Top surnames from the 1881 census in Towersey, Buckinghamshire

Towersey 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
JACKMAN277.6705825.69
ALLNUTT154.26143,947.37
HIGGINS154.261484.27
NORTH143.9773119.97
NELMS133.69325,909.09
WHITE113.12509.72
IVES102.8409242.72
WRIGHT92.55687.97
CHAPMAN92.556818.00
WILLIAMS92.55683.56
MORRIS82.272710.21
HOOK82.2727153.55
LUDLOW71.9886380.43
EVANS71.98864.55
MUNGER61.70456,666.67
BRACKLEY51.4205819.67
SMITH51.42051.01
HILL51.42055.58
YOUNG51.42056.61
MALIN41.1364341.88
COLES41.136432.63
KIRTLAND41.13641,142.86
BOWES41.1364123.84
COLMAN41.1364121.95
HARE41.136473.66
KING41.13645.21
GILES41.136429.83
BOWDEN41.136439.37
ROOM41.1364851.06
SIMMONS30.852320.88
CHENEY30.8523277.78
BURNARD30.8523508.47
COLLINS30.85235.94
GRIFFIN30.852318.12
TODD20.568211.17
EAST20.568236.56
HESTER20.5682152.67
PALMER20.56824.82
STEVENSON20.56828.10
WILSON20.56821.24
WEST20.56825.90
MUNDAY20.568248.54
STEVENS20.56825.44
DOVER20.5682125.79
FULLER20.568214.04
HOWES10.284116.26
HINTON10.284121.19
DODWELL10.2841175.44
ROGERS10.28412.19
GOMM10.2841107.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FIGGE0.3535210000.0000
MUNGER0.353526666.6667
NELMS0.353525909.0909
ALLNUTT0.353523947.3684
KIRTLAND0.353521142.8571
ROOM0.35352851.0638
JACKMAN0.35352825.6881
BRACKLEY0.35352819.6721
BURNARD0.35352508.4746
LUDLOW0.35352380.4348
MALIN0.35352341.8803
CHENEY0.35352277.7778
IVES0.35352242.7184
DODWELL0.35352175.4386
HOOK0.35352153.5509
HESTER0.35352152.6718
DOVER0.35352125.7862
BOWES0.35352123.8390
COLMAN0.35352121.9512
NORTH0.35352119.9657
GOMM0.35352107.5269
MEADS0.3535286.9565
HIGGINS0.3535284.2697
HARE0.3535273.6648
RODWELL0.3535252.6316
MUNDAY0.3535248.5437
BOWDEN0.3535239.3701
EAST0.3535236.5631
COLES0.3535232.6264
GILES0.3535229.8285
DRINKWATER0.3535228.8184
HINTON0.3535221.1864
SIMMONS0.3535220.8768
GRIFFIN0.3535218.1159
CHAPMAN0.3535218.0036
HOWES0.3535216.2602
KNOTT0.3535214.3266
FULLER0.3535214.0449
TODD0.3535211.1669
MORRIS0.3535210.2106
WHITE0.353529.7216
STEVENSON0.353528.0972
WRIGHT0.353527.9702
YOUNG0.353526.6120
BURROWS0.353526.4893
COLLINS0.353525.9394
WEST0.353525.9014
HILL0.353525.5772
STEVENS0.353525.4422
KING0.353525.2144

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 352 people called FIGGE in Towersey 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 Towersey means that 10000.0000% of the people in Towersey on census day were called FIGGE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Towersey in 1881

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

ALLNUTT (15)  BEECHEY (6)  BALWALL (1)  BANBROOK (1)  BANBROOK (WRIGHT) (8)  BURNARD (3)  BAVERSTOCK (1)  BIRDSEYE (2)  BURDSEY (2)  BOWDEN (4)  BOWES (4)  BRACKLEY (5)  BURROWS (1)  CANNON (NORTH) (2)  CHAPMAN (9)  CHENEY (3)  COLES (4)  COLMAN (4)  COLLINS (3)  DARVILL (1)  DODWELL (1)  DOVER (2)  DRINKWATER (1)  EAST (2)  EBORN (1)  EVANS (7)  FAREY (14)  FIGGE (1)  FULLER (2)  GILES (4)  GEDEN (4)  GLITHERS (1)  GOMME (4)  WILSON (GOMME) (4)  GOMM (1)  GOODGAME (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  HALLWOOD (7)  HARE (4)  HARRUT (1)  HESTER (2)  JACKMAN (HESTER) (6)  HIGGINS (15)  HILL (5)  HINTON (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HORNETT (3)  HOWES (1)  HOOK (8)  IVES (10)  JACKMAN (27)  JOHNSON (1)  KING (4)  KIRTLAND (4)  KNOTT (1)  LUDLOW (7)  MALIN (4)  MATTHEWS (1)  MEADS (1)  MORRIS (8)  MUNCLAY (1)  MUNDAY (2)  MUNGER (6)  NELMS (13)  NORTH (14)  PALMER (2)  POTTER (1)  RODWELL (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROOM (4)  SIMMONS (3)  SMITH (5)  STEVENS (2)  STEVENSON (2)  TODD (2)  WEST (2)  WHITE (11)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILSDON (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (9)  YOUNG (5)