Top surnames from the 1881 census in Milton, Berkshire

Milton 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
DENTON276.5854358.57
MONEY204.8780816.33
HUGGINS174.1463492.75
PULLEN174.1463314.81
DAWSON153.658533.19
GROVE133.1707270.83
BALDWIN122.926868.65
SMITH102.43901.73
BRADFIELD102.4390769.23
LOOKER102.4390826.45
KENT102.439057.90
HUTCHINS92.1951217.39
TERRY81.951276.34
BOSLEY81.9512833.33
WILKINS81.951244.15
REID71.707316.25
SLADE71.707385.57
HARRIS71.70736.72
BELCHER71.7073141.70
BROWN61.46342.22
GODFREY61.463449.34
JORDAN61.463433.11
HOWARD61.463414.91
DOUGLAS61.463430.21
TOWERS51.2195105.26
BETTERIDGE51.2195270.27
TYLER51.219541.32
DAY51.219512.95
COLLINS51.21958.50
LAWRENCE51.219518.78
EVANS40.97562.23
TYRELL40.9756266.67
BOWLES40.975659.61
BARRETT40.975614.52
LAY40.9756131.15
WISE40.975646.78
STROUD40.975694.34
PAYNE40.975610.84
HODGKINS30.7317163.04
SEYMOUR30.731735.80
KING30.73173.36
PRIOR30.731731.61
WHITE30.73172.28
MARSHALL30.73174.36
PRATER30.7317638.30
TRUEMAN30.7317106.38
CHILDS30.731739.84
THRUSH20.4878689.66
CURTIS20.48788.59
GILES20.487812.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOSLEY0.41410833.3333
STAIRS0.41410833.3333
LOOKER0.41410826.4463
MONEY0.41410816.3265
BRADFIELD0.41410769.2308
THRUSH0.41410689.6552
DARTER0.41410666.6667
ALDWORTH0.41410645.1613
PRATER0.41410638.2979
HUGGINS0.41410492.7536
DENTON0.41410358.5657
PULLEN0.41410314.8148
GROVE0.41410270.8333
BETTERIDGE0.41410270.2703
TYRELL0.41410266.6667
HUTCHINS0.41410217.3913
HODGKINS0.41410163.0435
BELCHER0.41410141.7004
KERBY0.41410133.3333
LAY0.41410131.1475
TRUEMAN0.41410106.3830
SUMMER0.41410106.3830
TOWERS0.41410105.2632
STROUD0.4141094.3396
GOMM0.4141092.5926
LINFORD0.4141091.7431
SLADE0.4141085.5746
HAZEL0.4141076.3359
TERRY0.4141076.3359
ADEY0.4141075.7576
BALDWIN0.4141068.6499
BOWLES0.4141059.6125
KENT0.4141057.9039
GODFREY0.4141049.3421
WISE0.4141046.7836
BOUCHER0.4141046.2963
WILKINS0.4141044.1501
TYLER0.4141041.3223
CHILDS0.4141039.8406
SEYMOUR0.4141035.7995
DAWSON0.4141033.1932
JORDAN0.4141033.1126
PRIOR0.4141031.6122
SILVESTER0.4141031.5457
DOUGLAS0.4141030.2115
BOX0.4141030.1205
LAWRENCE0.4141018.7758
WARWICK0.4141017.6367
CORNISH0.4141016.8919
BELLAMY0.4141016.7224

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 410 people called BOSLEY in Milton 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 833.3333 in Milton means that 833.3333% of the people in Milton on census day were called BOSLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOSLEY 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 BOSLEY 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 BOSLEY 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 BOSLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Milton means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOSLEY in Milton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Milton in 1881

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

ALDWORTH (2)  BALDWIN (12)  BALLARD (1)  BANKS (2)  BARRETT (4)  BECKENSALL (1)  BELCHER (7)  BELLAMY (1)  BETTERIDGE (5)  BOSLEY (8)  BOWLES (4)  BOX (1)  BRADFIELD (10)  BROWN (6)  BUCKELL (2)  BOUCHER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHILDS (3)  COLLINS (5)  CORNISH (1)  COX (1)  CURTIS (2)  DARTER (1)  DAWSON (15)  DAY (5)  DENTON (27)  DIGGENS (1)  DOUGLAS (6)  EAST (1)  ADEY (1)  ENNSTONE (1)  EVANS (4)  FOX (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GERRING (4)  GIBBS (2)  GILES (2)  GODFREY (6)  GOMM (1)  JORDAN (6)  GROVE (13)  HARMAN (1)  HARRIS (7)  HAZEL (1)  HODGKINS (3)  HOWARD (6)  HUGGINS (17)  HUTCHINS (9)  JAMES (1)  JORRETT (1)  KENT (10)  KING (3)  KERBY (1)  LAMPET (1)  LANDBURY (1)  LAWRENCE (5)  LAY (4)  LINFORD (1)  LOOKER (10)  LOVEGROVE (2)  MARSHALL (3)  MALLAM (3)  MIDDLETON (1)  MONEY (20)  MORRIS (1)  PAYNE (4)  PRATER (3)  PRIOR (3)  PULLEN (17)  REID (7)  RICHMOND (1)  REELEY (5)  ROSE (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  SEYMOUR (3)  SILVESTER (1)  SLADE (7)  SMITH (10)  STAIRS (1)  STONE (1)  STROUD (4)  SUMMER (1)  TERRY (8)  THOMPSON (1)  THRUSH (2)  TOWERS (5)  TRUEMAN (3)  TYLER (5)  TYRELL (4)  WARWICK (1)  WHITE (3)  WILKINS (8)  WINTERBOURNE (5)  WISE (4)