1881 census place

Nuneaton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Nuneaton, Warwickshire 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

363 surnames are listed for Nuneaton, Warwickshire, covering 3,283 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Payne, with 77 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Nuneaton

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	Payne	77	0.900%	10.02x
2	Arnold	67	0.790%	14.56x
3	Marston	63	0.740%	79.29x
4	Buckler	61	0.710%	223.85x
5	Moreton	61	0.710%	95.51x
6	Randle	54	0.630%	75.51x
7	Bacon	52	0.610%	24.24x
8	Clay	51	0.600%	29.11x
9	Sidwell	46	0.540%	195.91x
10	Vernon	44	0.520%	31.32x
11	Hackett	43	0.500%	42.76x
12	Daffern	42	0.490%	604.32x
13	Paul	41	0.480%	19.19x
14	Suffolk	40	0.470%	434.78x
15	Haddon	39	0.460%	68.25x
16	Nixon	38	0.450%	14.62x
17	Merry	36	0.420%	56.44x
18	Beasley	35	0.410%	37.85x
19	Jeffcote	33	0.390%	1542.06x
20	Lester	32	0.370%	23.82x
21	Wykes	32	0.370%	107.45x
22	Petty	30	0.350%	35.52x
23	Dewis	29	0.340%	379.58x
24	Ensor	29	0.340%	152.31x
25	Flowers	28	0.330%	40.48x
26	Grimes	28	0.330%	28.40x
27	Atkins	27	0.320%	8.43x
28	Millington	27	0.320%	20.89x
29	Wheway	26	0.300%	456.14x
30	Beale	25	0.290%	23.08x
31	Compton	24	0.280%	29.21x
32	Orton	23	0.270%	28.68x
33	Starkey	23	0.270%	27.16x
34	Bradbury	21	0.250%	8.52x
35	Jeffcott	21	0.250%	443.97x
36	Kinder	21	0.250%	58.63x
37	Ballard	20	0.230%	15.62x
38	Bindley	20	0.230%	301.20x
39	Copson	20	0.230%	97.18x
40	Pallett	20	0.230%	87.83x
41	Childs	19	0.220%	12.12x
42	Clamp	19	0.220%	72.94x
43	Jephcott	19	0.220%	364.68x
44	Oakey	19	0.220%	95.77x
45	Wagstaff	19	0.220%	17.89x
46	Beamish	18	0.210%	136.99x
47	Garratt	18	0.210%	20.79x
48	Lapworth	18	0.210%	108.17x
49	Neale	18	0.210%	8.89x
50	Over	18	0.210%	89.73x
51	Sands	18	0.210%	18.83x
52	Everitt	17	0.200%	23.76x
53	Taberner	17	0.200%	170.85x
54	Bosworth	16	0.190%	31.83x
55	Currin	16	0.190%	453.26x
56	Hands	16	0.190%	18.70x
57	Jephcote	16	0.190%	919.54x
58	Reader	16	0.190%	21.72x
59	Truswell	16	0.190%	225.35x
60	Beeby	15	0.180%	51.85x
61	Fairfield	15	0.180%	142.99x
62	Glenn	15	0.180%	55.99x
63	Healey	15	0.180%	10.76x
64	Ison	15	0.180%	59.95x
65	Jacques	15	0.180%	20.73x
66	Leeson	15	0.180%	30.32x
67	Whitmore	15	0.180%	20.03x
68	Cart	14	0.160%	285.71x
69	Healing	14	0.160%	200.57x
70	Hutt	14	0.160%	38.29x
71	Twigger	14	0.160%	135.66x
72	Horobin	13	0.150%	78.93x
73	Bonner	12	0.140%	16.00x
74	Burdett	12	0.140%	19.92x
75	Eales	12	0.140%	27.85x
76	Hextall	12	0.140%	152.09x
77	Leake	12	0.140%	34.21x
78	Pegg	12	0.140%	14.33x
79	Barrs	11	0.130%	82.15x
80	Bott	11	0.130%	16.38x
81	Brindley	11	0.130%	16.86x
82	Clewes	11	0.130%	88.50x
83	Dumbleton	11	0.130%	66.55x
84	Henney	11	0.130%	92.59x
85	Leedham	11	0.130%	48.08x
86	Lenton	11	0.130%	25.80x
87	Looms	11	0.130%	242.83x
88	Mallabone	11	0.130%	464.14x
89	Padbury	11	0.130%	85.80x
90	Shilton	11	0.130%	41.59x
91	Axon	10	0.120%	46.97x
92	Brunt	10	0.120%	17.01x
93	Cleaver	10	0.120%	13.82x
94	Clews	10	0.120%	25.84x
95	Hankinson	10	0.120%	35.66x
96	Nason	10	0.120%	125.31x
97	Tonks	10	0.120%	22.28x
98	Bachelor	9	0.110%	73.29x
99	Barnsley	9	0.110%	26.87x
100	Betteridge	9	0.110%	23.39x