1881 census place

Amersham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Amersham, Buckinghamshire 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

117 surnames are listed for Amersham, Buckinghamshire, covering 904 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Batson, with 38 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Amersham

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	Batson	38	1.52%	544.41x
2	Keen	32	1.28%	63.77x
3	Line	32	1.28%	269.13x
4	Mead	30	1.20%	51.40x
5	Slade	26	1.04%	52.05x
6	Tapping	24	0.960%	705.88x
7	Ayres	21	0.840%	60.41x
8	Hazell	21	0.840%	107.91x
9	Aldridge	20	0.800%	41.19x
10	Gladman	20	0.800%	434.78x
11	Joiner	20	0.800%	224.72x
12	Toms	20	0.800%	103.25x
13	Toovey	20	0.800%	714.29x
14	Hailey	19	0.760%	462.29x
15	Hatch	19	0.760%	88.29x
16	Gomm	18	0.720%	273.14x
17	Avis	16	0.640%	133.11x
18	Glenister	15	0.600%	352.11x
19	Olney	15	0.600%	286.26x
20	Dumbarton	14	0.560%	6086.96x
21	Hearne	12	0.480%	143.20x
22	Puddephatt	12	0.480%	506.33x
23	Shrimpton	12	0.480%	111.84x
24	Alsford	11	0.440%	662.65x
25	Darvill	11	0.440%	239.13x
26	Kite	11	0.440%	77.30x
27	Revell	11	0.440%	75.97x
28	Statham	11	0.440%	76.07x
29	Acton	10	0.400%	68.97x
30	Dover	10	0.400%	88.65x
31	Tarbuck	10	0.400%	239.81x
32	Truman	10	0.400%	64.14x
33	Wingrove	10	0.400%	136.24x
34	Bovingdon	9	0.360%	620.69x
35	Buckwell	9	0.360%	291.26x
36	Bunce	9	0.360%	48.26x
37	Parslow	9	0.360%	166.36x
38	Chidwick	8	0.320%	645.16x
39	Grimsdell	8	0.320%	1568.63x
40	Hedge	8	0.320%	131.58x
41	Hildreth	8	0.320%	298.51x
42	Kingham	8	0.320%	88.01x
43	Linford	8	0.320%	120.66x
44	Morten	8	0.320%	209.97x
45	Pursey	8	0.320%	161.62x
46	Reading	8	0.320%	41.32x
47	Wallington	8	0.320%	102.17x
48	Woodbridge	8	0.320%	76.48x
49	Cheese	7	0.280%	187.67x
50	Hance	7	0.280%	222.93x
51	Meads	7	0.280%	85.78x
52	Wellings	7	0.280%	81.21x
53	Axten	6	0.240%	526.32x
54	Ballinger	6	0.240%	75.66x
55	Elbourn	6	0.240%	419.58x
56	Plested	6	0.240%	259.74x
57	Rance	6	0.240%	64.31x
58	Redrup	6	0.240%	365.85x
59	Wingrave	6	0.240%	307.69x
60	Worley	6	0.240%	53.91x
61	Bruton	5	0.200%	59.24x
62	Challacombe	5	0.200%	476.19x
63	Bettesworth	4	0.160%	533.33x
64	Cawthorn	4	0.160%	84.75x
65	Climpson	4	0.160%	171.67x
66	Forester	4	0.160%	55.40x
67	Langstone	4	0.160%	149.81x
68	Merridan	4	0.160%	1904.76x
69	Preen	4	0.160%	152.09x
70	Rackley	4	0.160%	152.09x
71	Sladen	4	0.160%	92.59x
72	Benning	3	0.120%	89.82x
73	Holdham	3	0.120%	434.78x
74	Hopcraft	3	0.120%	132.74x
75	Lofty	3	0.120%	379.75x
76	Piddington	3	0.120%	120.00x
77	Shambrook	3	0.120%	101.35x
78	Tibbles	3	0.120%	70.92x
79	Wooster	3	0.120%	80.43x
80	Belch	2	0.080%	160.00x
81	Channer	2	0.080%	168.07x
82	Coughtrey	2	0.080%	444.44x
83	Dolling	2	0.080%	57.31x
84	Ebbs	2	0.080%	75.76x
85	Ellard	2	0.080%	46.19x
86	Friday	2	0.080%	48.66x
87	Gibberd	2	0.080%	307.69x
88	Laflin	2	0.080%	176.99x
89	Lunnon	2	0.080%	76.05x
90	Nay	2	0.080%	176.99x
91	Putnam	2	0.080%	96.15x
92	Ringsell	2	0.080%	740.74x
93	Stops	2	0.080%	240.96x
94	Waley	2	0.080%	500.00x
95	Arman	1	0.040%	84.75x
96	Bay	1	0.040%	92.59x
97	Beall	1	0.040%	28.65x
98	Bowdery	1	0.040%	120.48x
99	Breed	1	0.040%	23.20x
100	Charge	1	0.040%	44.84x