Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sway, Hampshire

Sway 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
GATES759.3750605.33
RICKMAN536.62503,375.80
KITCHER313.87503,974.36
HOLES273.37506,279.07
JORDAN273.375076.38
GALE232.875095.95
SMITH182.25001.59
LOADER131.6250292.13
FOSTER131.625012.15
BAKER121.50006.85
YOUNG111.37506.40
CROCKER101.250093.11
ETHERIDGE91.1250189.08
GOULD91.125031.13
BAILEY91.12507.47
PARDEY91.12503,103.45
HAYNES81.000028.03
LANE81.000014.51
FRANCIS81.000016.79
MACEY81.0000181.82
HAINES81.000043.17
AYLES81.0000597.01
HOPKINS70.875014.53
FORESTER70.8750303.03
BARTER70.8750159.45
SHAVE70.8750397.73
EDWARDS70.87503.14
SANDY70.8750251.80
CULL70.8750175.44
COOPER70.87503.60
BUCKEL70.87501,944.44
ACKLAND60.7500228.14
THORN60.750050.21
HODGES60.750025.58
CHANDLER60.750023.35
READ60.750011.63
GIBBS60.750015.27
ENGLAND60.750036.41
HYDE60.750024.38
HEARD50.625058.75
BURTON50.62507.34
PRESSEY50.62501,612.90
HAWKINS50.62508.63
HOLLEY50.6250169.49
VINCENT50.625020.04
OLDING50.6250324.68
WARN40.5000273.97
FULLER40.500012.36
KING40.50002.29
SQUIBB40.5000231.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLES0.808006279.0698
KITCHER0.808003974.3590
RICKMAN0.808003375.7962
PARDEY0.808003103.4483
BUCKEL0.808001944.4444
PRESSEY0.808001612.9032
HARREY0.808001363.6364
BREAKER0.808001333.3333
ETHEREDGE0.808001000.0000
BRIXEY0.80800882.3529
GATES0.80800605.3269
AYLES0.80800597.0149
SHAVE0.80800397.7273
OLDING0.80800324.6753
FORESTER0.80800303.0303
HAPGOOD0.80800303.0303
LOADER0.80800292.1348
FREEBORN0.80800277.7778
WARN0.80800273.9726
SANDY0.80800251.7986
VERDON0.80800250.0000
SQUIBB0.80800231.2139
ACKLAND0.80800228.1369
WHITCHER0.80800210.5263
RYMAN0.80800208.3333
CORBIN0.80800189.8734
ETHERIDGE0.80800189.0756
MACEY0.80800181.8182
CULL0.80800175.4386
GATRELL0.80800172.4138
HOLLEY0.80800169.4915
BARTER0.80800159.4533
HOLLY0.80800150.0000
WESCOTT0.80800142.8571
MULLETT0.80800120.0000
NOKES0.80800112.3596
ADLAM0.8080097.0874
GALE0.8080095.9533
CROCKER0.8080093.1099
FELTHAM0.8080085.2273
BOWRING0.8080077.5194
JORDAN0.8080076.3791
PECKHAM0.8080066.8896
HEARD0.8080058.7544
BROOMFIELD0.8080055.7621
MANSBRIDGE0.8080055.5556
THORN0.8080050.2092
HAGAN0.8080050.0000
HEADLEY0.8080046.2963
WOOLDRIDGE0.8080045.7666

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 800 people called HOLES in Sway 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 6279.0698 in Sway means that 6279.0698% of the people in Sway on census day were called HOLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLES 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 HOLES 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 HOLES 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 HOLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in Sway means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLES in Sway than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sway in 1881

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

ACKLAND (6)  ADAMSON (1)  ADLAM (2)  ALDRIDGE (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ARTHUR (2)  BAILEY (9)  BAKER (12)  BAMPTON (3)  BARLEY (1)  BARRETT (1)  BARTER (7)  BASTABLE (3)  BELL (1)  BOWRING (2)  BRADLEY (2)  BREAKER (2)  BRIDLE (2)  BRITTEN (1)  BRIXEY (3)  BROOMFIELD (3)  BROWN (3)  BUCKEL (7)  BURT (1)  BURTON (5)  CAMPBELL (1)  CHANDLER (6)  CHEAL (1)  CHRISTIAN (1)  COLES (1)  COOPER (7)  CORBIN (3)  CRITTALL (6)  CROCKER (10)  CULL (7)  DENNET (5)  DOWDING (1)  AYLES (8)  EDGE (2)  EDWARDS (7)  ELERIDGE (2)  ELPHINSTON (1)  ELPHINSTONE (1)  ENGLAND (6)  ETHERIDGE (9)  ETHEREDGE (2)  ETERIDGE (ETHERIDGE) (2)  FELTHAM (3)  FENN (3)  FORESTER (7)  FOSTER (13)  FULLER (4)  FRANCIS (8)  FREEBORN (2)  FREEMAN (1)  GAHILL (1)  GALE (23)  GATES (75)  GATRELL (1)  GIBBS (6)  GOATER (1)  GOODERIDGE (3)  JORDAN (27)  GOULD (9)  GREENWOOD (1)  GREGORY (1)  GRIMSHAW (1)  HAGAN (2)  HARREY (3)  HAWKINS (5)  HAINES (8)  HAYNES (8)  HAYWARD (4)  HEARD (5)  HEADLEY (1)  HYSLOP (1)  HEWSON (1)  HITCHIN (1)  HODGES (6)  HOLES (27)  HOLLY (3)  HOLLEY (5)  HAPGOOD (1)  HOPKINS (7)  HORDLE (1)  HOUSE (2)  HUTCHINS (1)  HYDE (6)  INGRAM (2)  JEFFERY (4)  JENVEY (13)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (1)  KEEPING (10)  KING (4)  KITCHER (31)  LANCASTER (1)  LANE (8)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LOCK (1)  LONGMAN (1)  LOADER (13)  MABER (3)  MANSBRIDGE (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MACEY (8)  MAYNARD (1)  MACKENZIE (1)  MACLENNAN (1)  MILLER (1)  MULLETT (3)  NEIL (1)  NINAHAM (6)  NOKES (2)  OLDING (5)  OXWORTH (1)  PARKER (2)  PARNELL (2)  PAUL (3)  PAYNE (1)  PECKHAM (2)  PRAGNELL (8)  PRESSEY (5)  PRESTON (3)  PARDEY (9)  READ (6)  RICHARDS (1)  RICKMAN (53)  RYMAN (2)  SANDY (7)  SAVAGE (4)  SCOTT (1)  SHAVE (7)  SMITH (18)  SQUIBB (4)  STEVENS (2)  STEPHENSON (3)  STRIDE (1)  SWEETENHAM (1)  TANNER (3)  THOMAS (2)  THORN (6)  THORP (3)  TINNIE (2)  TURNER (2)  VERDON (1)  VINCENT (5)  VINE (2)  WAINHOUSE (2)  WEARNE (15)  WARN (4)  WESCOTT (1)  WHEELER (1)  WHITCHER (2)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLDRIDGE (2)  RYTE (1)  YOUNG (11)