Top surnames from the 1881 census in Surrey

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH20,5241.44181.02
BROWN8,7940.61780.94
JONES8,5550.60100.53
TAYLOR7,7520.54460.85
WHITE6,6170.46481.45
WILLIAMS5,6970.40020.56
CLARK5,3420.37531.25
KING5,1960.36501.67
BAKER5,1900.36461.66
DAVIS4,9040.34451.57
WOOD4,7670.33491.05
MARTIN4,7520.33381.36
WRIGHT4,7180.33141.03
HARRIS4,6900.32951.30
COOPER4,6820.32891.35
JOHNSON4,6650.32770.98
EDWARDS4,5760.32151.15
GREEN4,5190.31751.13
TURNER4,4570.31311.12
HALL4,0780.28650.97
HILL3,8290.26901.06
WILSON3,6830.25870.56
COLLINS3,6620.25731.79
MOORE3,4700.24381.22
EVANS3,4190.24020.55
KNIGHT3,4110.23961.94
COOK3,3720.23691.19
ROBINSON3,3630.23630.74
THOMPSON3,2890.23110.77
WARD3,2750.23011.05
STEVENS3,2620.22922.20
CARTER3,2540.22861.36
YOUNG3,2080.22541.05
WALKER3,1300.21990.66
COX3,1050.21811.44
ALLEN3,0970.21761.15
ROBERTS2,9930.21030.56
WEBB2,9920.21021.55
BENNETT2,8870.20281.23
THOMAS2,8600.20090.49
CHAPMAN2,8180.19801.39
MITCHELL2,8050.19710.97
LEE2,7920.19611.20
JACKSON2,7770.19510.70
MILLER2,7620.19401.08
HUNT2,6770.18811.42
CLARKE2,6480.18600.92
SCOTT2,6450.18580.73
LEWIS2,6340.18500.70
PARKER2,6110.18340.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POTIER16.01540.0038
PHARO14.421090.0077
PINKS12.37570.0040
WATERER12.261090.0077
NOVELL11.921150.0081
WORSFOLD11.715420.0381
STEMP11.622690.0189
BONSEY11.60750.0053
CRAFTER11.28590.0041
MANDEVILLE11.07800.0056
TUNNELL11.07710.0050
FILKINS10.87620.0044
SKILTON10.854100.0288
BORER10.611150.0081
KARN10.39780.0055
LOVELAND10.272880.0202
STOVELL10.221380.0097
BURNINGHAM10.06880.0062
PETO10.031240.0087
OTT10.01590.0041
SHOVE9.89630.0044
BEX9.60570.0040
BURKIN9.541120.0079
ROKER9.46580.0041
COBBETT9.332580.0181
BEADELL9.32620.0044
TICKNER9.225680.0399
HOLLIDGE8.90770.0054
CAESAR8.73830.0058
SMITHERS8.556580.0462
CHITTY8.534640.0326
CORDREY8.46700.0049
STRUDWICK8.463800.0267
HOWICK8.361570.0110
BROCKWELL8.282260.0159
TRUSLER8.041330.0093
BASHFORD7.963770.0265
STEERE7.89870.0061
LONGHURST7.877370.0518
RAPLEY7.843470.0244
TRUSSLER7.831440.0101
GOSDEN7.662210.0155
CUMBER7.621000.0070
RICKSON7.51550.0039
HERSEY7.461660.0117
SPONG7.431850.0130
ARROW7.42610.0043
WORSELL7.40570.0040
KILLICK7.375350.0376
GUNNER7.263390.0238

