1881 census county

Huntingdonshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Huntingdonshire 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

3,341 surnames are listed for Huntingdonshire, covering 52,619 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,103 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Huntingdonshire

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
1	Smith	1,103	1.90%	1.35x
2	Wright	450	0.780%	2.42x
3	Brown	422	0.730%	1.10x
4	King	405	0.700%	3.20x
5	Hall	377	0.650%	2.21x
6	Clark	324	0.560%	1.86x
7	Allen	317	0.550%	2.89x
8	Cooper	285	0.490%	2.02x
9	Richardson	277	0.480%	2.81x
10	Green	270	0.470%	1.65x
11	Chapman	268	0.460%	3.25x
12	Baxter	226	0.390%	6.54x
13	Mason	222	0.380%	2.85x
14	Woods	213	0.370%	5.82x
15	Carter	212	0.370%	2.18x
16	Robinson	212	0.370%	1.15x
17	White	208	0.360%	1.12x
18	Johnson	204	0.350%	1.05x
19	Cox	202	0.350%	2.30x
20	Taylor	201	0.350%	0.54x
21	Baker	200	0.340%	1.57x
22	Wilson	196	0.340%	0.74x
23	Hill	184	0.320%	1.25x
24	Edwards	175	0.300%	1.08x
25	Clarke	172	0.300%	1.46x
26	Day	169	0.290%	3.09x
27	Papworth	169	0.290%	74.96x
28	Newman	166	0.290%	3.85x
29	Ward	166	0.290%	1.31x
30	Cook	164	0.280%	1.42x
31	Bird	160	0.280%	3.61x
32	Mitchell	160	0.280%	1.36x
33	Thompson	160	0.280%	0.92x
34	Bedford	150	0.260%	10.90x
35	Haynes	149	0.260%	7.20x
36	Watson	148	0.260%	1.10x
37	Burton	145	0.250%	2.93x
38	Jackson	139	0.240%	0.86x
39	Shelton	139	0.240%	20.38x
40	Stokes	139	0.240%	5.67x
41	Turner	139	0.240%	0.86x
42	Martin	136	0.230%	0.95x
43	Walker	136	0.230%	0.70x
44	Butler	135	0.230%	2.39x
45	Newton	135	0.230%	3.04x
46	Palmer	135	0.230%	1.97x
47	Gray	134	0.230%	1.62x
48	Freeman	133	0.230%	3.59x
49	Knight	133	0.230%	1.86x
50	Ayres	132	0.230%	16.39x
51	Watts	132	0.230%	2.71x
52	Bellamy	128	0.220%	15.14x
53	Gale	127	0.220%	7.31x
54	Saunders	127	0.220%	2.39x
55	Abbott	126	0.220%	4.93x
56	Marshall	126	0.220%	1.30x
57	Hodson	123	0.210%	10.25x
58	Parker	123	0.210%	1.11x
59	Reed	121	0.210%	2.86x
60	Read	120	0.210%	3.21x
61	Clifton	119	0.210%	14.50x
62	Norman	119	0.210%	4.43x
63	Rose	118	0.200%	2.74x
64	Page	116	0.200%	2.50x
65	Rowell	116	0.200%	22.90x
66	Holmes	114	0.200%	1.61x
67	Maile	113	0.190%	144.41x
68	Dring	112	0.190%	43.35x
69	Webb	111	0.190%	1.41x
70	Adams	110	0.190%	1.29x
71	Cade	110	0.190%	60.87x
72	Chandler	108	0.190%	5.80x
73	Prior	108	0.190%	8.04x
74	Childs	105	0.180%	9.85x
75	Jones	105	0.180%	0.16x
76	Bass	103	0.180%	15.70x
77	Gaunt	103	0.180%	18.04x
78	Cooke	102	0.180%	3.19x
79	Ellis	102	0.180%	1.21x
80	Barnes	101	0.170%	1.45x
81	Moore	100	0.170%	0.86x
82	Upchurch	100	0.170%	157.41x
83	Gilbert	99	0.170%	3.00x
84	Stevens	99	0.170%	1.63x
85	Garner	98	0.170%	5.35x
86	Mills	98	0.170%	1.30x
87	Phillips	98	0.170%	0.94x
88	Fordham	97	0.170%	20.80x
89	Chambers	96	0.170%	2.91x
90	Harvey	96	0.170%	1.55x
91	Butcher	95	0.160%	3.89x
92	Chamberlain	95	0.160%	6.02x
93	Cole	94	0.160%	1.78x
94	Peach	94	0.160%	14.98x
95	Payne	93	0.160%	1.78x
96	Ekins	91	0.160%	92.30x
97	Colbert	87	0.150%	90.56x
98	Ray	87	0.150%	7.58x
99	Sharman	87	0.150%	10.89x
100	Bradshaw	86	0.150%	3.61x