Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fernham, Berkshire

Fernham 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
HAINES146.8293294.74
HIBBARD136.34152,166.67
PIKE125.8537201.34
TRUEMAN104.8780709.22
CHURCH94.3902201.34
AYERS83.9024650.41
GODDARD73.414684.95
CLARKE73.414616.85
BALL62.926835.44
BROOKS62.926829.94
COOK52.439012.28
RICH52.4390194.55
UNDERWOOD52.439090.42
CURTIS52.439042.99
PALMER41.951216.56
BRITTAIN41.9512253.16
KENT31.463434.72
BROWN31.46342.22
THATCHER31.4634159.57
KEEP31.4634400.00
BOND31.463427.65
BAYLIS31.4634139.53
SIMS31.463448.78
ROGERS31.463411.27
BOWLES20.975659.70
BENSON20.975635.97
LEWIS20.97563.71
HIGGS20.975653.48
WYATT10.487816.64
WARREN10.48787.29
ANGER10.48781,000.00
HOLLIDAY10.487837.17
SAUNDERS10.48785.32
HAWKINS10.48786.74
WOODBRIDGE10.4878116.28
STALLARD10.4878111.11
ROUSE10.487834.01
WATTS10.48785.82
ATKINS10.487813.00
LANGHAM10.4878111.11
HUNT10.48783.67
BETTERIDGE10.4878108.70
GRIFFIN10.487810.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HIBBARD0.212052166.6667
ANGER0.212051000.0000
TRUEMAN0.21205709.2199
AYERS0.21205650.4065
KEEP0.21205400.0000
HAINES0.21205294.7368
BRITTAIN0.21205253.1646
CHURCH0.21205201.3423
PIKE0.21205201.3423
RICH0.21205194.5525
THATCHER0.21205159.5745
BAYLIS0.21205139.5349
WOODBRIDGE0.21205116.2791
LANGHAM0.21205111.1111
STALLARD0.21205111.1111
BETTERIDGE0.21205108.6957
UNDERWOOD0.2120590.4159
GODDARD0.2120584.9515
BOWLES0.2120559.7015
HIGGS0.2120553.4759
SIMS0.2120548.7805
CURTIS0.2120542.9923
HOLLIDAY0.2120537.1747
BENSON0.2120535.9712
BALL0.2120535.4400
KENT0.2120534.7222
ROUSE0.2120534.0136
BROOKS0.2120529.9401
BOND0.2120527.6498
CLARKE0.2120516.8512
WYATT0.2120516.6389
PALMER0.2120516.5563
ATKINS0.2120513.0039
COOK0.2120512.2790
ROGERS0.2120511.2697
GRIFFIN0.2120510.3627
WARREN0.212057.2939
HAWKINS0.212056.7385
WATTS0.212055.8173
SAUNDERS0.212055.3191
LEWIS0.212053.7106
HUNT0.212053.6724
BROWN0.212052.2199

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 205 people called HIBBARD in Fernham 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 2166.6667 in Fernham means that 2166.6667% of the people in Fernham on census day were called HIBBARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HIBBARD 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 HIBBARD 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 HIBBARD 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 HIBBARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Fernham means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HIBBARD in Fernham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fernham in 1881

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

ANGER (1)  ATKINS (1)  BALL (6)  BAYLIS (3)  BENSON (2)  BETTERIDGE (1)  BOND (3)  BOWLES (2)  BRITTAIN (4)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (3)  CHURCH (9)  CLARKE (7)  COMELY (2)  COOK (5)  CURTIS (5)  ELBROW (7)  AYERS (8)  FAIRTHORNE (8)  GERRING (1)  GODDARD (7)  GRIFFIN (1)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HAINES (14)  HIBBARD (13)  HIGGS (2)  HUNT (1)  KEEP (3)  KENT (3)  LANGHAM (1)  LEWIS (2)  LOVSEY (6)  PALMER (4)  PEATON (1)  PIKE (12)  RICH (5)  ROGERS (3)  ROUSE (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SIMS (3)  SKURRAY (1)  STALLARD (1)  THATCHER (3)  TRUEMAN (10)  UNDERWOOD (5)  WARREN (1)  WATTS (1)  WORNHAM (12)  WOODBRIDGE (1)  WYATT (1)