1881 census place

Chelsea London surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chelsea 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

5,621 surnames are listed for Chelsea London, Middlesex, covering 63,854 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,323 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chelsea 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	1,323	1.50%	1.06x
2	Brown	504	0.570%	0.87x
3	Williams	451	0.510%	0.71x
4	Taylor	428	0.490%	0.76x
5	Davis	389	0.440%	2.01x
6	White	368	0.420%	1.30x
7	Wilson	322	0.370%	0.80x
8	Wright	289	0.330%	1.02x
9	Clark	287	0.330%	1.08x
10	Johnson	285	0.320%	0.96x
11	Robinson	269	0.310%	0.96x
12	Webb	269	0.310%	2.25x
13	Allen	267	0.300%	1.61x
14	Martin	264	0.300%	1.22x
15	Green	261	0.300%	1.05x
16	Edwards	257	0.290%	1.05x
17	King	256	0.290%	1.33x
18	Cook	245	0.280%	1.40x
19	Hill	244	0.280%	1.09x
20	Baker	237	0.270%	1.23x
21	Turner	237	0.270%	0.97x
22	Evans	235	0.270%	0.61x
23	Collins	228	0.260%	1.81x
24	Cox	225	0.260%	1.69x
25	Harris	222	0.250%	0.99x
26	Walker	220	0.250%	0.75x
27	Clarke	217	0.250%	1.22x
28	Morris	217	0.250%	1.11x
29	Young	208	0.240%	1.10x
30	Palmer	203	0.230%	1.96x
31	Cooper	202	0.230%	0.94x
32	Wood	200	0.230%	0.71x
33	Jackson	198	0.220%	0.80x
34	Moore	195	0.220%	1.11x
35	Thompson	192	0.220%	0.73x
36	Hall	191	0.220%	0.74x
37	Ward	191	0.220%	0.99x
38	Phillips	189	0.210%	1.20x
39	Hunt	187	0.210%	1.60x
40	Cole	176	0.200%	2.19x
41	Lewis	176	0.200%	0.76x
42	Knight	175	0.200%	1.61x
43	Hughes	174	0.200%	0.71x
44	Watts	174	0.200%	2.36x
45	Scott	173	0.200%	0.78x
46	Watson	171	0.190%	0.84x
47	Stevens	168	0.190%	1.83x
48	Lee	164	0.190%	1.14x
49	Barnes	162	0.180%	1.53x
50	Miller	161	0.180%	1.02x
51	Payne	158	0.180%	1.99x
52	Pearce	158	0.180%	1.95x
53	Rogers	157	0.180%	1.37x
54	Howard	156	0.180%	1.81x
55	Fox	154	0.170%	1.88x
56	Carter	151	0.170%	1.02x
57	Lawrence	149	0.170%	2.61x
58	Mitchell	148	0.170%	0.83x
59	Richardson	147	0.170%	0.98x
60	Parker	145	0.160%	0.87x
61	Bennett	141	0.160%	0.97x
62	Foster	140	0.160%	1.19x
63	Newman	140	0.160%	2.14x
64	West	138	0.160%	1.63x
65	Hawkins	136	0.150%	2.13x
66	Bailey	133	0.150%	1.00x
67	Marshall	133	0.150%	0.90x
68	Ellis	129	0.150%	1.01x
69	Andrews	127	0.140%	1.51x
70	Butler	127	0.140%	1.48x
71	Mason	127	0.140%	1.07x
72	Adams	124	0.140%	0.96x
73	Day	121	0.140%	1.46x
74	Brooks	120	0.140%	1.39x
75	Freeman	117	0.130%	2.08x
76	Chapman	116	0.130%	0.93x
77	Saunders	116	0.130%	1.44x
78	Barrett	114	0.130%	1.93x
79	Mills	109	0.120%	0.95x
80	Wells	109	0.120%	1.49x
81	Harding	108	0.120%	1.70x
82	Page	108	0.120%	1.53x
83	Stone	107	0.120%	1.68x
84	Bates	104	0.120%	1.86x
85	Read	104	0.120%	1.83x
86	Bell	102	0.120%	0.62x
87	May	102	0.120%	1.82x
88	Bishop	101	0.110%	1.64x
89	Powell	99	0.110%	0.90x
90	Simpson	99	0.110%	0.64x
91	Lloyd	97	0.110%	0.94x
92	Field	94	0.110%	2.15x
93	Ford	94	0.110%	1.10x
94	Warren	94	0.110%	1.60x
95	Barker	93	0.110%	0.81x
96	Marsh	92	0.100%	1.47x
97	Butcher	91	0.100%	2.45x
98	Fisher	91	0.100%	0.88x
99	Burgess	90	0.100%	1.47x
100	Lane	90	0.100%	1.48x