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 Wykes, with 9 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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Wykes | 9 | 12.96x |
| 302 | Bayles | 8 | 20.35x |
| 303 | Beckingham | 8 | 27.18x |
| 304 | Bellam | 8 | 120.48x |
| 305 | Bill | 8 | 11.30x |
| 306 | Bilsby | 8 | 158.42x |
| 307 | Bonfield | 8 | 21.86x |
| 308 | Boreham | 8 | 10.13x |
| 309 | Bullamore | 8 | 125.39x |
| 310 | Bunnage | 8 | 93.35x |
| 311 | Burdell | 8 | 162.93x |
| 312 | Burdett | 8 | 5.70x |
| 313 | Cockshott | 8 | 21.98x |
| 314 | Colbert | 8 | 24.28x |
| 315 | Cowburn | 8 | 11.05x |
| 316 | Cranfield | 8 | 16.41x |
| 317 | Dandy | 8 | 21.74x |
| 318 | Dilley | 8 | 12.72x |
| 319 | Ditchburn | 8 | 21.32x |
| 320 | Dugard | 8 | 70.86x |
| 321 | Eayrs | 8 | 124.22x |
| 322 | Elsey | 8 | 13.08x |
| 323 | Fardell | 8 | 46.51x |
| 324 | Glithero | 8 | 128.21x |
| 325 | Goldstone | 8 | 24.04x |
| 326 | Grantham | 8 | 6.53x |
| 327 | Grist | 8 | 8.31x |
| 328 | Gumley | 8 | 101.27x |
| 329 | Hardiment | 8 | 145.19x |
| 330 | Hibbett | 8 | 103.90x |
| 331 | Hornsby | 8 | 6.19x |
| 332 | Huckle | 8 | 12.68x |
| 333 | Ilett | 8 | 58.74x |
| 334 | Leedham | 8 | 15.00x |
| 335 | Melbourn | 8 | 99.50x |
| 336 | Money | 8 | 6.73x |
| 337 | Quemby | 8 | 179.78x |
| 338 | Ransley | 8 | 38.35x |
| 339 | Rate | 8 | 56.30x |
| 340 | Scotchbrook | 8 | 211.08x |
| 341 | Sewter | 8 | 185.19x |
| 342 | Shreeve | 8 | 20.87x |
| 343 | Silman | 8 | 66.17x |
| 344 | Sower | 8 | 235.99x |
| 345 | Speechly | 8 | 99.50x |
| 346 | Sturgess | 8 | 7.01x |
| 347 | Theobald | 8 | 6.32x |
| 348 | Tinley | 8 | 53.05x |
| 349 | Towler | 8 | 9.01x |
| 350 | Waddelow | 8 | 197.53x |
| 351 | Waight | 8 | 25.68x |
| 352 | Willerton | 8 | 33.00x |
| 353 | Woodroffe | 8 | 20.04x |
| 354 | Yarrow | 8 | 20.62x |
| 355 | Alsop | 7 | 7.89x |
| 356 | Ashling | 7 | 74.71x |
| 357 | Asplin | 7 | 46.02x |
| 358 | Auton | 7 | 33.03x |
| 359 | Bearman | 7 | 17.80x |
| 360 | Bebbington | 7 | 7.94x |
| 361 | Bellars | 7 | 127.04x |
| 362 | Binder | 7 | 29.60x |
| 363 | Boulter | 7 | 6.95x |
| 364 | Bowering | 7 | 26.75x |
| 365 | Brakes | 7 | 122.59x |
| 366 | Brandwood | 7 | 27.66x |
| 367 | Bratby | 7 | 58.24x |
| 368 | Calf | 7 | 80.46x |
| 369 | Camm | 7 | 10.98x |
| 370 | Canham | 7 | 7.91x |
| 371 | Charrington | 7 | 63.12x |
| 372 | Climpson | 7 | 37.78x |
| 373 | Cogan | 7 | 17.33x |
| 374 | Colls | 7 | 30.73x |
| 375 | Cordon | 7 | 28.18x |
| 376 | Crayton | 7 | 131.83x |
| 377 | Daws | 7 | 6.88x |
| 378 | Denning | 7 | 9.17x |
| 379 | Dewberry | 7 | 62.00x |
| 380 | Dore | 7 | 6.71x |
| 381 | Duncombe | 7 | 14.01x |
| 382 | Eke | 7 | 19.62x |
| 383 | Few | 7 | 15.47x |
| 384 | Fields | 7 | 7.32x |
| 385 | Fincham | 7 | 12.57x |
| 386 | Flanders | 7 | 14.32x |
| 387 | Freear | 7 | 52.95x |
| 388 | Gadsby | 7 | 8.60x |
| 389 | Gillings | 7 | 14.93x |
| 390 | Gunton | 7 | 15.43x |
| 391 | Hasdell | 7 | 188.17x |
| 392 | Hurn | 7 | 13.60x |
| 393 | Irons | 7 | 6.46x |
| 394 | Julyan | 7 | 40.37x |
| 395 | Kind | 7 | 29.85x |
| 396 | Lammie | 7 | 71.72x |
| 397 | Leatherland | 7 | 32.62x |
| 398 | Lill | 7 | 18.14x |
| 399 | Mackley | 7 | 22.81x |
| 400 | Maltby | 7 | 6.14x |