Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire

Upper Winchendon 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
YOUNG126.383029.71
GURNEY94.7872459.18
NEARY94.78722,195.12
DORMER94.78721,730.77
TREADWELL84.25531,632.65
SIMS84.2553141.84
ANDREWS84.255344.42
BLISS73.7234608.70
PAGE73.723446.57
BLAKE63.191565.86
COOPER63.191513.12
WIXON63.191512,000.00
CAPEL42.1277714.29
ALLEN31.59578.45
STRONG31.5957106.76
SYRETT31.59571,304.35
JONES31.59571.41
WATSON21.06384.59
OAKLEY21.063850.25
CAPLE21.0638909.09
HEDGES10.531946.51
GEORGE10.53199.07
DEACY10.53195,000.00
MITTEN10.5319714.29
HORNE10.531924.45
BIGNALL10.5319322.58
EVANS10.53191.22
KIRBY10.531914.03
HICKS10.531912.71
GRIFFIN10.531911.30
MUMFORD10.531954.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WIXON0.1918812000.0000
DEACY0.191885000.0000
NEARY0.191882195.1220
DORMER0.191881730.7692
TREADWELL0.191881632.6531
SYRETT0.191881304.3478
CAPLE0.19188909.0909
CAPEL0.19188714.2857
MITTEN0.19188714.2857
BLISS0.19188608.6957
GURNEY0.19188459.1837
BIGNALL0.19188322.5806
SIMS0.19188141.8440
STRONG0.19188106.7616
BLAKE0.1918865.8617
MUMFORD0.1918854.9451
OAKLEY0.1918850.2513
PAGE0.1918846.5735
HEDGES0.1918846.5116
ANDREWS0.1918844.4198
YOUNG0.1918829.7103
HORNE0.1918824.4499
KIRBY0.1918814.0252
COOPER0.1918813.1205
HICKS0.1918812.7065
GRIFFIN0.1918811.2994
GEORGE0.191889.0662
ALLEN0.191888.4483
WATSON0.191884.5861
JONES0.191881.4090
EVANS0.191881.2173

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 188 people called WIXON in Upper Winchendon 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 12000.0000 in Upper Winchendon means that 12000.0000% of the people in Upper Winchendon on census day were called WIXON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WIXON 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 WIXON 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 WIXON 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 WIXON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Upper Winchendon means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WIXON in Upper Winchendon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upper Winchendon in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ANDREWS (8)  BIGNALL (1)  BLAKE (6)  BLISS (7)  CAPEL (4)  CAPLE (2)  COOPER (6)  DEACY (1)  DORMER (9)  EVANS (1)  GEORGE (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  GURNEY (9)  HICKS (1)  HEDGES (1)  HORNE (1)  JONES (3)  KIRBY (1)  MITTEN (1)  MUMFORD (1)  NEARY (9)  OAKLEY (2)  PAGE (7)  PIDDINGTON (14)  RADWELL (39)  SAMWORTH (7)  SIMS (8)  STRONG (3)  SYRETT (3)  TREADWELL (8)  WATSON (2)  WIXON (6)  YOUNG (12)