Top surnames from the 1881 census in London

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH41,5541.42231.01
BROWN19,0730.65280.99
JONES18,5380.63450.56
TAYLOR14,8520.50840.79
WILLIAMS13,1490.45010.63
WHITE12,2650.41981.31
CLARK11,4690.39261.31
DAVIS10,8690.37201.69
HARRIS10,0030.34241.35
WRIGHT9,9220.33961.06
JOHNSON9,7930.33521.00
GREEN9,6420.33001.17
KING9,5700.32761.50
WILSON9,3510.32010.70
BAKER8,8930.30441.39
TURNER8,8690.30361.09
EDWARDS8,2480.28231.01
MARTIN8,1900.28031.14
COOPER8,0500.27551.13
WOOD7,9040.27050.85
HALL7,8470.26860.91
HILL7,4970.25661.01
EVANS7,4510.25500.58
WALKER7,4380.25460.76
ALLEN7,3780.25251.34
COOK7,2340.24761.25
ROBINSON6,9780.23880.75
THOMAS6,8640.23490.57
MOORE6,8260.23361.17
WEBB6,7740.23191.71
ROBERTS6,7310.23040.61
THOMPSON6,6280.22690.76
WARD6,5220.22321.02
COLLINS6,3930.21881.53
CARTER6,3480.21731.29
COX6,3460.21721.43
PHILLIPS6,2070.21251.19
CLARKE6,1050.20901.03
LEWIS6,0370.20660.79
JACKSON5,9890.20500.73
MORRIS5,9670.20420.92
YOUNG5,7690.19750.92
PARKER5,7260.19601.03
HUNT5,5180.18891.42
STEVENS5,5100.18861.81
SCOTT5,3940.18460.73
JAMES5,3500.18310.93
ADAMS5,3410.18281.24
CHAPMAN5,3020.18151.28
LEE5,2790.18071.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DACOSTA10.00790.0027
MENDOZA9.721270.0043
SOLOMONS9.315750.0197
CUSHWAY8.861150.0039
KAHN8.79600.0021
DEFRIES8.791080.0037
LARCHER8.43600.0021
GOODHEART8.33520.0018
POLACK8.29760.0026
AARONS8.241310.0045
ARNO8.23570.0020
CANTOR8.15620.0021
GOLDSTEIN8.044800.0164
BRUM8.04580.0020
POSNER7.97630.0022
KOSTER7.89670.0023
WEIL7.88630.0022
ROSENBURG7.83550.0019
FITZWATER7.771000.0034
BERTRAND7.65530.0018
SALOMON7.54640.0022
MICHAELS7.401170.0040
GARCIA7.39980.0034
MUST7.37740.0025
BOUCHARD7.35860.0029
TREADWAY7.18840.0029
CAVALIER7.18770.0026
KNIFE7.16580.0020
HYAMS7.154160.0142
ENGEL7.10540.0018
DUPREE7.091300.0044
STRUTTON7.08960.0033
MAGNUS7.061440.0049
ROSENTHAL7.011990.0068
LAZARUS7.004870.0167
GOLDBERG6.892670.0091
POPKIN6.83620.0021
LEVENE6.80690.0024
PREVOST6.69620.0021
TREADAWAY6.661040.0036
COSTA6.661260.0043
CHAD6.65590.0020
FUCHS6.60560.0019
HERMANN6.54670.0023
LIPMAN6.531210.0041
LEVY6.522,4020.0822
LION6.45780.0027
KLEIN6.452270.0078
GOODSPEED6.42570.0020
REIS6.38510.0017

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 79 people called DACOSTA in London 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 0.0027 in London means that 0.0027% of the people in London on census day were called DACOSTA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DACOSTA 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 DACOSTA 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 DACOSTA 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 DACOSTA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10.00 in London means that you are 10.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DACOSTA in London than you would be in the whole of the UK.

