Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunton, Buckinghamshire

Dunton 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
HARDING1012.5000172.71
GREEN1012.500044.39
MARTIN911.250045.66
ARNOLD810.0000185.61
HOGSTON810.000080,000.00
SHARP810.0000119.94
PULLEN45.0000380.95
HUTCHINS33.7500370.37
MEAD33.7500161.29
BETSON22.50005,000.00
CUNDY11.2500476.19
MOBERLY11.25005,000.00
FIGG11.2500526.32
BRAZIER11.2500133.33
HOPKINS11.250020.75
HANCE11.25001,000.00
SMITH11.25000.89
ELLIOTT11.250014.73
NASH11.250027.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOGSTON0.088080000.0000
MOBERLY0.08805000.0000
BETSON0.08805000.0000
HANCE0.08801000.0000
FIGG0.0880526.3158
CUNDY0.0880476.1905
PULLEN0.0880380.9524
HUTCHINS0.0880370.3704
ARNOLD0.0880185.6148
HARDING0.0880172.7116
MEAD0.0880161.2903
BRAZIER0.0880133.3333
SHARP0.0880119.9400
MARTIN0.088045.6621
GREEN0.088044.3853
NASH0.088027.1003
HOPKINS0.088020.7469
ELLIOTT0.088014.7275
SMITH0.08800.8853

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called HOGSTON in Dunton 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 80000.0000 in Dunton means that 80000.0000% of the people in Dunton on census day were called HOGSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOGSTON 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 HOGSTON 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 HOGSTON 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 HOGSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Dunton means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOGSTON in Dunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunton in 1881

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

ARNOLD (8)  BETSON (2)  BRAZIER (1)  CUNDY (1)  D'OYLY (1)  DUNKLING (5)  ELLIOTT (1)  FIGG (1)  GREEN (10)  HANCE (1)  HARDING (10)  HOPKINS (1)  HOGSTON (8)  HUTCHINS (3)  MARTIN (9)  MEAD (3)  MOBERLY (1)  NASH (1)  PULLEN (4)  SHARP (8)  SMITH (1)