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 54 people called POTIER in Surrey at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 0.0038 in Surrey means that 0.0038% of the people in Surrey on census day were called POTIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POTIER in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called POTIER as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called POTIER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called POTIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16.01 in Surrey means that you are 16.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POTIER in Surrey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Surrey comprises 153 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Abinger 1182 MAY CLEARMAN
Addington 667 WOOD POSSON
Albury 1298 EDWARDS TUNNELL
Alfold 540 COVEY COVEY
Ash Normandy 1934 ROBINSON KIRCHER
Ashtead 926 CHITTY STINE
Banstead 3857 BLUNDEN HARBOR
Barnes 6020 SMITH STARE
Battersea 107497 SMITH FLOOD
Beddington 5505 SMITH DUCHEMIN
Bermondsey 86972 SMITH MAHONEY
Betchworth 1756 SMITH FINKE
Bisley 651 HILL GERLOFF
Bletchingley 1857 MAYNE COLGATE
Bramley 1254 BROWN URBAN
Buckland 411 TRUELOVE DOWLEN
Burstow 1207 HOWICK HOWICK
Byfleet 1267 SMITH WIGMAN
Camberwell 186609 SMITH HUBBLE
Capel 1341 WELLER WEIDEN
Carshalton 5447 SMITH SPERREY
Caterham 6292 SMITH PESTO
Chaldon 185 SPENCER MATHSON
Charlwood 1364 ELLIS ATWATER
Cheam 1523 TAYLOR MARTER
Chelsham 448 MATHEWS BEADELL
Chertsey 9198 SMITH DIDDLE
Chessington 243 TAYLOR SLAYMAKER
Chiddingfold 1333 DENYER SAINE
Chipstead 644 BEADLE TRISH
Chobham 2513 RAPLEY HATTIER
Clapham 36522 SMITH HEAD
Cobham 2336 SMITH BIRCHETT
Compton 475 GODDARD BURL
Coulsdon 2588 TAYLOR TRISH
Cranleigh 2083 EDWARDS LASSAN
Crowhurst 427 CLARK LOWDER
Croydon 79016 SMITH HOLLIDGE
Cuddington 549 COX OCHSENBEIN
Dorking 9558 SMITH SKILTON
Dunsfold 773 MITCHELL BILLITER
East Clandon 277 DAY MANCELL
East Horsley 291 EDWARDS WHITESIDES
East Molesey 3302 SMITH GUST
Effingham 586 RANGER CURVIN
Egham 8739 SMITH SHRIEVES
Elstead 684 ELLIS LOVERN
Epsom 6937 SMITH SINE
Esher 1993 BULLEN WESTCOTE
Ewell 3005 SMITH HERTENSTEIN
Ewhurst 891 STEMP JILES
Farleigh 88 KING LOVER
Farnham 11069 SMITH PHARO
Fetcham 475 BURLEY SAX
Frensham 2090 WHITE HILGER
Frimley 4055 SMITH LEDFORD
Gatton 229 DANCE FLAVIN
Godalming 8961 EDWARDS LINEGAR
Godstone 2550 SMITH KNOLE
Great Bookham 1094 WALES MITCHINER
Guildford Bowling Green 38 FOSTER BUNGAY
Guildford Friary 447 SMITH WHITCOME
Guildford Holy Trinity 2713 SMITH RILE
Guildford St Mary 1751 SMITH FULK
Guildford St Nicholas 2515 SMITH DENTY
Ham 635 SAUNDERS WAR
Ham Kingston On Thames 625 FISHER SPIELMAN
Hambledon 1507 YOUNG WOLLER
Hascombe 435 WALLER BURNINGHAM
Haslemere 1122 BRIDGER FULK
Headley 339 PRATT JOURDAN
Hook Malden 570 RUSSELL DOLLY
Horley 2386 BROWN TAPPEN
Horne 698 HUMPHREY BROKER
Horsell 899 MARTIN BURBACK
Kew 827 HARRIS PORCELLI
Kingston On Thames 34194 SMITH PARSLOW
Kingswood 388 DEVALL BLACKSHIRE
Lambeth 254730 SMITH KEMPTON
Leatherhead 3565 SMITH HEWLIN
Leigh 524 LUCAS HAAR
Limpsfield 1361 SMITH WATERFORD
Lingfield 2774 SKINNER AGENT
Little Bookham 192 BRADLEY REDDICK
Long Ditton 2324 SMITH EISNER
Malden 372 LYNE TRUNNELL
Merrow 595 SMITH WIXON
Merstham 903 ATKINS JARCHOW
Merton 2491 SMITH HUMBERSON
Mickleham 800 LONGHURST ROWLS
Mitcham 8997 SMITH FINCK
Morden 706 GROVES KEM
Mortlake 6344 SMITH GOSSETT
New Windsor 629 SMITH WRENN
Newdigate 665 TAYLOR BREHMER
Newington 107917 SMITH BECKWITH
Nutfield 1076 BASHFORD TIDEY
Ockham 549 MASKELL STACER
Ockley 629 KNIGHT HALLAWAY
Oxted 1714 SMITH RANDOLL
Penge 18661 SMITH GROVER
Peper Harow 151 WARNER BYAS
Petersham 564 SMITH GIROD
Pirbright 723 STEVENS LUFT
Putney 13315 SMITH ARIES
Puttenham 438 ALEXANDER CESAR
Pyrford 343 HILL CHOAT
Reigate Borough 3283 SMITH MOLIN
Reigate Foreign 15413 BROWN STOVELL
Richmond 19947 SMITH BEDWARD
Rotherhithe 36095 SMITH DIXSON
Sanderstead 383 WOOD LINER
Seale 912 NOVELL HASSLER
Send Ripley 1855 TICKNER SINK
Shalford 1576 HEATH PITTER
Shere 1720 TICKNER SHETLER
Southwark Christchurch 13689 SMITH BLAKESLEY
Southwark St George Martyr 58786 SMITH DRISCOLL
Southwark St John 8935 SMITH BUFFETT
Southwark St Olave 2230 JONES VENNES
Southwark St Saviour 15014 SMITH ROLAND
Southwark St Thomas 781 SMITH LEPRETRE
St Martha 242 BOOTH SAND
Stoke 6717 SMITH POLLICK
Stoke D Abernon 414 PICKETT LOUGHNAN
Streatham 21675 SMITH GRIDLEY
Sutton 10299 SMITH RICKSON
Tandridge 612 WARD BUNDLEY
Tatsfield 168 RICHARDS CRITCHER
Thames Ditton 2957 SCOTT HAMAKER
Thorpe 624 TAYLOR BREST
Thursley 1022 SNELLING KARN
Titsey 232 HOWARD CLAN
Tooting Graveney 3961 SMITH HAMBELTON
Walton On Hill 618 KNIGHT ALNUTT
Walton On Thames 6536 SMITH OFFIELD
Wandsworth 28122 SMITH COBBETT
Warlingham 1156 SMITH CLOWSER
Waverley 40 SMITH EADE
West Clandon 371 BLAKE POLK
West Horsley 599 ARTHUR LAMON
West Moulsey 661 TURNER HERMES
Weybridge 3054 SMITH CAULDER
Wimbledon 15982 SMITH DOLLEY
Windlesham 2677 DRAPER MORR
Wisley 186 SMITHERS CREAN
Witley 1002 HARDY WILLAND
Woking 8579 SMITH HARNES
Woldingham 137 JONES WARDON
Wonersh 1776 EDWARDS FAIN
Woodmansterne 306 TAYLOR WEDD
Worplesdon 1716 GUNNER JARES
Wotton 692 SKILTON MOOSE

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