Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cowley, Gloucestershire

Cowley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Gloucestershire

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
COLLETT113.6667285.71
RANDELL113.6667588.24
WINTER113.6667103.38
LEACH103.333380.78
DAVIS103.333315.17
MITCHELL82.666713.14
CHANDLER82.666782.99
BROOKES82.6667113.48
MERRETT72.3333382.51
EDWARDS72.33338.37
COLES72.333366.99
BETHELL62.0000540.54
NEWMAN62.000026.89
PLUMB62.0000246.91
WATTS62.000023.86
PAGET62.0000375.00
BARRY51.666792.25
MORLEY51.666741.70
BARNFIELD51.6667675.68
DRIVER51.666789.93
MOULDER51.6667925.93
COOKE51.666730.19
KNIGHT51.666713.52
ADAMS41.33339.05
MUSTON41.33331,428.57
JOHNSTON41.333316.52
HARRIS41.33335.25
PEARCE41.333314.51
TURNER41.33334.79
LANE41.333319.35
JAMES41.33336.79
ROBERTSON41.33337.96
HICKS31.000023.89
SMITH31.00000.71
DEANE31.0000119.52
FRANKLIN31.000030.12
SADLER31.000042.43
FISHER31.00008.54
MASON20.66674.96
BROWN20.66671.01
MARTIN20.66672.71
SNOW20.666749.26
WHITWELL10.3333112.36
PEASE10.333388.50
LONG10.33335.14
WALKER10.33331.00
GOODWIN10.33336.33
NICHOLLS10.33336.38
BUCKLE10.333330.67
TAYLOR10.33330.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUSTON0.303001428.5714
MOULDER0.30300925.9259
BARNFIELD0.30300675.6757
TAPPIN0.30300625.0000
RANDELL0.30300588.2353
BETHELL0.30300540.5405
MERRETT0.30300382.5137
PAGET0.30300375.0000
COLLETT0.30300285.7143
JEFFERIS0.30300256.4103
PLUMB0.30300246.9136
HUBERT0.30300192.3077
NEWCOMB0.30300140.8451
DEANE0.30300119.5219
BROOKES0.30300113.4752
WHITWELL0.30300112.3596
WINTER0.30300103.3835
BARRY0.3030092.2509
DRIVER0.3030089.9281
PEASE0.3030088.4956
DENNING0.3030086.9565
CHANDLER0.3030082.9876
LEACH0.3030080.7754
COLES0.3030066.9856
TRIGG0.3030059.1716
SNOW0.3030049.2611
SADLER0.3030042.4328
MORLEY0.3030041.7014
MOSELEY0.3030036.4964
LIDDELL0.3030036.3636
DAVID0.3030032.0513
BUCKLE0.3030030.6748
COOKE0.3030030.1932
FRANKLIN0.3030030.1205
NEWMAN0.3030026.8938
BAYLISS0.3030026.3158
HICKS0.3030023.8854
WATTS0.3030023.8569
LANE0.3030019.3517
WOOLLEY0.3030016.8067
JOHNSTON0.3030016.5221
DAVIS0.3030015.1676
PEARCE0.3030014.5138
KNIGHT0.3030013.5208
MITCHELL0.3030013.1449
HOBBS0.303009.1491
ADAMS0.303009.0477
FISHER0.303008.5446
EDWARDS0.303008.3722
ARCHER0.303008.0580

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 300 people called MUSTON in Cowley 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 1428.5714 in Cowley means that 1428.5714% of the people in Cowley on census day were called MUSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUSTON 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 MUSTON 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 MUSTON 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 MUSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Cowley means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUSTON in Cowley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cowley in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ARCHER (1)  BARNFIELD (5)  BAYLISS (1)  BARRY (5)  BETHELL (6)  BISHOP (1)  BOND (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BROOKES (8)  BROWN (2)  BUCKLE (1)  BOURTON (1)  CHANDLER (8)  COLES (7)  COLLETT (11)  COOKE (5)  COOPER (1)  DASTER (5)  DAVIS (10)  DAVID (1)  DEANE (3)  DENNING (1)  DRIVER (5)  EDWARDS (7)  FISHER (3)  FAWKES (1)  FRANKLIN (3)  GANNING (1)  GEGG (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GRUNING (13)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (4)  HICKS (3)  HOBBS (1)  HUBERT (1)  HURCOMB (2)  JAMES (4)  JEFFERIS (1)  JOHNSTON (4)  KITCHENER (5)  KNIGHT (5)  LAFFORD (1)  LANE (4)  LEACH (10)  LIDDELL (1)  LIDIARD (7)  LITTLE (1)  LONG (1)  MERRETT (7)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (2)  MITCHELL (8)  MORLEY (5)  MOSELEY (1)  MOULDER (5)  MUSTON (4)  NEWCOMB (1)  NEWMAN (6)  NICHOLLS (1)  NURDIN (2)  PAGET (6)  PEASE (1)  PEARCE (4)  PLUMB (6)  PURTON (2)  RANDELL (11)  ROBERTSON (4)  SADLER (3)  SMITH (3)  SNOW (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TIPPER (1)  TAPPIN (1)  TRIGG (1)  TUFFLEY (5)  TURNER (4)  WALKER (1)  WATTS (6)  WEBB (1)  WHITWELL (1)  WINTER (11)  WOOLLEY (1)