1881 census place

Acton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Acton, Middlesex in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

1,068 surnames are listed for Acton, Middlesex, covering 5,589 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Page, with 69 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Acton

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Page	69	0.400%	5.04x
2	Howell	51	0.300%	7.07x
3	Reeves	51	0.300%	7.27x
4	Read	45	0.260%	4.08x
5	Wells	43	0.250%	3.02x
6	Bryant	38	0.220%	5.19x
7	Chandler	37	0.220%	6.72x
8	Jennings	36	0.210%	4.15x
9	Treadaway	34	0.200%	371.58x
10	Brum	33	0.190%	780.14x
11	Norman	31	0.180%	3.91x
12	Hutchins	30	0.180%	17.35x
13	Wiggins	29	0.170%	15.70x
14	Goddard	27	0.160%	3.92x
15	Hobbs	27	0.160%	4.33x
16	Harrington	26	0.150%	8.00x
17	Fruin	23	0.130%	141.63x
18	Godfrey	23	0.130%	4.53x
19	Hawkes	23	0.130%	8.33x
20	Batchelor	22	0.130%	7.57x
21	Pullen	22	0.130%	9.76x
22	Buckland	21	0.120%	11.58x
23	Compton	20	0.120%	12.13x
24	Hewett	20	0.120%	10.04x
25	Hutchings	20	0.120%	6.21x
26	Roads	20	0.120%	95.28x
27	Simmonds	20	0.120%	4.37x
28	Gaskin	19	0.110%	29.64x
29	Hampstead	19	0.110%	302.07x
30	Higgs	19	0.110%	6.09x
31	Longhurst	19	0.110%	16.87x
32	Rolfe	19	0.110%	8.55x
33	Laws	18	0.110%	9.45x
34	Sadler	18	0.110%	4.46x
35	Dunham	17	0.100%	19.49x
36	Ferris	17	0.100%	10.04x
37	Haylock	17	0.100%	36.39x
38	Osborn	17	0.100%	4.77x
39	Simms	17	0.100%	8.73x
40	Tilley	17	0.100%	7.56x
41	Treadway	17	0.100%	247.81x
42	Bransgrove	16	0.090%	266.67x
43	Earl	16	0.090%	7.14x
44	Hine	16	0.090%	11.83x
45	Robbins	16	0.090%	5.97x
46	Digby	15	0.090%	16.90x
47	Draisey	15	0.090%	319.83x
48	Ilsley	15	0.090%	64.60x
49	Sparks	15	0.090%	5.79x
50	Spinks	15	0.090%	12.98x
51	Vince	15	0.090%	14.48x
52	Ware	15	0.090%	5.33x
53	Wingrove	15	0.090%	29.87x
54	Copus	14	0.080%	89.34x
55	Croxon	14	0.080%	101.60x
56	Dudley	14	0.080%	5.45x
57	Faithfull	14	0.080%	60.45x
58	Hubble	14	0.080%	34.43x
59	Huntley	14	0.080%	11.60x
60	Penfold	14	0.080%	9.63x
61	Whittick	14	0.080%	115.99x
62	Willson	14	0.080%	7.29x
63	Beavis	13	0.080%	18.54x
64	Gates	13	0.080%	4.90x
65	Kick	13	0.080%	157.96x
66	Lawrance	13	0.080%	11.63x
67	Rust	13	0.080%	14.39x
68	Spooner	13	0.080%	5.26x
69	Tritton	13	0.080%	66.87x
70	Buggy	12	0.070%	262.58x
71	Chester	12	0.070%	5.72x
72	Dover	12	0.070%	15.56x
73	Farnden	12	0.070%	255.86x
74	Furnell	12	0.070%	41.07x
75	Gillard	12	0.070%	8.06x
76	Haggis	12	0.070%	91.67x
77	Harmer	12	0.070%	7.07x
78	Liddiard	12	0.070%	30.54x
79	Oxlade	12	0.070%	72.60x
80	Piggott	12	0.070%	9.64x
81	Poore	12	0.070%	37.88x
82	Purkis	12	0.070%	26.17x
83	Rooney	12	0.070%	7.85x
84	Sandom	12	0.070%	201.68x
85	Tew	12	0.070%	15.97x
86	Boreham	11	0.060%	16.18x
87	Coppinger	11	0.060%	146.86x
88	Dibb	11	0.060%	30.58x
89	Finn	11	0.060%	7.04x
90	Gillett	11	0.060%	6.08x
91	Gunner	11	0.060%	19.57x
92	Hirons	11	0.060%	20.00x
93	Holbrook	11	0.060%	8.91x
94	Mace	11	0.060%	7.29x
95	Shrimpton	11	0.060%	14.99x
96	Sibley	11	0.060%	7.98x
97	Trew	11	0.060%	28.50x
98	Wackett	11	0.060%	63.07x
99	Way	11	0.060%	5.83x
100	Bayne	10	0.060%	15.95x