Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bockleton, Worcestershire

Bockleton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
PARKER135.909131.07
HANDLEY104.5455269.54
GRIFFITHS94.090925.00
PRICE94.090923.38
CARTER94.090924.37
ANDREWS83.636437.95
YAPP83.63641,860.47
TYLER83.6364123.27
COOKE83.636465.90
HILL73.181812.49
PATTEN73.1818507.25
STRINGER73.1818159.82
BERRY73.181840.09
DAVIS62.727312.41
POWELL52.272718.21
BRAY52.272767.57
HERBERT52.272760.83
BAKER41.81828.30
WRIGHT41.81825.67
TOPP31.3636600.00
PRITCHARD31.363625.32
TEMPEST31.3636294.12
EDWARDS31.36364.89
BROOM31.3636110.70
MORRIS31.36366.13
JONES31.36361.20
VALE20.9091127.39
BULLS20.90916,666.67
NORMAN20.909119.61
ROBERTS20.90912.42
BROM20.909120,000.00
MOORE20.90914.55
WEAVER20.909134.97
BUFTON20.9091416.67
NICHOLAS20.909146.51
BARNETT20.909120.16
WALL20.909126.01
PAYNE20.909110.10
ARTHUR20.909141.75
BURY20.9091122.70
BUTTS10.4545384.62
EVANS10.45451.04
BAYNHAM10.4545243.90
HORNBUCKLE10.4545714.29
CHILD10.454526.74
PHILLIPS10.45452.54
ATKINSON10.45454.67
HEWITT10.45459.33
BUTLER10.45454.66
PASSEY10.4545212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROM20,000.0020.9091
BULLS6,666.6720.9091
YAPP1,860.4783.6364
HORNBUCKLE714.2910.4545
TOPP600.0031.3636
PATTEN507.2573.1818
BUFTON416.6720.9091
BUTTS384.6210.4545
TEMPEST294.1231.3636
HANDLEY269.54104.5455
BAYNHAM243.9010.4545
PASSEY212.7710.4545
DEAL185.1910.4545
STRINGER159.8273.1818
VALE127.3920.9091
TYLER123.2783.6364
BURY122.7020.9091
BROOM110.7031.3636
BRAY67.5752.2727
COOKE65.9083.6364
HERBERT60.8352.2727
GENT52.9110.4545
NICHOLAS46.5120.9091
ARTHUR41.7520.9091
BERRY40.0973.1818
ANDREWS37.9583.6364
WEAVER34.9720.9091
PARKER31.07135.9091
CHILD26.7410.4545
WALL26.0120.9091
PRITCHARD25.3231.3636
GRIFFITHS25.0094.0909
CARTER24.3794.0909
PRICE23.3894.0909
BARNETT20.1620.9091
NORMAN19.6120.9091
POWELL18.2152.2727
HOLLOWAY14.8410.4545
RICE14.6410.4545
HILL12.4973.1818
DAVIS12.4162.7273
PUGH11.8910.4545
PAYNE10.1020.9091
HEWITT9.3310.4545
BAKER8.3041.8182
MORRIS6.1331.3636
WRIGHT5.6741.8182
WELLS5.4610.4545
EDWARDS4.8931.3636
ATKINSON4.6710.4545

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called BROM in Bockleton 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 0.9091 in Bockleton means that 0.9091% of the people in Bockleton on census day were called BROM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROM 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 BROM 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 BROM 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 BROM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Bockleton means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROM in Bockleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bockleton in 1881

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

ANDREWS (8)  ARTHUR (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BAKER (4)  BARNETT (2)  BAYNHAM (1)  BURY (2)  BERRY (7)  BO... (1)  BOUT (1)  BRAY (5)  BROM (2)  BROOM (3)  BUFTON (2)  BULLS (2)  BUTLER (1)  BUTTS (1)  CARTER (9)  CHILD (1)  CLARK (1)  COOKE (8)  DEAL (1)  DAVIS (6)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (1)  GENT (1)  GRIFFITHS (9)  HANDLEY (10)  HERBERT (5)  HEWITT (1)  HILL (7)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HORNBUCKLE (1)  HORSNETT (1)  JONES (3)  LEE (1)  MENCE (2)  MCLELLON (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (3)  NICHOLAS (2)  NORMAN (2)  PER... (1)  PASSEY (1)  PARKER (13)  PATTEN (7)  PAULFRY (4)  PAYNE (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  POWELL (5)  PRICE (9)  PRITCHARD (3)  PUGH (1)  REYST (1)  RICE (1)  ROBERTS (2)  STRINGER (7)  TEMPEST (3)  TOPP (3)  TURNER (1)  TYLER (8)  VALE (2)  WALL (2)  WEAVER (2)  WELLS (1)  WRIGHT (4)  YAPP (8)  YARNOLD (1)