Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broughton Hackett, Worcestershire

Broughton Hackett 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
READ106.250096.99
HILL106.250024.54
BEVAN106.2500255.75
SMITH106.25004.43
SAUNDERS106.250068.17
BENDALL95.62501,551.72
DAVIS74.375019.91
SHERWOOD63.7500294.12
ROGERS63.750028.89
TARRANT53.1250442.48
PILCHER53.1250625.00
HARRISON53.125014.08
HOLT53.125046.69
BRANT42.5000615.38
HITCHINGS42.5000816.33
BOURNE42.5000129.03
DAVIES42.50004.92
LOXLEY31.87501,034.48
MORRIS31.87508.42
REYNOLDS31.875021.65
TWIGG31.8750267.86
BISHOP21.250017.89
BARLEY21.2500224.72
GREENWAY21.2500168.07
JENKINS21.250010.61
RICHARDSON21.25007.34
HEMMING21.2500140.85
COLE21.250013.72
PERRETT10.6250125.00
COOK10.62503.15
PRESCOTT10.625044.25
LEWIS10.62502.38
ISSAC10.62505,000.00
HINTON10.625046.51
MOORE10.62503.13
SIMPSON10.62503.57
KENNETT10.6250112.36
BRAY10.625018.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISSAC5,000.0010.6250
BENDALL1,551.7295.6250
LOXLEY1,034.4831.8750
HITCHINGS816.3342.5000
PILCHER625.0053.1250
BRANT615.3842.5000
TARRANT442.4853.1250
SHERWOOD294.1263.7500
TWIGG267.8631.8750
BEVAN255.75106.2500
BARLEY224.7221.2500
GREENWAY168.0721.2500
HEMMING140.8521.2500
BOURNE129.0342.5000
PERRETT125.0010.6250
KENNETT112.3610.6250
READ96.99106.2500
SAUNDERS68.17106.2500
HOLT46.6953.1250
HINTON46.5110.6250
PRESCOTT44.2510.6250
ROGERS28.8963.7500
HILL24.54106.2500
REYNOLDS21.6531.8750
DAVIS19.9174.3750
BRAY18.5910.6250
BISHOP17.8921.2500
HARRISON14.0853.1250
COLE13.7221.2500
JENKINS10.6121.2500
MORRIS8.4231.8750
RICHARDSON7.3421.2500
DAVIES4.9242.5000
SMITH4.43106.2500
SIMPSON3.5710.6250
COOK3.1510.6250
MOORE3.1310.6250
LEWIS2.3810.6250

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ISSAC in Broughton Hackett 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 0.6250 in Broughton Hackett means that 0.6250% of the people in Broughton Hackett on census day were called ISSAC.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISSAC 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 ISSAC 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 ISSAC 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 ISSAC here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Broughton Hackett means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISSAC in Broughton Hackett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broughton Hackett in 1881

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

BARLEY (2)  BENDALL (9)  BEVAN (10)  BISHOP (2)  BLUCK (2)  BLUNN (1)  BRANT (4)  BRAY (1)  BOMFORD (2)  BOURNE (4)  COLE (2)  COOK (1)  DAVIS (7)  DAVIES (4)  GREENWAY (2)  HARRISON (5)  HEMMING (2)  HILL (10)  HINTON (1)  HITCHINGS (4)  HOLT (5)  HUBAND (2)  ISSAC (1)  JENKINS (2)  KENNETT (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOXLEY (3)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (3)  PERRETT (1)  PILCHER (5)  PRESCOTT (1)  READ (10)  REYNOLDS (3)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROGERS (6)  SAUNDERS (10)  SHERWOOD (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (10)  TARRANT (5)  TWIGG (3)  WASLEY (3)