.030%	7.14x
818	Salmons	47	0.030%	18.20x
819	Silk	47	0.030%	5.16x
820	Sparks	47	0.030%	1.68x
821	Thacker	47	0.030%	3.51x
822	Washington	47	0.030%	5.04x
823	Bliss	46	0.020%	4.06x
824	Coates	46	0.020%	0.67x
825	Danby	46	0.020%	5.82x
826	Dent	46	0.020%	1.31x
827	Musk	46	0.020%	10.79x
828	Pegg	46	0.020%	2.53x
829	Rash	46	0.020%	50.65x
830	Stock	46	0.020%	2.00x
831	Wilkerson	46	0.020%	24.41x
832	Andrew	45	0.020%	0.77x
833	Asplin	45	0.020%	31.81x
834	Baynes	45	0.020%	6.16x
835	Daines	45	0.020%	10.27x
836	Gautrey	45	0.020%	105.56x
837	Golden	45	0.020%	5.78x
838	Goose	45	0.020%	11.34x
839	Hazel	45	0.020%	7.59x
840	Ibbott	45	0.020%	52.03x
841	Langham	45	0.020%	5.55x
842	Plummer	45	0.020%	1.82x
843	Pont	45	0.020%	26.58x
844	Sykes	45	0.020%	0.51x
845	Thurgood	45	0.020%	6.90x
846	Upchurch	45	0.020%	22.21x
847	Woolard	45	0.020%	16.94x
848	Angood	44	0.020%	100.34x
849	Brasher	44	0.020%	44.51x
850	Carrington	44	0.020%	2.26x
851	Cheshire	44	0.020%	3.09x
852	Dew	44	0.020%	4.08x
853	Durrant	44	0.020%	1.52x
854	Linsey	44	0.020%	26.57x
855	Love	44	0.020%	1.00x
856	Millard	44	0.020%	1.44x
857	Rawlings	44	0.020%	1.63x
858	Roper	44	0.020%	1.14x
859	Spalding	44	0.020%	3.32x
860	Teversham	44	0.020%	118.73x
861	Willmot	44	0.020%	16.08x
862	Apthorpe	43	0.020%	47.35x
863	Arch	43	0.020%	12.65x
864	Little	43	0.020%	0.49x
865	Nicholson	43	0.020%	0.33x
866	Parnell	43	0.020%	2.40x
867	Pearman	43	0.020%	4.85x
868	Root	43	0.020%	7.12x
869	Sandford	43	0.020%	3.26x
870	Sawyer	43	0.020%	1.26x
871	Ship	43	0.020%	15.03x
872	Slater	43	0.020%	0.38x
873	Stacey	43	0.020%	1.04x
874	Stanton	43	0.020%	1.17x
875	Beavis	42	0.020%	5.54x
876	Bland	42	0.020%	1.09x
877	Cawthorn	42	0.020%	12.05x
878	Church	42	0.020%	1.04x
879	Clay	42	0.020%	1.11x
880	Crawley	42	0.020%	1.75x
881	Denson	42	0.020%	19.59x
882	Doe	42	0.020%	4.74x
883	Fyson	42	0.020%	37.15x
884	Gooby	42	0.020%	61.80x
885	Hodge	42	0.020%	0.90x
886	Jessop	42	0.020%	1.91x
887	Kirkup	42	0.020%	9.42x
888	Lemon	42	0.020%	3.13x
889	Peggs	42	0.020%	21.65x
890	Ransome	42	0.020%	7.19x
891	Reeves	42	0.020%	0.55x
892	Smalley	42	0.020%	2.51x
893	Tall	42	0.020%	15.63x
894	Utteridge	42	0.020%	56.18x
895	Broughton	41	0.020%	1.19x
896	Cundell	41	0.020%	25.82x
897	Flinders	41	0.020%	18.03x
898	Galley	41	0.020%	6.21x
899	Garrett	41	0.020%	0.98x
900	Grey	41	0.020%	1.02x