Top surnames from the 1881 census in Purley, Berkshire

Purley 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
POCOCK2111.17021,060.61
BARNES105.319144.19
SIMMONDS84.2553159.36
HALL73.723412.66
SHEPPARD73.7234107.53
BOLTON73.723486.53
HUNT73.723428.03
IVES63.1915272.73
JOSEY63.19155,454.55
COX63.191521.06
LEE52.659616.28
HOPE52.659678.13
POWELL42.127717.06
HOUSE42.1277163.27
FULLER42.127752.63
BOYLE42.127781.97
MORTIMER42.1277101.78
TRAVERS31.5957319.15
WELLER31.5957111.11
TUBB21.0638256.41
BRYANT21.063824.91
STORER21.0638169.49
FOARD21.06381,250.00
CUTHBERT21.063874.07
WAIT21.0638210.53
HAWES21.063886.21
BURGESS21.063815.31
JONES21.06380.94
WILDER21.0638416.67
BEDFORD10.531922.42
JARVIS10.531911.85
WELCH10.531915.13
CURTIS10.53199.37
PARTRIDGE10.531920.37
COOK10.53192.68
MOODY10.531920.37
STRANGE10.531949.51
SHERWOOD10.531941.67
JEROME10.5319294.12
WESTON10.531913.04
DIXON10.53194.85
POPE10.531915.43
BARROW10.531925.13
WEBB10.53193.92
CURE10.5319666.67
MULLER10.5319142.86
CLARKE10.53192.63
MILNE10.531911.96
GUY10.531924.27
BROOKS10.53195.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JOSEY0.191885454.5455
FOARD0.191881250.0000
POCOCK0.191881060.6061
CURE0.19188666.6667
WILDER0.19188416.6667
TRAVERS0.19188319.1489
JEROME0.19188294.1176
IVES0.19188272.7273
TUBB0.19188256.4103
WAIT0.19188210.5263
STORER0.19188169.4915
HOUSE0.19188163.2653
SIMMONDS0.19188159.3625
MULLER0.19188142.8571
WELLER0.19188111.1111
SHEPPARD0.19188107.5269
MORTIMER0.19188101.7812
BOLTON0.1918886.5266
HAWES0.1918886.2069
BOYLE0.1918881.9672
HOPE0.1918878.1250
CUTHBERT0.1918874.0741
FULLER0.1918852.6316
STRANGE0.1918849.5050
ELDRIDGE0.1918848.5437
BARNES0.1918844.1891
BROOKER0.1918844.0529
SHERWOOD0.1918841.6667
HUNT0.1918828.0336
BARROW0.1918825.1256
BRYANT0.1918824.9066
JEFFERY0.1918824.5098
GUY0.1918824.2718
BEDFORD0.1918822.4215
COX0.1918821.0600
MOODY0.1918820.3666
PARTRIDGE0.1918820.3666
POWELL0.1918817.0576
LEE0.1918816.2760
POPE0.1918815.4321
BURGESS0.1918815.3139
WELCH0.1918815.1286
MATHEWS0.1918814.4092
WESTON0.1918813.0378
HALL0.1918812.6559
MILNE0.1918811.9617
JARVIS0.1918811.8483
BARNETT0.1918811.7925
CURTIS0.191889.3721
BROOKS0.191885.4407

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 188 people called JOSEY in Purley 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 5454.5455 in Purley means that 5454.5455% of the people in Purley on census day were called JOSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JOSEY 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 JOSEY 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 JOSEY 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 JOSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Purley means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JOSEY in Purley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Purley in 1881

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

BARNES (10)  BARNETT (1)  BAZELEY (6)  BEDFORD (1)  BOLTON (7)  BOYLE (4)  BROOKER (1)  BROOKS (1)  BRYANT (2)  BURGESS (2)  BARROW (1)  CLARKE (1)  COOK (1)  COX (6)  CURE (1)  CURTIS (1)  CUTHBERT (2)  DIXON (1)  ELDRIDGE (1)  EMTINE (1)  FOARD (2)  FULLER (4)  GREEN (1)  GUY (1)  HALL (7)  HAWES (2)  HOPE (5)  HOUSE (4)  HUNT (7)  IVES (6)  JARVIS (1)  JEFFERY (1)  JEROME (1)  JONES (2)  JOSEY (6)  LEE (5)  MATHEWS (1)  MILNE (1)  MOODY (1)  MORTIMER (4)  MULLER (1)  OADES (5)  PARTRIDGE (1)  POCOCK (21)  POPE (1)  POWELL (4)  SHEPPARD (7)  SHERWOOD (1)  SIMMONDS (8)  SHILTON (1)  STORER (2)  STRANGE (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TITCOMBE (3)  TRAVERS (3)  TUBB (2)  WANNEL (1)  WEBB (1)  WELCH (1)  WESTON (1)  WELLER (3)  WICKINS (1)  WIGMORE (1)  WILDER (2)  WAIT (2)