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 Bowen, with 773 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
501	Bowen	773	0.030%	0.64x
502	Cornish	773	0.030%	1.83x
503	Hodgson	764	0.030%	0.38x
504	Hales	763	0.030%	1.82x
505	Prince	763	0.030%	1.15x
506	Pugh	763	0.030%	0.68x
507	Rees	758	0.030%	0.30x
508	Wheatley	758	0.030%	1.27x
509	Gates	757	0.030%	1.67x
510	Carey	755	0.030%	1.37x
511	Solomon	754	0.030%	3.80x
512	Rawlings	750	0.030%	1.76x
513	Street	750	0.030%	1.10x
514	Fleming	749	0.030%	0.62x
515	Sampson	748	0.030%	1.50x
516	Barlow	747	0.030%	0.47x
517	Betts	745	0.030%	1.19x
518	Ashby	744	0.030%	1.52x
519	Houghton	744	0.030%	0.73x
520	Ware	741	0.030%	1.54x
521	Emery	733	0.030%	1.15x
522	Gough	732	0.030%	0.85x
523	Blackwell	731	0.030%	1.37x
524	Forster	727	0.020%	0.76x
525	Rolfe	724	0.020%	1.91x
526	Bone	723	0.020%	1.34x
527	Humphries	722	0.020%	1.10x
528	Sparks	718	0.020%	1.63x
529	Connell	717	0.020%	1.41x
530	Hillier	715	0.020%	1.82x
531	Weaver	714	0.020%	0.94x
532	Boyce	711	0.020%	1.63x
533	Bright	711	0.020%	1.20x
534	Hare	711	0.020%	1.58x
535	Dalton	708	0.020%	1.06x
536	Hutchins	705	0.020%	2.39x
537	Wiggins	705	0.020%	2.24x
538	Buckingham	703	0.020%	1.81x
539	Coates	702	0.020%	0.64x
540	Stuart	700	0.020%	1.00x
541	English	695	0.020%	1.27x
542	Kendall	695	0.020%	1.11x
543	Oakley	695	0.020%	1.12x
544	Snell	693	0.020%	1.25x
545	Milton	691	0.020%	1.72x
546	Wiltshire	688	0.020%	1.76x
547	Crisp	687	0.020%	1.69x
548	Withers	687	0.020%	1.43x
549	Bristow	686	0.020%	1.74x
550	Leonard	685	0.020%	1.08x
551	Pollard	684	0.020%	0.64x
552	Crawford	683	0.020%	0.48x
553	Newell	683	0.020%	1.48x
554	Regan	683	0.020%	2.28x
555	Beale	679	0.020%	1.83x
556	Rowland	678	0.020%	0.82x
557	Beck	677	0.020%	0.99x
558	Bridges	677	0.020%	1.46x
559	Fordham	675	0.020%	2.87x
560	Robbins	675	0.020%	1.48x
561	Wild	675	0.020%	0.57x
562	Goodchild	674	0.020%	2.37x
563	Pullen	673	0.020%	1.75x
564	Rouse	673	0.020%	1.61x
565	Spicer	671	0.020%	1.71x
566	Gardener	669	0.020%	1.28x
567	Burnett	668	0.020%	0.83x
568	Whiting	668	0.020%	1.19x
569	Beckett	665	0.020%	1.14x
570	Eldridge	665	0.020%	2.08x
571	Bloomfield	664	0.020%	1.79x
572	Ash	662	0.020%	1.37x
573	Holden	662	0.020%	0.41x
574	Weeks	662	0.020%	1.06x
575	Mortimer	661	0.020%	1.08x
576	Swan	661	0.020%	0.87x
577	Snow	660	0.020%	1.67x
578	Hartley	659	0.020%	0.36x
579	Woodman	658	0.020%	2.04x
580	Davison	654	0.020%	0.63x
581	Bowles	652	0.020%	1.36x
582	Warwick	650	0.020%	1.61x
583	Doyle	648	0.020%	0.91x
584	Hay	647	0.020%	0.60x
585	Dowling	645	0.020%	1.99x
586	Graves	645	0.020%	1.46x
587	Mears	645	0.020%	2.34x
588	Buckland	644	0.020%	2.08x
589	Patterson	642	0.020%	0.63x
590	Weller	642	0.020%	1.53x
591	Hatton	641	0.020%	1.12x
592	Deacon	637	0.020%	1.28x
593	England	637	0.020%	1.06x
594	Charles	636	0.020%	1.05x
595	Cousins	635	0.020%	1.21x
596	Leary	634	0.020%	2.40x
597	Sayer	634	0.020%	1.66x
598	Clifton	632	0.020%	1.53x
599	Avery	629	0.020%	1.28x
600	Brook	629	0.020%	0.56x