Top surnames from the 1881 census in Balking, Berkshire

Balking is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Berkshire

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
READE127.10062,352.94
WATTS95.325463.51
THATCHER84.7337516.13
PEARCE74.142045.10
WOOLFORD74.14201,147.54
EAGLETON63.55032,857.14
MATHEWS63.550396.15
MACPHAIL63.55033,529.41
HEWITT52.958660.75
EGGLETON42.3669597.01
COLLINS42.366916.49
REED42.366932.41
WILLIS42.366944.49
HUMPHREYS31.775150.42
ESSEX31.7751555.56
PILL31.7751937.50
ELDRIDGE31.7751162.16
GIBBS31.775136.14
WISEMAN21.183486.21
WHITFIELD21.183459.17
RALPH21.183477.82
JOHNSON21.18343.52
PAINTER10.591743.10
LEWIS10.59172.25
WILSON10.59171.29
JONES10.59170.52
PARROTT10.591752.08
CROOK10.591720.62
TYLER10.591720.04
PHIPPS10.591740.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACPHAIL0.171693529.4118
EAGLETON0.171692857.1429
READE0.171692352.9412
WOOLFORD0.171691147.5410
PILL0.17169937.5000
EGGLETON0.17169597.0149
ESSEX0.17169555.5556
THATCHER0.17169516.1290
ELDRIDGE0.17169162.1622
MATHEWS0.1716996.1538
WISEMAN0.1716986.2069
RALPH0.1716977.8210
WATTS0.1716963.5145
HEWITT0.1716960.7533
WHITFIELD0.1716959.1716
PARROTT0.1716952.0833
HUMPHREYS0.1716950.4202
PEARCE0.1716945.1031
WILLIS0.1716944.4939
PAINTER0.1716943.1034
PHIPPS0.1716940.0000
GIBBS0.1716936.1446
REED0.1716932.4149
CROOK0.1716920.6186
TYLER0.1716920.0401
COLLINS0.1716916.4948
JOHNSON0.171693.5224
LEWIS0.171692.2507
WILSON0.171691.2883
JONES0.171690.5225

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 169 people called MACPHAIL in Balking 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 3529.4118 in Balking means that 3529.4118% of the people in Balking on census day were called MACPHAIL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACPHAIL 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 MACPHAIL 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 MACPHAIL 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 MACPHAIL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Balking means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACPHAIL in Balking than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Balking in 1881

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

ACKRILL (10)  BECKINSALE (11)  CHILLINGWORTH (1)  COLLINS (4)  CROOK (1)  DEWE (4)  EAGLETON (6)  EGGLETON (4)  ELDRIDGE (3)  ESSEX (3)  GERRING (26)  GIBBS (3)  HEWITT (5)  HEWIT (1)  HUMPHREYS (3)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (1)  MATHEWS (6)  MACPHAIL (6)  PAINTER (1)  PARROTT (1)  PEARCE (7)  PENNIL (1)  PHIPPS (1)  PILL (3)  REED (4)  READE (12)  RALPH (2)  SELLWOOD (2)  THATCHER (8)  TYLER (1)  WATTS (9)  WHITFIELD (2)  WILLIS (4)  WILSON (1)  WISEMAN (2)  WOOLFORD (7)