Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire

Leckhampstead 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
WHITEHEAD319.1176134.90
SMITH185.29413.75
WARNER175.0000137.10
HURST164.7059131.80
COOPER123.529414.51
CARTER123.529421.03
EMERTON123.52942,727.27
YOUNG123.529416.43
TOMPKINS113.2353375.43
WHITEHALL113.23531,746.03
CROOK102.9412102.46
SWANN92.6471242.59
BRITTIN92.64715,294.12
TURNER92.64719.51
ALLEN82.352912.46
CLARK82.35297.83
CHAMBERS72.058836.21
GILES72.058854.01
WASHINGTON61.7647350.88
HUGHES41.17654.20
KNIGHT41.17659.54
TAYLOR41.17651.84
HURSH41.17656,666.67
BUTCHER30.882420.94
ADKINS30.8824135.75
HAMP30.88241,111.11
JONES30.88240.78
ADAMS30.88245.99
MARKHAM20.588249.38
DRUMMOND20.588229.59
NEWMAN20.58827.91
SUMMERS20.588220.99
WESLEY20.5882151.52
HINTON20.588243.86
CAPEL20.5882198.02
LIGHTBOURNE20.58821,818.18
BROWN20.58820.89
JEFFERY20.588227.10
EAST20.588237.81
PAINE10.294121.37
ABBOTT10.29416.67
HODGES10.294110.03
HEARN10.294122.22
FENNIMORE10.29411,250.00
RANDOLPH10.2941434.78
HOWLETT10.294121.93
COLLINS10.29412.05
HITCHCOCK10.294125.51
LINES10.294127.70
BUCKINGHAM10.294122.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HURSH0.343406666.6667
BRITTIN0.343405294.1176
EMERTON0.343402727.2727
LIGHTBOURNE0.343401818.1818
WHITEHALL0.343401746.0317
FENNIMORE0.343401250.0000
HAMP0.343401111.1111
RANDOLPH0.34340434.7826
TOMPKINS0.34340375.4266
WASHINGTON0.34340350.8772
SWANN0.34340242.5876
CAPEL0.34340198.0198
WESLEY0.34340151.5152
WARNER0.34340137.0968
ADKINS0.34340135.7466
WHITEHEAD0.34340134.8999
HURST0.34340131.7957
CROOK0.34340102.4590
TAPP0.3434068.4932
HORWOOD0.3434062.1118
GILES0.3434054.0123
MARKHAM0.3434049.3827
HINTON0.3434043.8596
EAST0.3434037.8072
PAXTON0.3434036.9004
CHAMBERS0.3434036.2131
ATTWOOD0.3434029.6736
DRUMMOND0.3434029.5858
LINES0.3434027.7008
JEFFERY0.3434027.1003
HITCHCOCK0.3434025.5102
HEARN0.3434022.2222
BUCKINGHAM0.3434022.0751
HOWLETT0.3434021.9298
PAINE0.3434021.3675
CARTER0.3434021.0268
SUMMERS0.3434020.9864
BUTCHER0.3434020.9351
YOUNG0.3434016.4294
COOPER0.3434014.5085
ALLEN0.3434012.4552
HODGES0.3434010.0301
KNIGHT0.343409.5443
TURNER0.343409.5097
NEWMAN0.343407.9114
CLARK0.343407.8286
ABBOTT0.343406.6711
ADAMS0.343405.9880
HUGHES0.343404.1986
SMITH0.343403.7495

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 340 people called HURSH in Leckhampstead 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 6666.6667 in Leckhampstead means that 6666.6667% of the people in Leckhampstead on census day were called HURSH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HURSH 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 HURSH 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 HURSH 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 HURSH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Leckhampstead means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HURSH in Leckhampstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leckhampstead in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ADAMS (3)  ADKINS (3)  ALLEN (8)  ATTWOOD (1)  BRITTIN (9)  BROWN (2)  BUCKINGHAM (1)  BUTCHER (3)  CARTER (12)  CHAMBERS (7)  CAPEL (2)  CLARK (8)  COLLINS (1)  COOPER (12)  CROOK (10)  DRUMMOND (2)  EAST (2)  EMERTON (12)  FENNEMORE (8)  FENNIMORE (1)  GILES (7)  HAMP (3)  HORWOOD (1)  HEARN (1)  HERTWELL (2)  HINNE (5)  HINTON (2)  HURSH (4)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HODGES (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUGHES (4)  HURAT (12)  HURST (16)  JEFFERY (2)  JONES (3)  KNIBBS (6)  KNIGHT (4)  LIDDINGTON (1)  LIGHTBOURNE (2)  LINES (1)  MARKHAM (2)  MARTIN (1)  NEWMAN (2)  OAGOOD (1)  PAXTON (1)  PAINE (1)  RANDOLPH (1)  SINNELLS (2)  SMITH (18)  SUMMERS (2)  SOMERTON (8)  SWANN (9)  TAPP (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TICKETTS (1)  TOMPKINS (11)  TURNER (9)  WARNER (17)  WASHINGTON (6)  WESLEY (2)  WHITEHEAD (31)  WHITEHALL (11)  YOUNG (12)