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 Stone, with 3,151 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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Stone	3,151	0.110%	1.49x
102	Read	3,091	0.110%	1.64x
103	Bishop	3,082	0.110%	1.51x
104	Lane	3,048	0.100%	1.51x
105	Wheeler	2,908	0.100%	1.65x
106	Freeman	2,866	0.100%	1.54x
107	Holmes	2,855	0.100%	0.80x
108	Murphy	2,836	0.100%	1.22x
109	May	2,835	0.100%	1.52x
110	Field	2,821	0.100%	1.94x
111	Long	2,799	0.100%	1.48x
112	Harding	2,715	0.090%	1.28x
113	Lloyd	2,696	0.090%	0.79x
114	Bird	2,662	0.090%	1.19x
115	Cohen	2,660	0.090%	5.78x
116	Fox	2,639	0.090%	0.97x
117	Rose	2,637	0.090%	1.22x
118	Porter	2,599	0.090%	1.19x
119	Parsons	2,573	0.090%	1.16x
120	Burton	2,571	0.090%	1.03x
121	Elliott	2,549	0.090%	1.03x
122	Reed	2,544	0.090%	1.19x
123	Hayes	2,507	0.090%	1.38x
124	Wilkinson	2,496	0.090%	0.56x
125	Jenkins	2,430	0.080%	0.71x
126	Coleman	2,427	0.080%	1.67x
127	Curtis	2,417	0.080%	1.46x
128	Levy	2,402	0.080%	6.52x
129	Kelly	2,377	0.080%	0.74x
130	Ball	2,365	0.080%	0.98x
131	Shepherd	2,365	0.080%	1.10x
132	Willis	2,348	0.080%	1.51x
133	Gibbs	2,338	0.080%	1.63x
134	Hammond	2,337	0.080%	1.41x
135	Jacobs	2,301	0.080%	3.29x
136	Spencer	2,301	0.080%	0.86x
137	Shaw	2,295	0.080%	0.43x
138	Griffiths	2,292	0.080%	0.48x
139	Holland	2,279	0.080%	1.10x
140	Burgess	2,270	0.080%	1.12x
141	Jennings	2,255	0.080%	1.52x
142	Fletcher	2,254	0.080%	0.68x
143	Gardner	2,254	0.080%	1.14x
144	Sharp	2,249	0.080%	0.92x
145	Berry	2,246	0.080%	0.97x
146	Austin	2,237	0.080%	1.57x
147	Arnold	2,236	0.080%	1.42x
148	Franklin	2,211	0.080%	2.28x
149	Gibson	2,207	0.080%	0.62x
150	Dean	2,202	0.080%	1.09x
151	Frost	2,200	0.080%	1.34x
152	Grant	2,171	0.070%	0.75x
153	Fuller	2,170	0.070%	1.84x
154	Miles	2,163	0.070%	1.25x
155	Dixon	2,136	0.070%	0.67x
156	Pratt	2,135	0.070%	1.27x
157	Potter	2,121	0.070%	1.12x
158	George	2,109	0.070%	1.23x
159	Bryant	2,108	0.070%	1.69x
160	Tucker	2,104	0.070%	1.30x
161	Bates	2,047	0.070%	1.10x
162	Simmons	2,037	0.070%	1.71x
163	Oliver	2,032	0.070%	0.98x
164	Barnett	2,023	0.070%	1.54x
165	Nicholls	2,008	0.070%	1.32x
166	Marsh	2,007	0.070%	0.96x
167	French	2,005	0.070%	1.41x
168	Pearson	1,999	0.070%	0.59x
169	Dunn	1,996	0.070%	0.82x
170	Skinner	1,993	0.070%	1.34x
171	Newton	1,950	0.070%	0.87x
172	Wilkins	1,936	0.070%	1.50x
173	Bartlett	1,928	0.070%	1.51x
174	Moss	1,916	0.070%	1.06x
175	Gilbert	1,910	0.070%	1.15x
176	Watkins	1,908	0.070%	1.08x
177	Norris	1,905	0.070%	1.52x
178	Murray	1,902	0.070%	0.53x
179	Atkins	1,889	0.060%	1.72x
180	Norman	1,888	0.060%	1.39x
181	Kemp	1,887	0.060%	1.16x
182	Stewart	1,883	0.060%	0.41x
183	Herbert	1,880	0.060%	1.72x
184	Hopkins	1,877	0.060%	1.07x
185	Robertson	1,868	0.060%	0.38x
186	Donovan	1,848	0.060%	3.98x
187	Goddard	1,847	0.060%	1.57x
188	Lambert	1,847	0.060%	1.16x
189	Campbell	1,843	0.060%	0.37x
190	Owen	1,838	0.060%	0.53x
191	Heath	1,823	0.060%	1.26x
192	Hobbs	1,822	0.060%	1.71x
193	Abbott	1,820	0.060%	1.41x
194	Hooper	1,816	0.060%	1.47x
195	Sutton	1,809	0.060%	0.97x
196	Hicks	1,806	0.060%	1.48x
197	Bond	1,805	0.060%	1.17x
198	Archer	1,804	0.060%	1.49x
199	Barber	1,800	0.060%	1.02x
200	Ryan	1,790	0.060%	1.98x