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1881 census county

Middlesex surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Middlesex 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

28,839 surnames are listed for Middlesex, covering 2,485,898 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Donoghue, with 211 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Middlesex

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1801Donoghue2112.18x
1802Lynn2110.83x
1803Sandford2111.01x
1804Sear2111.93x
1805Wakelin2111.96x
1806Christian2100.72x
1807Collinson2100.61x
1808Foskett2103.07x
1809Grigg2101.10x
1810Hayman2100.94x
1811Ince2101.44x
1812Preece2100.44x
1813Rule2101.05x
1814Spink2100.89x
1815Toomey2103.72x
1816Akers2091.47x
1817Emmett2090.85x
1818Frazer2090.92x
1819Hawthorn2091.24x
1820Inglis2090.43x
1821Kean2091.06x
1822Papworth2091.84x
1823Pennington2090.48x
1824Purdy2091.25x
1825Cavanagh2080.94x
1826Connelly2080.77x
1827Garnham2081.50x
1828Hone2082.09x
1829Joslin2081.85x
1830Lightfoot2080.51x
1831Marston2080.76x
1832Perks2080.68x
1833Turney2082.01x
1834Ager2071.81x
1835Ayton2072.27x
1836Baldry2071.51x
1837Horsley2070.76x
1838Oldham2070.40x
1839Pile2071.54x
1840Sansom2071.05x
1841Worth2070.79x
1842Beattie2060.33x
1843Blythe2060.93x
1844Caton2061.47x
1845Fawcett2060.36x
1846Foy2060.85x
1847Frances2061.12x
1848Kennett2061.27x
1849Ladd2062.00x
1850Strudwick2062.23x
1851Tombs2061.40x
1852Wyman2063.26x
1853Angus2050.49x
1854Bridgman2052.05x
1855Cash2051.06x
1856Clack2051.76x
1857Hawley2050.72x
1858Israel2055.33x
1859Jamieson2050.25x
1860Keith2050.65x
1861Moffatt2051.09x
1862Shepperd2051.62x
1863Wickens2051.11x
1864Brace2041.22x
1865David2040.67x
1866Hearne2042.09x
1867Oates2040.45x
1868Waldron2040.79x
1869Brittain2030.90x
1870Bunyan2032.33x
1871Hibberd2031.13x
1872Lewington2032.62x
1873Mark2031.38x
1874Nutt2030.96x
1875Sainsbury2031.34x
1876Scarlett2032.05x
1877Sherlock2031.03x
1878Stark2030.51x
1879Whittle2030.32x
1880Woodham2032.07x
1881Almond2020.56x
1882Bent2020.95x
1883Bevis2022.00x
1884Burman2021.74x
1885Denyer2021.70x
1886Dover2021.53x
1887Furness2020.87x
1888Heritage2021.85x
1889Hewson2020.85x
1890Seward2021.26x
1891Tubb2021.67x
1892Welham2021.79x
1893Cecil2014.22x
1894Hodgkinson2010.40x
1895Kendrick2010.71x
1896Lawler2011.53x
1897Stow2011.56x
1898Underhill2010.98x
1899Weber2015.39x
1900Cleary2001.66x