Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Matthew Friday, London

St Matthew Friday 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
SMITH411.76478.33
RANSON38.82351,764.71
PILGRIM25.88241,052.63
POWELL25.882447.17
WELCHMAN12.94125,000.00
MARVIN12.94121,666.67
SUTTON12.941246.30
RODNEY12.94125,000.00
WOODS12.941246.73
WIGGINS12.9412270.27
PIGGOTT12.9412400.00
WAYMAN12.94121,111.11
REYNOLDS12.941233.90
WISE12.9412140.85
PINSON12.94122,000.00
WHITE12.94129.15
MOONEY12.9412256.41
WATSON12.941212.67
SALTER12.9412128.21
WILLETT12.9412370.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODNEY0.03345000.0000
WELCHMAN0.03345000.0000
PINSON0.03342000.0000
RANSON0.03341764.7059
MARVIN0.03341666.6667
WAYMAN0.03341111.1111
PILGRIM0.03341052.6316
PIGGOTT0.0334400.0000
WILLETT0.0334370.3704
WIGGINS0.0334270.2703
MOONEY0.0334256.4103
WISE0.0334140.8451
SALTER0.0334128.2051
POWELL0.033447.1698
WOODS0.033446.7290
SUTTON0.033446.2963
REYNOLDS0.033433.8983
WATSON0.033412.6743
WHITE0.03349.1491
SMITH0.03348.3316

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 34 people called RODNEY in St Matthew Friday 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 5000.0000 in St Matthew Friday means that 5000.0000% of the people in St Matthew Friday on census day were called RODNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODNEY 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 RODNEY 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 RODNEY 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 RODNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in St Matthew Friday means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODNEY in St Matthew Friday than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Matthew Friday in 1881

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

MARVIN (1)  MOONEY (1)  MUNSFIELD (1)  MURKS (1)  PASSAETT (2)  PETHER (1)  PIGGOTT (1)  PILGRIM (2)  PINSON (1)  POWELL (2)  RANSON (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  RODNEY (1)  RUNHAM (1)  SALTER (1)  SMITH (4)  SUTTON (1)  WATSON (1)  WAYMAN (1)  WELCHMAN (1)  WHITE (1)  WIGGINS (1)  WILLETT (1)  WISE (1)  WOODS (1)  YELLAND (1)