Top surnames from the 1881 census in Denchworth, Berkshire

Denchworth 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
ALDER4620.26432,839.51
LAY229.69161,301.78
KEEP146.16741,686.75
HAINES135.7269247.15
TUCKEY125.28632,608.70
BOOKER114.8458404.41
COLLINS104.405330.70
BELCHER104.4053366.30
STEVENS83.524233.76
WALKER83.524210.53
TOMLINSON62.643257.31
HOWSE62.6432681.82
BOSLEY52.2026943.40
SHEPPARD41.762150.89
FAIRFAX41.76212,000.00
CROOK41.762161.35
KIMBER41.7621185.19
CASTLE31.321666.52
GILES31.321634.68
CHURCH31.321660.61
JEFFERIES20.881179.68
BROAD20.881169.20
WHITFIELD20.881144.15
GODDARD10.440510.95
MATTHEWS10.44055.05
WENMAN10.4405434.78
LAMB10.44058.35
TARRANT10.440562.50
HIGGINS10.44058.71
SHEARN10.4405384.62
WILTSHIRE10.440533.00
LORD10.44059.55
DAWSON10.44054.00
WEEKES10.4405172.41
HUGHES10.44051.57
PECK10.440526.04
FULLER10.440510.89
DAVIES10.44050.87
TARRY10.4405131.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALDER0.232272839.5062
TUCKEY0.232272608.6957
FAIRFAX0.232272000.0000
KEEP0.232271686.7470
LAY0.232271301.7751
BOSLEY0.23227943.3962
HOWSE0.23227681.8182
WENMAN0.23227434.7826
BOOKER0.23227404.4118
SHEARN0.23227384.6154
BELCHER0.23227366.3004
HAINES0.23227247.1483
KIMBER0.23227185.1852
WEEKES0.23227172.4138
TARRY0.23227131.5789
JEFFERIES0.2322779.6813
BROAD0.2322769.2042
CASTLE0.2322766.5188
TARRANT0.2322762.5000
CROOK0.2322761.3497
CHURCH0.2322760.6061
TOMLINSON0.2322757.3066
SHEPPARD0.2322750.8906
WHITFIELD0.2322744.1501
GILES0.2322734.6821
STEVENS0.2322733.7553
WILTSHIRE0.2322733.0033
COLLINS0.2322730.7031
PECK0.2322726.0417
GODDARD0.2322710.9529
FULLER0.2322710.8932
WALKER0.2322710.5277
LORD0.232279.5511
HIGGINS0.232278.7108
LAMB0.232278.3542
MATTHEWS0.232275.0505
DAWSON0.232273.9968
HUGHES0.232271.5721
DAVIES0.232270.8661

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called ALDER in Denchworth 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 2839.5062 in Denchworth means that 2839.5062% of the people in Denchworth on census day were called ALDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALDER 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 ALDER 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 ALDER 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 ALDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Denchworth means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALDER in Denchworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Denchworth in 1881

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

ALDER (46)  BELCHER (10)  BINT (6)  BOOKER (11)  BOSLEY (5)  BROAD (2)  CASTLE (3)  CHURCH (3)  COLLINS (10)  CROOK (4)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (1)  FAIRFAX (4)  FULLER (1)  FROGLEY (1)  GILES (3)  GODDARD (1)  HAINES (13)  HIGGINS (1)  HOWSE (6)  HUGHES (1)  JEFFERIES (2)  KEEP (14)  KIMBER (4)  LAMB (1)  LAY (22)  LORD (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  PECK (1)  PETTIFER (2)  SHEARN (1)  SHEPPARD (4)  STEVENS (8)  TARRANT (1)  TARRY (1)  TOMLINSON (6)  TUCKEY (12)  WALKER (8)  WEEKES (1)  WENMAN (1)  WHITFIELD (2)  WILTSHIRE (1)