1881 census place

Portsea surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Portsea, Hampshire 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

5,630 surnames are listed for Portsea, Hampshire, covering 93,648 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,623 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Portsea

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	1,623	1.38%	0.98x
2	White	825	0.700%	2.19x
3	Williams	743	0.630%	0.88x
4	Taylor	576	0.490%	0.77x
5	Brown	558	0.480%	0.72x
6	Martin	482	0.410%	1.67x
7	Green	454	0.390%	1.37x
8	Knight	426	0.360%	2.94x
9	King	404	0.340%	1.58x
10	Miller	401	0.340%	1.91x
11	Harris	395	0.340%	1.32x
12	Young	390	0.330%	1.55x
13	Baker	378	0.320%	1.47x
14	Davis	360	0.310%	1.40x
15	Thomas	338	0.290%	0.70x
16	Clark	337	0.290%	0.96x
17	Hill	329	0.280%	1.10x
18	Johnson	329	0.280%	0.83x
19	Palmer	326	0.280%	2.36x
20	Evans	319	0.270%	0.62x
21	Adams	315	0.270%	1.82x
22	Mitchell	315	0.270%	1.32x
23	Moore	314	0.270%	1.34x
24	Pearce	308	0.260%	2.86x
25	Hunt	291	0.250%	1.87x
26	Collins	288	0.250%	1.71x
27	Wilson	288	0.250%	0.53x
28	Cooper	287	0.240%	1.01x
29	Saunders	284	0.240%	2.64x
30	Allen	277	0.240%	1.25x
31	Turner	277	0.240%	0.85x
32	Ford	276	0.240%	2.41x
33	Robinson	276	0.240%	0.74x
34	Carter	274	0.230%	1.39x
35	Hall	272	0.230%	0.79x
36	Richards	271	0.230%	1.53x
37	Rogers	268	0.230%	1.76x
38	Harding	267	0.230%	3.14x
39	Bennett	266	0.230%	1.38x
40	Bartlett	264	0.230%	5.14x
41	Ward	264	0.230%	1.03x
42	Thompson	262	0.220%	0.75x
43	Cox	261	0.220%	1.47x
44	Bailey	258	0.220%	1.46x
45	Payne	256	0.220%	2.42x
46	Webb	249	0.210%	1.57x
47	Lee	247	0.210%	1.29x
48	Grant	244	0.210%	2.10x
49	Cook	241	0.210%	1.03x
50	Phillips	241	0.210%	1.15x
51	Russell	239	0.200%	1.67x
52	Stevens	236	0.200%	1.93x
53	Andrews	232	0.200%	2.06x
54	Harvey	230	0.200%	1.84x
55	Bishop	223	0.190%	2.72x
56	Barnes	218	0.190%	1.54x
57	Cole	218	0.190%	2.04x
58	Mills	215	0.180%	1.41x
59	Lewis	214	0.180%	0.69x
60	Matthews	213	0.180%	2.08x
61	Roberts	208	0.180%	0.47x
62	Marsh	207	0.180%	2.47x
63	Foster	201	0.170%	1.28x
64	Clarke	200	0.170%	0.84x
65	Marshall	194	0.170%	0.99x
66	Jenkins	192	0.160%	1.39x
67	Edwards	188	0.160%	0.57x
68	Wright	188	0.160%	0.50x
69	Long	187	0.160%	2.46x
70	Wells	182	0.160%	1.86x
71	Wilkins	180	0.150%	3.47x
72	Hawkins	177	0.150%	2.08x
73	Curtis	175	0.150%	2.63x
74	Warren	173	0.150%	2.20x
75	Day	170	0.140%	1.54x
76	Hobbs	167	0.140%	3.91x
77	Ellis	162	0.140%	0.95x
78	Barber	160	0.140%	2.27x
79	Stewart	159	0.140%	0.87x
80	Parker	158	0.130%	0.71x
81	Price	158	0.130%	0.77x
82	Gardner	156	0.130%	1.96x
83	New	153	0.130%	14.89x
84	Bryant	152	0.130%	3.03x
85	Elliott	152	0.130%	1.53x
86	Welch	152	0.130%	3.68x
87	Pratt	151	0.130%	2.24x
88	Spencer	150	0.130%	1.40x
89	Parsons	148	0.130%	1.66x
90	Wheeler	147	0.130%	2.07x
91	Newman	146	0.120%	1.67x
92	Butler	144	0.120%	1.26x
93	Scott	144	0.120%	0.49x
94	Lane	143	0.120%	1.77x
95	Stone	143	0.120%	1.69x
96	Stephens	139	0.120%	2.13x
97	May	137	0.120%	1.83x
98	Hammond	136	0.120%	2.04x
99	Heath	136	0.120%	2.33x
100	West	135	0.120%	1.19x