1881 census place

Kensington London surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kensington 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

10,041 surnames are listed for Kensington London, Middlesex, covering 129,761 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 2,134 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kensington 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	2,134	1.31%	0.93x
2	Jones	918	0.570%	0.50x
3	Brown	895	0.550%	0.84x
4	Williams	795	0.490%	0.68x
5	Taylor	729	0.450%	0.70x
6	White	713	0.440%	1.37x
7	Baker	563	0.350%	1.58x
8	Harris	559	0.340%	1.35x
9	Green	535	0.330%	1.17x
10	Clark	520	0.320%	1.07x
11	Davis	519	0.320%	1.45x
12	Wilson	505	0.310%	0.68x
13	King	469	0.290%	1.32x
14	Wright	462	0.280%	0.89x
15	Turner	460	0.280%	1.02x
16	Roberts	444	0.270%	0.73x
17	Hall	442	0.270%	0.93x
18	Edwards	423	0.260%	0.93x
19	Hill	423	0.260%	1.02x
20	Hunt	420	0.260%	1.95x
21	Johnson	419	0.260%	0.77x
22	Carter	418	0.260%	1.53x
23	Martin	413	0.250%	1.03x
24	Walker	410	0.250%	0.75x
25	Cook	408	0.250%	1.26x
26	Collins	401	0.250%	1.72x
27	Young	396	0.240%	1.13x
28	Webb	390	0.240%	1.77x
29	Moore	387	0.240%	1.19x
30	Clarke	386	0.240%	1.17x
31	Allen	385	0.240%	1.25x
32	Cooper	377	0.230%	0.95x
33	Evans	376	0.230%	0.53x
34	Phillips	371	0.230%	1.28x
35	Ward	369	0.230%	1.04x
36	Thomas	365	0.220%	0.54x
37	Robinson	354	0.220%	0.68x
38	Stevens	341	0.210%	2.01x
39	Thompson	336	0.210%	0.69x
40	Lewis	330	0.200%	0.77x
41	Morris	330	0.200%	0.91x
42	Cox	329	0.200%	1.34x
43	Bennett	323	0.200%	1.21x
44	Wood	319	0.200%	0.62x
45	Chapman	318	0.200%	1.38x
46	Parker	313	0.190%	1.01x
47	Scott	304	0.190%	0.74x
48	Jackson	296	0.180%	0.65x
49	Fisher	294	0.180%	1.55x
50	Cole	289	0.180%	1.95x
51	Harrison	289	0.180%	0.80x
52	Price	289	0.180%	1.02x
53	Palmer	287	0.180%	1.50x
54	Miller	277	0.170%	0.95x
55	Adams	274	0.170%	1.14x
56	Watson	270	0.170%	0.72x
57	Day	267	0.160%	1.75x
58	West	261	0.160%	1.67x
59	Ford	260	0.160%	1.64x
60	Saunders	257	0.160%	1.73x
61	Andrews	255	0.160%	1.64x
62	Hughes	252	0.160%	0.55x
63	Knight	245	0.150%	1.22x
64	Anderson	244	0.150%	0.76x
65	Rogers	241	0.150%	1.14x
66	Barnes	235	0.140%	1.20x
67	Mitchell	232	0.140%	0.70x
68	Bailey	228	0.140%	0.93x
69	Butler	228	0.140%	1.44x
70	Wheeler	225	0.140%	2.29x
71	Howard	224	0.140%	1.41x
72	Ellis	223	0.140%	0.95x
73	Russell	222	0.140%	1.12x
74	Wells	216	0.130%	1.60x
75	Barrett	214	0.130%	1.96x
76	Lee	212	0.130%	0.80x
77	Harvey	210	0.130%	1.21x
78	Powell	206	0.130%	1.02x
79	Watts	206	0.130%	1.51x
80	Lawrence	205	0.130%	1.94x
81	Pearce	205	0.130%	1.37x
82	Mills	202	0.120%	0.96x
83	Gray	201	0.120%	0.87x
84	Richards	201	0.120%	0.82x
85	Newman	199	0.120%	1.65x
86	Warren	199	0.120%	1.83x
87	Richardson	193	0.120%	0.70x
88	Marshall	192	0.120%	0.70x
89	Parsons	192	0.120%	1.56x
90	Ball	189	0.120%	1.41x
91	Coleman	189	0.120%	2.34x
92	Brooks	184	0.110%	1.16x
93	Marsh	183	0.110%	1.58x
94	Foster	181	0.110%	0.83x
95	Hawkins	181	0.110%	1.54x
96	Simpson	180	0.110%	0.63x
97	Mason	178	0.110%	0.82x
98	Stone	177	0.110%	1.51x
99	Campbell	175	0.110%	0.64x
100	Bell	173	0.110%	0.57x