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Rarest Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — All 58 Answers Ranked by Rarity

58 answers are accepted for “Name a prime minister of the United Kingdom”. William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville is the rarest prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 27,929 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich is the second-rarest with 33,572 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.20× the figure for William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville. Keir Starmer is the most common prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 4,712,318 monthly Wikipedia views, 168.7× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 58 answers: 32,067,146. William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville is under 0.1% of that total. 12 answers are Epic or Legendary: William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (Legendary), F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (Legendary), Henry Addington (Legendary), and 9 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

58 answers to “Name a prime minister of the United Kingdom”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views
1 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 27,929
2 F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich on Wikipedia Legendary 0.982 33,572
3 Henry Addington on Wikipedia Legendary 0.965 34,426
4 Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton on Wikipedia Legendary 0.947 35,473
5 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne on Wikipedia Epic 0.930 39,874
6 Henry Pelham on Wikipedia Epic 0.912 45,771
7 George Grenville on Wikipedia Epic 0.895 47,859
8 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham on Wikipedia Epic 0.877 48,776
9 Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington on Wikipedia Epic 0.860 49,826
10 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle on Wikipedia Epic 0.842 52,023
11 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen on Wikipedia Epic 0.825 53,206
12 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire on Wikipedia Epic 0.807 57,205
13 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute on Wikipedia Rare 0.789 62,305
14 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland on Wikipedia Rare 0.772 79,236
15 Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby on Wikipedia Rare 0.754 80,207
16 Henry Campbell-Bannerman on Wikipedia Rare 0.737 85,070
17 Frederick North, Lord North on Wikipedia Rare 0.719 86,828
18 George Canning on Wikipedia Rare 0.702 91,092
19 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery on Wikipedia Rare 0.684 93,408
20 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool on Wikipedia Rare 0.667 101,909
21 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell on Wikipedia Rare 0.649 114,658
22 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham on Wikipedia Rare 0.632 137,715
23 Spencer Perceval on Wikipedia Rare 0.614 141,872
24 Bonar Law on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 148,278
25 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.579 173,705
26 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.561 182,775
27 Arthur Balfour on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.544 195,492
28 Ramsay MacDonald on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.526 239,950
29 Robert Walpole on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.509 273,169
30 Stanley Baldwin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.491 289,790
31 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.474 296,568
32 Robert Peel on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.456 316,142
33 William Ewart Gladstone on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.439 319,283
34 Alec Douglas-Home on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.421 334,932
35 H. H. Asquith on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.404 338,417
36 William Pitt the Younger on Wikipedia Familiar 0.386 341,387
37 David Lloyd George on Wikipedia Familiar 0.368 433,832
38 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne on Wikipedia Familiar 0.351 465,012
39 Benjamin Disraeli on Wikipedia Familiar 0.333 514,632
40 James Callaghan on Wikipedia Familiar 0.316 523,719
41 Harold Macmillan on Wikipedia Familiar 0.298 537,093
42 Edward Heath on Wikipedia Familiar 0.281 548,118
43 Clement Attlee on Wikipedia Familiar 0.263 558,985
44 Anthony Eden on Wikipedia Familiar 0.246 717,372
45 Neville Chamberlain on Wikipedia Familiar 0.228 735,024
46 Theresa May on Wikipedia Familiar 0.211 764,142
47 John Major on Wikipedia Common 0.193 838,737
48 Gordon Brown on Wikipedia Common 0.175 918,159
49 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington on Wikipedia Common 0.158 928,421
50 Harold Wilson on Wikipedia Common 0.140 969,397
51 David Cameron on Wikipedia Common 0.123 996,019
52 Liz Truss on Wikipedia Common 0.105 1,340,509
53 Tony Blair on Wikipedia Common 0.088 1,523,941
54 Boris Johnson on Wikipedia Common 0.070 1,578,884
55 Rishi Sunak on Wikipedia Common 0.053 1,769,094
56 Margaret Thatcher on Wikipedia Common 0.035 2,316,455
57 Winston Churchill on Wikipedia Common 0.018 3,327,155
58 Keir Starmer on Wikipedia Common 0.000 4,712,318

FAQ

What is the rarest prime minister of the United Kingdom?

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville is the rarest prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 27,929 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many prime minister of the United Kingdoms are there?

There are 58 prime minister of the United Kingdoms in this ranking, from William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (rarest) to Keir Starmer (most common).

What is the most common prime minister of the United Kingdom?

Keir Starmer is the most common prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 4,712,318 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.