Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nash, Buckinghamshire

Nash 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
SMITH5616.231911.50
FRENCH4312.4638255.34
KING318.985541.23
DUNKLEY216.0870763.64
WEATHERHEAD195.50721,938.78
NORMAN133.768181.30
DICKINS102.8986787.40
COLTON92.6087782.61
PAIN72.0290225.81
BRYANT72.029047.49
SEAR61.7391465.12
GURNEY61.7391167.13
HARWOOD51.449354.11
RAY51.449373.21
WALTON51.449320.59
YORK41.159487.72
LEESON41.1594200.00
GRIFFIN30.869618.48
LANG30.869639.01
MUMFORD30.869690.09
LEACH20.579714.04
CLARK20.57971.93
GRAY20.57974.06
BLISS20.579794.79
BRETT10.289915.27
GIBBS10.28995.90
WILSON10.28990.63
BETTS10.289913.55
LOWE10.28993.87
UNDERWOOD10.289910.74
DAIN10.2899322.58
SEATON10.289934.25
JACKSON10.28991.04
RICHARDSON10.28991.70
YOUNG10.28991.35
BONHAM10.2899111.11
GATES10.289918.73
LESTER10.289918.42
THOMPSON10.28990.97
CORBETT10.289914.79
FROST10.28995.15
RIDGWAY10.289931.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEATHERHEAD0.353451938.7755
DICKINS0.35345787.4016
COLTON0.35345782.6087
DUNKLEY0.35345763.6364
SEAR0.35345465.1163
DAIN0.35345322.5806
FRENCH0.35345255.3444
PAIN0.35345225.8065
LEESON0.35345200.0000
GURNEY0.35345167.1309
BONHAM0.35345111.1111
BLISS0.3534594.7867
MUMFORD0.3534590.0901
YORK0.3534587.7193
NORMAN0.3534581.3008
RAY0.3534573.2064
HARWOOD0.3534554.1126
BRYANT0.3534547.4898
KING0.3534541.2289
LANG0.3534539.0117
SEATON0.3534534.2466
RIDGWAY0.3534531.6456
WALTON0.3534520.5931
GATES0.3534518.7266
GRIFFIN0.3534518.4843
LESTER0.3534518.4162
BRETT0.3534515.2672
CORBETT0.3534514.7929
LEACH0.3534514.0449
BETTS0.3534513.5501
SMITH0.3534511.4961
UNDERWOOD0.3534510.7411
GIBBS0.353455.8997
FROST0.353455.1546
GRAY0.353454.0609
LOWE0.353453.8670
CLARK0.353451.9286
RICHARDSON0.353451.7027
YOUNG0.353451.3492
JACKSON0.353451.0371
THOMPSON0.353450.9676
WILSON0.353450.6311

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 345 people called WEATHERHEAD in Nash 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 1938.7755 in Nash means that 1938.7755% of the people in Nash on census day were called WEATHERHEAD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEATHERHEAD 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 WEATHERHEAD 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 WEATHERHEAD 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 WEATHERHEAD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Nash means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEATHERHEAD in Nash than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nash in 1881

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

BETTS (1)  BLISS (2)  BONHAM (1)  BRETT (1)  BRYANT (7)  CLARK (2)  COLTON (9)  CORBETT (1)  DAIN (1)  DICKINS (10)  DUDDLEY (1)  DUNKLEY (21)  FRENCH (43)  FROST (1)  GATES (1)  GIBBS (1)  GRAY (2)  GRIFFIN (3)  GURNEY (6)  HARRUP (5)  HARWOOD (5)  HEARDING (12)  ILLING (14)  JACKSON (1)  KING (31)  LANG (3)  LEACH (2)  LEESON (4)  LESTER (1)  LOWE (1)  LOW (LOWE) (8)  MACKERNESS (11)  MUMFORD (3)  NILLISON (1)  NORMAN (13)  PAIN (7)  RAY (5)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDGWAY (1)  SEAR (6)  SEATON (1)  SMITH (56)  THOMPSON (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  VICCARS (7)  WALTON (5)  WEATHERHEAD (19)  WILSON (1)  YORK (4)  YOUNG (1)