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 Frost, with 146 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
101	Frost	146	0.110%	2.04x
102	Richards	143	0.110%	0.74x
103	Harding	142	0.110%	1.54x
104	Simpson	142	0.110%	0.64x
105	Payne	141	0.110%	1.23x
106	Sutton	141	0.110%	1.74x
107	Lane	138	0.110%	1.57x
108	Mills	138	0.110%	0.84x
109	Gibbs	136	0.110%	2.17x
110	Barber	134	0.110%	1.75x
111	Butler	133	0.100%	1.07x
112	Hudson	133	0.100%	1.28x
113	Elliott	132	0.100%	1.22x
114	Fox	131	0.100%	1.11x
115	Newton	131	0.100%	1.34x
116	Matthews	130	0.100%	1.17x
117	Lawrence	128	0.100%	1.55x
118	Wheeler	128	0.100%	1.67x
119	Barrett	127	0.100%	1.49x
120	Hawkins	127	0.100%	1.38x
121	Marsh	126	0.100%	1.39x
122	Norman	126	0.100%	2.14x
123	Russell	126	0.100%	0.81x
124	Freeman	125	0.100%	1.54x
125	Ford	124	0.100%	1.00x
126	Hale	124	0.100%	2.71x
127	Rose	124	0.100%	1.31x
128	May	123	0.100%	1.52x
129	Gibson	122	0.100%	0.79x
130	Parsons	122	0.100%	1.26x
131	Pratt	122	0.100%	1.67x
132	Gardner	119	0.090%	1.38x
133	Tyler	119	0.090%	3.17x
134	Curtis	116	0.090%	1.61x
135	Dawson	116	0.090%	0.83x
136	Wells	116	0.090%	1.10x
137	Lloyd	115	0.090%	0.77x
138	Baxter	114	0.090%	1.50x
139	Fuller	114	0.090%	2.21x
140	Mann	114	0.090%	1.70x
141	Howe	112	0.090%	2.24x
142	Murray	112	0.090%	0.71x
143	Perkins	112	0.090%	1.96x
144	Barnard	108	0.080%	3.42x
145	Gilbert	108	0.080%	1.49x
146	Manning	108	0.080%	2.67x
147	Rayner	108	0.080%	3.40x
148	Thornton	108	0.080%	1.69x
149	Spencer	107	0.080%	0.92x
150	Nichols	106	0.080%	2.56x
151	Bond	105	0.080%	1.56x
152	Potter	104	0.080%	1.26x
153	Barton	103	0.080%	1.50x
154	Berry	103	0.080%	1.02x
155	Butcher	101	0.080%	1.88x
156	Shepherd	101	0.080%	1.08x
157	Howell	100	0.080%	1.86x
158	Murphy	100	0.080%	0.98x
159	Chambers	98	0.080%	1.35x
160	Harrington	98	0.080%	4.06x
161	Clements	97	0.080%	2.30x
162	Heath	97	0.080%	1.53x
163	Hyde	97	0.080%	2.48x
164	Ross	97	0.080%	0.70x
165	Kemp	96	0.080%	1.36x
166	Carr	95	0.070%	1.03x
167	Hicks	95	0.070%	1.78x
168	Jennings	95	0.070%	1.47x
169	Biggs	94	0.070%	3.92x
170	Kelly	94	0.070%	0.67x
171	Lambert	94	0.070%	1.35x
172	Willis	94	0.070%	1.39x
173	Glover	93	0.070%	1.71x
174	Hayes	92	0.070%	1.16x
175	Poole	92	0.070%	1.50x
176	Wade	92	0.070%	1.81x
177	Burrell	91	0.070%	5.49x
178	Oliver	91	0.070%	1.00x
179	Reeves	91	0.070%	1.75x
180	Jordan	90	0.070%	1.60x
181	Bowers	89	0.070%	3.83x
182	Stokes	89	0.070%	1.66x
183	Fletcher	88	0.070%	0.61x
184	Pearce	88	0.070%	0.75x
185	Randall	88	0.070%	2.21x
186	Grant	87	0.070%	0.69x
187	Skinner	87	0.070%	1.35x
188	Davey	86	0.070%	1.64x
189	Drake	86	0.070%	2.32x
190	Jenkins	86	0.070%	0.57x
191	Simmonds	86	0.070%	2.53x
192	Wallis	86	0.070%	1.99x
193	Monk	85	0.070%	3.18x
194	Wilkins	85	0.070%	1.51x
195	Chandler	84	0.070%	2.05x
196	Kent	84	0.070%	1.57x
197	Ball	83	0.070%	0.79x
198	Gosling	83	0.070%	4.16x
199	Riley	83	0.070%	0.82x
200	Watkins	83	0.070%	1.08x