Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire

Whitchurch 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
RICKARD375.1034747.47
GRACE294.0000298.66
CHESHIRE294.0000519.71
COOK233.172415.97
DICKENS202.7586263.85
GOWER192.6207249.67
ADAMS182.482816.85
EVANS182.48285.68
CARE152.0690931.68
HILL141.93107.58
YOUNG131.79318.35
PARROTT131.7931157.77
WELCH121.655247.06
MASON111.517211.28
HOLLOWAY101.379345.02
FOSTER101.379310.32
NASH101.379329.91
ATKINS101.379336.78
WILSON101.37933.00
DURLEY101.37934,347.83
THORNE91.241458.86
ELMORE91.2414873.79
DICKINS91.2414337.08
ROSE91.241416.74
ALDERMAN91.2414315.79
HOLT91.241418.54
KIBBLE91.2414412.84
KENT81.103426.20
THORN81.103473.87
HOGSTON81.10348,000.00
WHITE81.10343.43
GEORGE81.103418.81
GUY70.965544.11
ALLEN70.96555.11
BATSON70.9655346.53
ROBERTS60.82762.20
REEVES60.827620.21
GRIFFIN60.827617.59
DWIGHT60.8276869.57
TODD60.827616.26
COOPER50.68972.84
ROBBINS50.689744.09
SHUFFIELD50.689712,500.00
HEDGES50.689760.31
PROCTOR50.689728.06
CANNON50.689738.08
FOULGER40.5517232.56
FLEET40.551782.30
COLES40.551715.84
RIDGWAY40.551760.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHUFFIELD0.7372512500.0000
HOGSTON0.737258000.0000
DURLEY0.737254347.8261
WILCH0.737252000.0000
CARE0.73725931.6770
ELMORE0.73725873.7864
DWIGHT0.73725869.5652
RICKARD0.73725747.4747
CHESHIRE0.73725519.7133
KIBBLE0.73725412.8440
BATSON0.73725346.5347
DICKINS0.73725337.0787
FINCHER0.73725315.7895
ALDERMAN0.73725315.7895
GRACE0.73725298.6612
DICKENS0.73725263.8522
TITCHENER0.73725253.1646
GOWER0.73725249.6715
FOULGER0.73725232.5581
ROADS0.73725224.7191
LANDON0.73725218.9781
REACH0.73725163.9344
PARROTT0.73725157.7670
DORMER0.73725148.5149
SHEPARD0.73725145.6311
RIDGEWAY0.73725142.1801
HAWKS0.73725105.2632
HARRADINE0.7372599.0099
FLEET0.7372582.3045
BYLES0.7372579.3651
THORN0.7372573.8689
CHANEY0.7372565.7895
CLEAVER0.7372565.0407
DANCER0.7372564.1026
HALSEY0.7372564.1026
BIDDULPH0.7372561.3497
HEDGES0.7372560.3136
RIDGWAY0.7372560.1504
THORNE0.7372558.8620
FREE0.7372556.4972
CUMBERLAND0.7372554.6448
HARBOUR0.7372553.4759
WELCH0.7372547.0588
HOLLOWAY0.7372545.0248
GUY0.7372544.1084
ROBBINS0.7372544.0917
PEDDER0.7372539.2157
CANNON0.7372538.0807
ATKINS0.7372536.7782
MARKHAM0.7372534.7625

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 725 people called SHUFFIELD in Whitchurch 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 12500.0000 in Whitchurch means that 12500.0000% of the people in Whitchurch on census day were called SHUFFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHUFFIELD 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 SHUFFIELD 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 SHUFFIELD 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 SHUFFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Whitchurch means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHUFFIELD in Whitchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitchurch in 1881

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

ADAMS (18)  ALDERMAN (9)  ALLEN (7)  ANSTEE (1)  ARCHER (2)  ATKINS (10)  BAILEY (2)  BALL (1)  BATSON (7)  BEASLEY (2)  BIDDULPH (1)  BYLES (1)  BLISS (1)  BLOWFIELD (9)  BRAZIER (1)  BUCKINGHAM (3)  BUCKLAND (1)  BULL (1)  BURTON (1)  CAWCOTT (1)  CANNON (5)  CARE (15)  CHANDLER (2)  CHANEY (1)  CHESHIRE (29)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (3)  CLEAVER (4)  COLES (4)  COOK (23)  COOPER (5)  COWELL (1)  CUMBERLAND (1)  DANCER (1)  DENCHFIELD (2)  DICKENS (20)  DICKINS (9)  DORMER (3)  DROVER (1)  DURLEY (10)  DWIGHT (6)  ELMORE (9)  EVANS (18)  FINCHER (3)  FLEET (4)  FLOWERS (1)  FOSTER (10)  FOULGER (4)  FOWLER (1)  FREE (1)  GEORGE (8)  GOWER (19)  GRACE (29)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (6)  GUY (7)  HALSEY (2)  HARDING (2)  HARRADINE (1)  HAWKS (2)  HAWLEY (2)  HARBOUR (1)  HIGGINS (4)  HEDGES (5)  HILL (14)  HOLLOWAY (10)  HOLT (9)  HOLTON (1)  HOOKER (1)  HORTON (1)  HOGSTON (8)  HOUNSLOW (5)  HUGHES (2)  IMPEY (4)  JOHNSON (3)  JUDGE (2)  KIBBLE (9)  KENT (8)  KING (1)  LANDON (3)  MAKEPEISE (9)  MARKHAM (3)  MASON (11)  MATHEWS (1)  MAYO (1)  MC MORRIES (4)  MEDD (4)  MOSCROP (3)  MOXON (6)  NASH (10)  NORMAN (2)  OCHETTO (1)  PARROTT (13)  PEDDER (1)  PETTIMAN (2)  PRICE (3)  PROCTOR (5)  READER (1)  REEVES (6)  READ (1)  ROADS (2)  RICKARD (37)  RIDGEWAY (3)  RIDGWAY (4)  REACH (1)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBBINS (5)  ROSE (9)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHUFFILL (14)  SHARP (2)  SHAW (1)  SHEPHARD (2)  SHEPARD (3)  SHUFFIELD (5)  SHUFFIL (1)  SOUTHAM (1)  SPENCER (3)  STAFFORD (1)  STEWARD (1)  STONE (2)  THORNE (9)  THORN (8)  THORNTON (1)  THORPE (1)  TITCHENER (2)  TODD (6)  TOMKIN (8)  TAPPING (1)  WAUGH (1)  WEBB (1)  WILCH (2)  WELCH (12)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (8)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (10)  YOUNG (13)