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Islington London

Top surnames in Islington London from the 1881 British Census

Top surnames by total occurrences

SurnameTotalFrequencyIndex
SMITH40161.41831.0045
JONES18440.65120.5750
BROWN17430.61560.9338
TAYLOR15140.53470.8361
WILLIAMS14890.52590.7320
WILSON10800.38140.8305
WHITE10790.38111.1855
WRIGHT10700.37791.1779
CLARK10340.36521.2149
DAVIS10040.35461.6135

Top surnames by population index

SurnameTotalFrequencyIndex
LION28315647.7693283.1560
HUCKLE2831566.3458283.1560
KEMPTON2831566.2648283.1560
NEVILL2831565.3221283.1560
WARR2831565.2728283.1560
WHITBREAD2831564.8638283.1560
WESTBROOK2831564.8489283.1560
HALSEY2831564.8448283.1560
HARROLD2831564.7754283.1560
MUSGROVE2831564.7543283.1560

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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 1844 people called JONES in Islington 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 0.6512 in Islington London means that 0.6512% of the people in Islington 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 0.5750 in Islington London means that you are 0.5750 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JONES in Islington London than you would be in the whole of the UK.