Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wolverton, Hampshire

Wolverton 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
MILES126.5217110.50
FREEMAN115.978393.62
COOPER105.434822.34
HOLMES105.434844.62
MAY105.434885.40
CAVE94.8913340.91
DOWLING94.8913441.18
WESTON84.3478106.67
BOWMAN73.8043145.53
WHITE73.804311.84
TAYLOR52.71744.25
WIGG52.7174980.39
SEWARD52.7174495.05
WALKER31.63044.87
SOPER31.6304263.16
BUTTER31.6304340.91
BAGGS31.6304697.67
LAWRENCE31.630425.10
AVERY31.630497.09
JONES31.63041.44
CLARK31.63045.43
BLUNDEN21.0870327.87
HUTCHINS21.0870107.53
YOUNG21.08705.06
SMITH21.08700.77
HEDGES21.087095.24
BOND21.087020.53
LANDON10.5435285.71
DAVIS10.54352.47
ALLEN10.54352.88
CHANDLER10.543516.92
ROSE10.54357.33
HILL10.54352.13
PHILLIPS10.54353.04
HAINES10.543523.47
MARES10.5435833.33
FISHER10.54354.64
JORDEN10.5435357.14
HUNT10.54354.09
ROLF10.5435312.50
BUSSON10.54351,250.00
GIBBS10.543511.06
WEBB10.54354.01
SUMMERFIELD10.543584.03
CANE10.543580.00
PROUT10.5435109.89
HAYDON10.543586.96
BURNSIDE10.5435153.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUSSON0.181841250.0000
WIGG0.18184980.3922
MARES0.18184833.3333
BAGGS0.18184697.6744
SEWARD0.18184495.0495
DOWLING0.18184441.1765
JORDEN0.18184357.1429
BUTTER0.18184340.9091
CAVE0.18184340.9091
BLUNDEN0.18184327.8689
ROLF0.18184312.5000
LANDON0.18184285.7143
SOPER0.18184263.1579
BURNSIDE0.18184153.8462
BOWMAN0.18184145.5301
MILES0.18184110.4972
PROUT0.18184109.8901
HUTCHINS0.18184107.5269
WESTON0.18184106.6667
AVERY0.1818497.0874
HEDGES0.1818495.2381
FREEMAN0.1818493.6170
HAYDON0.1818486.9565
MAY0.1818485.3971
SUMMERFIELD0.1818484.0336
CANE0.1818480.0000
HOLMES0.1818444.6229
LAWRENCE0.1818425.1046
HAINES0.1818423.4742
COOPER0.1818422.3414
BOND0.1818420.5339
CHANDLER0.1818416.9205
WHITE0.1818411.8363
GIBBS0.1818411.0619
ROSE0.181847.3260
CLARK0.181845.4250
YOUNG0.181845.0594
WALKER0.181844.8701
FISHER0.181844.6425
TAYLOR0.181844.2492
HUNT0.181844.0917
WEBB0.181844.0096
PHILLIPS0.181843.0377
ALLEN0.181842.8769
DAVIS0.181842.4734
HILL0.181842.1340
JONES0.181841.4396
SMITH0.181840.7698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 184 people called BUSSON in Wolverton 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 1250.0000 in Wolverton means that 1250.0000% of the people in Wolverton on census day were called BUSSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Wolverton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  AVERY (3)  BAGGS (3)  BAVERSTOCK (2)  BLUNDEN (2)  BOND (2)  BOWMAN (7)  BURNSIDE (1)  BUSSON (1)  BUTTER (3)  CANE (1)  CAVE (9)  CHANDLER (1)  CLARK (3)  COOPER (10)  DAVIS (1)  DOWLING (9)  FISHER (1)  FREEMAN (11)  GIBBS (1)  GOBDEN (1)  JORDEN (1)  HAYDON (1)  HAINES (1)  HEARMAN (3)  HEDGES (2)  HILL (1)  HELLIER (1)  HOLMES (10)  HUNT (1)  HUTCHINS (2)  JONES (3)  LANDON (1)  LAWRENCE (3)  LEAVEY (1)  LIDDARD (1)  MAY (10)  MILES (12)  MOOREY (1)  MARES (1)  PAINT (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PROUT (1)  PURTON (1)  RABBITS (1)  ROLF (1)  ROSE (1)  RYECROFT (2)  SEWARD (5)  SMITH (2)  SOPER (3)  SPACKSMAN (4)  SUMMERFIELD (1)  TAYLOR (5)  WALKER (3)  WEBB (1)  WESTON (8)  WHITE (7)  WIGG (5)  YOUNG (2)