1881 census place

Lewisham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lewisham, 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

3,497 surnames are listed for Lewisham, Kent, covering 31,238 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 914 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lewisham

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	914	1.72%	1.22x
2	Brown	363	0.680%	1.04x
3	Harris	231	0.430%	1.71x
4	Martin	211	0.400%	1.61x
5	Cooper	204	0.380%	1.58x
6	White	185	0.350%	1.08x
7	Clark	179	0.340%	1.12x
8	Adams	168	0.320%	2.14x
9	Davis	168	0.320%	1.44x
10	Green	161	0.300%	1.08x
11	Miller	158	0.300%	1.66x
12	King	151	0.280%	1.30x
13	Webb	143	0.270%	1.98x
14	Baker	139	0.260%	1.19x
15	Young	139	0.260%	1.22x
16	Chapman	136	0.260%	1.80x
17	Clarke	136	0.260%	1.26x
18	Richardson	136	0.260%	1.50x
19	Ward	133	0.250%	1.15x
20	Carter	131	0.250%	1.47x
21	Moore	127	0.240%	1.19x
22	Allen	126	0.240%	1.25x
23	Phillips	119	0.220%	1.25x
24	Morris	117	0.220%	0.99x
25	Stevens	114	0.210%	2.05x
26	Lee	112	0.210%	1.29x
27	West	112	0.210%	2.19x
28	Cook	108	0.200%	1.02x
29	Hunt	103	0.190%	1.46x
30	Ellis	101	0.190%	1.31x
31	Collins	99	0.190%	1.30x
32	Andrews	98	0.180%	1.92x
33	Simpson	98	0.180%	1.05x
34	Russell	97	0.180%	1.50x
35	Butler	96	0.180%	1.85x
36	Palmer	96	0.180%	1.53x
37	Reynolds	90	0.170%	1.95x
38	Wheeler	89	0.170%	2.77x
39	Wells	87	0.160%	1.97x
40	Saunders	85	0.160%	1.74x
41	Cole	80	0.150%	1.65x
42	Day	78	0.150%	1.56x
43	Gray	76	0.140%	1.00x
44	Rose	76	0.140%	1.93x
45	Barnes	75	0.140%	1.17x
46	Skinner	74	0.140%	2.74x
47	Chandler	73	0.140%	4.28x
48	Page	73	0.140%	1.72x
49	Harding	72	0.140%	1.87x
50	Newman	71	0.130%	1.80x
51	Atkins	70	0.130%	3.51x
52	Brooks	70	0.130%	1.35x
53	Pratt	70	0.130%	2.29x
54	Barrett	69	0.130%	1.93x
55	Knight	69	0.130%	1.05x
56	Arnold	68	0.130%	2.37x
57	Freeman	67	0.130%	1.97x
58	Wallis	67	0.130%	3.72x
59	Fuller	66	0.120%	3.07x
60	Austin	65	0.120%	2.50x
61	Payne	64	0.120%	1.34x
62	Pearce	64	0.120%	1.31x
63	Lawrence	63	0.120%	1.83x
64	Reed	63	0.120%	1.62x
65	Hart	62	0.120%	1.37x
66	Hopkins	62	0.120%	1.94x
67	Bryant	61	0.110%	2.69x
68	Heath	61	0.110%	2.31x
69	Hills	61	0.110%	4.15x
70	Howard	61	0.110%	1.17x
71	Reeves	61	0.110%	2.80x
72	Goodwin	60	0.110%	2.14x
73	Marsh	60	0.110%	1.58x
74	Norman	60	0.110%	2.44x
75	Bishop	59	0.110%	1.59x
76	Burton	59	0.110%	1.30x
77	Butcher	59	0.110%	2.63x
78	Ford	59	0.110%	1.14x
79	Gibbs	58	0.110%	2.22x
80	Batchelor	55	0.100%	6.10x
81	Porter	55	0.100%	1.38x
82	Osborne	54	0.100%	2.13x
83	Banks	53	0.100%	1.94x
84	Bird	53	0.100%	1.31x
85	Elliott	53	0.100%	1.18x
86	Griffin	53	0.100%	2.12x
87	Smart	53	0.100%	2.19x
88	Hale	52	0.100%	2.73x
89	Hayward	52	0.100%	2.29x
90	Lane	52	0.100%	1.42x
91	Piper	52	0.100%	4.95x
92	Ashby	51	0.100%	5.72x
93	Lambert	51	0.100%	1.76x
94	Simmons	51	0.100%	2.35x
95	Stone	51	0.100%	1.33x
96	Dean	50	0.090%	1.36x
97	Hawkins	50	0.090%	1.30x
98	Curtis	49	0.090%	1.62x
99	Marchant	49	0.090%	5.95x
100	Sheppard	49	0.090%	2.66x