Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Mursley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Buckinghamshire

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
LAMBOURNE498.61163,245.03
TURVEY325.62391,198.50
DICKINS295.09671,387.56
KIRK203.514981.17
HOLLIS193.3392241.12
COLLYER193.3392539.77
KIRBY183.163483.37
BOWLER183.1634258.99
TURNER183.163411.36
DICKENS172.9877285.71
CARR162.812038.97
GINGER162.81201,538.46
WALTERS162.812058.98
ADAMS152.636217.89
HARDING142.460534.00
CROSS122.109030.64
STEVENS122.109020.20
FETTERS91.581745,000.00
WYATT81.406047.93
MASSEY81.406054.98
GRACE81.4060104.99
WARD81.40606.44
NEWMAN61.054514.18
WALTER61.054568.81
FOSTER61.05457.89
HARTWELL61.0545256.41
BATCHELOR61.054562.18
BROWN50.87871.33
GREEN40.70302.50
TUCK40.703054.72
WOOTTON40.703077.37
SHARP40.70308.44
NORTH40.703021.21
BONHAM40.7030270.27
LEACH40.703017.04
WOOTON40.7030264.90
REEVE40.703030.08
JAMES40.70303.58
KEEN30.527226.32
SMITH20.35150.25
SHEPARD20.3515123.46
GARDNER20.35155.18
ROWLAND20.351512.37
CANNON20.351519.42
FLETCHER20.35153.08
OLDFIELD20.351521.28
DUNKLEY20.351544.15
BATES20.35155.52
GRUBB20.351556.82
RICHARDSON20.35152.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FETTERS0.5756945000.0000
LAMBOURNE0.575693245.0331
COKLEY0.575691666.6667
GINGER0.575691538.4615
DICKINS0.575691387.5598
FETTER0.575691250.0000
TURVEY0.575691198.5019
COLLYER0.57569539.7727
DICKENS0.57569285.7143
BONHAM0.57569270.2703
WOOTON0.57569264.9007
BOWLER0.57569258.9928
HARTWELL0.57569256.4103
HOLLIS0.57569241.1168
LENARD0.57569200.0000
FOSKETT0.57569150.3759
SABIN0.57569149.2537
SHEPARD0.57569123.4568
GRACE0.57569104.9869
KIRBY0.5756983.3719
KIRK0.5756981.1688
WOOTTON0.5756977.3694
WALTER0.5756968.8073
SIMONDS0.5756968.0272
BATCHELOR0.5756962.1762
CAPEL0.5756959.1716
WALTERS0.5756958.9753
GRUBB0.5756956.8182
MASSEY0.5756954.9828
TUCK0.5756954.7196
WYATT0.5756947.9329
DUNKLEY0.5756944.1501
CARR0.5756938.9674
SHEPHARD0.5756936.6300
HARDING0.5756933.9971
CROSS0.5756930.6435
REEVE0.5756930.0752
BLISS0.5756928.7356
KEEN0.5756926.3158
OLDFIELD0.5756921.2766
NORTH0.5756921.2089
WINDSOR0.5756921.0970
STEVENS0.5756920.2020
CANNON0.5756919.4175
ADAMS0.5756917.8891
LEACH0.5756917.0358
NEWMAN0.5756914.1810
GROOM0.5756912.5471
ROWLAND0.5756912.3686
TURNER0.5756911.3644

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 569 people called FETTERS in Mursley 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 45000.0000 in Mursley means that 45000.0000% of the people in Mursley on census day were called FETTERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FETTERS 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 FETTERS 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 FETTERS 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 FETTERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Mursley means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FETTERS in Mursley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mursley in 1881

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

ADAMS (15)  ATHAWES (1)  BATCHELOR (6)  BATES (2)  BLISS (1)  BLOWFIELD (1)  BONHAM (4)  BOREHAM (1)  BOWLER (18)  BROWN (5)  BURGESS (1)  CANNON (2)  CARR (16)  CAPEL (1)  COKLEY (1)  COLLYER (19)  COPPERWHEAT (8)  CROSS (12)  DICKINS (29)  DICKENS (17)  DUNKLEY (2)  FETTER (1)  FETTERS (9)  FLETCHER (2)  FOSKETT (2)  FOSTER (6)  GARDNER (2)  GINGER (16)  GRACE (8)  GREEN (4)  GROOM (1)  GRUBB (2)  HARDING (14)  HARTWELL (6)  HATWELL (6)  HOLLIS (19)  ILLING (6)  JAMES (4)  KEEN (3)  KIRBY (18)  KIRK (20)  KNIGHT (1)  LAMBOURNE (49)  LEACH (4)  LENARD (1)  LEONARD (1)  LEWIS (1)  MAYDON (5)  MASSEY (8)  MAC FARLANE (1)  MESSENBIRD (1)  MESSENGBIRD (1)  NEWMAN (6)  NORTH (4)  OLDFIELD (2)  REEVE (4)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROWLAND (2)  SABIN (2)  SEUR OR SEAR (20)  SHARP (4)  SHEPARD (2)  SHEPHARD (2)  SHURLOCK (2)  SIMONDS (1)  SMITH (2)  STEVENS (12)  SYRATT (3)  TATTAM (8)  TUCK (4)  TURNER (18)  TURVEY (32)  VEREY (4)  WALTERS (16)  WALTER (6)  WARD (8)  VERNEY (1)  WINDSOR (1)  WINDS (1)  WOOTON (4)  WOOTTON (4)  WYATT (8)