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 Pocock, with 549 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
701	Pocock	549	0.020%	1.78x
702	Willson	549	0.020%	1.67x
703	Allan	548	0.020%	0.30x
704	Tuck	547	0.020%	1.46x
705	Cobb	546	0.020%	1.31x
706	Bevan	545	0.020%	0.76x
707	Flint	544	0.020%	1.04x
708	Goodall	544	0.020%	0.87x
709	Dickson	541	0.020%	0.50x
710	Naylor	540	0.020%	0.49x
711	Riches	540	0.020%	1.62x
712	Upton	540	0.020%	0.97x
713	Elliot	539	0.020%	0.72x
714	Storey	539	0.020%	0.73x
715	Hanson	538	0.020%	0.57x
716	Lang	538	0.020%	0.83x
717	Grace	536	0.020%	1.37x
718	Mercer	535	0.020%	0.70x
719	Platt	535	0.020%	0.69x
720	Hinton	534	0.020%	1.36x
721	Johnstone	534	0.020%	0.40x
722	Bridge	533	0.020%	0.90x
723	Langford	533	0.020%	1.16x
724	Barr	532	0.020%	0.75x
725	Nixon	532	0.020%	0.60x
726	Packer	532	0.020%	1.73x
727	Bannister	531	0.020%	1.05x
728	Daly	531	0.020%	1.84x
729	Sheen	531	0.020%	2.72x
730	Wakefield	531	0.020%	1.02x
731	Crow	530	0.020%	1.20x
732	Ashley	529	0.020%	1.08x
733	Stock	529	0.020%	1.46x
734	Wiseman	529	0.020%	1.32x
735	Painter	528	0.020%	1.32x
736	Major	527	0.020%	1.34x
737	Nightingale	527	0.020%	1.07x
738	Mccarthy	526	0.020%	3.75x
739	Steward	526	0.020%	1.40x
740	Massey	523	0.020%	0.70x
741	Weedon	523	0.020%	3.85x
742	Cummings	522	0.020%	1.16x
743	Temple	522	0.020%	1.36x
744	Huggins	521	0.020%	2.12x
745	Moon	521	0.020%	0.85x
746	Tilley	521	0.020%	1.36x
747	Rhodes	520	0.020%	0.38x
748	Obrien	519	0.020%	1.20x
749	Blackburn	518	0.020%	0.47x
750	Sayers	518	0.020%	1.60x
751	Marriott	517	0.020%	0.79x
752	Farrell	515	0.020%	0.93x
753	Lancaster	515	0.020%	0.71x
754	Neville	514	0.020%	1.48x
755	Key	513	0.020%	1.27x
756	Benjamin	512	0.020%	3.34x
757	Harley	512	0.020%	1.36x
758	Low	512	0.020%	0.83x
759	Pickett	512	0.020%	2.18x
760	Abraham	511	0.020%	1.77x
761	Gillett	509	0.020%	1.65x
762	Ireland	509	0.020%	0.75x
763	South	509	0.020%	1.85x
764	Bland	508	0.020%	0.84x
765	Roe	508	0.020%	0.89x
766	Franks	507	0.020%	1.39x
767	Goode	507	0.020%	1.34x
768	Hooker	507	0.020%	2.03x
769	Parrott	507	0.020%	1.53x
770	Cullen	506	0.020%	0.99x
771	Barratt	505	0.020%	0.85x
772	House	505	0.020%	1.33x
773	Staples	505	0.020%	1.81x
774	Ames	504	0.020%	2.51x
775	Bourne	504	0.020%	0.89x
776	Darby	504	0.020%	1.07x
777	Waite	504	0.020%	0.83x
778	Burr	503	0.020%	2.14x
779	Woolf	503	0.020%	5.17x
780	Barrow	502	0.020%	0.81x
781	Beer	502	0.020%	1.07x
782	Gosling	501	0.020%	1.10x
783	Parkinson	501	0.020%	0.36x
784	Godwin	500	0.020%	1.32x
785	Sexton	500	0.020%	1.99x
786	Champion	499	0.020%	1.63x
787	Simons	499	0.020%	1.29x
788	Jacob	498	0.020%	2.19x
789	Way	498	0.020%	1.55x
790	Lovett	497	0.020%	1.86x
791	Reading	497	0.020%	2.20x
792	Callaghan	496	0.020%	1.50x
793	Kingston	496	0.020%	1.82x
794	Markham	496	0.020%	1.43x
795	Bullen	495	0.020%	1.60x
796	Hickman	495	0.020%	1.01x
797	Newland	495	0.020%	2.83x
798	Rudd	494	0.020%	1.07x
799	Murrell	493	0.020%	2.37x
800	Wren	493	0.020%	1.56x