1881 census place

Willesden surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Willesden, Middlesex 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

1,669 surnames are listed for Willesden, Middlesex, covering 10,790 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is King, with 112 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Willesden

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	King	112	0.410%	1.87x
2	Cook	100	0.360%	1.83x
3	Hunt	93	0.340%	2.54x
4	Knight	75	0.270%	2.21x
5	Chapman	73	0.270%	1.87x
6	Parsons	65	0.240%	3.11x
7	Lane	63	0.230%	3.32x
8	West	61	0.220%	2.30x
9	Harvey	60	0.220%	2.04x
10	Read	59	0.210%	3.32x
11	Wells	59	0.210%	2.58x
12	Reed	58	0.210%	2.89x
13	Pearce	56	0.200%	2.21x
14	Stevens	56	0.200%	1.95x
15	Bates	52	0.190%	2.97x
16	Watts	51	0.190%	2.21x
17	Bishop	45	0.160%	2.34x
18	Long	44	0.160%	2.46x
19	Finch	41	0.150%	4.47x
20	Warren	41	0.150%	2.23x
21	Wheeler	41	0.150%	2.47x
22	Fry	40	0.150%	4.53x
23	Randall	39	0.140%	4.52x
24	Ashby	38	0.140%	8.23x
25	Hobbs	37	0.130%	3.69x
26	Curtis	36	0.130%	2.30x
27	Gibbs	36	0.130%	2.66x
28	Welch	36	0.130%	3.72x
29	Hammond	35	0.130%	2.23x
30	Bond	34	0.120%	2.33x
31	Bryant	34	0.120%	2.89x
32	Webber	34	0.120%	4.04x
33	Golding	33	0.120%	6.80x
34	Perkins	33	0.120%	2.66x
35	Salmon	33	0.120%	5.25x
36	French	32	0.120%	2.38x
37	Giles	32	0.120%	3.05x
38	Child	31	0.110%	6.62x
39	Haynes	31	0.110%	3.16x
40	Hubbard	31	0.110%	4.63x
41	Davey	30	0.110%	2.65x
42	Langley	30	0.110%	4.97x
43	Waller	30	0.110%	4.32x
44	Wyatt	30	0.110%	3.71x
45	Bannister	29	0.110%	6.10x
46	Batchelor	29	0.110%	6.21x
47	Carpenter	29	0.110%	3.07x
48	Chandler	29	0.110%	3.28x
49	Moody	29	0.110%	4.03x
50	Thorn	29	0.110%	7.05x
51	Twyford	29	0.110%	74.74x
52	Vincent	29	0.110%	3.38x
53	Fuller	28	0.100%	2.51x
54	Savage	27	0.100%	2.55x
55	Horton	26	0.090%	2.54x
56	Kirby	26	0.090%	2.49x
57	Prior	26	0.090%	4.08x
58	Wills	26	0.090%	3.16x
59	Croft	25	0.090%	3.84x
60	Crook	25	0.090%	3.16x
61	Earl	25	0.090%	6.94x
62	Hillier	25	0.090%	6.73x
63	Holloway	25	0.090%	2.96x
64	How	25	0.090%	13.91x
65	Legg	25	0.090%	5.50x
66	Clements	24	0.090%	2.63x
67	Dickens	24	0.090%	8.33x
68	Eaton	24	0.090%	3.11x
69	Pike	24	0.090%	3.00x
70	Sage	24	0.090%	9.81x
71	Best	23	0.080%	3.10x
72	Jackman	23	0.080%	8.99x
73	Sampson	23	0.080%	4.90x
74	Bacon	22	0.080%	3.18x
75	Buck	22	0.080%	3.73x
76	Ladyman	22	0.080%	142.39x
77	Spicer	22	0.080%	5.94x
78	Stuart	22	0.080%	3.35x
79	Weedon	22	0.080%	17.18x
80	Winter	22	0.080%	2.25x
81	Mead	21	0.080%	3.27x
82	Robbins	20	0.070%	4.64x
83	Staples	20	0.070%	7.59x
84	Tilbury	20	0.070%	18.85x
85	Wardle	20	0.070%	3.75x
86	Howes	19	0.070%	3.95x
87	Monk	19	0.070%	3.28x
88	Spearing	19	0.070%	35.94x
89	Tennant	19	0.070%	6.46x
90	Belcher	18	0.070%	5.43x
91	Cozens	18	0.070%	14.87x
92	Goodall	18	0.070%	3.05x
93	Hawes	18	0.070%	5.30x
94	Hutt	18	0.070%	15.26x
95	Joyce	18	0.070%	2.66x
96	Nipper	18	0.070%	164.53x
97	Oldham	18	0.070%	3.72x
98	Thorne	18	0.070%	3.10x
99	Clay	17	0.060%	3.01x
100	Easter	17	0.060%	15.30x