1881 census place

Portsmouth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Portsmouth, 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

1,270 surnames are listed for Portsmouth, Hampshire, covering 3,089 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Nelthorpe, with 4 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Portsmouth

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
201	Nelthorpe	4	0.030%	94.34x
202	Oakshott	4	0.030%	49.94x
203	Peyton	4	0.030%	24.27x
204	Phillpott	4	0.030%	31.37x
205	Pompa	4	0.030%	2222.22x
206	Satchwell	4	0.030%	19.18x
207	Schroder	4	0.030%	35.62x
208	Sheperd	4	0.030%	43.67x
209	Skuse	4	0.030%	16.58x
210	Tollervey	4	0.030%	158.10x
211	Tucknott	4	0.030%	52.02x
212	Vick	4	0.030%	12.57x
213	Vidler	4	0.030%	9.64x
214	Whitman	4	0.030%	14.36x
215	Arnell	3	0.020%	17.28x
216	Astridge	3	0.020%	40.98x
217	Atherley	3	0.020%	31.02x
218	Barrel	3	0.020%	56.71x
219	Beak	3	0.020%	16.97x
220	Beason	3	0.020%	42.08x
221	Bengough	3	0.020%	47.92x
222	Benning	3	0.020%	16.33x
223	Bessant	3	0.020%	10.88x
224	Boyland	3	0.020%	24.41x
225	Bramble	3	0.020%	11.60x
226	Burdell	3	0.020%	87.98x
227	Burtenshaw	3	0.020%	9.35x
228	Coughlin	3	0.020%	13.11x
229	Craft	3	0.020%	9.86x
230	Creek	3	0.020%	11.81x
231	Cullingworth	3	0.020%	20.69x
232	Dashwood	3	0.020%	16.97x
233	Devonshire	3	0.020%	12.22x
234	Doling	3	0.020%	38.12x
235	Downton	3	0.020%	11.56x
236	Dugan	3	0.020%	11.18x
237	Earwicker	3	0.020%	37.88x
238	Elcock	3	0.020%	10.10x
239	Flett	3	0.020%	5.03x
240	Food	3	0.020%	101.69x
241	Foyle	3	0.020%	11.01x
242	Galton	3	0.020%	23.18x
243	Gape	3	0.020%	53.86x
244	Gatrell	3	0.020%	30.18x
245	Glaysher	3	0.020%	46.88x
246	Harcourt	3	0.020%	9.87x
247	Harfield	3	0.020%	13.38x
248	Hess	3	0.020%	49.02x
249	Honeyman	3	0.020%	6.66x
250	Keast	3	0.020%	7.39x
251	Kerswell	3	0.020%	18.15x
252	Knowlton	3	0.020%	26.18x
253	Littlefield	3	0.020%	15.59x
254	Mackrell	3	0.020%	14.95x
255	Merriott	3	0.020%	39.74x
256	Mew	3	0.020%	10.26x
257	Northmore	3	0.020%	23.27x
258	Oconnell	3	0.020%	9.21x
259	Odonovan	3	0.020%	110.29x
260	Perman	3	0.020%	39.27x
261	Podger	3	0.020%	22.01x
262	Pott	3	0.020%	9.57x
263	Quinnell	3	0.020%	15.12x
264	Robjohns	3	0.020%	56.71x
265	Scanlan	3	0.020%	9.67x
266	Shellis	3	0.020%	241.94x
267	Siggins	3	0.020%	42.86x
268	Slow	3	0.020%	16.97x
269	Swainson	3	0.020%	11.51x
270	Toomey	3	0.020%	11.27x
271	Traynor	3	0.020%	9.22x
272	Trodd	3	0.020%	18.15x
273	Westgate	3	0.020%	12.83x
274	Whitcombe	3	0.020%	12.07x
275	Woollett	3	0.020%	12.68x
276	Ackerman	2	0.010%	8.54x
277	Adye	2	0.010%	52.36x
278	Akhurst	2	0.010%	13.84x
279	Allnutt	2	0.010%	13.41x
280	Alsford	2	0.010%	21.83x
281	Asborne	2	0.010%	86.96x
282	Ashe	2	0.010%	15.41x
283	Atlee	2	0.010%	30.82x
284	Avenell	2	0.010%	17.11x
285	Axworthy	2	0.010%	20.30x
286	Aylwin	2	0.010%	22.52x
287	Bankhead	2	0.010%	73.53x
288	Beare	2	0.010%	7.90x
289	Beggs	2	0.010%	10.83x
290	Bellchamber	2	0.010%	25.71x
291	Beney	2	0.010%	25.54x
292	Bevins	2	0.010%	11.68x
293	Biddlecombe	2	0.010%	8.42x
294	Blenkin	2	0.010%	14.15x
295	Bodle	2	0.010%	13.17x
296	Border	2	0.010%	17.11x
297	Bore	2	0.010%	19.23x
298	Bound	2	0.010%	8.02x
299	Braby	2	0.010%	24.13x
300	Brechin	2	0.010%	16.03x