Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sulhamstead Abbots, Berkshire

Sulhamstead Abbots 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
WOOLFORD216.95361,926.61
CHAMPION103.3113316.46
ARMSTRONG82.649034.66
MARLOW82.6490225.35
HISCOCK82.6490360.36
LAY72.3179311.11
FAULKNER72.317985.57
NORMAN72.317950.00
NASH72.317950.29
COOPER72.31799.53
CHAMBERLAIN72.317985.16
KNAPP72.3179339.81
STROUD72.3179224.36
BULLEN61.9868187.50
VEYSEY61.98682,142.86
FENN61.9868195.44
BROWN61.98683.01
BARFOOT51.6556537.63
HUTCHINGS51.655688.03
MERRYWEATHER51.6556735.29
WITHERINGTON41.32451,176.47
HOLLOWAY41.324543.24
WAITE41.324563.80
BIDDLE41.3245183.49
GODWIN41.3245102.30
WILMOTT41.3245392.16
LEE41.32458.10
HURFORD41.3245487.80
PUMMELL30.99342,142.86
BELL30.99345.29
HIGGS30.993454.55
MAY20.662310.40
CAVE20.662346.19
BRISTOW20.662348.90
COX20.66234.37
BAILEY20.66234.40
SHAW20.66233.61
EVANS20.66231.52
HART20.66237.76
STANTON20.662333.22
SANSOM20.662398.04
PEARCE20.66237.21
CROSSLEY20.662324.13
CHURCHILL20.662355.87
HAIG10.331184.03
SMITH10.33110.23
BURDEN10.331125.84
WHEELER10.33115.49
DUFFIN10.331187.72
HAYDON10.331152.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIDELL0.3030210000.0000
PEMBROOK0.303023333.3333
LAWERY0.303023333.3333
VEYSEY0.303022142.8571
PUMMELL0.303022142.8571
WOOLFORD0.303021926.6055
WITHERINGTON0.303021176.4706
MERRYWEATHER0.30302735.2941
BARFOOT0.30302537.6344
HURFORD0.30302487.8049
WILMOTT0.30302392.1569
HISCOCK0.30302360.3604
KNAPP0.30302339.8058
CHAMPION0.30302316.4557
LAY0.30302311.1111
MARLOW0.30302225.3521
STROUD0.30302224.3590
FENN0.30302195.4397
BULLEN0.30302187.5000
BIDDLE0.30302183.4862
GODWIN0.30302102.3018
SANSOM0.3030298.0392
HUTCHINGS0.3030288.0282
DUFFIN0.3030287.7193
DENISON0.3030286.9565
FAULKNER0.3030285.5746
CHAMBERLAIN0.3030285.1582
HAIG0.3030284.0336
WAITE0.3030263.7959
CHURCHILL0.3030255.8659
HIGGS0.3030254.5455
HAYDON0.3030252.9101
NASH0.3030250.2874
NORMAN0.3030250.0000
BRISTOW0.3030248.8998
MERRITT0.3030247.1698
CAVE0.3030246.1894
HOLLOWAY0.3030243.2432
ARMSTRONG0.3030234.6620
STANTON0.3030233.2226
MOSES0.3030232.3625
BURDEN0.3030225.8398
CROSSLEY0.3030224.1255
AYRES0.3030223.8663
CASTLE0.3030216.6667
DUFFY0.3030215.1515
MAY0.3030210.4004
COOPER0.303029.5290
HURST0.303029.2764
LEE0.303028.1037

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 302 people called BIDELL in Sulhamstead Abbots 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 10000.0000 in Sulhamstead Abbots means that 10000.0000% of the people in Sulhamstead Abbots on census day were called BIDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIDELL 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 BIDELL 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 BIDELL 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 BIDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Sulhamstead Abbots means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIDELL in Sulhamstead Abbots than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sulhamstead Abbots in 1881

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

APPLTON (2)  ARMSTRONG (8)  BAILEY (2)  BARFOOT (5)  BELL (3)  BIDDLE (4)  BIDELL (1)  BOXSEY (1)  BOLTON (1)  BURDEN (1)  BRISTOW (2)  BROWN (6)  BULLEN (6)  CARTER (1)  CASTLE (1)  CAVE (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  CHAMPION (10)  CHURCHILL (2)  COULTON (1)  COOPER (7)  CORDERY (1)  COX (2)  CROSSLEY (2)  DENISON (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUFFIN (1)  EVANS (2)  AYRES (1)  FAULKNER (7)  FENN (6)  GODWIN (4)  HART (2)  HAIG (1)  HAYDON (1)  HIGGS (3)  HILDERLEY (4)  HISCOCK (8)  HOULDEN (2)  HOLLOWAY (4)  HURFORD (4)  HURST (1)  HUTCHINGS (5)  JASLTON (1)  LAWERY (1)  LEE (4)  LAY (7)  LOVEGROVE (3)  LAYLEY (6)  MARLOW (8)  MERRITT (1)  MAY (2)  MEDDINGS (1)  MERRYWEATHER (5)  MINALL (4)  MOSES (1)  KNAPP (7)  NASH (7)  NORMAN (7)  PEARCE (2)  PEMBROOK (1)  PUMMELL (3)  SANDULLS (1)  SANSOM (2)  SCOBELL (2)  SHAW (2)  SLAUGHTOR (1)  SMALER (1)  SMITH (1)  STANTON (2)  STEVENS (1)  STROUD (7)  TAME (2)  TEGG (6)  THOYTS (4)  TIGWELL (1)  TILLIN (4)  TUGGEY (1)  VEYSEY (6)  VINGE (1)  WELLS (1)  WEST (1)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (1)  WIGMORE (5)  WILMOTT (4)  WITHERINGTON (4)  WOOFF (8)  WOOLFORD (21)  WAITE (4)