Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire

Boarstall is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Buckinghamshire

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
HONOUR3215.31109,696.97
KIRBY167.6555201.77
BLAKE157.1770148.22
CASTLE136.2201313.25
GIBBS125.7416116.85
WHEELER125.741695.09
COLEMAN104.784795.97
JAKEMAN104.78471,724.14
SHEEN83.8278571.43
COLLETT83.8278298.51
OSBORNE73.349370.21
WIGGINS62.8708266.67
WHITE62.87088.93
BRISCOE52.3923373.13
PARKER52.392312.58
KIRTLAND41.91391,904.76
WELFORD31.4354517.24
AYRES31.4354103.45
ROBERTSON20.95695.71
BUSBY20.956990.91
BROOKS20.95699.79
SMITH10.47850.34
FREEMAN10.47857.49
ALLEN10.47852.53
COX10.47853.16
SIMMONS10.478511.72
EAST10.478530.77
PRESTON10.47859.58
COOPER10.47851.97
LESTER10.478530.40
COGGINS10.4785181.82
JAMES10.47852.44
WALKER10.47851.43
DEAN10.47856.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HONOUR0.212099696.9697
KIRTLAND0.212091904.7619
JAKEMAN0.212091724.1379
SHEEN0.21209571.4286
WELFORD0.21209517.2414
BRISCOE0.21209373.1343
CASTLE0.21209313.2530
COLLETT0.21209298.5075
WIGGINS0.21209266.6667
KIRBY0.21209201.7654
COGGINS0.21209181.8182
BLAKE0.21209148.2213
GIBBS0.21209116.8452
AYRES0.21209103.4483
COLEMAN0.2120995.9693
WHEELER0.2120995.0872
BUSBY0.2120990.9091
OSBORNE0.2120970.2106
EAST0.2120930.7692
LESTER0.2120930.3951
PARKER0.2120912.5786
SIMMONS0.2120911.7233
BROOKS0.212099.7895
PRESTON0.212099.5785
WHITE0.212098.9312
FREEMAN0.212097.4906
DEAN0.212096.8918
ROBERTSON0.212095.7110
COX0.212093.1566
ALLEN0.212092.5329
JAMES0.212092.4361
COOPER0.212091.9670
WALKER0.212091.4292
SMITH0.212090.3389

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 209 people called HONOUR in Boarstall 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 9696.9697 in Boarstall means that 9696.9697% of the people in Boarstall on census day were called HONOUR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HONOUR 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 HONOUR 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 HONOUR 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 HONOUR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Boarstall means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HONOUR in Boarstall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boarstall in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BLAKE (15)  BRISCOE (5)  BROOKS (2)  BUSBY (2)  CASTLE (13)  COGGINS (1)  COLEMAN (10)  COLLETT (8)  COOPER (1)  COX (1)  DEAN (1)  EAST (1)  AYRES (3)  FREEMAN (1)  GIBBS (12)  HONOUR (32)  JAKEMAN (10)  JAMES (1)  KIRBY (16)  KIRTLAND (4)  LESTER (1)  NAPPIN (7)  OSBORNE (7)  PARKER (5)  PRESTON (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  SHEEN (8)  SHIPPERLY (2)  SIMMONS (1)  SMITH (1)  SULSTON (6)  WALKER (1)  WHEELER (12)  WHITE (6)  WIGGINS (6)  WELFORD (3)