London comprises 282 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Acton 17126 SMITH BRUM
All Hallows Barking 729 BURR FREEZE
All Hallows Bread 17 WOODFORD PHIPPEN
All Hallows Bread Street 34 FURLONG HESTON
All Hallows Great 12 PARKER WYMAN
All Hallows Great London 17 HERRIDGE HERRIDGE
All Hallows Honey Lane 32 WEYMAN WEYMAN
All Hallows Less 24 RAY MARY
All Hallows Less London 39 GRIFFIN LOVERING
All Hallows Lombard 168 EVANS HAAG
All Hallows London 216 ROGERS PANZER
All Hallows London Wall 319 HARRIS FELSENTHAL
All Hallows Staining 184 ASHTON GOODS
Ashford 2308 SMITH DRAGGETT
Barnards Inn London 38 MASON KEMPE
Bethnal Green London 126909 SMITH CUSHWAY
Bow London 37191 SMITH ROPER
Bridewell Precinct 235 WEBBER MOEN
Bridewell Precinct London 280 LOW FAXON
Bromley London 64272 SMITH EASTON
Charterhouse London 1379 SMITH SALVIA
Chelsea London 88032 SMITH MARLOW
Chipping Barnet 766 SMITH FRAMES
Chiswick 15963 SMITH BLIZZARD
Christ Church Newgate 1359 BROWN RONDE
Clerkenwell London 68957 SMITH NUNN
Cowley 498 HIBBERT VANDENBURGH
Cranford 503 MURPHY SCHIFF
Ealing 26108 SMITH SOLEY
East Bedfont 1450 SMITH LAFON
Edgware 816 KING MOEDER
Edmonton 23538 SMITH RISLEY
Enfield 19168 SMITH BRIDEN
Feltham 2917 SMITH CROMWELL
Finchley 11200 SMITH COPPS
Friern Barnet 6435 SMITH BRAMON
Fulham London 42368 SMITH GADD
Furnivals Inn London 170 CLARKE HOFFMEISTER
Grays Inn Staple Inn 375 HATT BERGMANN
Great Stanmore 1312 KING AMELL
Greenford 538 SMITH ENRICO
Hackney London 163786 SMITH CORDELL
Hammersmith London 71964 SMITH KEENE
Hampstead London 45498 SMITH BUSBY
Hampton London 4802 SMITH TOLLMAN
Hampton Wick London 2140 SMITH SAYRES
Hanwell 5179 SMITH RUMPF
Hanworth 1025 GODDARD CANON
Harefield 1504 COLLETT BUGBEE
Harlington 1540 NEWMAN MARLO
Harmondsworth 1814 GRAY BLONDELL
Harrow 4465 SMITH COLOMB
Harrow On The Hill 5836 SMITH ROBES
Hayes 2981 POPE KIRSON
Hendon 10511 JONES SPARKMAN
Heston 9702 SMITH COSSELL
Hillingdon 9314 BROWN FURTON
Holy Trinity Less 628 SMITH MANDRELL
Holy Trinity Less London 740 KING DICE
Holy Trinity Minories 186 LLYOD LUCIE
Hornsey 36943 SMITH SEARLE
Ickenham 399 CLARKE EDLIN
Inner Temple London 157 NEWTON ODRISCOLL
Isleworth 12988 SMITH KITCHELL
Islington London 283156 SMITH LION
Kensington London 162421 SMITH JOSEPH
Kingsbury 759 HARRIS CHAD
Laleham 552 PEARCE DEAVER
Limehouse London 32071 SMITH DRISCOLL
Lincolns Inn London 16 STEWART JEMMETT
Little Stanmore 864 DAVIES CARDO
Littleton 126 FIELD CADLE
Middle Temple London 95 BIRNIE BULKLEY
Mile End New Town 3989 SMITH PERLMAN
Mile End New Town London 5772 LEVY KUNZE
Mile End Old Town 46114 SMITH SOLOMONS
