Top surnames from the 1881 census in Waverley, Surrey

Waverley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Surrey

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
SMITH717.500012.39
EADE410.00002,105.26
ELLIS410.000068.85
MARSHALL25.000029.81
WHITTLE12.5000114.94
ALLEN12.500013.23
GREAVES12.500085.47
WHITE12.50007.78
PENN12.5000277.78
LOVELL12.5000119.05
GILES12.500065.79
WISDOM12.50001,428.57
COBBETT12.50001,250.00
TOMS12.5000322.58
MITCHELL12.500012.33
LOVELAND12.50001,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EADE2,105.26410.0000
WISDOM1,428.5712.5000
LOVELAND1,250.0012.5000
COBBETT1,250.0012.5000
TOMS322.5812.5000
PENN277.7812.5000
LOVELL119.0512.5000
WHITTLE114.9412.5000
GREAVES85.4712.5000
ELLIS68.85410.0000
GILES65.7912.5000
MARSHALL29.8125.0000
ALLEN13.2312.5000
SMITH12.39717.5000
MITCHELL12.3312.5000
WHITE7.7812.5000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called EADE in Waverley 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 10.0000 in Waverley means that 10.0000% of the people in Waverley on census day were called EADE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EADE 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 EADE 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 EADE 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 EADE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,105.26 in Waverley means that you are 2,105.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EADE in Waverley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Waverley in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  COBBETT (1)  EADE (4)  ELLIS (4)  GILES (1)  GREAVES (1)  KEIGHLEY (3)  LOVELAND (1)  LOVELL (1)  MANCEY (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MITCHELL (1)  MORCROFT (1)  PENN (1)  SMITH (7)  TOMS (1)  VARNDELL (6)  WHITE (1)  WHITTLE (1)  WISDOM (1)