Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hatford, Berkshire

Hatford 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
HITCHMAN1914.39394,418.60
BURTON107.575888.97
VARNEY107.57581,449.28
SHEPPARD107.5758218.82
GRAY96.818247.75
NEAL86.0606204.60
ALDER75.3030744.68
ELDRIGE64.545530,000.00
CARTER53.787922.56
SIMPSON43.030317.32
FRANKLIN43.030391.32
ATKINS43.030380.81
MARSH32.272731.85
WESTON21.515237.17
ELDRIDGE21.5152138.89
JAMES21.51527.71
SMART21.515233.28
HUNT10.75765.70
HIGGS10.757641.49
MATHERS10.7576126.58
JENNINGS10.757614.95
BROOKS10.75767.75
HOWELL10.757617.99
HAMILTON10.757610.10
WOODHAM10.7576227.27
GREEN10.75762.69
LAW10.757616.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELDRIGE0.1313230000.0000
HITCHMAN0.131324418.6047
VARNEY0.131321449.2754
ALDER0.13132744.6809
WOODHAM0.13132227.2727
SHEPPARD0.13132218.8184
NEAL0.13132204.6036
ELDRIDGE0.13132138.8889
MATHERS0.13132126.5823
FRANKLIN0.1313291.3242
BURTON0.1313288.9680
ATKINS0.1313280.8081
GRAY0.1313247.7454
HIGGS0.1313241.4938
WESTON0.1313237.1747
SMART0.1313233.2779
MARSH0.1313231.8471
CARTER0.1313222.5632
HOWELL0.1313217.9856
SIMPSON0.1313217.3235
LAW0.1313216.7504
JENNINGS0.1313214.9477
HAMILTON0.1313210.1010
BROOKS0.131327.7519
JAMES0.131327.7131
HUNT0.131325.7045
GREEN0.131322.6903

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 132 people called ELDRIGE in Hatford 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 30000.0000 in Hatford means that 30000.0000% of the people in Hatford on census day were called ELDRIGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELDRIGE 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 ELDRIGE 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 ELDRIGE 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 ELDRIGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Hatford means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELDRIGE in Hatford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hatford in 1881

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

ALDER (7)  ATKINS (4)  BESTLEY (4)  BOSHER (4)  BROOKS (1)  BURTON (10)  CARTER (5)  EELY (1)  ELDRIDGE (2)  ELDRIGE (6)  FRANKLIN (4)  GRAY (9)  GREEN (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HIGGS (1)  HITCHMAN (19)  HOWELL (1)  HUNT (1)  JAMES (2)  JENNINGS (1)  LAW (1)  MARSH (3)  MATHERS (1)  NEAL (8)  SHEPPARD (10)  SIMPSON (4)  SMART (2)  SPINDLOE (2)  VARNEY (10)  WESTON (2)  WIGMORE (4)  WOODHAM (1)