Top surnames from the 1881 census in Highclere, Hampshire

Highclere is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Hampshire

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
COLBORN174.50936,538.46
STRATFORD164.2440617.76
GREEN153.978814.13
KNAPP102.6525389.11
WARD102.652512.14
BARTHOLOMEW102.6525327.87
SMITH92.38731.69
PEARCE82.122023.10
HERINGTON82.12205,714.29
GALE82.122070.80
WILKINS82.122048.02
HOPKINS71.856830.84
WRIGHT71.85685.79
BAYMAN71.85682,800.00
DOLTON71.85681,147.54
ROSS71.856816.99
TAYLOR61.59152.49
BROADHURST61.5915157.07
BERRY61.591520.06
TANNER61.591570.92
ROSE51.326317.88
WEST51.326313.77
BLACKWELL51.326372.78
PALMER51.326311.25
WATERS41.061026.40
COUGH41.061020,000.00
COLLIER41.061031.75
SHEPHERD41.061014.48
KEELING41.0610121.58
JUNIPER30.7958416.67
HOLMS30.7958283.02
KINGHAM30.7958218.98
COLES30.795822.85
HOWARD30.79588.11
MASKELL20.530575.47
BRICKELL20.5305338.98
ANSEL20.53054,000.00
BENSON20.530519.57
BARTHOLEMEW20.5305512.82
STRATTON20.530561.16
BROOKS20.53055.43
LANGLEY20.530524.18
JOWERS20.53051,176.47
TAPP20.5305123.46
PAVEY20.5305124.22
BARRY20.530529.33
WELLS20.53056.38
HOLLOWAY20.530517.32
COLLINS20.53053.70
THATCHER20.530557.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COUGH0.3837720000.0000
COLBORN0.383776538.4615
HERINGTON0.383775714.2857
ANSEL0.383774000.0000
BAYMAN0.383772800.0000
BRICKEL0.383772500.0000
NORIS0.383771250.0000
JOWERS0.383771176.4706
DOLTON0.383771147.5410
SHUFF0.383771000.0000
COOTER0.38377625.0000
STRATFORD0.38377617.7606
BARTHOLEMEW0.38377512.8205
JUNIPER0.38377416.6667
HARISON0.38377416.6667
KNAPP0.38377389.1051
BRICKELL0.38377338.9831
BARTHOLOMEW0.38377327.8689
WARDE0.38377322.5806
HOLMS0.38377283.0189
SEYMORE0.38377243.9024
NEAT0.38377232.5581
KINGHAM0.38377218.9781
BROADHURST0.38377157.0681
PAVEY0.38377124.2236
TAPP0.38377123.4568
KEELING0.38377121.5805
POWEL0.38377104.1667
MASKELL0.3837775.4717
BLACKWELL0.3837772.7802
TANNER0.3837770.9220
GALE0.3837770.7965
STRATTON0.3837761.1621
THATCHER0.3837757.8035
WILKINS0.3837748.0192
AYERS0.3837744.2478
BARNS0.3837741.1523
HUNTLEY0.3837737.5940
CANNING0.3837737.3134
BIDDLE0.3837736.7647
FRAMPTON0.3837733.6700
COLLIER0.3837731.7460
HOPKINS0.3837730.8370
BARRY0.3837729.3255
WATERS0.3837726.4026
LANGLEY0.3837724.1838
PEARCE0.3837723.1014
COLES0.3837722.8484
BERRY0.3837720.0602
BENSON0.3837719.5695

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 377 people called COUGH in Highclere 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 20000.0000 in Highclere means that 20000.0000% of the people in Highclere on census day were called COUGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COUGH 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 COUGH 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 COUGH 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 COUGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Highclere means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COUGH in Highclere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Highclere in 1881

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

ANSEL (2)  BACON (1)  BARNS (1)  BARTHOLOMEW (10)  BARTHOLEMEW (2)  BENSON (2)  BERRY (6)  BARRY (2)  BIDDLE (1)  BIRCH (1)  BLACKWELL (5)  BAYMAN (7)  BOYMAN (4)  BREADMAN (3)  BRICKEL (1)  BRICKELL (2)  BROADHURST (6)  BROOKS (2)  BROKS (BROOKS) (4)  CANNING (1)  CLAYTON (1)  COLBORN (17)  COLES (3)  COLE (1)  COLLIER (4)  COLLINS (2)  COOTER (1)  CRISWICK (2)  CUPET (1)  DOLTON (7)  DIGWEED (7)  EELES (2)  EALES (3)  EDWARDS (1)  AYERS (1)  FALKINGTON (1)  FRAMPTON (1)  GALE (8)  GARRETT (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOLLEDGE (7)  GREEN (15)  GUY (1)  HERINGTON (8)  HARISON (1)  HERBET (8)  HIGNALL (3)  HILL (1)  HOLDUP (5)  HOLLOWAY (2)  HOLMS (3)  HOPKINS (7)  HOWARD (3)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTLEY (1)  HUTTON (1)  IERLAND (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (1)  JOWERS (2)  JUNIPER (3)  KEELING (4)  KELWARD (1)  KINGHAM (3)  COUGH (4)  LAKE (1)  LANGLEY (2)  LERLAND (6)  MASKELL (2)  MIGHALL (7)  KNAPP (10)  NEAT (1)  NORIS (1)  PALMER (5)  PAVEY (2)  PEARCE (8)  POWEL (1)  RAKITS (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROSE (5)  ROSS (7)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SEYMORE (1)  SHEPHERD (4)  SHUFF (1)  SMITH (9)  STRATFORD (16)  STRATTON (2)  TANNER (6)  TAPP (2)  TAYLOR (6)  THATCHER (2)  THOMAS (1)  WARD (10)  WARDE (1)  WARNER (1)  WATERS (4)  WEEDSOW (12)  WELLS (2)  WEST (5)  WILKINS (8)  WISE (1)  WRIGHT (7)