1881 census place

Clerkenwell London surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Clerkenwell 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

4,134 surnames are listed for Clerkenwell London, Middlesex, covering 43,020 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 912 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Clerkenwell 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	912	1.32%	0.94x
2	Brown	451	0.650%	0.99x
3	White	326	0.470%	1.47x
4	Edwards	272	0.390%	1.42x
5	Wilson	253	0.370%	0.80x
6	King	233	0.340%	1.55x
7	Davis	224	0.320%	1.48x
8	Cooper	222	0.320%	1.32x
9	Wright	220	0.320%	0.99x
10	Clark	213	0.310%	1.03x
11	Green	207	0.300%	1.07x
12	Johnson	207	0.300%	0.89x
13	Thompson	205	0.300%	0.99x
14	Wood	201	0.290%	0.91x
15	Phillips	199	0.290%	1.61x
16	Ward	198	0.290%	1.31x
17	Walker	196	0.280%	0.85x
18	Cook	194	0.280%	1.42x
19	Cox	183	0.270%	1.75x
20	Carter	182	0.260%	1.57x
21	Turner	181	0.260%	0.94x
22	Young	174	0.250%	1.17x
23	Baker	170	0.250%	1.13x
24	Collins	170	0.250%	1.72x
25	Stevens	160	0.230%	2.22x
26	Harris	158	0.230%	0.90x
27	Clarke	151	0.220%	1.08x
28	Day	150	0.220%	2.31x
29	Parker	150	0.220%	1.14x
30	Martin	147	0.210%	0.87x
31	Knight	145	0.210%	1.71x
32	Hill	141	0.200%	0.80x
33	Newman	140	0.200%	2.73x
34	Mason	135	0.200%	1.46x
35	Allen	134	0.190%	1.03x
36	Payne	133	0.190%	2.14x
37	Hunt	130	0.190%	1.42x
38	Foster	126	0.180%	1.37x
39	Simpson	126	0.180%	1.04x
40	Webb	125	0.180%	1.34x
41	Moore	124	0.180%	0.90x
42	Chapman	123	0.180%	1.26x
43	Adams	122	0.180%	1.20x
44	Rogers	114	0.170%	1.27x
45	Bennett	113	0.160%	1.00x
46	Harvey	113	0.160%	1.53x
47	Miller	113	0.160%	0.92x
48	Mitchell	113	0.160%	0.81x
49	West	113	0.160%	1.70x
50	Brooks	112	0.160%	1.66x
51	Barrett	111	0.160%	2.40x
52	Price	110	0.160%	0.91x
53	Watts	109	0.160%	1.89x
54	Wells	109	0.160%	1.90x
55	Field	108	0.160%	3.15x
56	Lee	106	0.150%	0.94x
57	Saunders	106	0.150%	1.68x
58	Richards	105	0.150%	1.01x
59	Howard	99	0.140%	1.46x
60	Richardson	99	0.140%	0.84x
61	Butler	98	0.140%	1.46x
62	Matthews	98	0.140%	1.63x
63	Andrews	97	0.140%	1.47x
64	Ellis	97	0.140%	0.97x
65	Bailey	95	0.140%	0.91x
66	Stone	93	0.130%	1.87x
67	Fletcher	92	0.130%	1.17x
68	Kelly	92	0.130%	1.22x
69	Wheeler	90	0.130%	2.16x
70	Cole	88	0.130%	1.40x
71	Burgess	85	0.120%	1.77x
72	Freeman	83	0.120%	1.88x
73	Mills	83	0.120%	0.93x
74	Hawkins	82	0.120%	1.64x
75	Fox	81	0.120%	1.27x
76	Lawrence	81	0.120%	1.81x
77	Pearce	81	0.120%	1.28x
78	Hart	80	0.120%	1.36x
79	Harding	78	0.110%	1.56x
80	Bishop	76	0.110%	1.58x
81	May	76	0.110%	1.73x
82	Palmer	76	0.110%	0.94x
83	Powell	76	0.110%	0.88x
84	Lane	75	0.110%	1.58x
85	Reed	75	0.110%	1.49x
86	Gray	74	0.110%	0.75x
87	Bartlett	73	0.110%	2.42x
88	Arnold	71	0.100%	1.91x
89	Bird	71	0.100%	1.35x
90	Page	70	0.100%	1.27x
91	Ford	69	0.100%	1.03x
92	Russell	69	0.100%	0.82x
93	Berry	68	0.100%	1.24x
94	Franklin	68	0.100%	2.97x
95	Oliver	68	0.100%	1.38x
96	Porter	68	0.100%	1.31x
97	Reynolds	67	0.100%	1.12x
98	Barnes	66	0.100%	0.80x
99	Randall	66	0.100%	3.06x
100	Willis	65	0.090%	1.77x