Top surnames from the 1881 census in Basildon, Berkshire

Basildon is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Berkshire

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
PAGE355.311166.44
SMITH263.94542.79
LAMB192.883254.66
BOSLEY162.42791,032.26
ALBURY152.27622,777.78
HARWOOD142.124479.37
HIGGS142.1244116.57
POCOCK131.9727187.32
BROOKER111.6692138.36
VINCE101.5175250.63
COLE91.365714.99
MAY81.214019.07
STEEL81.214029.78
ATTWELL81.2140551.72
WINGROVE81.2140414.51
TAYLOR81.21401.90
MILES81.214020.58
HENWOOD81.2140289.86
THATCHER71.0622115.51
PINK71.0622161.29
WYATT71.062236.21
TOWNSEND71.062225.01
BENNETT60.91055.54
HEARNE60.9105272.73
BRITTEN60.9105228.14
FINCH50.758722.79
DUCKETT50.7587118.76
HORNE50.758734.87
COOK50.75873.82
MAJOR50.758756.24
CURTIS50.758713.37
SIMS50.758725.30
WELLS50.75879.12
WITT50.7587190.11
FULLER40.607015.00
ADAMS40.60704.12
TANNER40.607027.05
BROWN40.60700.92
LOVELL40.607029.01
HARDING40.60708.39
ROBINSON40.60701.90
GOODCHILD40.607062.40
BELCHER40.607050.38
FAIRCHILD40.6070268.46
BALDWIN40.607014.23
STANFORD40.607072.99
HEARN40.607045.87
PALMER40.60705.15
WHEELER40.607010.05
NEWMAN40.60708.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENNIE0.666594000.0000
ALBURY0.666592777.7778
GOODARD0.666591111.1111
BOSLEY0.666591032.2581
BOTH0.666591000.0000
JOSEY0.66659769.2308
MATTINGLEY0.66659652.1739
ATTWELL0.66659551.7241
GOATLEY0.66659476.1905
WINGROVE0.66659414.5078
LYFORD0.66659344.8276
HENWOOD0.66659289.8551
HEARNE0.66659272.7273
FAIRCHILD0.66659268.4564
VINCE0.66659250.6266
BRITTEN0.66659228.1369
COVER0.66659192.3077
WITT0.66659190.1141
POCOCK0.66659187.3199
TAPLIN0.66659173.9130
PINK0.66659161.2903
SEYMORE0.66659140.8451
BROOKER0.66659138.3648
PEYTON0.66659126.5823
OSBOURNE0.66659123.9669
DUCKETT0.66659118.7648
HIGGS0.66659116.5695
THATCHER0.66659115.5116
COVENTRY0.66659114.9425
HARWOOD0.6665979.3651
GASH0.6665973.5294
STANFORD0.6665972.9927
ANGEL0.6665970.6714
PAGE0.6665966.4389
GOODCHILD0.6665962.4025
WOODLAND0.6665959.8802
MAJOR0.6665956.2430
FLOWERS0.6665956.1798
BRIANT0.6665955.5556
LAMB0.6665954.6605
BELCHER0.6665950.3778
HEARN0.6665945.8716
PIDGEON0.6665945.6621
ALDER0.6665942.4628
WREN0.6665942.0168
FUDGE0.6665940.6504
WYATT0.6665936.2131
HORNE0.6665934.8675
STEEL0.6665929.7841
LOVELL0.6665929.0065

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 659 people called DENNIE in Basildon 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 4000.0000 in Basildon means that 4000.0000% of the people in Basildon on census day were called DENNIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENNIE 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 DENNIE 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 DENNIE 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 DENNIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Basildon means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENNIE in Basildon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Basildon in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ADBYE (5)  ADDISON (1)  ALBURY (15)  ALDER (2)  AMBROUS (2)  ANGEL (2)  ATTWELL (8)  BAILEY (1)  BALDWIN (4)  BARBER (3)  BARLOW (2)  BELCHER (4)  BENNETT (6)  BLACKALL (2)  BOLTON (1)  BOTH (1)  BOSHER (3)  BOSLEY (16)  BOWLES (2)  BRITTEN (6)  BROOKER (11)  BROWN (4)  BRIANT (1)  CHURCH (1)  COLES (1)  COLE (9)  COLEMAN (1)  COOK (5)  COOPER (1)  COVENTRY (3)  COVER (1)  COX (1)  CRANWELL (2)  CURTIS (5)  DEACON (2)  DEANE (1)  DENNIE (2)  DIGWEED (2)  DUCKETT (5)  DUCKAM (1)  EVANS (4)  FAIRCHILD (4)  FELSTEAD (1)  FINCH (5)  FLOWERS (3)  FULLER (4)  FUDGE (1)  GALE (3)  GARDENER (1)  GARLICK (1)  GASH (1)  GIBBS (1)  GOATLEY (2)  GODDARD (1)  GOODARD (1)  GOODALL (1)  GOODCHILD (4)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HARDING (4)  HARWOOD (14)  HEARN (4)  HEARNE (6)  HENWOOD (8)  HEARMON (3)  HIGGS (14)  HONEYWORTH (1)  HORNE (5)  HOWARD (1)  HUTCHINS (1)  JANNAWAY (1)  JOSEY (3)  KNIGHT (2)  LAMB (19)  LEACH (2)  LEWENDON (LEWINGDON) (8)  LEWINGDON (1)  LEWIS (2)  LIDDARD (1)  LAMMAS (1)  LOVEGROVE (8)  LOVELL (4)  LYFORD (2)  MAJOR (5)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (1)  MATTINGLEY (3)  MAY (8)  MERRY (1)  MILES (8)  MILLS (1)  MINPELL (1)  NEATE (1)  NEWMAN (4)  ORPWOOD (4)  OSBOURNE (3)  PAGE (35)  PALMER (4)  PAUL (1)  PAWLIN (1)  PEYTON (1)  PENERY (1)  PINFOLD (2)  PIDGEON (1)  PINK (7)  PLUMMER (1)  POCOCK (13)  POTTS (1)  PROUTEN (12)  PRUBRICK (1)  PURBRICK (5)  RICH (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROUSE (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SELWOOD (1)  SEYMORE (1)  SHACKEL (4)  SIMONS (1)  SIMS (5)  SHILTON (6)  SLADE (2)  SMIN (SMIS) (2)  SMITH (26)  SMIS (3)  STANFORD (4)  STEEL (8)  STRANGE (1)  SWAINS (4)  SYKS (6)  SYKES (1)  TANNER (4)  TAPLIN (4)  TAYLOR (8)  TEGG (11)  THATCHER (7)  TIDBURY (10)  TOWNSEND (7)  TUCKER (1)  VICKERS (1)  WAIDERBANK (1)  WALTERS (1)  WARWICK (1)  WATTS (2)  WEBB (1)  WELLAN (WHELLEN) (4)  WELLS (5)  WEST (1)  WESTON (1)  WITHERALL (5)  WHEELER (4)  WHELLEN (2)  WITT (5)  WIGGINS (2)  WILLIS (1)  WILLMOTT (1)  WINDEBANK (5)  WINDERBANK (3)  WINGROVE (8)  VINCE (10)  WOODERS (8)  WOODARS (6)  WOODLAND (2)  WOODLEY (1)  RATHELL (1)  WREN (3)  WYATT (7)