1881 census place

Chesham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chesham, Buckinghamshire 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

223 surnames are listed for Chesham, Buckinghamshire, covering 3,231 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barnes, with 121 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chesham

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	Barnes	121	1.86%	15.44x
2	Birch	114	1.75%	42.74x
3	Darvell	100	1.54%	1724.14x
4	How	92	1.41%	216.52x
5	Pearce	87	1.34%	14.55x
6	Reynolds	87	1.34%	15.43x
7	Reading	82	1.26%	162.89x
8	Gomm	75	1.15%	437.83x
9	Batchelor	69	1.06%	62.51x
10	Dwight	69	1.06%	1105.77x
11	Harding	66	1.01%	14.01x
12	Hearn	63	0.970%	73.16x
13	Puddephatt	58	0.890%	943.09x
14	Dean	55	0.850%	12.17x
15	Mead	55	0.850%	36.25x
16	Benning	49	0.750%	565.17x
17	Bates	48	0.740%	11.59x
18	Hawkes	45	0.690%	42.87x
19	East	44	0.680%	43.47x
20	Brandon	42	0.650%	127.12x
21	Lacey	41	0.630%	34.18x
22	Humphrey	40	0.610%	23.07x
23	Stratford	40	0.610%	89.57x
24	Joiner	37	0.570%	159.97x
25	Grove	36	0.550%	47.28x
26	Mayo	36	0.550%	71.96x
27	Pratt	36	0.550%	9.63x
28	Kempster	34	0.520%	149.12x
29	Wallington	34	0.520%	166.99x
30	Atkins	33	0.510%	13.52x
31	Rance	33	0.510%	136.03x
32	Dell	31	0.480%	81.22x
33	Clare	30	0.460%	31.84x
34	Redding	30	0.460%	109.45x
35	Elbourn	28	0.430%	752.69x
36	Gee	27	0.410%	16.25x
37	Plested	27	0.410%	450.00x
38	Bruton	24	0.370%	109.44x
39	Hawes	24	0.370%	29.89x
40	Channer	23	0.350%	744.34x
41	Sear	22	0.340%	90.31x
42	Tomlin	22	0.340%	37.80x
43	Bunker	21	0.320%	80.12x
44	Moulder	21	0.320%	179.33x
45	Ringsell	21	0.320%	3000.00x
46	Sabatini	21	0.320%	4375.00x
47	Sills	21	0.320%	102.69x
48	Thorn	21	0.320%	21.59x
49	Aris	19	0.290%	214.21x
50	Bone	19	0.290%	15.75x
51	Higgs	19	0.290%	16.01x
52	Kingham	18	0.280%	76.17x
53	Final	16	0.250%	1081.08x
54	Hance	15	0.230%	184.05x
55	Judge	15	0.230%	21.31x
56	Pitkin	15	0.230%	238.85x
57	Brandom	14	0.220%	342.30x
58	Glasgow	14	0.220%	98.18x
59	Ing	14	0.220%	130.60x
60	Rackley	14	0.220%	204.38x
61	Woodley	14	0.220%	24.13x
62	Arkell	13	0.200%	94.20x
63	Beckley	13	0.200%	76.79x
64	Culverhouse	13	0.200%	143.17x
65	Fassnidge	13	0.200%	807.45x
66	Glenister	13	0.200%	117.33x
67	Catling	12	0.180%	77.57x
68	Haddock	12	0.180%	28.71x
69	Hatchett	12	0.180%	169.25x
70	Sedgwick	12	0.180%	25.40x
71	Worley	12	0.180%	41.48x
72	Yerby	12	0.180%	1250.00x
73	Busby	11	0.170%	16.04x
74	Chance	11	0.170%	36.52x
75	Chilton	11	0.170%	21.04x
76	Stacy	11	0.170%	58.05x
77	Woodstock	11	0.170%	267.64x
78	Climpson	10	0.150%	165.02x
79	Cull	10	0.150%	30.84x
80	Haydon	10	0.150%	24.53x
81	Hinson	10	0.150%	63.53x
82	Holliman	10	0.150%	315.46x
83	Staple	10	0.150%	110.86x
84	Amies	9	0.140%	83.80x
85	Blunt	9	0.140%	17.12x
86	Honour	9	0.140%	86.96x
87	Putnam	9	0.140%	166.36x
88	Brackley	8	0.120%	71.30x
89	Clisby	8	0.120%	227.27x
90	Greening	8	0.120%	22.11x
91	Mayger	8	0.120%	217.98x
92	Philbey	8	0.120%	322.58x
93	Putt	8	0.120%	52.81x
94	Reade	8	0.120%	40.90x
95	Tarrant	8	0.120%	17.42x
96	Warrell	8	0.120%	111.58x
97	Weedon	8	0.120%	26.42x
98	Wingrove	8	0.120%	41.93x
99	Bye	7	0.110%	21.39x
100	Cordery	7	0.110%	44.84x