Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Olave Old Jewry, London

St Olave Old Jewry 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
PETTIT511.62791,470.59
WALKER511.627934.75
MONDAY49.30234,000.00
THOMPSON36.976723.29
SMITH36.97674.94
MARCH24.6512434.78
WALL24.6512133.33
THOMS24.65122,500.00
TOWNSEND12.325654.64
STEWART12.325614.86
PINE12.3256769.23
MAY12.325636.50
SPENSER12.32562,500.00
MARTIN12.32569.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MONDAY0.04434000.0000
THOMS0.04432500.0000
SPENSER0.04432500.0000
PETTIT0.04431470.5882
PINE0.0443769.2308
MARCH0.0443434.7826
WALL0.0443133.3333
TOWNSEND0.044354.6448
MAY0.044336.4964
WALKER0.044334.7464
THOMPSON0.044323.2919
STEWART0.044314.8588
MARTIN0.04439.4429
SMITH0.04434.9415

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 43 people called MONDAY in St Olave Old Jewry 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 4000.0000 in St Olave Old Jewry means that 4000.0000% of the people in St Olave Old Jewry on census day were called MONDAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MONDAY 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 MONDAY 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 MONDAY 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 MONDAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in St Olave Old Jewry means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MONDAY in St Olave Old Jewry than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Olave Old Jewry in 1881

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

MARCH (2)  MARTIN (1)  MAY (1)  MONDAY (4)  MUSNFORD (1)  PETTIT (5)  PINE (1)  RAYNHAM (3)  SMITH (3)  SPENSER (1)  STAMMERS (1)  STEWART (1)  THOMS (2)  THOMPSON (3)  TOWNSEND (1)  WALKER (5)  WALL (2)  WILBEY (3)  WOLAH (1)  WOOLGAR (2)