Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edgeworth, Gloucestershire

Edgeworth 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
SMITH96.92314.90
PORTLOCK96.92315,625.00
HOBBS86.1538168.78
BOWRING75.38461,666.67
ELDRIDGE64.6154422.54
GARDNER64.615468.03
PROBERT64.6154582.52
WAKEFIELD64.6154257.51
COOK64.615423.24
CHESTER53.8462314.47
HOPKINS43.076951.09
WILLIAMS43.07694.28
ASHMEAD32.30773,000.00
SHAW32.307712.56
GIBBONS32.307771.77
COLES32.307766.23
TOVEY21.5385263.16
DREW21.538558.31
ROBINS21.538572.46
WATKINS21.538525.38
BURR10.769296.15
HUNT10.76925.79
RIDOUT10.7692217.39
PARSONS10.769210.12
WAKEHAM10.7692204.08
MASTERS10.769241.49
STEVENS10.76927.37
SHARPE10.769226.11
ORCHARD10.769272.46
JOHNSON10.76922.29
BLACKWELL10.769242.19
GARDINER10.769226.74
MORRIS10.76923.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PORTLOCK0.131305625.0000
ASHMEAD0.131303000.0000
BOWRING0.131301666.6667
PROBERT0.13130582.5243
ELDRIDGE0.13130422.5352
CHESTER0.13130314.4654
TOVEY0.13130263.1579
WAKEFIELD0.13130257.5107
RIDOUT0.13130217.3913
WAKEHAM0.13130204.0816
HOBBS0.13130168.7764
BURR0.1313096.1538
ORCHARD0.1313072.4638
ROBINS0.1313072.4638
GIBBONS0.1313071.7703
GARDNER0.1313068.0272
COLES0.1313066.2252
DREW0.1313058.3090
HOPKINS0.1313051.0856
BLACKWELL0.1313042.1941
MASTERS0.1313041.4938
GARDINER0.1313026.7380
SHARPE0.1313026.1097
WATKINS0.1313025.3807
COOK0.1313023.2378
SHAW0.1313012.5628
PARSONS0.1313010.1215
STEVENS0.131307.3692
HUNT0.131305.7904
SMITH0.131304.9033
WILLIAMS0.131304.2831
MORRIS0.131303.4554
JOHNSON0.131302.2894

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 130 people called PORTLOCK in Edgeworth 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 5625.0000 in Edgeworth means that 5625.0000% of the people in Edgeworth on census day were called PORTLOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PORTLOCK 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 PORTLOCK 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 PORTLOCK 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 PORTLOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Edgeworth means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PORTLOCK in Edgeworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edgeworth in 1881

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

ASHMEAD (3)  BAGLIN (1)  BLACKWELL (1)  BOWRING (7)  BRUNSDON (9)  BURR (1)  CHESTER (5)  COLES (3)  COOK (6)  DREW (2)  ELDRIDGE (6)  GARDNER (6)  GARDINER (1)  GIBBONS (3)  GOBEY (3)  HOBBS (8)  HABGOOD (5)  HOPKINS (4)  HUNT (1)  JOHNSON (1)  MASTERS (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOGFORD (1)  ORCHARD (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEPWORTH (2)  PORTLOCK (9)  PROBERT (6)  RIDOUT (1)  ROBINS (2)  SHARPE (1)  SHAW (3)  SMITH (9)  STEVENS (1)  TOVEY (2)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WAKEHAM (1)  WATKINS (2)  WILLIAMS (4)