1881 census place

Greenwich surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Greenwich, Kent 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

2,886 surnames are listed for Greenwich, Kent, covering 25,301 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 692 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Greenwich

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	692	1.49%	1.05x
2	Brown	300	0.650%	0.98x
3	Martin	243	0.520%	2.12x
4	Carter	218	0.470%	2.79x
5	Clark	215	0.460%	1.54x
6	White	204	0.440%	1.36x
7	Turner	200	0.430%	1.54x
8	Harris	181	0.390%	1.53x
9	Wood	179	0.380%	1.21x
10	Baker	154	0.330%	1.51x
11	Ward	149	0.320%	1.47x
12	Webb	149	0.320%	2.36x
13	King	148	0.320%	1.46x
14	Cooper	138	0.300%	1.22x
15	Allen	136	0.290%	1.55x
16	Chapman	131	0.280%	1.98x
17	Moore	125	0.270%	1.34x
18	Young	125	0.270%	1.25x
19	Richards	121	0.260%	1.72x
20	Parker	113	0.240%	1.28x
21	West	110	0.240%	2.46x
22	Collins	109	0.230%	1.63x
23	Fisher	109	0.230%	2.00x
24	Stevens	104	0.220%	2.14x
25	Payne	102	0.220%	2.44x
26	Wells	100	0.220%	2.58x
27	Cox	93	0.200%	1.32x
28	Harding	91	0.200%	2.70x
29	Mills	86	0.180%	1.43x
30	Russell	85	0.180%	1.50x
31	Palmer	83	0.180%	1.51x
32	Page	82	0.180%	2.21x
33	Barnes	76	0.160%	1.36x
34	Butler	76	0.160%	1.68x
35	Blackmore	74	0.160%	11.05x
36	Brooks	70	0.150%	1.54x
37	Simmons	70	0.150%	3.69x
38	Day	68	0.150%	1.55x
39	May	68	0.150%	2.30x
40	Parkinson	68	0.150%	3.05x
41	Knight	67	0.140%	1.17x
42	Andrews	65	0.140%	1.46x
43	Arnold	65	0.140%	2.59x
44	Hudson	65	0.140%	1.71x
45	Harvey	64	0.140%	1.29x
46	Hawkins	64	0.140%	1.90x
47	Gibbs	61	0.130%	2.67x
48	Castle	60	0.130%	6.49x
49	Burgess	59	0.130%	1.83x
50	Bishop	58	0.120%	1.78x
51	Gilbert	57	0.120%	2.15x
52	Abbott	56	0.120%	2.73x
53	Hart	55	0.120%	1.39x
54	Reynolds	55	0.120%	1.37x
55	Tucker	54	0.120%	2.10x
56	Cole	53	0.110%	1.25x
57	Newman	53	0.110%	1.53x
58	Finch	52	0.110%	3.36x
59	Read	52	0.110%	1.73x
60	Sims	52	0.110%	3.73x
61	Wheeler	52	0.110%	1.85x
62	Lane	50	0.110%	1.56x
63	Reeves	50	0.110%	2.62x
64	Reed	49	0.110%	1.44x
65	Skinner	49	0.110%	2.08x
66	Goodwin	48	0.100%	1.96x
67	Morley	47	0.100%	2.53x
68	Barrett	46	0.100%	1.47x
69	Bond	46	0.100%	1.87x
70	Thornton	46	0.100%	1.97x
71	Hayes	45	0.100%	1.56x
72	Parsons	45	0.100%	1.27x
73	Coleman	44	0.090%	1.90x
74	Long	44	0.090%	1.46x
75	Mead	44	0.090%	4.06x
76	Carpenter	43	0.090%	2.70x
77	Groves	43	0.090%	3.29x
78	Hopkins	43	0.090%	1.54x
79	Howe	43	0.090%	2.35x
80	Shepherd	43	0.090%	1.26x
81	Beale	42	0.090%	7.12x
82	French	42	0.090%	1.85x
83	Osborn	42	0.090%	4.34x
84	Piper	42	0.090%	4.57x
85	Churchill	41	0.090%	7.43x
86	Daniels	41	0.090%	2.81x
87	Kemp	41	0.090%	1.59x
88	Hammond	40	0.090%	1.51x
89	Harwood	40	0.090%	3.21x
90	Hills	40	0.090%	3.11x
91	Warner	40	0.090%	2.36x
92	Wilkins	40	0.090%	1.95x
93	Austin	39	0.080%	1.72x
94	Bass	39	0.080%	7.41x
95	Glover	39	0.080%	1.97x
96	Jeffrey	39	0.080%	4.54x
97	Miles	39	0.080%	1.42x
98	Barber	38	0.080%	1.36x
99	Sheppard	38	0.080%	2.36x
100	Stephens	38	0.080%	1.47x