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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 Heel, with 1 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.

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201Heel123.87x
202Hewell135.09x
203Jackett137.45x
204Kendle114.84x
205Kingstone115.65x
206Laundon135.46x
207Leaves135.09x
208Ludgate112.24x
209Lum160.61x
210Mccallum166.67x
211Onley123.70x
212Outlaw122.99x
213Peggs114.66x
214Rackstraw119.01x
215Ridding115.65x
216Simco164.10x
217Stilton151.81x
218Tarbuck19.22x
219Timbs126.32x
220Toovey113.74x
221Valle1117.65x
222Well126.32x
223Woollams143.86x