Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whaddon, Gloucestershire

Whaddon is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Gloucestershire

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
VAIL87.20726,666.67
SMART87.2072158.42
BROWN76.30639.57
ASTON76.3063382.51
WHITNEY65.40541,034.48
HARDING65.405474.72
BAYLIS65.4054517.24
TREW54.50452,000.00
REA54.5045806.45
SMITH54.50453.19
LONG54.504569.44
DAVIS43.603616.40
COLLIER43.6036107.82
WATKINS43.603659.44
DEAKIN43.6036261.44
ABELL32.7027882.35
WILDING32.7027229.01
PEARCE32.702729.41
BIRT21.8018425.53
HARRIS21.80187.09
HORTON10.900924.27
OWEN10.90097.59
KNAPP10.9009131.58
WHITE10.90092.80
GARDNER10.900913.28
MATTHEWS10.900910.33
BRIDGMAN10.9009263.16
KENT10.900921.37
HARRINGTON10.900947.39
CARTER10.90095.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VAIL0.111116666.6667
TREW0.111112000.0000
WHITNEY0.111111034.4828
ABELL0.11111882.3529
REA0.11111806.4516
BAYLIS0.11111517.2414
BIRT0.11111425.5319
ASTON0.11111382.5137
BRIDGMAN0.11111263.1579
DEAKIN0.11111261.4379
WILDING0.11111229.0076
SMART0.11111158.4158
KNAPP0.11111131.5789
COLLIER0.11111107.8167
HARDING0.1111174.7198
LONG0.1111169.4444
WATKINS0.1111159.4354
HARRINGTON0.1111147.3934
PEARCE0.1111129.4118
HORTON0.1111124.2718
KENT0.1111121.3675
DAVIS0.1111116.4002
GARDNER0.1111113.2802
MATTHEWS0.1111110.3306
BROWN0.111119.5668
OWEN0.111117.5930
HARRIS0.111117.0897
CARTER0.111115.3677
SMITH0.111113.1902
WHITE0.111112.8027

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 111 people called VAIL in Whaddon 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 6666.6667 in Whaddon means that 6666.6667% of the people in Whaddon on census day were called VAIL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VAIL 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 VAIL 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 VAIL 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 VAIL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Whaddon means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VAIL in Whaddon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whaddon in 1881

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

ABELL (3)  ASTON (7)  BAYLIS (6)  BRIDGMAN (1)  BROWN (7)  BERROWS (1)  BIRT (2)  CARTER (1)  COLLIER (4)  DAINTY (1)  DAVIS (4)  DEAKIN (4)  GARDNER (1)  HARDING (6)  HARRINGTON (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARTLAND (1)  HORTON (1)  KENT (1)  LONG (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  KNAPP (1)  NEATE (1)  OWEN (1)  PEARCE (3)  REA (5)  SMART (8)  SMITH (5)  TREW (5)  VAIL (8)  WATKINS (4)  WHITE (1)  WHITNEY (6)  WILDING (3)