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 Hawke, with 7 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
101	Hawke	7	0.110%	19.20x
102	Holton	7	0.110%	20.79x
103	Maple	7	0.110%	69.58x
104	Narraway	7	0.110%	362.69x
105	Randell	7	0.110%	17.23x
106	Seamons	7	0.110%	295.36x
107	Spratley	7	0.110%	100.00x
108	Stockley	7	0.110%	24.93x
109	Waterton	7	0.110%	71.87x
110	Whale	7	0.110%	19.16x
111	Cason	6	0.090%	82.19x
112	Catley	6	0.090%	42.95x
113	Cogdell	6	0.090%	550.46x
114	Gunnell	6	0.090%	56.55x
115	Lamming	6	0.090%	97.24x
116	Levis	6	0.090%	231.66x
117	Lewes	6	0.090%	39.04x
118	Piggin	6	0.090%	116.50x
119	Plater	6	0.090%	60.91x
120	Seabrook	6	0.090%	18.73x
121	Shrimpton	6	0.090%	21.51x
122	Tibbles	6	0.090%	54.55x
123	Treacher	6	0.090%	79.58x
124	Winch	6	0.090%	20.45x
125	Witney	6	0.090%	52.08x
126	Adnitt	5	0.080%	104.17x
127	Braden	5	0.080%	81.83x
128	Cobden	5	0.080%	81.57x
129	Elbourne	5	0.080%	223.21x
130	Elphick	5	0.080%	23.01x
131	Hailey	5	0.080%	46.86x
132	Heading	5	0.080%	114.94x
133	Keats	5	0.080%	35.01x
134	Meade	5	0.080%	26.88x
135	Norwood	5	0.080%	18.97x
136	Piercy	5	0.080%	21.36x
137	Sibly	5	0.080%	175.44x
138	Addams	4	0.060%	187.79x
139	Albright	4	0.060%	162.60x
140	Allwright	4	0.060%	51.28x
141	Asten	4	0.060%	134.23x
142	Belsham	4	0.060%	42.42x
143	Culmer	4	0.060%	87.72x
144	Dancer	4	0.060%	28.57x
145	Darvill	4	0.060%	33.47x
146	Frankling	4	0.060%	50.70x
147	Ivory	4	0.060%	29.22x
148	Juson	4	0.060%	555.56x
149	Neary	4	0.060%	28.31x
150	Sells	4	0.060%	36.10x
151	Sidwell	4	0.060%	22.33x
152	Tapping	4	0.060%	45.20x
153	Birdseye	3	0.050%	114.94x
154	Bloxam	3	0.050%	53.29x
155	Brill	3	0.050%	36.06x
156	Buckoke	3	0.050%	170.45x
157	Bulls	3	0.050%	361.45x
158	Burgin	3	0.050%	11.77x
159	Cluff	3	0.050%	64.79x
160	Elborn	3	0.050%	170.45x
161	Gadsden	3	0.050%	35.50x
162	Lillyman	3	0.050%	77.52x
163	Magor	3	0.050%	44.51x
164	Olding	3	0.050%	23.96x
165	Reynalds	3	0.050%	322.58x
166	Shambrook	3	0.050%	39.01x
167	Tompkin	3	0.050%	63.03x
168	Wetton	3	0.050%	21.51x
169	Worrell	3	0.050%	21.04x
170	Bishenden	2	0.030%	131.58x
171	Boarder	2	0.030%	74.91x
172	Chesham	2	0.030%	47.73x
173	Coughtrey	2	0.030%	170.94x
174	Critcher	2	0.030%	78.13x
175	Curl	2	0.030%	15.81x
176	Dalgarno	2	0.030%	33.00x
177	Gilks	2	0.030%	17.20x
178	Gomme	2	0.030%	39.53x
179	Gravestock	2	0.030%	31.01x
180	Leaper	2	0.030%	26.74x
181	Northall	2	0.030%	45.35x
182	Parslow	2	0.030%	14.22x
183	Sines	2	0.030%	124.22x
184	Spittles	2	0.030%	66.67x
185	Ayliffe	1	0.020%	11.76x
186	Beyan	1	0.020%	454.55x
187	Broatch	1	0.020%	28.57x
188	Bruin	1	0.020%	31.55x
189	Buckwell	1	0.020%	12.47x
190	Burgen	1	0.020%	30.67x
191	Cadd	1	0.020%	14.66x
192	Chuter	1	0.020%	12.05x
193	Coules	1	0.020%	32.89x
194	Cutforth	1	0.020%	75.19x
195	Darrell	1	0.020%	19.16x
196	Feasey	1	0.020%	14.47x
197	Flexman	1	0.020%	74.07x
198	Gollins	1	0.020%	68.49x
199	Gristwood	1	0.020%	22.03x
200	Hairs	1	0.020%	88.50x