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 Farrow, with 629 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
601	Farrow	629	0.020%	1.15x
602	Joseph	628	0.020%	2.65x
603	Ridley	628	0.020%	1.11x
604	Parish	627	0.020%	1.39x
605	Budd	626	0.020%	1.69x
606	Chaplin	625	0.020%	1.49x
607	Plummer	623	0.020%	1.60x
608	Jeffries	621	0.020%	1.69x
609	Sparrow	621	0.020%	1.68x
610	Carroll	620	0.020%	1.06x
611	Spooner	618	0.020%	1.47x
612	Swain	616	0.020%	1.09x
613	Coombs	615	0.020%	1.25x
614	Dickinson	614	0.020%	0.49x
615	Durrant	614	0.020%	1.34x
616	Belcher	613	0.020%	1.74x
617	Cameron	612	0.020%	0.27x
618	Conway	612	0.020%	1.12x
619	Cope	610	0.020%	0.92x
620	Flynn	608	0.020%	1.09x
621	Hope	608	0.020%	0.61x
622	Tomlinson	605	0.020%	0.45x
623	Griffith	602	0.020%	0.63x
624	Parr	602	0.020%	0.82x
625	Styles	601	0.020%	1.95x
626	Beaumont	600	0.020%	0.69x
627	Hewett	600	0.020%	1.77x
628	Hitchcock	600	0.020%	1.78x
629	Hollis	599	0.020%	1.48x
630	Johns	598	0.020%	0.79x
631	Fitch	596	0.020%	2.61x
632	Bass	595	0.020%	1.80x
633	Love	595	0.020%	0.86x
634	Moses	595	0.020%	1.99x
635	Fenn	594	0.020%	2.00x
636	Tomkins	594	0.020%	1.96x
637	Power	593	0.020%	1.52x
638	Legg	592	0.020%	1.23x
639	Wilcox	591	0.020%	1.07x
640	Chappell	590	0.020%	1.20x
641	Dudley	590	0.020%	1.35x
642	Howlett	590	0.020%	1.51x
643	Hodge	589	0.020%	0.80x
644	Millard	589	0.020%	1.22x
645	Munday	589	0.020%	1.72x
646	Croft	588	0.020%	0.85x
647	Good	588	0.020%	1.62x
648	Foley	587	0.020%	1.60x
649	Knott	587	0.020%	1.01x
650	Woodcock	587	0.020%	0.70x
651	Farr	586	0.020%	1.35x
652	Roach	586	0.020%	1.36x
653	Sibley	586	0.020%	2.49x
654	Squire	586	0.020%	1.69x
655	Lester	585	0.020%	1.27x
656	Benson	580	0.020%	0.73x
657	Brooker	580	0.020%	1.65x
658	Gurney	580	0.020%	1.91x
659	Clay	577	0.020%	0.96x
660	Solomons	575	0.020%	9.31x
661	Coe	574	0.020%	1.21x
662	Downs	573	0.020%	1.10x
663	Herring	573	0.020%	1.91x
664	Sargent	573	0.020%	1.27x
665	Pickering	572	0.020%	0.54x
666	Potts	572	0.020%	0.59x
667	Swift	572	0.020%	0.63x
668	Daniel	571	0.020%	0.88x
669	Daley	569	0.020%	1.66x
670	Henry	569	0.020%	0.77x
671	Woodhouse	567	0.020%	0.82x
672	Grove	564	0.020%	1.65x
673	Rowley	564	0.020%	0.73x
674	Roper	563	0.020%	0.93x
675	Gay	562	0.020%	1.44x
676	Collett	561	0.020%	1.50x
677	Phipps	561	0.020%	1.30x
678	Shea	561	0.020%	2.86x
679	Balls	560	0.020%	1.50x
680	Dent	558	0.020%	1.00x
681	Bassett	557	0.020%	1.22x
682	Fryer	557	0.020%	1.03x
683	Strong	557	0.020%	1.28x
684	Churchill	556	0.020%	1.60x
685	Collis	556	0.020%	1.84x
686	Fish	556	0.020%	1.02x
687	Pain	554	0.020%	2.11x
688	Charlton	553	0.020%	0.66x
689	Ferguson	553	0.020%	0.27x
690	Mayhew	553	0.020%	2.29x
691	Nathan	553	0.020%	5.68x
692	Cain	552	0.020%	0.91x
693	Cripps	552	0.020%	1.94x
694	Haywood	552	0.020%	0.90x
695	Macdonald	552	0.020%	0.48x
696	Bayley	551	0.020%	1.17x
697	Butt	551	0.020%	1.46x
698	Jeffery	550	0.020%	0.87x
699	Penny	550	0.020%	1.06x
700	Forbes	549	0.020%	0.56x