Mile End Old Town London 62177 BROWN LAZARUS
Monken Hadley 1168 SMITH DRESSEN
New Brentford 1538 SMITH KEADLE
Northolt 496 HARRIS FUELL
Norton Folgate London 955 JONES URBACH
Norwood 6680 SMITH SNELLINGS
Old Artillery Ground 2515 LEVY MABRAY
Old Tower Without 122 SMITH POPKIN
Old Tower Without London 111 BUTCHER CRAPPS
Paddington London 107417 SMITH BENJAMIN
Perivale 34 SMITH HALFACRE
Pinner 2559 YOUNG MATHIEU
Poplar London 55137 SMITH DRISCOLL
Precinct Of Savoy 119 TAYLOR REIN
Precinct Of Savoy London 126 KILLICK CAULDER
Ratcliffe London 16133 SMITH HAGGERTY
Rolls London 43 BENNETT WATKIN
Ruislip 1454 LAVENDER EDMONS
Saffron Hill London 628 JACOBS POSTIGLIONE
Serjeants Inn London 97 CHAPMAN SOWARD
Shadwell London 8175 SMITH FARSON
Shepperton 1289 ROSEWELL ZOBEL
Shoreditch London 126640 SMITH HOOKER
South Mimms 4006 CLARK SINKFIELD
Spitalfields London 21973 COHEN DELMONTE
St Alban Wood Street 176 KIPLING MINNIE
St Alphage Sion 9 PINNER PINNER
St Alphage Sion College 22 GODDARD LANDRY
St Andrew By Wardrobe 175 STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM
St Andrew Holborn 9904 SMITH TOWSEND
St Andrew Holborn London 12648 JONES ELKINGTON
St Andrew Hubbard 41 NEWTON VERRY
St Andrew Hubbard London 48 COUSENS BASKETT
St Andrew Undershaft 327 ROE VERGIN
St Ann Blackfriars 404 WILLIAMS WENDT
St Ann Blackfriars London 539 BROWN BONO
St Ann St Agnes 53 MARTIN SABINE
St Ann St Agnes London 106 EAST BAYLE
St Anne Soho London 16683 SMITH MULLER
St Antholin London 31 REA MAXIM
St Augustine Watling 152 RUSSELL BRADON
St Bartholomew By 202 BANKS COMMERFORD
St Bartholomew Great 2658 SMITH TRAXLER
St Bartholomew Less 1503 SMITH GREENBERG
St Benet Fink London 127 TURLEY GLADDING
St Benet Gracechurch 51 JACKSON GALSTON
St Benet Pauls Wharf 92 SEWARD LEFTWICH
St Benet Sherehog 9 TOWN TOWN
St Benet Sherehog London 18 HARRIS CUMMING
St Botolph 32 PARKER PALLET
St Botolph Aldersgate 3350 JONES WEATHERSBY
St Botolph Aldgate 3988 SOLOMONS SANDONA
St Botolph Aldgate London 6016 LEVY GLANTZ
St Botolph Billingsgate 59 CROME CROME
St Botolph Bishopsgate 4135 COHEN PAYAN
St Bride London 1698 SMITH HAUMAN
St Christopher Le 11 PIKE PIERCY
St Christopher Le Stocks 32 CARPENTER GLYNN
St Clement Danes 4729 SMITH RENEAU
St Clement Danes London 6046 JONES BARTONE
St Clement Eastcheap 86 DONNELLY PORTWOOD
St Dionis Backchurch 211 STEVENS LENOX
St Dunstan In East 215 WOOD KINCEY
St Dunstan In East London 226 DAVIES HILBORN
St Dunstan In West 627 SMITH TULLER
St Dunstan In West London 911 JONES BONNEVILLE
St Edmond King London 106 GRAY GLADDEN
St Ethelburga London 199 AYRES HAMMERSTONE
St Faith Under St 168 SMITH DEMARIA
