1881 census place

Barking surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Barking, Essex 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

889 surnames are listed for Barking, Essex, covering 6,636 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Clark, with 178 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Barking

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	Clark	178	1.05%	3.51x
2	Porter	132	0.780%	10.43x
3	King	91	0.540%	2.47x
4	Lee	90	0.530%	3.26x
5	Hunt	81	0.480%	3.61x
6	Stevens	72	0.430%	4.09x
7	Stringer	71	0.420%	21.13x
8	Moss	67	0.400%	6.44x
9	Willis	59	0.350%	6.58x
10	Faulkner	54	0.320%	11.81x
11	Bones	50	0.300%	100.97x
12	Parrish	50	0.300%	84.76x
13	Dowsett	43	0.250%	55.79x
14	Kemp	42	0.250%	4.49x
15	Little	41	0.240%	5.14x
16	Linsell	38	0.230%	181.30x
17	Bixby	37	0.220%	547.34x
18	Hicks	37	0.220%	5.24x
19	Bass	36	0.210%	18.87x
20	Scarborough	35	0.210%	73.44x
21	Bond	33	0.200%	3.69x
22	Bush	33	0.200%	7.92x
23	Randall	33	0.200%	6.24x
24	Wall	33	0.200%	5.59x
25	Drain	31	0.180%	104.41x
26	Fry	31	0.180%	5.73x
27	French	30	0.180%	3.64x
28	Glenny	29	0.170%	271.03x
29	Heffer	29	0.170%	97.87x
30	Pool	29	0.170%	14.83x
31	Underwood	28	0.170%	6.15x
32	Ingram	27	0.160%	5.24x
33	Tyler	27	0.160%	5.42x
34	Wiseman	27	0.160%	11.65x
35	Ager	26	0.150%	39.41x
36	Brand	26	0.150%	10.44x
37	Kirby	26	0.150%	4.06x
38	Venables	26	0.150%	21.94x
39	Brewer	25	0.150%	5.59x
40	Groves	25	0.150%	5.27x
41	Neal	25	0.150%	5.01x
42	Elmore	24	0.140%	100.25x
43	English	24	0.140%	7.56x
44	Halls	24	0.140%	17.98x
45	Deal	23	0.140%	55.32x
46	Pickett	23	0.140%	16.96x
47	Sawkins	23	0.140%	112.47x
48	Drake	22	0.130%	4.48x
49	Farrow	22	0.130%	6.95x
50	Goodey	21	0.120%	53.02x
51	Hollick	21	0.120%	63.18x
52	Jaggers	21	0.120%	184.53x
53	Rawlings	21	0.120%	8.51x
54	Silcock	21	0.120%	29.72x
55	Stpier	21	0.120%	846.77x
56	Cotton	20	0.120%	4.97x
57	Davy	20	0.120%	9.61x
58	Mansfield	20	0.120%	6.32x
59	Mays	20	0.120%	20.73x
60	Prudence	20	0.120%	177.46x
61	Pyner	20	0.120%	479.62x
62	Surrey	20	0.120%	128.62x
63	Harrington	19	0.110%	5.93x
64	Lodge	19	0.110%	6.19x
65	Chapple	18	0.110%	15.72x
66	Deveson	18	0.110%	316.34x
67	Eve	18	0.110%	28.25x
68	Firman	18	0.110%	41.93x
69	Madden	18	0.110%	12.34x
70	Monk	18	0.110%	5.08x
71	Perrin	18	0.110%	10.42x
72	Sawyer	18	0.110%	5.78x
73	Sibley	18	0.110%	13.25x
74	Argent	17	0.100%	21.20x
75	Ashmole	17	0.100%	208.08x
76	Barnard	17	0.100%	4.06x
77	Godbold	17	0.100%	56.72x
78	Guiver	17	0.100%	104.04x
79	Hewett	17	0.100%	8.66x
80	Leftley	17	0.100%	230.35x
81	Maskell	17	0.100%	14.33x
82	Rolph	17	0.100%	27.36x
83	Sayer	17	0.100%	7.69x
84	Spall	17	0.100%	53.41x
85	Claydon	16	0.090%	15.03x
86	Ellmore	16	0.090%	364.46x
87	Ffitch	16	0.090%	498.44x
88	Flack	16	0.090%	13.47x
89	Hearn	16	0.090%	7.17x
90	Lettington	16	0.090%	368.66x
91	March	16	0.090%	8.81x
92	Spooner	16	0.090%	6.57x
93	Avis	15	0.090%	18.51x
94	Knapp	15	0.090%	13.04x
95	Simons	15	0.090%	6.74x
96	Van	15	0.090%	359.71x
97	Aldous	14	0.080%	20.50x
98	Allard	14	0.080%	23.60x
99	Brunning	14	0.080%	41.01x
100	Goslin	14	0.080%	99.79x