Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brightwell, Berkshire

Brightwell is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Berkshire

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
EGGLETON284.53071,147.54
LAY223.5599478.26
HAMMOND213.398159.69
HEWETT203.2362278.16
FIELD162.589052.03
SAUNDERS152.427226.46
MESSENGER152.4272314.47
MARSHALL142.265413.51
BUTLER121.941719.91
AYRES111.7799128.21
TALBOT111.779971.52
COOPER111.77997.32
HATHAWAY101.6181311.53
HARVEY101.618115.16
PRATT91.456325.35
YATES91.456321.19
BUTCHER91.456334.56
LOOKER91.4563491.80
WING81.2945205.66
BURCHELL81.2945290.91
LAWSON81.294521.96
BATTEN81.2945140.35
KNIGHT81.294510.50
TURNER81.29454.65
JAMES81.29456.59
WARWICK71.132781.87
KING71.13275.20
SHEARD71.1327123.67
HURN71.1327437.50
GRIMSHAW71.132767.83
BROOKER71.132793.83
BELCHER60.970980.65
HANKS60.9709199.34
BIRCH60.970923.70
HARRIS60.97093.82
DENTON60.970952.82
GODDARD60.970924.14
CASTELL50.8091471.70
DAWSON50.80917.34
STATES50.80916,250.00
WELLS50.80919.72
THORN50.809154.17
TOMLIN40.647272.33
GREEN40.64722.30
SWADLING40.6472769.23
GARDENER40.647236.07
BACON40.647225.76
TARRY40.6472194.17
GREENAWAY40.6472103.09
STEEL40.647215.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STATES0.626186250.0000
EGGLETON0.626181147.5410
SWADLING0.62618769.2308
LOOKER0.62618491.8033
LAY0.62618478.2609
CASTELL0.62618471.6981
HURN0.62618437.5000
PUMMELL0.62618344.8276
MESSENGER0.62618314.4654
HATHAWAY0.62618311.5265
BURCHELL0.62618290.9091
HEWETT0.62618278.1641
WING0.62618205.6555
HANKS0.62618199.3355
TARRY0.62618194.1748
MACKLIN0.62618173.4104
BATTEN0.62618140.3509
AYRES0.62618128.2051
SHEARD0.62618123.6749
GOODENOUGH0.62618112.9944
GREENAWAY0.62618103.0928
HOMES0.6261895.2381
BROOKER0.6261893.8338
WILLCOX0.6261890.0901
WHITEHORN0.6261883.3333
SANDALL0.6261882.6446
WARWICK0.6261881.8713
BELCHER0.6261880.6452
TOMLIN0.6261872.3327
TALBOT0.6261871.5215
GRIMSHAW0.6261867.8295
SIMSON0.6261862.1118
HAMMOND0.6261859.6930
THORN0.6261854.1712
DENTON0.6261852.8169
FIELD0.6261852.0325
LEAVER0.6261850.2513
COTTRELL0.6261836.3636
GARDENER0.6261836.0685
EYLES0.6261835.0877
BUTCHER0.6261834.5622
MEARS0.6261834.3053
HIGGS0.6261826.6193
SAUNDERS0.6261826.4644
BACON0.6261825.7566
PRATT0.6261825.3521
GODDARD0.6261824.1449
BIRCH0.6261823.6967
COBB0.6261822.7531
LAWSON0.6261821.9599

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 618 people called STATES in Brightwell 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 6250.0000 in Brightwell means that 6250.0000% of the people in Brightwell on census day were called STATES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STATES 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 STATES 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 STATES 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 STATES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Brightwell means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STATES in Brightwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brightwell in 1881

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

ABSOLOM (2)  BACON (4)  BATTEN (8)  BELCHER (6)  BIRCH (6)  BURCHELL (8)  BREWERTON (7)  BROOKER (7)  BROWN (1)  BULL (3)  BUTCHER (9)  BUTLER (12)  CASTELL (5)  COBB (2)  COLE (2)  COOK (2)  COOPER (11)  COTTRELL (2)  COZENS (9)  CRICKMERE (1)  CROOK (1)  CUNNINGHAM (3)  DAWSON (5)  DEARLOVE (4)  DENTON (6)  DURBRIDGE (6)  EYLES (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EGGLETON (28)  ELDRIDGE (1)  EMMET (8)  EVEREX (2)  AYRES (11)  FAIRTHORNE (2)  FAULKNER (1)  FIELD (16)  FILBEE (2)  FONTANNAZ (1)  FULLER (1)  FOWLER (1)  GARDENER (4)  GARLICK (1)  GODDARD (6)  GOODENOUGH (2)  GOODEY (2)  GREEN (4)  GREENAWAY (4)  GREGORY (3)  GRIMSHAW (7)  HAMMOND (21)  HANKS (6)  HARLEWAY (1)  HARPER (2)  HARRIS (6)  HARVEY (10)  HATHAWAY (10)  HAWKINS (2)  HURN (7)  HEARMON (5)  HEWETT (20)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGGS (3)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HORSLEY (1)  HOMES (1)  ISLIP (1)  JAMES (8)  JONES (1)  KIBBLEWHITE (2)  KING (7)  KNIGHT (8)  LANGSBURY (1)  LAWSON (8)  LAY (22)  LEAVER (2)  LEWIS (1)  LOOKER (9)  MAPSON (1)  MARSHALL (14)  MACKLIN (3)  MESSENGER (15)  MONKS (1)  MEARS (2)  PEARCE (1)  PHIPPS (1)  POOLE (2)  POTTS (3)  PRATT (9)  PREW (7)  PRIOR (3)  PUMMELL (1)  REEVES (1)  REED (1)  REELY (8)  ROBERTS (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SANDALL (1)  SAUNDERS (15)  SHEARD (7)  SHEPHERD (2)  SIMSON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SLADE (1)  SPYER (1)  STATES (5)  STEEL (4)  SWADLING (4)  TALBOT (11)  TARRY (4)  THORN (5)  TOMLIN (4)  TURNER (8)  WARD (3)  WARWICK (7)  WATTS (1)  WELLS (5)  WESTON (1)  WETHERALL (9)  WHITE (3)  WHITEHORNE (5)  WHITEHORN (1)  WILLCOX (3)  WILKINS (3)  WING (8)  YATES (9)  YOUNG (1) 

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