1881 census place

Peterborough surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Peterborough, Northamptonshire 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

1,063 surnames are listed for Peterborough, Northamptonshire, covering 8,584 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wright, with 170 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Peterborough

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	Wright	170	0.850%	2.66x
2	Palmer	121	0.610%	5.16x
3	Baker	115	0.580%	2.64x
4	Chapman	84	0.420%	2.97x
5	Gray	77	0.390%	2.71x
6	Bird	72	0.360%	4.74x
7	Sharpe	69	0.350%	11.77x
8	Butler	67	0.340%	3.45x
9	Broughton	49	0.250%	13.21x
10	Henson	45	0.230%	19.29x
11	Tebbs	45	0.230%	171.04x
12	Harbour	42	0.210%	81.68x
13	Peach	42	0.210%	19.52x
14	English	41	0.210%	10.96x
15	Noble	41	0.210%	4.96x
16	Sutton	41	0.210%	3.24x
17	Askew	40	0.200%	17.80x
18	Cooke	38	0.190%	3.46x
19	Goodman	37	0.190%	6.37x
20	Plant	37	0.190%	8.41x
21	Stanley	37	0.190%	4.84x
22	Boon	35	0.180%	18.78x
23	Holdich	35	0.180%	411.76x
24	Wade	35	0.180%	4.40x
25	Cliffe	33	0.170%	26.42x
26	March	32	0.160%	14.94x
27	Rippon	32	0.160%	46.23x
28	Steward	32	0.160%	12.52x
29	Annis	31	0.160%	95.03x
30	Garner	31	0.160%	4.93x
31	Haynes	31	0.160%	4.37x
32	Perkins	31	0.160%	3.46x
33	Rowell	31	0.160%	17.85x
34	Sharman	31	0.160%	11.31x
35	Abbott	30	0.150%	3.42x
36	Berridge	30	0.150%	28.75x
37	Dudley	30	0.150%	10.05x
38	Love	30	0.150%	6.36x
39	Stapleton	30	0.150%	15.02x
40	Crowson	29	0.150%	67.58x
41	Leach	29	0.150%	3.53x
42	Rands	29	0.150%	49.78x
43	Samworth	29	0.150%	341.18x
44	Sewell	29	0.150%	6.90x
45	Simmons	29	0.150%	3.57x
46	Foreman	28	0.140%	10.77x
47	Jinks	28	0.140%	33.61x
48	Laxton	28	0.140%	46.22x
49	Rycraft	28	0.140%	629.21x
50	Church	27	0.140%	6.22x
51	Knighton	27	0.140%	38.67x
52	Seaton	27	0.140%	16.05x
53	Bass	26	0.130%	11.56x
54	Faulkner	26	0.130%	4.82x
55	Lilley	26	0.130%	9.44x
56	Manning	26	0.130%	4.11x
57	Mould	26	0.130%	15.25x
58	Dickens	25	0.130%	12.01x
59	Hare	25	0.130%	8.14x
60	Kettle	25	0.130%	14.36x
61	Rawlings	25	0.130%	8.59x
62	Royce	25	0.130%	72.51x
63	Savage	25	0.130%	3.27x
64	Andrew	24	0.120%	3.81x
65	Markley	24	0.120%	260.02x
66	Rudd	24	0.120%	7.65x
67	Wenlock	24	0.120%	122.45x
68	Bellamy	23	0.120%	7.93x
69	Boyer	23	0.120%	36.72x
70	Dodson	23	0.120%	14.94x
71	Frisby	23	0.120%	26.73x
72	Neal	23	0.120%	3.91x
73	Popple	23	0.120%	66.71x
74	Spriggs	23	0.120%	23.27x
75	Tipler	23	0.120%	80.90x
76	Walden	23	0.120%	15.79x
77	Bloodworth	22	0.110%	65.71x
78	Blunt	22	0.110%	13.69x
79	Bryan	22	0.110%	4.46x
80	Duddington	22	0.110%	367.89x
81	Southwell	22	0.110%	17.65x
82	Stocks	22	0.110%	10.16x
83	Tabor	22	0.110%	50.41x
84	Tyler	22	0.110%	3.75x
85	House	21	0.110%	8.11x
86	Markham	21	0.110%	8.87x
87	Marriott	21	0.110%	4.71x
88	Mountain	21	0.110%	14.88x
89	Scotney	21	0.110%	61.62x
90	Smedley	21	0.110%	12.90x
91	Whittle	21	0.110%	4.84x
92	Bothamley	20	0.100%	172.12x
93	Chamberlain	20	0.100%	3.70x
94	Claxton	20	0.100%	15.87x
95	Cobb	20	0.100%	7.07x
96	Meadows	20	0.100%	7.19x
97	Redhead	20	0.100%	18.50x
98	Sibley	20	0.100%	12.48x
99	Vine	20	0.100%	10.81x
100	Barron	19	0.100%	6.17x