Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire

Lavendon 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
HOLMES567.061857.99
PANTER486.05301,784.39
GREEN374.665816.57
FREEMAN344.287567.14
SPRIGGS334.1614837.56
FAIRY313.90926,595.74
ROBINSON283.530911.07
WARD172.14389.81
JOHNSON172.14386.38
WOODING162.0177462.43
HIVES162.01772,253.52
WATTS151.891622.56
LAY141.7654237.29
DENTON131.639389.22
WRIGHT121.51324.72
TOMPKINS121.5132175.44
SMART121.513233.23
ODELL121.5132206.90
BILLING121.5132271.49
CAPP111.3871797.10
DODD111.387134.11
ATWOOD101.2610689.66
KNIGHT101.261010.23
HARRIS101.26104.96
TAYLOR101.26101.97
WIGGINS91.1349105.26
MARSHALL91.13496.77
HUCKLE91.1349357.14
HARLEY91.134988.06
BRITTAIN81.0088130.51
GAMMAGE81.0088714.29
BIGGS81.008853.51
RAINBOW81.0088243.16
PARRIS70.8827330.19
SHARPE70.882729.95
ORPIN60.7566845.07
BEDFORD60.756631.88
WARREN60.756611.32
WEBB60.75665.58
CARTER60.75664.51
DRAGE60.7566196.08
EDMONDS50.630533.00
NICHOLLS50.630512.07
ADAMS40.50443.42
PRATT40.50448.78
COTTON40.504421.13
SPARKS40.504433.36
BROOKS40.50445.16
PARSONS30.37834.98
PALMER30.37833.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FAIRY0.797936595.7447
ADELL0.797934285.7143
HIVES0.797932253.5211
PANTER0.797931784.3866
WHITMER0.797931000.0000
ORPIN0.79793845.0704
SPRIGGS0.79793837.5635
CAPP0.79793797.1014
GAMMAGE0.79793714.2857
ATWOOD0.79793689.6552
WOODING0.79793462.4277
HUCKLE0.79793357.1429
PARRIS0.79793330.1887
COVINGTON0.79793294.1176
BILLING0.79793271.4932
RAINBOW0.79793243.1611
LAY0.79793237.2881
ODELL0.79793206.8966
DRAGE0.79793196.0784
IRESON0.79793186.3354
TOMPKINS0.79793175.4386
OSBOURN0.79793158.7302
TACEY0.79793153.8462
BRITTAIN0.79793130.5057
HAMMON0.79793116.2791
WIGGINS0.79793105.2632
CUMBERLAND0.79793100.0000
THEW0.7979395.2381
DENTON0.7979389.2244
HARLEY0.7979388.0626
TARRY0.7979375.7576
STIFF0.7979372.7273
FREEMAN0.7979367.1406
TUCKEY0.7979362.1118
FREESTONE0.7979358.6510
HOLMES0.7979357.9890
HADDON0.7979356.4972
BIGGS0.7979353.5117
GRIGGS0.7979348.5437
DODD0.7979334.1085
SPARKS0.7979333.3611
SMART0.7979333.2318
EDMONDS0.7979333.0033
IVES0.7979332.2928
BEDFORD0.7979331.8810
WESTLEY0.7979330.6748
SHARPE0.7979329.9529
WATTS0.7979322.5598
COTTON0.7979321.1305
CROUCH0.7979318.8147

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 793 people called FAIRY in Lavendon 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 6595.7447 in Lavendon means that 6595.7447% of the people in Lavendon on census day were called FAIRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FAIRY 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 FAIRY 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 FAIRY 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 FAIRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Lavendon means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FAIRY in Lavendon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lavendon in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ADELL (3)  ALLEN (2)  ARBER (1)  ATWOOD (10)  BAILEY (3)  BARNWALL (2)  BATTAMS (2)  BEDFORD (6)  BIGGS (8)  BILLING (12)  BOLTON (1)  BOND (1)  BRITTAIN (8)  BROOKES (3)  BROOKS (4)  BROWN (1)  BERRILL (1)  CAPP (11)  CARTER (6)  CHAPLAIN (6)  CHARLTON (1)  CLIFTON (2)  COTTON (4)  COVINGTON (3)  CROUCH (2)  CUMBERLAND (2)  DALTON (2)  DAVISON (1)  DENTON (13)  DODD (11)  DRAGE (6)  EDMONDS (5)  FAIRY (31)  PHILBEY (2)  FINCH (1)  FLINT (1)  FREEMAN (34)  FREESTONE (2)  FROST (1)  GAMMAGE (8)  GREEN (37)  GRIGGS (3)  HALLAM (1)  HAMMON (1)  HARLEY (9)  HARRIS (10)  HADDON (3)  HEMINGTON (1)  HILTON (1)  HIVES (16)  HOLMES (56)  WHITE HOLMES OR HOLMES (12)  HORNE (SPRIGGS) (4)  HOUGHTON (1)  HUCKLE (9)  IRESON (3)  IVES (3)  JACKSON (2)  JENKINS (2)  JOHNSON (17)  KEIGHTLEY (1)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (10)  LAY (14)  MAIDLEN (1)  MARSHALL (9)  MASON (3)  MYLAND (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MORGAN (1)  NICHOLLS (5)  ODELL (12)  ORPIN (6)  OSBORN (3)  OSBOURN (2)  PANTER (48)  PALMER (3)  PARRIS (7)  PARSONS (3)  PEARSON (1)  PITTAMS (1)  PRATT (4)  RAINBOW (8)  ROBINSON (28)  RUBYTHAN (5)  ROE (1)  ROSE (3)  ROWELL (1)  SILLY (1)  SHARPE (7)  SHARP (2)  SMART (12)  SMITH (1)  SOAMES (7)  SPARKS (4)  SPRIGGS (33)  STIFF (2)  SURTEES (5)  TAME (2)  TARRY (2)  TACEY (1)  TAYLOR (10)  THEW (1)  TOMPKINS (12)  TUCKEY (1)  TYSOE (1)  UNDERWOOD (2)  WALKER (1)  WARD (17)  WARREN (6)  WATTS (15)  WEBB (6)  WESTLEY (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITMER (1)  WIGGINS (9)  WILKINS (1)  WOODING (16)  WRIGHT (12)