1881 census place

Bethnal Green London surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bethnal Green London, 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

5,845 surnames are listed for Bethnal Green London, Middlesex, covering 100,910 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,766 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bethnal Green London

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	1,766	1.39%	0.99x
2	Jones	895	0.710%	0.62x
3	Brown	878	0.690%	1.05x
4	Taylor	617	0.490%	0.76x
5	Clark	601	0.470%	1.58x
6	Davis	520	0.410%	1.86x
7	Hall	514	0.410%	1.38x
8	King	487	0.380%	1.76x
9	White	476	0.380%	1.17x
10	Wright	470	0.370%	1.15x
11	Johnson	462	0.360%	1.08x
12	Wood	456	0.360%	1.13x
13	Cooper	446	0.350%	1.44x
14	Green	431	0.340%	1.21x
15	Wilson	423	0.330%	0.73x
16	Baker	418	0.330%	1.50x
17	Walker	417	0.330%	0.98x
18	Harris	412	0.320%	1.28x
19	Parker	377	0.300%	1.56x
20	Turner	376	0.300%	1.06x
21	Evans	360	0.280%	0.65x
22	Edwards	358	0.280%	1.01x
23	Moore	348	0.270%	1.37x
24	Martin	342	0.270%	1.09x
25	Cox	333	0.260%	1.73x
26	Webb	329	0.260%	1.91x
27	Cole	323	0.250%	2.79x
28	Cook	317	0.250%	1.26x
29	Jackson	312	0.250%	0.88x
30	Hill	311	0.250%	0.96x
31	Hunt	303	0.240%	1.80x
32	Ward	300	0.240%	1.08x
33	Robinson	297	0.230%	0.73x
34	Watson	288	0.230%	0.98x
35	Adams	286	0.230%	1.53x
36	Lee	284	0.220%	1.37x
37	Collins	283	0.220%	1.55x
38	Lewis	281	0.220%	0.84x
39	Miller	270	0.210%	1.19x
40	Allen	269	0.210%	1.12x
41	Thompson	268	0.210%	0.70x
42	Thomas	263	0.210%	0.50x
43	Carter	261	0.210%	1.23x
44	Hughes	258	0.200%	0.73x
45	Howard	252	0.200%	2.02x
46	Harvey	250	0.200%	1.85x
47	Stevens	248	0.200%	1.87x
48	Chapman	243	0.190%	1.35x
49	Lane	239	0.190%	2.73x
50	Mason	239	0.190%	1.40x
51	Brooks	236	0.190%	1.90x
52	Day	233	0.180%	1.95x
53	Reynolds	222	0.170%	2.02x
54	Roberts	222	0.170%	0.47x
55	Morris	219	0.170%	0.78x
56	Bennett	217	0.170%	1.04x
57	Phillips	215	0.170%	0.95x
58	Page	214	0.170%	2.11x
59	Richards	214	0.170%	1.12x
60	Scott	212	0.170%	0.66x
61	Young	212	0.170%	0.78x
62	Hart	211	0.170%	1.95x
63	Clarke	205	0.160%	0.80x
64	Price	204	0.160%	0.92x
65	Knight	202	0.160%	1.29x
66	Barrett	201	0.160%	2.36x
67	Anderson	200	0.160%	0.80x
68	Palmer	198	0.160%	1.32x
69	Saunders	198	0.160%	1.70x
70	Harrison	194	0.150%	0.69x
71	Berry	193	0.150%	1.92x
72	Payne	193	0.150%	1.69x
73	Marshall	186	0.150%	0.87x
74	Rogers	185	0.150%	1.12x
75	Watts	185	0.150%	1.74x
76	Mills	183	0.140%	1.11x
77	Bates	182	0.140%	2.25x
78	Bailey	179	0.140%	0.94x
79	Read	173	0.140%	2.11x
80	Burgess	172	0.140%	1.95x
81	Newton	172	0.140%	1.77x
82	Barker	171	0.130%	1.03x
83	Barnes	171	0.130%	1.12x
84	West	171	0.130%	1.40x
85	Richardson	168	0.130%	0.78x
86	Fisher	166	0.130%	1.12x
87	Mitchell	164	0.130%	0.64x
88	Ellis	163	0.130%	0.88x
89	Franklin	163	0.130%	3.87x
90	Wells	163	0.130%	1.54x
91	Slater	154	0.120%	2.00x
92	Elliott	152	0.120%	1.41x
93	Russell	151	0.120%	0.97x
94	Newman	150	0.120%	1.59x
95	Pearce	149	0.120%	1.28x
96	Salmon	149	0.120%	5.15x
97	Porter	147	0.120%	1.54x
98	Stokes	146	0.120%	2.72x
99	Reeves	144	0.110%	2.77x
100	Ball	140	0.110%	1.34x