1881 census place

Balsham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Balsham, Cambridgeshire 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

49 surnames are listed for Balsham, Cambridgeshire, covering 501 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Plumb, with 53 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Balsham

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	Plumb	53	5.24%	647.13x
2	Rule	47	4.64%	677.23x
3	Daniels	39	3.85%	122.68x
4	Howe	31	3.06%	78.01x
5	Purkis	29	2.87%	1070.11x
6	Jacobs	25	2.47%	103.14x
7	Beeton	20	1.98%	636.94x
8	Biggs	19	1.88%	99.58x
9	Linsdell	19	1.88%	2317.07x
10	Arch	17	1.68%	913.98x
11	Gilby	13	1.28%	344.83x
12	Ansell	12	1.19%	102.65x
13	Bragg	12	1.19%	144.93x
14	Speed	11	1.09%	135.30x
15	Otley	10	0.990%	584.80x
16	Casbolt	9	0.890%	1764.71x
17	Jaggard	9	0.890%	573.25x
18	Medcalf	9	0.890%	228.43x
19	Rash	9	0.890%	1800.00x
20	Blanks	8	0.790%	634.92x
21	Gooden	8	0.790%	695.65x
22	Shave	8	0.790%	358.74x
23	Beavis	7	0.690%	169.08x
24	Livermore	7	0.690%	204.68x
25	Free	6	0.590%	242.92x
26	Morling	6	0.590%	576.92x
27	Candler	5	0.490%	256.41x
28	Beston	4	0.400%	888.89x
29	Bocock	4	0.400%	325.20x
30	Gowlett	4	0.400%	634.92x
31	Witaker	4	0.400%	2352.94x
32	Cockerton	3	0.300%	177.51x
33	Deer	3	0.300%	189.87x
34	Ellam	3	0.300%	118.11x
35	Giffen	3	0.300%	365.85x
36	Gilbey	3	0.300%	123.46x
37	Roope	3	0.300%	600.00x
38	Sworder	3	0.300%	731.71x
39	Aked	2	0.200%	198.02x
40	Gilley	2	0.200%	270.27x
41	Redhouse	2	0.200%	454.55x
42	Rowling	2	0.200%	100.50x
43	Starbuck	2	0.200%	122.70x
44	Bloggs	1	0.100%	5000.00x
45	Brickwell	1	0.100%	227.27x
46	Hardwicke	1	0.100%	112.36x
47	Mannock	1	0.100%	384.62x
48	Muggleton	1	0.100%	86.21x
49	Woodly	1	0.100%	400.00x