Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Shefford, Berkshire

West Shefford 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
BROWN6914.226821.58
SAMPSON224.5361266.02
HAMBLIN224.53611,004.57
WILLOUGHBY163.2990379.15
BISHOP163.299047.21
COX153.092820.41
SEYMOUR142.8866141.27
HARRIS132.680410.55
PRATER112.26802,000.00
HOUSE112.2680174.33
ALLEN112.268012.01
LANGFORD102.0619131.23
PICKETT91.8557230.77
RICHENS81.6495851.06
SIMPSON81.64959.43
COOK71.44337.27
SWALLOW71.4433143.15
HUNTLEY61.2371175.44
GREEN61.23714.39
MARTIN61.23715.02
BURT61.237152.08
LANE61.237117.95
HONEY51.0309167.79
ALEXANDER51.030919.48
ROLFE51.030979.49
SPANSWICK51.03091,162.79
HOBBS51.030928.30
PEARCE51.030911.22
GODWIN51.030979.62
BRITTAIN51.0309133.33
WHITE51.03093.21
GILBERT40.824714.48
LINSAY40.82473,636.36
WELLS40.82479.91
HEATER40.82476,666.67
WILLIAMS40.82471.15
HOAR40.8247200.00
KINGSTON40.824788.30
BENSON40.824730.42
CRIPPS40.824784.75
AUSTIN30.618612.65
HERBERT30.618616.56
BATT30.618691.46
GOODALL30.618628.87
WALE30.6186128.76
SHUFF30.61862,307.69
WALDRON20.412446.84
LAKE20.412418.60
BRAZIER20.412443.96
DAVIS20.41241.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEATER0.494856666.6667
LINSAY0.494853636.3636
SHUFF0.494852307.6923
PRATER0.494852000.0000
SPANSWICK0.494851162.7907
HAMBLIN0.494851004.5662
RICHENS0.49485851.0638
SEENEY0.49485454.5455
WILLOUGHBY0.49485379.1469
LOE0.49485294.1176
SAMPSON0.49485266.0218
PICKETT0.49485230.7692
HOAR0.49485200.0000
CLEVERLY0.49485188.6792
HUNTLEY0.49485175.4386
HOUSE0.49485174.3265
HONEY0.49485167.7852
SWALLOW0.49485143.1493
SEYMOUR0.49485141.2714
BRITTAIN0.49485133.3333
LANGFORD0.49485131.2336
WALE0.49485128.7554
ROSIER0.49485108.6957
BATT0.4948591.4634
FEW0.4948590.9091
KINGSTON0.4948588.3002
PRIESTLY0.4948587.7193
CRIPPS0.4948584.7458
GODWIN0.4948579.6178
ROLFE0.4948579.4913
SHERMAN0.4948572.9927
BARRET0.4948572.4638
KEMPSTER0.4948558.8235
BURT0.4948552.0833
BISHOP0.4948547.2116
WALDRON0.4948546.8384
BRAZIER0.4948543.9560
GRIGG0.4948531.5457
PLUMMER0.4948530.8642
BENSON0.4948530.4183
GOODALL0.4948528.8739
HOBBS0.4948528.2965
THATCHER0.4948522.4215
BROWN0.4948521.5821
COX0.4948520.4054
ALEXANDER0.4948519.4780
LAKE0.4948518.6047
TANNER0.4948518.3824
TURTON0.4948518.3486
LANE0.4948517.9533

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 485 people called HEATER in West Shefford 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 6666.6667 in West Shefford means that 6666.6667% of the people in West Shefford on census day were called HEATER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEATER 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 HEATER 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 HEATER 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 HEATER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in West Shefford means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEATER in West Shefford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Shefford in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (5)  ALLEN (11)  ANDREWS (1)  ANNETTS (4)  AUSTIN (3)  BARRET (1)  BATT (3)  BENSON (4)  BISHOP (16)  BRAZIER (2)  BRITTAIN (5)  BROWN (69)  BURT (6)  CANNON (1)  CLEVERLY (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (7)  CORKLAND (1)  COX (15)  COXHEAD (1)  CRIPPS (4)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIS (2)  DEACON (1)  EATWELL (1)  ELLIS (1)  FEW (1)  FIELD (1)  FISHER (1)  FRUDE (1)  FULL (7)  GILBERT (4)  GLEED (1)  GOODALL (3)  GODWIN (5)  GREEN (6)  GRIGG (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALL (2)  HAMBLIN (22)  HARINGWORTH (1)  HARRIS (13)  HAYES (1)  HEATER (4)  HERBERT (3)  HOAR (4)  HOBBS (5)  HONEY (5)  HOUSE (11)  HUNT (2)  HUNTLEY (6)  JENKINS (2)  KEMPSTER (1)  KINGSTON (4)  KIRBY (1)  LAKE (2)  LANE (6)  LANGFORD (10)  LINSAY (4)  LOE (1)  MARTIN (6)  MACKAY (2)  MENRIES (1)  MILLS (1)  NEWMAN (1)  OWEN (1)  PEARCE (5)  PICKETT (9)  PLUMMER (2)  POFFLEY (11)  POWELL (1)  PRATER (11)  PRIESTLY (1)  PURTON (3)  RICHENS (8)  ROLFE (5)  ROSIER (1)  SAMPSON (22)  SEENEY (1)  SEYMOUR (14)  SHERMAN (2)  SHUFF (3)  SIMPSON (8)  SPANSWICK (5)  STANBROOK (3)  SWALLOW (7)  TANNER (2)  THATCHER (1)  TURTON (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WALDRON (2)  WALE (3)  WELLS (4)  WHITE (5)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILLOUGHBY (16)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (1)