Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire

Gayhurst 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
PHILPOT99.89011,475.41
TOWNSEND88.7912206.72
PELL77.69231,372.55
EDMUNDS77.6923588.24
LOVELL77.6923368.42
MEADOWS77.6923551.18
REID66.593462.76
WARREN55.494582.24
HAYNES44.3956123.08
WHITING44.3956228.57
EVANS33.29677.54
SIBLEY22.1978273.97
LYMAN22.19784,000.00
WRIGHTON22.1978909.09
WILMER22.19782,222.22
FOSTER22.197816.43
ADAMS11.09897.46
FRANCIS11.098918.45
MILLER11.09896.14
CAVE11.098976.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LYMAN0.09914000.0000
WILMER0.09912222.2222
PHILPOT0.09911475.4098
PELL0.09911372.5490
WRIGHTON0.0991909.0909
EDMUNDS0.0991588.2353
MEADOWS0.0991551.1811
LOVELL0.0991368.4211
SIBLEY0.0991273.9726
WHITING0.0991228.5714
TOWNSEND0.0991206.7183
HAYNES0.0991123.0769
WARREN0.099182.2368
CAVE0.099176.3359
REID0.099162.7615
FRANCIS0.099118.4502
FOSTER0.099116.4339
EVANS0.09917.5434
ADAMS0.09917.4571
MILLER0.09916.1425

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 91 people called LYMAN in Gayhurst 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 4000.0000 in Gayhurst means that 4000.0000% of the people in Gayhurst on census day were called LYMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LYMAN 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 LYMAN 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 LYMAN 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 LYMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Gayhurst means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LYMAN in Gayhurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gayhurst in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  CAVE (1)  EDMUNDS (7)  ESTAM (7)  EVANS (3)  FOSTER (2)  FRANCIS (1)  HAYNES (4)  LYMAN (2)  LOVELL (7)  MEADOWS (7)  MILLER (1)  PELL (7)  PHILPOT (9)  REID (6)  SAWBRIDGE (3)  SIBLEY (2)  TOWNSEND (8)  WARREN (5)  WHITING (4)  WILMER (2)  WRIGHTON (2)