Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Nicholas Olave, London

St Nicholas Olave 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
SMITH25.71434.05
WADE25.7143142.86
MITCHELL12.857114.08
SKERRETT12.85715,000.00
MATTHEWS12.857132.79
WALLIS12.857184.03
PEACOCK12.857180.00
VEALE12.8571666.67
OATES12.8571181.82
THURLOW12.8571588.24
NEAL12.857196.15
START12.85711,250.00
MICHAEL12.8571526.32
WILLIAMS12.85713.98
ROBINSON12.85718.96
WALLER12.8571113.64
PAYNE12.857131.75
VARCOE12.85711,666.67
NICHOLSON12.857140.16
THOMAS12.85716.93
MORRISON12.857136.36
MERCER12.8571108.70
WHITE12.85718.89
REYNOLDS12.857133.00
PARNELL12.8571294.12
TREDINNICK12.85715,000.00
NICHOLLS12.857154.64
STEPHENS12.857151.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKERRETT0.04355000.0000
TREDINNICK0.04355000.0000
VARCOE0.04351666.6667
START0.04351250.0000
VEALE0.0435666.6667
THURLOW0.0435588.2353
MICHAEL0.0435526.3158
PARNELL0.0435294.1176
OATES0.0435181.8182
WADE0.0435142.8571
WALLER0.0435113.6364
MERCER0.0435108.6957
NEAL0.043596.1538
WALLIS0.043584.0336
PEACOCK0.043580.0000
NICHOLLS0.043554.6448
STEPHENS0.043551.5464
NICHOLSON0.043540.1606
MORRISON0.043536.3636
REYNOLDS0.043533.0033
MATTHEWS0.043532.7869
PAYNE0.043531.7460
MITCHELL0.043514.0845
ROBINSON0.04358.9606
WHITE0.04358.8889
THOMAS0.04356.9252
SMITH0.04354.0469
WILLIAMS0.04353.9777

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 35 people called SKERRETT in St Nicholas Olave 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 Nicholas Olave means that 5000.0000% of the people in St Nicholas Olave on census day were called SKERRETT.

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

All the surnames recorded in St Nicholas Olave in 1881

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

MATTHEWS (1)  MERCER (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MICHAEL (1)  MORRISON (1)  NEAL (1)  NEATHAM (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  OATES (1)  PARNELL (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEACOCK (1)  POSTANS (1)  QUARM (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SKERRETT (1)  SMITH (2)  START (1)  STEPHENS (1)  THOMAS (1)  THURLOW (1)  TREDINNICK (1)  TRETHOWAN (1)  TRURAN (1)  VARCOE (1)  VEALE (1)  WADE (2)  WALLIS (1)  WALLER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)