Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woolaston, Gloucestershire

Woolaston 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
WILLIAMS505.77378.04
BALL445.080861.51
LEWIS364.157015.81
DAVIS343.926117.87
HARRIS293.348713.18
PRICE202.309513.20
COOK171.96309.88
JAMES161.84769.41
REEKS161.84761,203.01
JONES161.84761.63
WATKINS151.732128.58
THOMAS141.61663.92
MORGAN121.38576.97
MARTIN111.27025.16
FLETCHER111.270211.13
EVANS111.27022.91
PHILLIPS111.27027.10
SMITH111.27020.90
PROCTOR111.270251.67
PROSSER101.154773.69
MURPHY101.154714.46
BEAL101.1547122.85
BOUGHTON91.0393251.40
BLANCH91.0393538.92
POWELL91.03938.33
ROBERTS91.03932.76
BIDDLE91.0393144.23
MAPPS91.039312,857.14
STEEL80.923822.66
MARSHALL80.92385.51
TERRELL80.9238547.95
DAW80.9238133.33
BIGGS70.808342.89
LUCE70.8083463.58
EDWARDS70.80832.90
BUBB70.8083309.73
ELLIOTT60.69288.17
SIMMONS60.692816.97
DELANEY60.6928107.72
TAMPLIN60.6928480.00
GUEST60.692832.43
TUDOR60.6928103.09
MATTHEWS60.69287.94
HODGES60.692823.62
ADAMS50.57743.92
BUTT50.577444.76
SIMMONDS50.577421.62
HOPKINS50.57749.59
BUTLER50.57745.92
HIGGS50.577431.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KNOFF0.8786620000.0000
MAPPS0.8786612857.1429
WIGGEN0.878661428.5714
REEKS0.878661203.0075
PLAISTED0.878661111.1111
DURKE0.878661111.1111
SEYS0.87866588.2353
TERRELL0.87866547.9452
BLANCH0.87866538.9222
TAMPLIN0.87866480.0000
WELDEN0.87866476.1905
LUCE0.87866463.5762
BUBB0.87866309.7345
BOUGHTON0.87866251.3966
DUNCOMBE0.87866230.4147
RYMER0.87866193.2367
NELMS0.87866188.6792
SOMERSET0.87866170.9402
GERRISH0.87866162.1622
BIDDLE0.87866144.2308
DAW0.87866133.3333
PREWETT0.87866131.5789
BEAL0.87866122.8501
WINTLE0.87866121.9512
DELANEY0.87866107.7199
TUDOR0.87866103.0928
STOCKHAM0.8786686.9565
PROSSER0.8786673.6920
MADDOX0.8786668.0272
VICKERY0.8786663.6943
BALL0.8786661.5127
HOBDAY0.8786657.1429
BLUNT0.8786657.1429
CALE0.8786656.4972
ROSSITER0.8786655.0459
CREW0.8786654.8446
PROCTOR0.8786651.6674
BUTT0.8786644.7628
FRAZER0.8786644.7094
MALLARD0.8786644.6429
BIGGS0.8786642.8922
GUEST0.8786632.4324
HIGGS0.8786631.6656
WATKINS0.8786628.5823
HODGES0.8786623.6220
THORN0.8786623.1839
STEEL0.8786622.6629
LEADBETTER0.8786622.2717
SIMMONDS0.8786621.6169
BLOWER0.8786619.5313

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 866 people called KNOFF in Woolaston 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 20000.0000 in Woolaston means that 20000.0000% of the people in Woolaston on census day were called KNOFF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KNOFF 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 KNOFF 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 KNOFF 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 KNOFF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.87 in Woolaston means that you are 0.87 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KNOFF in Woolaston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woolaston in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALDRIDGE (3)  ALLEN (1)  ATKINS (2)  BUBB (7)  BAKER (1)  BALL (44)  BATTERSHILL (3)  BEAL (10)  BIDDLE (9)  BIGGS (7)  BIRD (4)  BISHOP (3)  BLANCH (9)  BLOWER (1)  BLUNT (4)  BOUGHTON (9)  BROWN (3)  BRICE (1)  BUTLER (5)  BUTT (5)  CLARK (4)  CONNOR (2)  COOK (17)  COX (2)  CROOME (6)  CREW (3)  DARBY (2)  DAVIS (34)  DAVIES (2)  DAW (8)  DELANEY (6)  DUNCOMBE (5)  DURKE (1)  EDMONDS (1)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDS (7)  ELLIOTT (6)  EMERSON (1)  ETHINS (1)  EVANS (11)  FLETCHER (11)  FOSTER (1)  FRAZER (3)  FROWEN (7)  FRY (1)  CULLIMORE (3)  GERRISH (3)  GIBBONS (1)  GODDARD (1)  GRAIL (15)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (2)  GRIFFITHS (5)  GUEST (6)  O'HARE (2)  HARRIS (29)  HARVEY (1)  HAULIN (1)  HAYWARD (2)  HEARN (1)  HIGGS (5)  HOBDAY (2)  HODGES (6)  HOPKINS (5)  HOWELL (3)  HUMPHRIES (2)  HUNT (3)  JAMES (16)  JENKINS (2)  JONES (16)  CALE (1)  KING (3)  KNOFF (2)  LEECH (1)  LEADBETTER (1)  LEARY (1)  LEES (1)  LEWIS (36)  LLOYD (1)  LUCE (7)  MADDOX (3)  MADORE (1)  MALLARD (1)  MAPPS (9)  MARSHALL (8)  MARTIN (11)  MATTHEWS (6)  MC GOOGIN (2)  MC GRATH (4)  MILES (2)  MORGAN (12)  MURPHY (10)  NASH (2)  MC NEIL (14)  NEALE (1)  NELMS (1)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (1)  PHILLIPS (11)  PLAISTED (2)  PORTER (1)  POWELL (9)  PREWETT (1)  PRICE (20)  PRITCHARD (4)  PROCTOR (11)  PROSSER (10)  RAVENHILL (5)  REEKS (16)  REEVES (4)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (3)  RYMER (4)  ROACH (1)  ROBERTS (9)  ROWE (1)  ROSSITER (3)  RUSSELL (1)  SAIT (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEYS (1)  SHARPE (2)  SHILLAM (10)  SHILLIBEAR (5)  SIMMONS (6)  SIMMONDS (5)  SMITH (11)  SOMERSET (2)  SPENCER (3)  STANLEY (2)  STEEL (8)  STEPHENS (1)  STOCKHAM (1)  TAMPLIN (6)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (14)  THORN (3)  TUDOR (6)  TERRELL (8)  VALENTINE (1)  VICKERY (4)  VICARY (3)  VICKARY (1)  WALDEN (1)  WATKINS (15)  WATTS (2)  WELDEN (1)  WHITE (4)  WICKSEN (1)  WIXEN (1)  WIGGEN (1)  WILLIAMS (50)  WINTLE (3)  WOODROFFE (6)