1881 census place

Croydon surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Croydon, Surrey 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

4,753 surnames are listed for Croydon, Surrey, covering 56,975 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Willis, with 85 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Croydon

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	Willis	85	0.110%	2.02x
102	Lock	83	0.110%	3.69x
103	Kemp	82	0.100%	1.87x
104	Randall	82	0.100%	3.31x
105	Long	81	0.100%	1.58x
106	Bryant	80	0.100%	2.37x
107	Grant	80	0.100%	1.02x
108	Holland	80	0.100%	1.42x
109	Lambert	80	0.100%	1.86x
110	Ashby	79	0.100%	5.96x
111	Bates	78	0.100%	1.55x
112	Giles	77	0.100%	2.56x
113	Oliver	77	0.100%	1.37x
114	Brooks	76	0.100%	0.98x
115	Fletcher	76	0.100%	0.84x
116	Hammond	76	0.100%	1.69x
117	Batchelor	75	0.090%	5.60x
118	Weller	75	0.090%	6.60x
119	Bishop	74	0.090%	1.34x
120	Simmonds	73	0.090%	3.46x
121	Dyer	72	0.090%	2.35x
122	Barber	71	0.090%	1.49x
123	Longhurst	71	0.090%	13.67x
124	Barrett	70	0.090%	1.32x
125	Beadle	70	0.090%	12.62x
126	Roffey	70	0.090%	35.47x
127	Alexander	69	0.090%	1.65x
128	Freeman	69	0.090%	1.37x
129	Hawkins	69	0.090%	1.21x
130	Tidy	69	0.090%	24.17x
131	Hills	68	0.090%	3.11x
132	Norman	68	0.090%	1.86x
133	Upton	68	0.090%	4.52x
134	Savage	67	0.080%	2.21x
135	Woods	67	0.080%	1.34x
136	Bartlett	66	0.080%	1.91x
137	Fisher	66	0.080%	0.71x
138	Haynes	66	0.080%	2.34x
139	Hayward	66	0.080%	1.96x
140	Holloway	66	0.080%	2.73x
141	Howell	66	0.080%	1.98x
142	Jarrett	66	0.080%	9.11x
143	Nicholls	66	0.080%	1.60x
144	Wilkins	66	0.080%	1.89x
145	Parsons	65	0.080%	1.08x
146	Hayes	64	0.080%	1.30x
147	Herbert	64	0.080%	2.17x
148	May	64	0.080%	1.27x
149	Steer	64	0.080%	6.94x
150	Austin	63	0.080%	1.63x
151	Bentley	63	0.080%	1.89x
152	Moss	63	0.080%	1.29x
153	Snelling	63	0.080%	9.82x
154	Easton	62	0.080%	5.17x
155	Elliott	62	0.080%	0.92x
156	Warner	62	0.080%	2.15x
157	Coleman	61	0.080%	1.55x
158	Constable	61	0.080%	6.98x
159	Hollidge	61	0.080%	127.03x
160	Poole	61	0.080%	1.60x
161	Thornton	61	0.080%	1.54x
162	Ede	60	0.080%	13.92x
163	Walters	60	0.080%	1.59x
164	Goldsmith	59	0.070%	4.81x
165	Miles	59	0.070%	1.27x
166	Ridley	59	0.070%	3.86x
167	Barton	58	0.070%	1.36x
168	Gardner	58	0.070%	1.08x
169	Kent	58	0.070%	1.74x
170	Rice	58	0.070%	2.36x
171	Stone	58	0.070%	1.02x
172	Warren	58	0.070%	1.10x
173	Barnett	57	0.070%	1.60x
174	Blackman	57	0.070%	5.93x
175	Chandler	57	0.070%	2.25x
176	Goodwin	57	0.070%	1.37x
177	Huggett	57	0.070%	15.76x
178	Jupp	57	0.070%	12.93x
179	Little	57	0.070%	1.53x
180	Wicks	57	0.070%	5.13x
181	Burgess	56	0.070%	1.02x
182	Fry	56	0.070%	2.21x
183	Goddard	56	0.070%	1.76x
184	Peters	56	0.070%	2.02x
185	Dale	55	0.070%	1.65x
186	Hook	55	0.070%	4.70x
187	Sharp	55	0.070%	0.84x
188	Ball	54	0.070%	0.83x
189	Bird	54	0.070%	0.89x
190	Cooke	54	0.070%	1.24x
191	Hollands	54	0.070%	13.12x
192	Marsh	54	0.070%	0.96x
193	Terry	54	0.070%	2.67x
194	Bond	53	0.070%	1.27x
195	Donovan	53	0.070%	4.22x
196	Fairman	53	0.070%	30.90x
197	Heath	53	0.070%	1.35x
198	Mann	53	0.070%	1.27x
199	Staples	53	0.070%	7.01x
200	Weston	53	0.070%	1.64x