Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Benet Pauls Wharf, London

St Benet Pauls Wharf is an 1881 census registration district in the county of London

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SEWARD99.78261,764.71
BROWN88.695713.19
YOUNG66.521730.36
FORWARD55.43481,923.08
LEFTWICH44.347820,000.00
MAXWELL44.3478182.65
TESTER44.3478975.61
TANSLEY33.2609882.35
LEWIS33.260912.40
ARMSTRONG33.260942.67
WATKINS33.260953.76
ANSELL22.1739188.68
BOLTON22.173950.51
WALKER22.17396.49
AYLING22.1739298.51
ROSE22.173929.33
PHILLIPS22.173912.15
BAKER11.08704.96
THOMPSON11.08703.63
HASLER11.0870434.78
CHAMBERS11.087019.12
ROUSE11.087075.76
HOLMES11.08708.93
SWEETMAN11.0870303.03
SAUNDERS11.087011.85
BUTT11.087084.03
BLEA11.087010,000.00
TREACY11.08705,000.00
TAYLOR11.08701.70
HENSON11.087092.59
SMITH11.08700.77
FINCH11.087032.68
RYAN11.087035.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEFTWICH0.099220000.0000
BLEA0.099210000.0000
TREACY0.09925000.0000
FORWARD0.09921923.0769
SEWARD0.09921764.7059
TESTER0.0992975.6098
TANSLEY0.0992882.3529
HASLER0.0992434.7826
SWEETMAN0.0992303.0303
AYLING0.0992298.5075
ANSELL0.0992188.6792
MAXWELL0.0992182.6484
HENSON0.099292.5926
BUTT0.099284.0336
ROUSE0.099275.7576
WATKINS0.099253.7634
BOLTON0.099250.5051
ARMSTRONG0.099242.6743
RYAN0.099235.0877
FINCH0.099232.6797
YOUNG0.099230.3644
ROSE0.099229.3255
CHAMBERS0.099219.1205
BROWN0.099213.1904
LEWIS0.099212.4018
PHILLIPS0.099212.1507
SAUNDERS0.099211.8483
HOLMES0.09928.9286
WALKER0.09926.4935
BAKER0.09924.9603
THOMPSON0.09923.6284
TAYLOR0.09921.6998
SMITH0.09920.7698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 92 people called LEFTWICH in St Benet Pauls Wharf 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 20000.0000 in St Benet Pauls Wharf means that 20000.0000% of the people in St Benet Pauls Wharf on census day were called LEFTWICH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEFTWICH 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 LEFTWICH 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 LEFTWICH 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 LEFTWICH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in St Benet Pauls Wharf means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEFTWICH in St Benet Pauls Wharf than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Benet Pauls Wharf in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AYLING (2)  ANSELL (2)  ARMSTRONG (3)  BAKER (1)  BLEA (1)  BOLTON (2)  BROWN (8)  BUTT (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  COLEBECK (4)  CROXON (1)  ELBOROUGH (1)  FINCH (1)  FORWARD (5)  HASLER (1)  HAVILLAND (1)  HENSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  KETHROW (1)  LAISNE (1)  LEFTWICH (4)  LEWIS (3)  MAXWELL (4)  MUGGERIDGE (2)  PHILLIPS (2)  ROSE (2)  ROUSE (1)  RYAN (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEWARD (9)  SMITH (1)  SWEETMAN (1)  TANSLEY (3)  TAYLOR (1)  TESTER (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TREACY (1)  WALKER (2)  WATKINS (3)  WHYBROW (1)  YOUNG (6)