1881 census place

Bermondsey surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bermondsey, Surrey 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

4,552 surnames are listed for Bermondsey, Surrey, covering 64,082 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,154 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bermondsey

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	Smith	1,154	1.33%	0.94x
2	Taylor	556	0.640%	1.00x
3	Brown	497	0.570%	0.87x
4	Wright	387	0.450%	1.39x
5	White	368	0.420%	1.32x
6	Clark	364	0.420%	1.39x
7	Wood	361	0.420%	1.30x
8	Martin	351	0.400%	1.64x
9	King	323	0.370%	1.70x
10	Hall	318	0.370%	1.24x
11	Johnson	312	0.360%	1.07x
12	Davis	307	0.350%	1.61x
13	Green	299	0.340%	1.22x
14	Cooper	298	0.340%	1.41x
15	Baker	293	0.340%	1.54x
16	Walker	289	0.330%	0.99x
17	Cook	279	0.320%	1.62x
18	Collins	268	0.310%	2.15x
19	Moore	248	0.290%	1.43x
20	Hill	242	0.280%	1.09x
21	Turner	228	0.260%	0.94x
22	Chapman	226	0.260%	1.83x
23	Wilson	225	0.260%	0.56x
24	Stevens	224	0.260%	2.47x
25	Harris	220	0.250%	1.00x
26	Ward	214	0.250%	1.13x
27	Edwards	211	0.240%	0.87x
28	Roberts	211	0.240%	0.64x
29	Webb	209	0.240%	1.77x
30	Phillips	198	0.230%	1.27x
31	Bennett	192	0.220%	1.34x
32	Scott	187	0.220%	0.85x
33	Jackson	179	0.210%	0.74x
34	Adams	178	0.200%	1.39x
35	Parker	176	0.200%	1.06x
36	Russell	175	0.200%	1.65x
37	Miller	172	0.200%	1.11x
38	Hunt	169	0.190%	1.46x
39	Thompson	169	0.190%	0.65x
40	Morris	165	0.190%	0.85x
41	Murphy	165	0.190%	2.37x
42	Cox	163	0.190%	1.24x
43	Reynolds	162	0.190%	2.15x
44	Page	155	0.180%	2.23x
45	Palmer	155	0.180%	1.51x
46	Saunders	154	0.180%	1.93x
47	Rogers	153	0.180%	1.36x
48	Barrett	151	0.170%	2.59x
49	Allen	150	0.170%	0.91x
50	Andrews	150	0.170%	1.80x
51	Carter	150	0.170%	1.03x
52	Lewis	150	0.170%	0.66x
53	West	150	0.170%	1.79x
54	Powell	148	0.170%	1.36x
55	Payne	147	0.170%	1.88x
56	Lee	145	0.170%	1.02x
57	Mitchell	145	0.170%	0.82x
58	Newman	144	0.170%	2.23x
59	Marshall	140	0.160%	0.96x
60	Clarke	139	0.160%	0.79x
61	Cole	133	0.150%	1.68x
62	Ford	133	0.150%	1.57x
63	Pearce	131	0.150%	1.64x
64	Young	131	0.150%	0.70x
65	Wells	128	0.150%	1.77x
66	Brooks	126	0.140%	1.48x
67	Watson	126	0.140%	0.62x
68	Bishop	125	0.140%	2.06x
69	Stone	123	0.140%	1.96x
70	Ball	118	0.140%	1.64x
71	Rose	118	0.140%	1.83x
72	Watts	118	0.140%	1.62x
73	Anderson	116	0.130%	0.68x
74	Lawrence	116	0.130%	2.05x
75	Oliver	113	0.130%	1.82x
76	Wheeler	113	0.130%	2.15x
77	Barnes	112	0.130%	1.07x
78	Clements	112	0.130%	3.88x
79	Ellis	112	0.130%	0.89x
80	Holland	112	0.130%	1.81x
81	Knight	111	0.130%	1.04x
82	Hart	109	0.130%	1.47x
83	Donovan	107	0.120%	7.74x
84	Hayes	107	0.120%	1.98x
85	Abbott	106	0.120%	2.76x
86	Bell	106	0.120%	0.65x
87	Holmes	105	0.120%	0.99x
88	Long	105	0.120%	1.86x
89	Terry	102	0.120%	4.59x
90	Mason	101	0.120%	0.86x
91	Read	101	0.120%	1.80x
92	Richards	101	0.120%	0.77x
93	Butler	100	0.120%	1.18x
94	Harvey	100	0.120%	1.08x
95	Hudson	99	0.110%	1.39x
96	Fisher	98	0.110%	0.96x
97	Kelly	98	0.110%	1.03x
98	Parsons	98	0.110%	1.48x
99	Fuller	97	0.110%	2.76x
100	Howard	97	0.110%	1.14x