Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blewbury, Berkshire

Blewbury 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
ALDRIDGE364.8000247.59
GRACE212.8000209.16
BEASLEY192.5333233.70
STREET172.266797.03
HERRIDGE162.1333758.29
ALDWORTH152.00002,631.58
ANDREWS152.000020.87
PRIOR141.866780.65
SMITH141.86671.32
BELCHER131.7333143.96
GREEN131.73336.16
WINTER121.600045.11
JOHNSON111.46674.37
ROBINSON111.46674.60
ALLEN101.33337.06
YATES101.333319.40
WALTERS101.333327.96
KING101.33336.12
MARTIN101.33335.41
WELCH101.333337.91
MAISEY101.3333602.41
LEACH91.200029.08
LANE91.200017.41
BALL91.200014.53
LAY91.2000161.29
ABBOTT81.066724.18
SAVAGE81.066727.77
HALL81.06673.63
BUTLER70.93339.57
JAKEMAN70.9333336.54
WILLIAMS70.93331.30
WHEELER70.933315.46
WEBB60.80005.90
DOBSON60.800018.14
GREGORY60.800011.40
CUMMINS60.800093.75
GREENOUGH60.8000317.46
JACKSON60.80002.86
SAUNDERS60.80008.72
HIGGS50.666736.58
BREWER50.666725.14
RICHARDSON50.66673.92
BUSHY50.66675,555.56
HUGGINS50.666779.24
ATKINS50.666717.77
RANCE50.6667179.21
COOK40.53332.69
HICKS40.533312.74
MAZEY40.5333952.38
CLIFFORD40.533325.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUSHY0.757505555.5556
ALDWORTH0.757502631.5789
BAREFIELD0.757501666.6667
MAZEY0.75750952.3810
BEASLY0.75750909.0909
SILVERTHORN0.75750833.3333
HERRIDGE0.75750758.2938
MAISEY0.75750602.4096
JAKEMAN0.75750336.5385
GREENOUGH0.75750317.4603
ALDRIDGE0.75750247.5928
BEASLEY0.75750233.7023
BURFIELD0.75750222.2222
GRACE0.75750209.1633
RANCE0.75750179.2115
LAY0.75750161.2903
HEARNE0.75750159.3625
BELCHER0.75750143.9646
FRUIN0.75750140.8451
HUTCHENS0.75750129.8701
RUMBOLD0.75750121.9512
HESTER0.75750107.5269
COFFEE0.75750107.5269
STREET0.7575097.0320
CUMMINS0.7575093.7500
BESLEY0.7575090.9091
PRIOR0.7575080.6452
HUGGINS0.7575079.2393
KINCH0.7575068.0272
ATTWELL0.7575060.6061
GEARING0.7575052.3560
WINTER0.7575045.1128
SHEARD0.7575043.6681
FIDLER0.7575041.6667
WICKHAM0.7575039.4477
WELCH0.7575037.9075
HIGGS0.7575036.5764
POWIS0.7575034.9650
STIMPSON0.7575029.7619
LEACH0.7575029.0792
THATCHER0.7575029.0276
WALTERS0.7575027.9642
SAVAGE0.7575027.7681
CLIFFORD0.7575025.9403
BREWER0.7575025.1383
ABBOTT0.7575024.1838
HAWTHORN0.7575023.0415
JEFFREYS0.7575022.4215
HONEY0.7575021.7391
ANDREWS0.7575020.8739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 750 people called BUSHY in Blewbury 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 5555.5556 in Blewbury means that 5555.5556% of the people in Blewbury on census day were called BUSHY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUSHY 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 BUSHY 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 BUSHY 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 BUSHY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Blewbury means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUSHY in Blewbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blewbury in 1881

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

ABBOTT (8)  ALDRIDGE (36)  ALDWORTH (15)  ALLEN (10)  ANDREWS (15)  APPLETON (2)  ATKINS (5)  ATRIDGE (2)  ATWALL (2)  ATTWELL (1)  BALL (9)  BAREFIELD (2)  BARLOW (3)  BARRON (1)  NAPPES BATT (6)  BEASLY (2)  BEASLEY (19)  BELCHER (13)  BESLEY (1)  BEVAN (2)  BIRD (1)  BLACKALL (1)  BLACKMAN (1)  BOBBIN (1)  BOLTON (1)  BONNER (1)  BOOTH (1)  BREADMORE (2)  BREWER (5)  BRIGHT (1)  BROWN (1)  BURFIELD (2)  BURGESS (2)  BOURTON (4)  BUSHY (5)  BUTLER (7)  CACKELL (1)  CAUDWELL (7)  CARTER (1)  CASBEARD (17)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLIFFORD (4)  COFFEE (1)  COOK (4)  CORDROY (14)  CORDRORY (3)  COTTERILL (4)  CRISP (1)  CRIPPS (1)  CREWES (1)  CROWE (1)  CUMMINS (6)  CUMMINGS (1)  CUMMUNS (2)  DEARLOVE (1)  DOBSON (6)  DURTONE (1)  EPSWORTH (2)  EBSWORTH (12)  EMMINS (6)  EMMENS (1)  ENDLE (1)  AYRIS (1)  FIDLER (2)  O FLANAGAN (1)  FORD (1)  FRANKLIN (3)  FRUIN (1)  GALE (1)  GARLICK (1)  GERRING (2)  GEARING (1)  GRACE (21)  GREEN (13)  GREENOUGH (6)  GREGORY (6)  GRIFFIN (1)  GRUNDY (1)  HALL (8)  HAWTHORN (1)  HAINES (1)  HEELS (4)  HEARNE (4)  HERRIDGE (16)  HESTER (3)  HEWITT (2)  HICKS (4)  HIDELL (6)  HIGGS (5)  HILLMAN (1)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HONEY (1)  HOPCROFT (5)  HOBLEY (2)  HUGGIN (1)  HUGGINS (5)  HUMPHREY (2)  HUMFREY (2)  HUTCHENS (1)  JACKSON (6)  JAKEMAN (7)  JAMES (1)  JEFFREYS (1)  JENNISS (1)  JOHNSON (11)  KINCH (1)  KING (10)  LANE (9)  LAWSON (1)  LEACH (9)  LAY (9)  LEE (2)  LOWLEY (2)  LUCAS (2)  MAISEY (10)  MARTIN (10)  MASKELL (1)  MAZEY (4)  MILLS (3)  MOSS (1)  MOUGH (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NORRIS (1)  PEPAU (2)  PEPULL (1)  PETHER (4)  POOL (1)  PORTER (1)  POWIS (1)  PRINCE (2)  PRIOR (14)  PULLEN (2)  RAAKY (1)  RANCE (5)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (11)  ROMSEY (1)  RUMBOLD (2)  SAUNDERS (6)  SAVAGE (8)  SERT (2)  SHEARD (3)  SHORT (1)  SIDERY (2)  SILVERTHORN (2)  SLADE (3)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (14)  SQUIRE (1)  STEVENSON (2)  STIMPSON (1)  STREET (17)  STRANGE (1)  SOMERSBY (8)  TH... (1)  THATCHER (2)  UPSTONS (7)  WALTERS (10)  WEBB (6)  WELCH (10)  WEST (1)  WHEATLEY (2)  WHEELER (7)  WHITE (2)  WICKHAM (2)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILLIS (2)  WILB (7)  WINTER (12)  WOODESS (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YATES (10)