St Faith Under St Pauls 235 BAKER LAMOTTE
St Gabriel Fenchurch 115 PRICE FRANCK
St George Bloomsbury 16761 SMITH BRYER
St George Botolph Lane 96 WHITE TEPPER
St George Hanover 38132 SMITH SNOW
St George Hanover Square 51472 JONES CHANDLER
St George In East 19871 SMITH SCHUBERT
St George In East London 27478 BROWN CALNAN
St George Martyr 4924 SMITH SCHMIED
St George Martyr London 5917 JONES KAMER
St Giles Cripplegate 3878 SMITH HULAN
St Giles In Fields 10076 SMITH MADIGAN
St Giles In Fields London 14332 JONES HENNESSEY
St Gilesin Fields 1702 SMITH SPILLERS
St Gilesin Fields London 2472 BROWN BORNEMANN
St Gregory By St Pauls 731 SMITH PARRON
St Helen Bishopsgate 289 COHEN SPRATLEY
St James Dukes Place 624 LEVY SWABE
St James Garlickhithe 222 WRIGHT WALSON
St John Baptist 41 TURNER MORIS
St John Baptist Walbrook 13 BLACKFORD BLACKFORD
St John Evangelist Friday 5 OLLIFF OLLIFF
St John Zachary London 115 GRANT DEVINS
St Katherine 356 SMITH ROLFES
St Katherine By Tower 63 SALMON LONEY
St Katherine Coleman 278 VALENTINE AZULAY
St Katherine Creechurch 503 GREEN KEIZER
St Lawrence Jewry 79 POND STRAHAN
St Lawrence Jewry London 83 GROOM JEFFCOAT
St Lawrence Poultney 94 AUSTIN GRIMALDI
St Leonard Eastcheap 50 WALLER STEAR
St Leonard Foster Lane 27 WINDSOR TENCH
St Luke London 46858 SMITH CANNON
St Magnus Martyr 68 WILLIAMS SELVEY
St Magnus Martyr London 93 JARED JARED
St Margaret Lothbury 119 LOGAN EWINGS
St Margaret Moses 21 PRINCE TRUMBLE
St Margaret Moses London 34 HILE HILE
St Margaret New Fish 106 PRICE GAST
St Margaret Pattens 62 CARL CARL
St Martin In Fields 17490 SMITH ISAACS
St Martin Ludgate 100 STILES SHARER
St Martin Ludgate London 146 BYRNES KOLLER
St Martin Orgars 68 SMITH WEAL
St Martin Orgars London 84 FREEMAN BYE
St Martin Outwich 64 WILLEY SHILLER
St Martin Outwich London 68 CARPENTER DAYER
St Martin Pomroy 70 SAUNDERS MILDRED
St Martin Pomroy London 71 BUTTON CASBURN
St Martin Vintry 68 PARRETT PARRETT
St Martin Vintry London 39 JACKSON SEARBY
St Mary Abchurch 52 WIGHTMAN ROBOTHAM
St Mary Abchurch London 90 HILL GULLETT
St Mary Aldermanbury 168 POWELL HACKLER
St Mary Aldermary 48 ORDWAY ORDWAY
St Mary Aldermary London 73 JOHNSTON ARMAND
St Mary At Hill London 206 EDWARDS LUCIE
St Mary Bothaw London 101 TAYLOR BELMORE
St Mary Colechurch 10 SMITH STENSON
St Mary Colechurch London 26 FOSTER DRISCOLL
St Mary Islington 2 UPTON UPTON
St Mary Islington London 23 KAVANAGH KAVANAGH
St Mary Le Bow London 132 BURGESS MARKING
St Mary Le Strand 929 TAYLOR MICTHELL
St Mary Le Strand London 1065 JONES CHAIX
St Mary Magdalen Milk 54 GRAHAM NORCOTT
St Mary Magdalen Old 98 PEARCE SATTERLY
