Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitsbury, Hampshire

Whitsbury is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Hampshire

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
EARNEY1910.326119,000.00
YOUNG137.065232.89
RUDDLE84.34782,758.62
STURGESS84.3478754.72
HOOPER84.3478102.70
HOOD73.8043137.52
NORTHWAY73.80434,117.65
COMPTON63.2609338.98
WAY63.2609295.57
ABRAHAM52.7174276.24
WALLIN52.71743,333.33
NEWMAN52.717436.55
ROBERTS42.17395.78
LAWRENCE42.173933.47
DRAPER42.173992.38
PURVIS42.1739224.72
LONG42.173933.50
WELCH31.630446.37
RALPH31.6304107.14
ISAAC31.6304129.87
WHEATLEY31.630480.00
WATERS31.630440.60
CROOK31.630456.82
PHILPOTT21.0870141.84
DYER21.087028.05
GOSNEY21.0870571.43
MERRITT21.0870155.04
HEWETT21.087093.46
CARTER10.54353.24
HARE10.543535.21
FOSTER10.54354.07
MILES10.54359.21
SMITH10.54350.38
BOWLER10.543544.44
ELLIOT10.543521.32
SUTTON10.54358.54
CHEATER10.5435714.29
BARRETT10.54358.09
GALE10.543518.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EARNEY0.1818419000.0000
NORTHWAY0.181844117.6471
WALLIN0.181843333.3333
RUDDLE0.181842758.6207
STURGESS0.18184754.7170
CHEATER0.18184714.2857
GOSNEY0.18184571.4286
COMPTON0.18184338.9831
WAY0.18184295.5665
ABRAHAM0.18184276.2431
PURVIS0.18184224.7191
MERRITT0.18184155.0388
PHILPOTT0.18184141.8440
HOOD0.18184137.5246
ISAAC0.18184129.8701
RALPH0.18184107.1429
HOOPER0.18184102.6958
HEWETT0.1818493.4579
DRAPER0.1818492.3788
WHEATLEY0.1818480.0000
CROOK0.1818456.8182
WELCH0.1818446.3679
BOWLER0.1818444.4444
WATERS0.1818440.5954
NEWMAN0.1818436.5497
HARE0.1818435.2113
LONG0.1818433.5008
LAWRENCE0.1818433.4728
YOUNG0.1818432.8864
DYER0.1818428.0505
ELLIOT0.1818421.3220
GALE0.1818418.1488
MILES0.181849.2081
SUTTON0.181848.5397
BARRETT0.181848.0906
ROBERTS0.181845.7787
FOSTER0.181844.0650
CARTER0.181843.2373
SMITH0.181840.3849

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 184 people called EARNEY in Whitsbury 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 19000.0000 in Whitsbury means that 19000.0000% of the people in Whitsbury on census day were called EARNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EARNEY 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 EARNEY 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 EARNEY 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 EARNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Whitsbury means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EARNEY in Whitsbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitsbury in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (5)  BARRETT (1)  BOWLER (1)  BUNDAY (5)  CARTER (1)  CHEATER (1)  COLBORNE (6)  COMPTON (6)  CROOK (3)  DRAPER (4)  DYER (2)  EARNEY (19)  ELLIOT (1)  FOSTER (1)  GALE (1)  GOSNEY (2)  HARE (1)  HEWETT (2)  HOOD (7)  HOOPER (8)  ISAAC (3)  LAWRENCE (4)  LONG (4)  MERRITT (2)  MILES (1)  MIST (5)  MORRICE (4)  NEWMAN (5)  NORTHWAY (7)  NUTBEAM (5)  PHILPOTT (2)  PURVIS (4)  ROBERTS (4)  RALPH (3)  RUDDLE (8)  SMITH (1)  SNELGAR (1)  STURGESS (8)  SUTTON (1)  TOLBY (1)  EARNY (1)  WATERS (3)  WAY (6)  WELCH (3)  WHEATLEY (3)  WALLIN (5)  YOUNG (13)