1881 census place

Woolwich surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Woolwich, Kent 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

2,250 surnames are listed for Woolwich, Kent, covering 15,425 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is King, with 178 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Woolwich

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	178	0.480%	2.22x
2	White	170	0.460%	1.44x
3	Davis	158	0.430%	1.95x
4	Martin	153	0.420%	1.69x
5	Harris	142	0.390%	1.52x
6	Baker	135	0.370%	1.67x
7	Collins	127	0.340%	2.40x
8	Young	115	0.310%	1.45x
9	Allen	107	0.290%	1.54x
10	Cook	96	0.260%	1.31x
11	Reed	93	0.250%	3.46x
12	Carter	87	0.240%	1.41x
13	Webb	86	0.230%	1.72x
14	Ellis	84	0.230%	1.57x
15	Chapman	82	0.220%	1.57x
16	Russell	74	0.200%	1.65x
17	Hunt	72	0.200%	1.47x
18	Knight	72	0.200%	1.59x
19	Payne	71	0.190%	2.14x
20	Skinner	68	0.180%	3.64x
21	Palmer	67	0.180%	1.54x
22	West	64	0.170%	1.81x
23	Brooks	63	0.170%	1.75x
24	Ford	62	0.170%	1.73x
25	Harvey	61	0.170%	1.55x
26	Pearce	60	0.160%	1.77x
27	Long	58	0.160%	2.43x
28	Andrews	57	0.150%	1.62x
29	Wells	57	0.150%	1.86x
30	Hart	55	0.150%	1.75x
31	Watts	53	0.140%	1.72x
32	Bishop	52	0.140%	2.02x
33	Day	51	0.140%	1.47x
34	Webber	50	0.140%	4.44x
35	Read	48	0.130%	2.02x
36	Barrett	47	0.130%	1.90x
37	Kemp	47	0.130%	2.30x
38	Bayne	46	0.120%	34.13x
39	Jennings	46	0.120%	2.46x
40	Bryant	43	0.120%	2.73x
41	Warren	41	0.110%	1.67x
42	Drake	39	0.110%	3.64x
43	Hutchings	39	0.110%	5.63x
44	Lane	39	0.110%	1.54x
45	Lawrence	39	0.110%	1.63x
46	Sargent	39	0.110%	6.88x
47	Self	39	0.110%	14.91x
48	Waters	39	0.110%	2.64x
49	Mathews	38	0.100%	2.79x
50	Moriarty	37	0.100%	86.47x
51	Burke	35	0.100%	3.23x
52	Bush	35	0.100%	3.85x
53	Connor	35	0.100%	3.22x
54	Duggan	35	0.100%	12.42x
55	Potter	35	0.100%	1.47x
56	Bryan	34	0.090%	3.72x
57	Barry	33	0.090%	4.96x
58	Manning	33	0.090%	2.82x
59	Stanley	33	0.090%	2.33x
60	Whybrow	33	0.090%	46.03x
61	Dalton	32	0.090%	3.79x
62	Ryan	32	0.090%	2.80x
63	Lock	31	0.080%	2.96x
64	Power	31	0.080%	6.29x
65	Waite	31	0.080%	4.06x
66	Church	30	0.080%	3.73x
67	Fenn	29	0.080%	7.76x
68	Goldsmith	29	0.080%	5.07x
69	Hemmings	29	0.080%	9.25x
70	Wisdom	29	0.080%	42.27x
71	Clare	28	0.080%	5.25x
72	Donovan	28	0.080%	4.78x
73	Leary	28	0.080%	8.42x
74	Patterson	28	0.080%	2.18x
75	Brady	27	0.070%	4.14x
76	Mahoney	27	0.070%	6.86x
77	Quinn	27	0.070%	3.84x
78	Beaver	26	0.070%	15.95x
79	Burnett	26	0.070%	2.55x
80	Dennis	26	0.070%	2.39x
81	Hodge	26	0.070%	2.80x
82	Stroud	26	0.070%	6.83x
83	Tyler	26	0.070%	2.39x
84	Wyatt	26	0.070%	2.41x
85	Driscoll	25	0.070%	6.10x
86	Forrest	25	0.070%	2.63x
87	Nunn	24	0.070%	3.72x
88	Brewer	23	0.060%	2.35x
89	Hawkes	23	0.060%	3.87x
90	Hull	23	0.060%	2.99x
91	Wallis	23	0.060%	1.84x
92	Wise	23	0.060%	3.00x
93	Bidgood	22	0.060%	30.12x
94	Broughton	22	0.060%	3.20x
95	Burt	22	0.060%	2.52x
96	Champion	22	0.060%	5.71x
97	Dinmore	22	0.060%	248.59x
98	Keeble	22	0.060%	8.71x
99	Logan	22	0.060%	2.52x
100	Lyons	22	0.060%	2.68x