1881 census place

Wycombe surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 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

547 surnames are listed for Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, covering 6,871 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Saunders, with 136 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wycombe

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	Saunders	136	1.03%	11.26x
2	Ball	100	0.760%	9.20x
3	Collins	100	0.760%	5.29x
4	Stone	98	0.740%	10.30x
5	Lacey	96	0.730%	39.57x
6	Stallwood	88	0.670%	673.81x
7	Stevens	88	0.670%	6.40x
8	Dean	81	0.620%	8.86x
9	Russell	78	0.590%	4.85x
10	Wheeler	70	0.530%	8.81x
11	Hearn	65	0.490%	37.32x
12	Plumridge	63	0.480%	172.65x
13	Howard	62	0.470%	4.80x
14	Pearce	62	0.470%	5.13x
15	Tilbury	60	0.460%	118.27x
16	Keen	59	0.450%	22.36x
17	Butler	58	0.440%	4.52x
18	Styles	57	0.430%	40.99x
19	Wingrove	57	0.430%	147.67x
20	West	56	0.430%	4.42x
21	Youens	56	0.430%	568.53x
22	Mealing	55	0.420%	337.22x
23	Abbott	54	0.410%	9.30x
24	Barlow	54	0.410%	7.60x
25	Bowler	54	0.410%	33.60x
26	Pierce	54	0.410%	27.91x
27	Fryer	49	0.370%	20.06x
28	Atkins	48	0.360%	9.72x
29	Bryant	48	0.360%	8.53x
30	Birch	46	0.350%	8.53x
31	Britnell	45	0.340%	384.94x
32	Curtis	45	0.340%	6.02x
33	Pusey	45	0.340%	155.33x
34	Harman	44	0.330%	22.38x
35	Page	44	0.330%	4.18x
36	Woodbridge	44	0.330%	80.00x
37	Aldridge	42	0.320%	16.45x
38	Bunce	42	0.320%	42.82x
39	Howland	42	0.320%	93.40x
40	Spicer	41	0.310%	23.15x
41	Ives	40	0.300%	25.93x
42	Darvill	39	0.300%	161.29x
43	Strange	39	0.300%	27.62x
44	Cheese	38	0.290%	193.78x
45	Lunnon	38	0.290%	275.36x
46	Coleman	37	0.280%	5.64x
47	Collier	37	0.280%	8.41x
48	Chilton	36	0.270%	34.03x
49	Stratford	36	0.270%	39.85x
50	Barton	35	0.270%	4.92x
51	Coltman	35	0.270%	94.77x
52	Lane	35	0.270%	3.86x
53	Line	35	0.270%	55.99x
54	Hawes	34	0.260%	20.94x
55	Ridgley	34	0.260%	205.69x
56	Why	34	0.260%	447.37x
57	Austin	33	0.250%	5.13x
58	Ayres	33	0.250%	18.06x
59	Burnham	33	0.250%	40.75x
60	Hussey	33	0.250%	24.86x
61	Janes	33	0.250%	39.02x
62	Moreton	32	0.240%	32.48x
63	Woodley	32	0.240%	27.27x
64	Biggs	31	0.240%	12.49x
65	Oxlade	31	0.240%	243.90x
66	Milner	30	0.230%	9.94x
67	Kirby	29	0.220%	5.81x
68	Priest	29	0.220%	16.82x
69	Rolfe	29	0.220%	16.98x
70	Anthony	28	0.210%	18.30x
71	Free	28	0.210%	87.12x
72	Markham	28	0.210%	17.87x
73	Randall	28	0.210%	6.79x
74	Wooster	28	0.210%	142.78x
75	Castle	27	0.210%	10.32x
76	Newell	27	0.210%	12.98x
77	Sherwin	27	0.210%	38.10x
78	Timberlake	27	0.210%	184.43x
79	Avery	26	0.200%	11.77x
80	Bristow	26	0.200%	14.60x
81	Cutler	26	0.200%	15.87x
82	Hazell	26	0.200%	25.40x
83	North	26	0.200%	5.96x
84	Adby	25	0.190%	801.28x
85	Boot	25	0.190%	40.22x
86	Bass	24	0.180%	16.12x
87	Brion	24	0.180%	325.20x
88	Doel	24	0.180%	96.12x
89	Glenister	24	0.180%	107.05x
90	Plested	24	0.180%	197.86x
91	Seymour	24	0.180%	8.92x
92	Standage	24	0.180%	300.00x
93	Varney	24	0.180%	34.84x
94	Burnard	22	0.170%	99.28x
95	Eustace	22	0.170%	59.65x
96	Kearley	22	0.170%	284.24x
97	Putnam	22	0.170%	200.91x
98	Weller	22	0.170%	11.62x
99	Rackstraw	21	0.160%	197.37x
100	Busby	20	0.150%	14.42x