St Mary Magdalen Old Fish 127 BOYCE LAURY
St Mary Mounthaw London 3 BELL BELL
St Mary Somerset 23 STEEL WHITCHER
St Mary Somerset London 51 EAMES EAMES
St Mary Staining 13 WITT WITT
St Mary Staining London 20 HUGHES DELPH
St Mary Woolchurch Haw 29 TIMS FLUKE
St Mary Woolnoth 156 ROWLAND SILLMAN
St Mary Woolnoth London 137 BEVAN FASSETT
St Marylebone London 155975 SMITH MONTAGUE
St Matthew Friday 34 SMITH RODNEY
St Matthew Friday Street 50 CUSTER CUSTER
St Michael Bassishaw 215 MILLS BAYERS
St Michael Cornhill 227 HOPSON BILLER
St Michael Crooked 62 WHITE TOWSE
St Michael Crooked Lane 65 BROWNLOW BROWNLOW
St Michael Le Querne 70 RATLEY RATLEY
St Michael Paternoster 101 MILLS LOAN
St Michael Queenhithe 189 SLATER LATE
St Michael Wood Street 139 DYER LIME
St Mildred Bread 8 MAKEY MAKEY
St Mildred Bread Street 13 BIRCH BENJAMIN
St Mildred Poultry 20 ROBERTS MAXIM
St Mildred Poultry London 34 HALL GARVIE
St Nicholas Acons 49 POPE PHIPPIN
St Nicholas Acons London 67 ARCHIBALD ARCHIBALD
St Nicholas Cole Abbey 53 TEAL DOWERS
St Nicholas Olave 35 SMITH SKERRETT
St Nicholas Olave London 56 BROWN BRINN
St Olave Hart Street 255 HANSMANN HANSMANN
St Olave Old Jewry 43 PETTIT MONDAY
St Olave Old Jewry London 65 BARKER LAMKIN
St Olave Silver Street 82 WILLIAMSON HAULEY
St Pancras London 235151 SMITH MEYER
St Pancras Soper Lane 55 BARGE BARGE
St Paul Covent Garden 2923 TAYLOR MEINKE
St Peter Cornhill 73 RAWSON RAWSON
St Peter Cornhill London 123 CASTLE GOBEL
St Peter Le Poer 150 TALLEY TALLEY
St Peter Le Poer London 254 CANDY BASSAGE
St Peter Westcheap 6 WILLIAM VIDLER
St Peter Westcheap London 16 HALLIDAY BARK
St Sepulchre London 4277 SMITH PROSPERI
St Stephen Coleman 778 SMITH NAEF
St Stephen Coleman Street 1025 CLARKE LEYH
St Stephen Walbrook 103 SEMPER SEMPER
St Swithin London 68 RADDEN RADDEN
St Swithin London Stone 75 HOSKINS DENIS
St Thomas Apostle 36 WHITE MERRELL
St Thomas Apostle London 40 CHILD EDLIN
St Vedast Foster Lane 184 KEMP FORGE
Staines 4626 SMITH BREY
Stanwell 2162 SMITH HIPPERT
Stoke Newington London 22755 SMITH OSMENT
Sunbury 3509 SMITH WANDER
Teddington London 6619 SMITH BELMONTE
Tottenham 46528 SMITH SAWYER
Towerof London London 928 SMITH VILLE
Twickenham 12526 SMITH FITZWATER
Twyford Abbey 75 GODDARD BUFF
Uxbridge 3338 SMITH BALIN
Wapping London 2231 DRISCOLL MICHALOWSKI
West Drayton 1009 JOHNSON BRIENT
Westminster St 10770 SMITH STILLWELL
Westminster St James 30032 SMITH BYRNE
Westminster St John 35577 SMITH FITZGERALD
Westminster St Margaret 14092 BROWN GROVE
Whitechapel London 28796 COHEN LEVENE
Whitefriars Precinct 467 HAWKINS RUDDUCK
Willesden 27538 SMITH TWYFORD