Top surnames from the 1881 census in Finchampstead, Berkshire

Finchampstead 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
MASON243.609026.84
WHITE223.308310.29
GODDARD203.007574.79
SPRATLEY172.55642,361.11
VASS142.1053619.47
BARNEY131.9549838.71
MEARING131.95494,642.86
MARSHALL111.65419.86
NEWCOMBE101.5038213.68
NEVILLE101.5038126.58
RADFORD91.353471.37
KELSEY91.3534182.93
LOADER91.3534243.24
HAWKINS91.353418.70
JONES81.20301.06
LUNN81.203093.02
BARKER81.20309.19
POULTER81.2030161.62
PRIOR81.203051.98
CASE81.2030120.48
GREEN71.05263.74
JAMES71.05265.36
DEAN71.052615.16
YEOMANS71.0526127.74
STOCKER60.9023168.07
WHEELER60.902314.94
PEAK60.9023215.83
BENHAM60.9023169.01
RIDER60.902392.59
JARVIS60.902320.11
MILES60.902315.29
DIXON60.90238.24
BROOKS50.75197.69
SEXTON50.751987.26
PAYNE50.75198.35
JOHNSON50.75192.24
WOOLFORD50.7519208.33
SCOFIELD50.7519609.76
BROWN50.75191.14
BAILEY50.75194.99
MURRELL50.7519105.49
KEMP50.751913.56
NICHOLLS40.601511.52
GOODGER40.6015303.03
DRINKWATER40.601560.98
MILAM40.60151,739.13
BYE40.6015119.76
JUSTICE40.6015236.69
MAY40.60159.45
WICKS40.601542.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEARING0.676654642.8571
SPRATLEY0.676652361.1111
MILAM0.676651739.1304
BARNEY0.67665838.7097
VASS0.67665619.4690
SCOFIELD0.67665609.7561
PRESLEY0.67665408.1633
BOLTEN0.67665384.6154
LAMBORN0.67665344.8276
GOODGER0.67665303.0303
LOADER0.67665243.2432
JUSTICE0.67665236.6864
PEAK0.67665215.8273
NEWCOMBE0.67665213.6752
WOOLFORD0.67665208.3333
WESTALL0.67665200.0000
OVER0.67665192.3077
GORRINGE0.67665186.9159
KELSEY0.67665182.9268
BENHAM0.67665169.0141
STOCKER0.67665168.0672
COWDERY0.67665166.6667
POULTER0.67665161.6162
PAYTON0.67665150.9434
SURMAN0.67665133.3333
BEAUCHAMP0.67665132.7434
YEOMANS0.67665127.7372
NEVILLE0.67665126.5823
NEVILL0.67665123.4568
BIRMINGHAM0.67665121.2121
CASE0.67665120.4819
BYE0.67665119.7605
BOYDE0.67665111.1111
MURRELL0.67665105.4852
STALLARD0.67665102.3891
LUNN0.6766593.0233
RIDER0.6766592.5926
SEXTON0.6766587.2600
CORDER0.6766586.9565
PAIGE0.6766584.0336
NAISH0.6766584.0336
BRITTAN0.6766581.3008
GODDARD0.6766574.7943
RADFORD0.6766571.3719
MONDAY0.6766562.5000
DRINKWATER0.6766560.9756
SANGER0.6766556.4972
BURFORD0.6766553.9084
PRIOR0.6766551.9818
GOWER0.6766542.9799

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 665 people called MEARING in Finchampstead 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 4642.8571 in Finchampstead means that 4642.8571% of the people in Finchampstead on census day were called MEARING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEARING 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 MEARING 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 MEARING 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 MEARING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Finchampstead means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEARING in Finchampstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Finchampstead in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ILBURY (2)  ANNETTS (2)  BEECHEY (2)  BAILEY (5)  BARKER (8)  BARNEY (13)  BARRETT (1)  BATCHELDOR (1)  BEAUCHAMP (3)  BELL (2)  BENHAM (6)  BEVAN (2)  BIRMINGHAM (2)  BOLTEN (1)  BOZIER (6)  BOYDE (1)  BRADFORD (1)  BRASSETT (1)  BREAKSPEAR (9)  BRITTAN (1)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (5)  BURFORD (2)  BURMAN (1)  BURRETT (6)  BYE (4)  CANE (1)  CHEDD (1)  CLACY (3)  MC CLEMENTS (1)  COLE (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (4)  CORDER (1)  COWDERY (1)  CORDERY (6)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAWKINS (1)  DEAN (7)  DEIGHTON (1)  DIXON (6)  DOUGLAS (1)  DRINKWATER (4)  EAST (4)  FINCH (1)  FLOWER (2)  GADOR (1)  GARDENER (1)  GODDARD (20)  GOODGER (4)  GORRINGE (2)  GOSWELL (29)  GOWER (3)  GREEN (7)  GREENAWAY (1)  HALL (2)  HAWKINS (9)  HAYWARD (1)  HILL (2)  HONDER (1)  HORN (2)  HYDE (1)  JAMES (7)  JARVIS (6)  JERVESS (4)  ST JOHN (2)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (8)  JUSTICE (4)  CASE (8)  KELSEY (9)  KEMP (5)  LAMBORN (1)  LEE (1)  LEOMAN (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOADER (9)  LUNN (8)  MARSHALL (11)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (24)  MAY (4)  MAYNARD (3)  MAYO (1)  MEARING (13)  MILIAM (4)  MILES (6)  MILEM (17)  MILAM (4)  MINCHIN (1)  MINDY (1)  MIRADAY (3)  MOLFORD (2)  MURRELL (5)  MORRELL (1)  MONDAY (1)  NAISH (2)  NEATE (6)  NEVILLE (10)  NEVILL (3)  NEWCOMBE (10)  NICHOLLS (4)  NOROARD (1)  OGDEN (1)  OSTREDGE (2)  OVER (3)  PAIGE (1)  PARKER (2)  PAYNE (5)  PAYTON (4)  PEAK (6)  PHILIPS (1)  PILCHER (1)  POULTER (8)  PRESLEY (2)  PRINTS (1)  PRIOR (8)  PUGH (2)  RADFORD (9)  RESTALL (1)  RIDER (6)  RIDGERS (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERS (1)  ROWE (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SANGER (1)  SCOFIELD (5)  SCUFFLE (1)  SEXTON (5)  SHERMAN (1)  SIGERY (2)  SIMMONDS (1)  SMITH (3)  SPRATLEY (17)  STAINES (1)  STALLARD (3)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOCKER (6)  STRANGE (1)  SURMAN (2)  SWEETZER (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THORNE (1)  TOWNSEND (3)  TREACHER (4)  VASS (14)  WALDEN (1)  WALTER (2)  WARE (1)  WARNER (1)  WATKINS (1)  WEBB (1)  WELLS (1)  WESTALL (3)  WESTON (3)  WITHERALL (4)  WETHERALL (2)  WHEELER (6)  WHITE (22)  WICKS (4)  WILLMOT (7)  WOODESON (1)  WOOLFORD (5)  WORMLEIGHTON (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YEOMANS (7)  YOUNG (2)