Top surnames from the 1881 census in Silchester, Hampshire

Silchester 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
SMITH408.47466.00
COOPER214.449218.29
BROADHURST204.2373418.41
FORD173.601736.98
YATES163.389849.32
KNIGHT153.178025.78
BARTLETT132.754262.89
GUNNELL112.33051,428.57
GODDARD102.118652.69
SHEPHERD102.118628.91
HAM102.1186282.49
CLARIDGE91.9068328.47
WILMOT91.9068285.71
STANLEY91.906849.59
HUNT81.694912.76
WISE81.694981.30
BALLARD81.6949112.99
NORRIS71.483134.53
ALDRIDGE71.483176.50
POPE71.483143.02
WOODS71.483123.52
TULL61.2712526.32
PLUMMER61.271295.09
PARKER61.27126.68
BUNCE61.2712170.45
WARD51.05934.85
BOURNE51.059354.64
GOSLING51.059367.66
SIMPSON51.05936.06
PRIOR51.059345.75
CLIFT51.0593193.80
FRENCH51.059321.70
HAWKINS51.059314.63
BUSS51.0593331.13
ADAMS51.05937.19
PAINTER51.059377.28
ACKLAND40.8475258.06
ROGERS40.84756.53
BUDD40.847566.78
BOYDE40.8475625.00
LAVEY30.63562,500.00
WHITE30.63561.98
MULFORD30.6356588.24
WHISTLER30.6356612.24
GREENAWAY20.423767.57
COGGINS20.4237162.60
HAINES20.423718.30
DICKER20.4237108.11
WALLACE20.42376.19
HIGGINS20.42378.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAVEY0.474722500.0000
GUNNELL0.474721428.5714
GOODARD0.474721428.5714
STAIR0.474721000.0000
STANIFORD0.47472666.6667
BOYDE0.47472625.0000
WHISTLER0.47472612.2449
MULFORD0.47472588.2353
TULL0.47472526.3158
BROADHURST0.47472418.4100
BUSS0.47472331.1258
CLARIDGE0.47472328.4672
CAESAR0.47472312.5000
WILMOT0.47472285.7143
HAM0.47472282.4859
ACKLAND0.47472258.0645
CLIFT0.47472193.7984
BUNCE0.47472170.4545
COGGINS0.47472162.6016
KEW0.47472143.8849
MONGER0.47472117.6471
BALLARD0.47472112.9944
DICKER0.47472108.1081
PLUMMER0.4747295.0872
WISE0.4747281.3008
BRACEY0.4747280.6452
PAINTER0.4747277.2798
ALDRIDGE0.4747276.5027
HERRIDGE0.4747275.1880
GOSLING0.4747267.6590
GREENAWAY0.4747267.5676
BUDD0.4747266.7780
BARTLETT0.4747262.8931
ALLARD0.4747260.2410
BOURNE0.4747254.6448
GODDARD0.4747252.6870
STANLEY0.4747249.5868
YATES0.4747249.3218
CHANCE0.4747245.8716
PRIOR0.4747245.7457
POPE0.4747243.0240
BYE0.4747242.1941
GOODYEAR0.4747240.0000
FORD0.4747236.9806
NORRIS0.4747234.5338
SHEPHERD0.4747228.9101
KNIGHT0.4747225.7821
WOODS0.4747223.5215
FRENCH0.4747221.7014
STROUD0.4747220.4918

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 472 people called LAVEY in Silchester 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 2500.0000 in Silchester means that 2500.0000% of the people in Silchester on census day were called LAVEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAVEY 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 LAVEY 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 LAVEY 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 LAVEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Silchester means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAVEY in Silchester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Silchester in 1881

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

ACKLAND (4)  ADAMS (5)  ALDRIDGE (7)  ALLARD (1)  APPLEBY (1)  ARLOTT (7)  BAKER (1)  BALLARD (8)  BARTLETT (13)  BEDDING (6)  BOYDE (4)  BOYD (1)  BRACEY (1)  BRADBURY (1)  BRIDGMENT (4)  BROADHURST (20)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BUDD (4)  BUNCE (6)  BOURNE (5)  BUSS (5)  BYE (1)  CAESAR (1)  CASER (1)  CHANCE (1)  CLARIDGE (9)  CLEMENTS (1)  CLIFT (5)  KEW (2)  COGGINS (2)  COOPER (21)  CRANE (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAY (1)  DICKER (2)  ELLIOTT (2)  FISHER (1)  FORD (17)  FOSTER (1)  FRENCH (5)  FRY (1)  GILES (1)  GODDARD (10)  GOODARD (1)  GOODYEAR (1)  GOSLING (5)  GREENAWAY (2)  GUNNELL (11)  HAM (10)  HAWKINS (5)  HAINES (2)  HEYNES (1)  HERRIDGE (1)  HICKS (1)  HIGGINS (2)  HUNT (8)  KIMBREY (9)  KNIGHT (15)  LAVEY (3)  LLOYD (2)  LONGSHAW (7)  MULFORD (3)  MONGER (1)  MOORE (1)  NORRIS (7)  PAINTER (5)  PARKER (6)  PEREGRINE (3)  PLUMMER (6)  POPE (7)  PRIOR (5)  ROGERS (4)  SANDERBURY (1)  SCAUSE (2)  SHEPHERD (10)  SIMPSON (5)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (40)  STANIFORD (2)  STANLEY (9)  STAIR (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STROUD (1)  TOTTON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THACKHAM (1)  TULL (6)  TITCOMBE (1)  TURNER (1)  WALLACE (2)  WARD (5)  WEBB (1)  WEST (1)  WESTMACOTT (1)  WESTON (2)  WHEATLAND (2)  WHISTLER (3)  WHITE (3)  WICKS (1)  WILMOT (9)  WISE (8)  WOODS (7)  YATES (16)