Top surnames from the 1881 census in Emberton, Buckinghamshire

Emberton 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
WEST416.356666.02
HOWSON294.4961721.39
LETT294.49613,372.09
SHARP284.341152.09
LOVELL264.0310192.59
WRIGHT243.720911.60
WILSON223.41097.43
COOPER203.100812.75
NEWBURY172.6357433.67
EDMONDS121.860597.40
BROWN111.70542.59
HOLMES111.705414.00
RICHARDSON111.705410.02
DUNKLEY111.7054214.43
CAVE111.7054118.92
ANDREWS91.395314.56
CLARE91.395396.36
MARKHAM81.2403104.17
HAWKINS81.240317.13
CADWALLADER81.2403615.38
RICHENS71.0853560.00
GORMAN71.085389.97
JACKMAN71.0853116.86
TARRY60.9302279.07
ROLLS60.9302208.33
EDMUNDS60.930271.34
BURCHELL60.9302209.06
GARRATT60.930291.74
YORK50.775258.69
NICHOLLS50.775214.84
LANDON50.7752409.84
MUSKETT50.7752454.55
PETERS50.775222.10
HARRIS50.77523.05
CAVES40.62021,111.11
TAPLIN40.6202177.78
BOOTH40.62026.29
SAMS40.6202285.71
HOBBS30.465112.77
ADAMS30.46513.16
MANN30.46518.83
CROUCH30.465134.68
EVANS30.46511.06
PLUMMER30.465134.80
HERBERT30.465112.45
WHITEHEAD30.46516.88
PETTIT20.310139.22
LLOYD20.31012.66
DENISON20.310181.63
WHEELER20.31015.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HODELL0.6564510000.0000
LETT0.656453372.0930
SIMCO0.656451250.0000
CAVES0.656451111.1111
HOWSON0.65645721.3930
CADWALLADER0.65645615.3846
RICHENS0.65645560.0000
MUSKETT0.65645454.5455
NEWBURY0.65645433.6735
LANDON0.65645409.8361
BETTLE0.65645322.5806
SAMS0.65645285.7143
MINARD0.65645285.7143
TARRY0.65645279.0698
DUNKLEY0.65645214.4250
BURCHELL0.65645209.0592
MINER0.65645208.3333
ROLLS0.65645208.3333
COURSE0.65645196.0784
LOVELL0.65645192.5926
TAPLIN0.65645177.7778
EDMUND0.65645151.5152
CAVE0.65645118.9189
JACKMAN0.65645116.8614
MARKHAM0.65645104.1667
EDMONDS0.6564597.4026
CLARE0.6564596.3597
GAYTON0.6564591.7431
GARRATT0.6564591.7431
GORMAN0.6564589.9743
DENISON0.6564581.6327
EDMUNDS0.6564571.3436
WEST0.6564566.0225
YORK0.6564558.6854
EUSTACE0.6564555.2486
STOWE0.6564552.9101
SHARP0.6564552.0930
HUCKLE0.6564548.7805
LETTS0.6564545.4545
PETTIT0.6564539.2157
HINE0.6564539.2157
PLUMMER0.6564534.8028
ALDERTON0.6564534.7222
CROUCH0.6564534.6821
CHANCE0.6564533.4448
WAIT0.6564530.6748
BRANDON0.6564530.5810
PETERS0.6564522.1043
NEWELL0.6564519.6271
HAWKINS0.6564517.1306

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 645 people called HODELL in Emberton 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 10000.0000 in Emberton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Emberton on census day were called HODELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HODELL 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 HODELL 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 HODELL 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 HODELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Emberton means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HODELL in Emberton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Emberton in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ALDERTON (1)  ANDREWS (9)  BARKER (1)  BARRY (1)  BETTLE (1)  BURCHELL (6)  BISHERILL (1)  BOOTH (4)  BUTTFIELD (3)  BRANDON (1)  BROWN (11)  BROWNHILL (2)  BUCALEY (1)  BERRILL (15)  CADWALLADER (8)  CAMPBELL (1)  CAVE (11)  CAVES (4)  CHANCE (1)  CLARE (9)  CLARK (2)  COALES (1)  COLLIER (1)  COOPER (20)  COURSE (2)  COX (1)  CROUCH (3)  DENISON (2)  DICKENS (1)  DUNKLEY (11)  EDEHARD (1)  EDMONDS (12)  EDMUNDS (6)  EDMUND (1)  EUSTACE (1)  EVANS (3)  FARMES (1)  FARMER (1)  FLUTE (4)  GARRATT (6)  GAYTON (1)  GLANDFIELD (4)  GOODRED (1)  GORMAN (7)  GRAY (1)  GUILLE (3)  HARRIS (5)  HAWKINS (8)  HERBERT (3)  HINE (2)  HOBBS (3)  HODDELL (4)  HODELL (1)  HOLMES (11)  HORN (1)  HOWSON (29)  HUCKLE (1)  HULCUP (5)  INWARDS (1)  JACKMAN (7)  JACKSON (1)  LANDON (5)  LETT (29)  LETTS (1)  LLOYD (2)  LOVELL (26)  MANN (3)  MARDLING (6)  MARKHAM (8)  MATHEWS (2)  MILLWARD (1)  MYNARD (35)  MINARD (1)  MINER (1)  MOIREY (1)  MUSKETT (5)  NEWBURY (17)  NEWELL (2)  NICHOLLS (5)  PAYBODY (12)  PAKES (5)  PERKS (1)  PETERS (5)  PETTIT (2)  PLUMMER (3)  RICHARDSON (11)  RICHENS (7)  ROBERTS (1)  ROLLS (6)  SAMS (4)  SHARP (28)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEWRY (2)  SIMCO (2)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (1)  STURLAND (1)  STOWE (1)  TAPLIN (4)  TARRY (6)  TOMKINS (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURLAND (10)  TURNER (2)  WARREN (2)  WATTS (2)  WEST (41)  WHEELER (2)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WHITING (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (22)  WRIGHT (24)  WAIT (1)  YORK (5)