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Bethnal Green London

Top surnames in Bethnal Green London from the 1881 British Census

Top surnames by total occurrences

SurnameTotalFrequencyIndex
SMITH17661.39150.9856
JONES8950.70520.6227
BROWN8780.69181.0495
TAYLOR6170.48620.7602
CLARK6010.47361.5756
DAVIS5200.40971.8646
HALL5140.40501.3767
KING4870.38371.7608
WHITE4760.37511.1669
WRIGHT4700.37031.1544

Top surnames by population index

SurnameTotalFrequencyIndex
CUSHWAY126909140.1703126.9090
WHITER12690965.6153126.9090
HOLLINGTON12690946.6706126.9090
CECIL12690933.3656126.9090
DEARING12690925.2387126.9090
DABBS12690923.4510126.9090
FERRY12690920.4550126.9090
DORMER12690919.5467126.9090
HILLIARD12690916.8973126.9090
AMES12690913.7330126.9090

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  • The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 895 people called JONES in Bethnal Green 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 0.7052 in Bethnal Green London means that 0.7052% of the people in Bethnal Green London on census day were called JONES.
  • The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JONES 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 JONES a if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. If the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someoen called JONES here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and if 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 JONES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.6227 in Bethnal Green London means that you are 0.6227 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JONES in Bethnal Green London than you would be in the whole of the UK.