Top surnames from the 1881 census in Minstead, Hampshire

Minstead 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
BROOMFIELD455.2204777.20
WHITEHORN313.59631,856.29
CULL263.0162606.06
HOWELLS252.9002113.64
KNOWLTON171.97222,361.11
PHILPS171.97221,603.77
FARMER161.856159.39
GAIN151.74011,327.43
WITT151.7401436.05
COMPTON141.6241168.67
GOLDEN141.6241385.67
GRAYER141.62415,600.00
OLIVER121.392119.52
PECKHAM121.3921372.67
RICHARDS111.27618.45
PHILLIPS101.16016.48
BLAKE101.160123.95
EGERTON101.1601236.41
JUDD101.160189.29
DAVIES101.16012.28
SMITH101.16010.82
HARRIS91.04414.11
BRADFORD91.044153.54
ALLAN91.044116.63
HISCOCK80.9281126.38
WHITE80.92812.89
GOLDING80.928152.67
HUNT80.92816.99
LOVELL80.928144.35
EDWARDS70.81212.91
PHILIPS70.812143.86
HARRINGTON70.812142.79
FRY70.812125.34
TUCK60.696154.20
JONES60.69610.61
GRAY60.69614.88
DOVEY60.6961181.82
KENT60.696116.52
COLLINS60.69614.85
LANHAM60.6961275.23
PAYNE50.58006.45
DUNNINGS50.58001,428.57
JAMES50.58002.95
NASH50.580012.58
REEVES50.580014.16
WATTS40.46405.53
NORRIS40.464010.81
PRESTON40.46409.29
TUFFIN40.4640275.86
GODWIN30.348026.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAYER0.868625600.0000
BIDLE0.868623333.3333
KNOWLTON0.868622361.1111
WHITEHORN0.868621856.2874
PHILPS0.868621603.7736
DUNNINGS0.868621428.5714
GAIN0.868621327.4336
BROOMFIELD0.86862777.2021
DIBLE0.86862689.6552
CULL0.86862606.0606
WITT0.86862436.0465
HULLETT0.86862400.0000
GOLDEN0.86862385.6749
BABEY0.86862384.6154
COGGIN0.86862384.6154
PECKHAM0.86862372.6708
KAIL0.86862303.0303
TUFFIN0.86862275.8621
LANHAM0.86862275.2294
NICOLE0.86862270.2703
GAYLER0.86862238.0952
EGERTON0.86862236.4066
WARRICK0.86862227.2727
SUSSEX0.86862185.1852
DOVEY0.86862181.8182
IMBER0.86862175.4386
COMPTON0.86862168.6747
MANSBRIDGE0.86862155.4404
PREWETT0.86862131.5789
HISCOCK0.86862126.3823
SWAYNE0.86862117.6471
HOWELLS0.86862113.6364
SANDY0.86862100.3344
WATTON0.8686296.1538
PONTON0.8686290.9091
JUDD0.8686289.2857
BRACHER0.8686280.6452
BUNDY0.8686272.7273
FARMER0.8686259.3912
TUCK0.8686254.2005
BRADFORD0.8686253.5396
GOLDING0.8686252.6662
BROMFIELD0.8686249.5050
OVER0.8686249.2611
PURKISS0.8686248.7805
SHEARING0.8686247.8469
HASKELL0.8686245.4545
LOVELL0.8686244.3459
PHILIPS0.8686243.8596
MONTEITH0.8686243.6681

