1881 census place

West Ham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in West Ham, Essex 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

6,340 surnames are listed for West Ham, Essex, covering 101,110 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 2,044 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in West Ham

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	2,044	1.61%	1.14x
2	Brown	825	0.650%	0.98x
3	Jones	687	0.540%	0.48x
4	Taylor	664	0.520%	0.82x
5	White	608	0.480%	1.49x
6	Clark	601	0.470%	1.57x
7	Wright	561	0.440%	1.37x
8	Johnson	475	0.370%	1.11x
9	King	467	0.370%	1.68x
10	Turner	464	0.360%	1.31x
11	Harris	462	0.360%	1.43x
12	Williams	461	0.360%	0.50x
13	Green	435	0.340%	1.21x
14	Allen	421	0.330%	1.75x
15	Baker	396	0.310%	1.42x
16	Carter	373	0.290%	1.75x
17	Wood	360	0.280%	0.89x
18	Thompson	353	0.280%	0.93x
19	Cooper	350	0.270%	1.13x
20	Chapman	349	0.270%	1.93x
21	Davis	347	0.270%	1.24x
22	Hall	340	0.270%	0.91x
23	Wilson	334	0.260%	0.57x
24	Walker	332	0.260%	0.78x
25	Edwards	324	0.250%	0.91x
26	Young	313	0.250%	1.14x
27	Cook	310	0.240%	1.23x
28	Lewis	310	0.240%	0.93x
29	Robinson	308	0.240%	0.76x
30	Martin	307	0.240%	0.98x
31	Ward	307	0.240%	1.10x
32	Moore	302	0.240%	1.19x
33	Collins	299	0.230%	1.64x
34	Webb	296	0.230%	1.72x
35	Scott	288	0.230%	0.89x
36	Evans	281	0.220%	0.51x
37	Jackson	280	0.220%	0.79x
38	Miller	277	0.220%	1.22x
39	Roberts	272	0.210%	0.57x
40	Phillips	264	0.210%	1.16x
41	Ellis	259	0.200%	1.40x
42	Watson	257	0.200%	0.87x
43	Lee	250	0.200%	1.20x
44	Morris	250	0.200%	0.88x
45	Thomas	248	0.190%	0.47x
46	Parker	247	0.190%	1.02x
47	Palmer	246	0.190%	1.64x
48	Adams	244	0.190%	1.30x
49	Cox	239	0.190%	1.24x
50	Bennett	238	0.190%	1.14x
51	Brooks	233	0.180%	1.87x
52	Knight	231	0.180%	1.47x
53	Fisher	229	0.180%	1.54x
54	Page	216	0.170%	2.12x
55	Newman	214	0.170%	2.26x
56	Rogers	212	0.170%	1.28x
57	Barker	210	0.160%	1.26x
58	Stevens	210	0.160%	1.58x
59	Hill	207	0.160%	0.64x
60	Harvey	205	0.160%	1.51x
61	Andrews	200	0.160%	1.64x
62	Bailey	200	0.160%	1.04x
63	Bishop	200	0.160%	2.25x
64	Read	198	0.160%	2.41x
65	Clarke	197	0.150%	0.76x
66	Watts	194	0.150%	1.82x
67	Price	190	0.150%	0.85x
68	Saunders	190	0.150%	1.63x
69	Foster	189	0.150%	1.11x
70	Gray	189	0.150%	1.04x
71	Howard	186	0.150%	1.49x
72	Mitchell	186	0.150%	0.72x
73	Hart	185	0.150%	1.70x
74	Reed	184	0.140%	1.98x
75	Harrison	177	0.140%	0.63x
76	Hunt	177	0.140%	1.05x
77	Richardson	176	0.140%	0.81x
78	West	174	0.140%	1.42x
79	Hammond	172	0.140%	2.37x
80	Lowe	171	0.130%	1.79x
81	Reynolds	170	0.130%	1.54x
82	Nicholls	167	0.130%	2.51x
83	Sharp	164	0.130%	1.55x
84	Barnes	163	0.130%	1.06x
85	Cole	163	0.130%	1.41x
86	Anderson	162	0.130%	0.64x
87	Porter	162	0.130%	1.70x
88	Bell	160	0.130%	0.67x
89	Mason	157	0.120%	0.92x
90	Stone	154	0.120%	1.67x
91	Warren	154	0.120%	1.81x
92	Marshall	153	0.120%	0.72x
93	Woods	150	0.120%	1.87x
94	Bird	149	0.120%	1.53x
95	Day	149	0.120%	1.24x
96	Holmes	148	0.120%	0.95x
97	Moss	147	0.120%	1.87x
98	Burton	146	0.110%	1.35x
99	Bush	146	0.110%	4.64x
100	French	146	0.110%	2.35x