1881 census place

Islington London surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Islington 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

12,692 surnames are listed for Islington London, Middlesex, covering 238,820 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 4,016 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Islington 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	4,016	1.42%	1.00x
2	Jones	1,844	0.650%	0.58x
3	Brown	1,743	0.620%	0.93x
4	Taylor	1,514	0.530%	0.84x
5	Williams	1,489	0.530%	0.73x
6	Wilson	1,080	0.380%	0.83x
7	White	1,079	0.380%	1.19x
8	Wright	1,070	0.380%	1.18x
9	Clark	1,034	0.370%	1.21x
10	Davis	1,004	0.350%	1.61x
11	King	1,001	0.350%	1.62x
12	Edwards	945	0.330%	1.20x
13	Turner	941	0.330%	1.19x
14	Johnson	932	0.330%	0.98x
15	Baker	886	0.310%	1.43x
16	Harris	876	0.310%	1.22x
17	Martin	863	0.300%	1.24x
18	Hill	846	0.300%	1.17x
19	Green	843	0.300%	1.06x
20	Wood	835	0.290%	0.93x
21	Hall	815	0.290%	0.98x
22	Cooper	813	0.290%	1.18x
23	Robinson	809	0.290%	0.90x
24	Evans	799	0.280%	0.65x
25	Thomas	753	0.270%	0.64x
26	Ward	729	0.260%	1.18x
27	Walker	727	0.260%	0.77x
28	Jackson	722	0.260%	0.91x
29	Moore	714	0.250%	1.26x
30	Thompson	706	0.250%	0.83x
31	Cook	700	0.250%	1.24x
32	Allen	695	0.250%	1.30x
33	Carter	665	0.230%	1.40x
34	Roberts	648	0.230%	0.61x
35	Clarke	638	0.230%	1.11x
36	Webb	638	0.230%	1.66x
37	Cox	608	0.210%	1.42x
38	Phillips	603	0.210%	1.19x
39	Davies	600	0.210%	0.42x
40	Scott	580	0.200%	0.81x
41	Adams	579	0.200%	1.39x
42	Morris	574	0.200%	0.91x
43	Parker	563	0.200%	1.05x
44	Lee	553	0.200%	1.20x
45	Collins	551	0.190%	1.36x
46	Lewis	548	0.190%	0.74x
47	Young	537	0.190%	0.88x
48	Day	529	0.190%	1.98x
49	Bennett	516	0.180%	1.11x
50	Watson	516	0.180%	0.79x
51	Mills	490	0.170%	1.33x
52	Hunt	485	0.170%	1.29x
53	Wells	484	0.170%	2.05x
54	Chapman	478	0.170%	1.19x
55	Palmer	478	0.170%	1.43x
56	Knight	476	0.170%	1.36x
57	Richardson	476	0.170%	0.99x
58	Stevens	467	0.160%	1.58x
59	Payne	464	0.160%	1.82x
60	Page	459	0.160%	2.03x
61	Miller	458	0.160%	0.90x
62	Mason	455	0.160%	1.20x
63	Ellis	444	0.160%	1.08x
64	Fisher	444	0.160%	1.34x
65	Harvey	433	0.150%	1.43x
66	Bell	432	0.150%	0.81x
67	Barnes	426	0.150%	1.25x
68	Howard	424	0.150%	1.53x
69	Mitchell	423	0.150%	0.74x
70	Bailey	421	0.150%	0.99x
71	Newman	420	0.150%	1.99x
72	Cole	415	0.150%	1.61x
73	Rogers	409	0.140%	1.11x
74	Harrison	406	0.140%	0.65x
75	Hughes	404	0.140%	0.51x
76	West	404	0.140%	1.48x
77	Saunders	397	0.140%	1.53x
78	Brooks	394	0.140%	1.42x
79	Hart	391	0.140%	1.62x
80	Richards	387	0.140%	0.91x
81	Powell	382	0.130%	1.08x
82	Foster	381	0.130%	1.01x
83	Field	376	0.130%	2.67x
84	Gray	374	0.130%	0.93x
85	Andrews	371	0.130%	1.37x
86	Price	369	0.130%	0.74x
87	Bishop	361	0.130%	1.82x
88	Anderson	358	0.130%	0.64x
89	Lawrence	353	0.120%	1.92x
90	Marshall	352	0.120%	0.74x
91	Warren	350	0.120%	1.85x
92	Burton	349	0.120%	1.45x
93	Pearce	346	0.120%	1.33x
94	Long	339	0.120%	1.85x
95	Wilkinson	327	0.120%	0.76x
96	Freeman	324	0.110%	1.79x
97	Russell	324	0.110%	0.94x
98	Watts	320	0.110%	1.35x
99	Rose	312	0.110%	1.49x
100	Ford	309	0.110%	1.12x