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 862 people called GRAYER in Minstead 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 5600.0000 in Minstead means that 5600.0000% of the people in Minstead on census day were called GRAYER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAYER 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 GRAYER 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 GRAYER 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 GRAYER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.86 in Minstead means that you are 0.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAYER in Minstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Minstead in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALLAN (9)  ANDREWS (1)  ARMSTRONG (2)  AUSTIN (1)  AVERY (1)  BABEY (1)  BARFOOT (1)  BEECHAM (1)  BEACH (2)  BEATE (1)  BIDLE (1)  BLAKE (10)  BLACKALL (4)  BOWLES (2)  BOYCE (1)  BRACHER (1)  BRADFORD (9)  BRIDGWOOD (1)  BRIMBLE (4)  BROOMFIELD (45)  BROMFIELD (1)  BRUPBASHER (1)  BRYANT (1)  BUNDY (2)  BURGE (1)  BUSHELL (2)  CAILL (1)  CAMPBELL (2)  SCAMMELL (1)  CAREY (1)  COGGIN (3)  COLES (2)  COLLINS (6)  COMPTON (14)  COX (1)  CROSS (1)  CROTCHET (1)  CULL (26)  DARTNALL (1)  DAVIES (10)  DYMOTT (2)  DIBLE (2)  DIXON (3)  DOVEY (6)  DUGDALE (1)  DUNNINGS (5)  DUNNING (1)  DEAR (1)  ECKTON (23)  EDWARDS (7)  EGERTON (10)  ELDRIDGE (1)  ELSWORTH (1)  ETHERIDGE (1)  EVERETT (1)  FARMER (16)  FRY (7)  FRYERS (6)  GAYLER (3)  GAILOR (6)  GAILER (1)  GIBBONS (1)  GLACEY (4)  GOLDEN (14)  GOLDING (8)  GODWIN (3)  GOULD (1)  GOWER (1)  GRAY (6)  GRAYER (14)  GREEN (1)  GRAER (1)  HAMPTON (2)  HARDING (1)  HARRINGTON (7)  HARRIS (9)  HASKELL (1)  HENBEST (7)  HEDGES (1)  HISCOCK (8)  HODDER (1)  HOGG (2)  HORNE (1)  HAWTIN (7)  HOUSE (1)  HOWELLS (25)  HULLETT (1)  HUNT (8)  HURST (2)  IMBER (1)  JAMES (5)  GAIN (15)  JONES (6)  JUDD (10)  KAIL (1)  KENDALL (1)  KENT (6)  KERREY (1)  NOEL (1)  KNOWLTON (17)  LANHAM (6)  LINDSAY (3)  LONGMAN (1)  LOVELL (8)  MALCOLM (1)  MANSBRIDGE (3)  MARSHALL (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  MELLUISH (1)  MILLER (2)  MITCHELL (1)  MONTEITH (1)  MOODY (1)  MULLARD (4)  NASH (5)  NICOLE (1)  NORRIS (4)  OLIVER (12)  OVER (1)  PARKER (1)  PAYNE (5)  PURSON (1)  PECKHAM (12)  PECKAM (14)  PURKESS (18)  PURKIS (2)  PURKISS (1)  PHILIPS (7)  PHILPS (17)  PHILLIPS (10)  PILDREM (2)  PLANT (3)  PLASKET (1)  PONTON (1)  PRESTON (4)  PREWETT (1)  PRINCE (1)  RABY (1)  REEVES (5)  RICHARDS (11)  ROCKLEY (9)  RUSSELL (1)  SAMPSON (3)  SANDY (3)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOREY (8)  SHEARING (1)  SHUTE (1)  SMITH (10)  SOFFE (41)  SPARKS (3)  SPRIGGE (1)  STANBRIDGE (4)  STARES (7)  STEVENSON (1)  STOKES (1)  STOTE (3)  SUSSEX (1)  SWAYNE (1)  TAME (4)  TANNER (2)  THOMAS (1)  TUCK (6)  TUFFIN (4)  VEAL (2)  VOWLES (1)  WALRIDGE (8)  WARRICK (3)  WATTS (4)  WALLINGTON (1)  WITT (15)  WHITE (8)  WHITEHORN (31)  WHITTINGTON (2)  WILSON (1)  WITTIER (2)  WOOD (1)  WATTON (3)  WUTBARNE (4)