Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sherbourne, Warwickshire

Sherbourne is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
HARRISON2914.427964.99
HARRIS83.980115.66
BRAIN83.9801370.37
WALKER83.980111.89
STEEL83.980197.68
HORSLEY73.4826372.34
BOSTOCK73.4826370.37
SQUIBB62.98511,395.35
CHERRY62.9851291.26
ARMSTRONG62.985139.06
BOND62.985156.39
HORTON62.985180.43
HAINES52.4876107.53
UPTON52.4876130.55
SAVAGE41.990051.81
RAWLINGS41.9900136.05
BUCKINGHAM41.9900149.25
YOUNG41.99009.26
NEEDLES31.492510,000.00
CANNING31.4925209.79
JOINER31.4925422.54
BAKER31.49256.81
NEEDLE31.49251,428.57
ROBERTS31.49253.97
LLOYD31.492512.78
GOOLD31.4925857.14
REASON31.4925508.47
CHANCE20.9950215.05
EDWARDS20.99503.57
MASON20.99507.40
PLUMMER10.497537.17
BENNETT10.49753.03
HOBBS10.497513.66
MACMANUS10.49753,333.33
BROWN10.49750.75
WYATT10.497516.95
FRIEDMAN10.49751,000.00
POWELL10.49753.99
HORTEN10.49752,500.00
DAY10.49755.29
PLATT10.497518.80
HENSON10.497542.37
SPARKS10.497532.89
BYERLEY10.49751,428.57
PRICE10.49752.84
HOUSEMAN10.4975212.77
PORTER10.49756.63
BISTER10.49752,500.00
CORBETT10.497525.38
NICHOLS10.497515.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEEDLES10,000.0031.4925
MACMANUS3,333.3310.4975
BISTER2,500.0010.4975
HORTEN2,500.0010.4975
NEEDLE1,428.5731.4925
BYERLEY1,428.5710.4975
SQUIBB1,395.3562.9851
FRIEDMAN1,000.0010.4975
GOOLD857.1431.4925
REASON508.4731.4925
JOINER422.5431.4925
HORSLEY372.3473.4826
BOSTOCK370.3773.4826
BRAIN370.3783.9801
CHERRY291.2662.9851
CHANCE215.0520.9950
HOUSEMAN212.7710.4975
KEANE212.7710.4975
CANNING209.7931.4925
BUCKINGHAM149.2541.9900
RAWLINGS136.0541.9900
UPTON130.5552.4876
HAINES107.5352.4876
STEEL97.6883.9801
HORTON80.4362.9851
HANCOX65.3610.4975
HARRISON64.992914.4279
BOND56.3962.9851
HEMMING56.1810.4975
SOUTH52.9110.4975
SAVAGE51.8141.9900
HENSON42.3710.4975
ARMSTRONG39.0662.9851
EDMUNDS38.1710.4975
PLUMMER37.1710.4975
SPARKS32.8910.4975
CORBETT25.3810.4975
CASTLE25.0610.4975
WAINWRIGHT23.5310.4975
PLATT18.8010.4975
WYATT16.9510.4975
HARRIS15.6683.9801
NICHOLS15.2710.4975
HOBBS13.6610.4975
LLOYD12.7831.4925
WALKER11.8983.9801
YOUNG9.2641.9900
PRATT8.6610.4975
MASON7.4020.9950
BAKER6.8131.4925

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called NEEDLES in Sherbourne 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 1.4925 in Sherbourne means that 1.4925% of the people in Sherbourne on census day were called NEEDLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEEDLES 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 NEEDLES 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 NEEDLES 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 NEEDLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Sherbourne means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEEDLES in Sherbourne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sherbourne in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (6)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (3)  BENNETT (1)  BISTER (1)  BOND (6)  BOSTOCK (7)  BRAIN (8)  BROWN (1)  BUCKINGHAM (4)  BYERLEY (1)  CANNING (3)  CASTLE (1)  CHANCE (2)  CHERRY (6)  CORBETT (1)  DAY (1)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDS (2)  FRIEDMAN (1)  GIBSON (1)  GOOLD (3)  HANCOX (1)  HARRIS (8)  HARRISON (29)  HAINES (5)  HEMMING (1)  HENSON (1)  HIGGERSON (3)  HOBBS (1)  HOBBIS (1)  HORSLEY (7)  HORTON (6)  HORTEN (1)  HOUSEMAN (1)  HUMPHRISS (1)  JOINER (3)  KEANE (1)  LLOYD (3)  MAIDES (2)  MASON (2)  MACMANUS (1)  NEEDLES (3)  NEEDLE (3)  NICHOLS (1)  PLATT (1)  PLUMMER (1)  PORTER (1)  POWELL (1)  PRATT (1)  PRICE (1)  REASON (3)  ROBERTS (3)  RAWLINGS (4)  SAVAGE (4)  SOUTH (1)  SPARKS (1)  SQUIBB (6)  STEEL (8)  UPTON (5)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALKER (8)  WYATT (1)  YOUNG (4)