Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ruscombe, Berkshire

Ruscombe 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
GOODSON174.5333909.09
EXCELL154.00003,191.49
HERBERT112.933378.52
YATES92.400034.92
GODDARD82.133353.05
MAYNARD82.1333138.89
MAY82.133333.51
ESSEX82.1333666.67
FLOWERS82.1333263.16
WEBBER71.866761.08
ROLFE71.8667144.03
HAMBLETON71.8667460.53
HILLIER71.8667138.34
ROBBINS71.8667119.25
CLARKE61.60007.90
FOWLER61.600028.02
POWELL61.600012.83
SMITH61.60001.13
COTTERELL61.6000377.36
AUSTIN61.600032.73
PRIMMER61.60002,222.22
LAWRANCE61.6000244.90
ALEXANDER51.333325.19
MOORE51.33336.67
COOK51.33336.71
HOLT51.333319.91
WEST51.333313.85
HUGGINS51.3333158.23
WISE51.333363.94
KEITH41.066799.50
SHORT41.066727.30
FOLEY41.066784.75
LLOYD41.06679.13
BRIGHTWELL41.0667512.82
SIMPSON41.06676.10
MUNDY41.0667143.88
GILKERSON41.06674,444.44
HAMBLIN41.0667235.29
BLAKE30.800016.52
BROADWAY30.8000394.74
JOHNSON30.80002.38
BARRETT30.800011.91
BROWN30.80001.21
KNAPP30.8000117.19
SADLER30.800033.94
THORP30.800059.06
BROCKS30.80002,727.27
SNOW30.800059.17
PARTRIDGE30.800030.61
SIMMONDS20.533319.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILKERSON0.383754444.4444
EXCELL0.383753191.4894
BROCKS0.383752727.2727
PRIMMER0.383752222.2222
GOODSON0.38375909.0909
CHOULES0.38375833.3333
ESSEX0.38375666.6667
MORANT0.38375645.1613
GILLMORE0.38375555.5556
BRIGHTWELL0.38375512.8205
WADHAMS0.38375476.1905
HAMBLETON0.38375460.5263
BROADWAY0.38375394.7368
COTTERELL0.38375377.3585
FLOWERS0.38375263.1579
LAWRANCE0.38375244.8980
HAMBLIN0.38375235.2941
GARRAWAY0.38375204.0816
HUGGINS0.38375158.2278
ROLFE0.38375144.0329
MUNDY0.38375143.8849
MAYNARD0.38375138.8889
HILLIER0.38375138.3399
ROBBINS0.38375119.2504
KNAPP0.38375117.1875
COLLING0.38375105.2632
KEITH0.3837599.5025
PETT0.3837597.0874
FOLEY0.3837584.7458
TARRY0.3837580.0000
HERBERT0.3837578.5153
WISE0.3837563.9386
WEBBER0.3837561.0820
SNOW0.3837559.1716
THORP0.3837559.0551
GODDARD0.3837553.0504
HONEY0.3837543.4783
HEWLETT0.3837542.7350
LUNN0.3837541.2371
BURCH0.3837535.3357
YATES0.3837534.9243
SADLER0.3837533.9367
MAY0.3837533.5149
WAKE0.3837533.1126
AUSTIN0.3837532.7332
DEANE0.3837531.9489
HOLE0.3837531.0559
PARTRIDGE0.3837530.6122
FOWLER0.3837528.0243
SHORT0.3837527.3038

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 375 people called GILKERSON in Ruscombe 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 4444.4444 in Ruscombe means that 4444.4444% of the people in Ruscombe on census day were called GILKERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILKERSON 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 GILKERSON 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 GILKERSON 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 GILKERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Ruscombe means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILKERSON in Ruscombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ruscombe in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (5)  AUSTIN (6)  BA... (1)  BARRETT (3)  BAVERSTOCK (9)  BURCH (1)  BLAKE (3)  BREADMORE (5)  BRIGHTWELL (4)  BROADWAY (3)  BROOKLING (1)  BROCKS (3)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLAND (1)  CHOULES (2)  CLARKE (6)  COOK (5)  COOPER (2)  CORDING (6)  COTTERELL (6)  COX (2)  DEANE (1)  ESSEX (8)  EXCELL (15)  FLOWERS (8)  FOLEY (4)  FOWLER (6)  FRENCH (1)  FRY (1)  GARRAWAY (1)  GILKERSON (4)  GILLMORE (2)  GODDARD (8)  GOODSON (17)  HAMBLIN (4)  HAMBLETON (7)  HENDERSON (1)  HERBERT (11)  HEWLETT (1)  HEYBOURNE (8)  HILLIER (7)  HOLMAN (1)  HOLT (5)  HONEY (1)  HOLE (1)  HUGGINS (5)  JOHNSON (3)  KEITH (4)  KNOTT (2)  LAWRANCE (6)  LLOYD (4)  LOVEGROVE (2)  LUNN (2)  MAJOR (1)  MARGRETT (1)  MAY (8)  MAYNARD (8)  COLLING (1)  MERSHAM (1)  MILES (1)  MOORE (5)  MORANT (2)  MUNDY (4)  KNAPP (3)  PALMER (1)  PARTRIDGE (3)  PETT (1)  POWELL (6)  PRIMMER (6)  REDMAN (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBBINS (7)  ROGERS (2)  ROLFE (7)  SADLER (3)  SCHM... (1)  SHALES (2)  SHALE (3)  SHORT (4)  SHRIMPTON (5)  SILVOY (6)  SIMMONDS (2)  SIMPSON (4)  SMITH (6)  SNOW (3)  TALBOT (1)  TARRY (1)  THORP (3)  THORPE (1)  WAKE (1)  WALTERS (1)  WEBBER (7)  WEST (5)  WHEELER (1)  WIDLEY (1)  WISE (5)  WADHAMS (1)  YATES (9)