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1881 census place

Soham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Soham, Cambridgeshire 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

159 surnames are listed for Soham, Cambridgeshire, covering 1,904 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hedge, with 5 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Soham

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
101Hedge551.71x
102Jopson5111.36x
103Liles5139.66x
104Nicholds5182.48x
105Covell462.70x
106Firman439.49x
107Haylock436.83x
108Oakman4141.84x
109Pendle4150.94x
110Saddler433.47x
111Sennitt4294.12x
112Springhall4283.69x
113Summons4259.74x
114Tompson446.84x
115Womack457.06x
116Woodroffe450.06x
117Beevis3241.94x
118Double338.17x
119Engledow3197.37x
120Fabb3196.08x
121Harlock358.03x
122Jaggs3112.36x
123Jellings3300.00x
124Parkington368.65x
125Summonds31071.43x
126Westgate344.44x
127Beckworth287.34x
128Chillman2259.74x
129Feetham288.50x
130Fullar2259.74x
131Juffs2118.34x
132Keath2200.00x
133Ludbrook270.67x
134Macer257.14x
135Marking2312.50x
136Muncey252.91x
137Redrup276.63x
138Roome226.08x
139Spanner270.18x
140Tabner2172.41x
141Tebbit2200.00x
142Barett192.59x
143Birtwell126.95x
144Camps123.31x
145Challice125.32x
146Cudworth117.12x
147Dewing123.58x
148Emmens153.76x
149Feast115.80x
150Hariss1256.41x
151Hatley118.52x
152Housham185.47x
153Morbey158.82x
154Peer157.80x
155Setchell124.63x
156Shackle154.05x
157Tidyman161.73x
158Waddelow1123.46x
159Write1181.82x