Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harwell, Berkshire

Harwell 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
TALBOT556.7901272.82
KING303.703716.99
JEFFERIES283.4568312.15
DAY242.963031.48
HARRIS202.46919.72
GOODWIN192.345744.52
COX192.345715.48
THORNE161.975393.68
WAIT151.8519366.75
ALLEN141.72849.15
CLACK131.6049403.73
HICKMAN131.604995.38
THOMAS121.48153.59
PERRY121.481520.14
BLISSETT111.3580924.37
SNUGGS111.35802,820.51
PALMER111.358011.52
WEST91.111111.54
HUTCHINGS91.111159.13
GREEN91.11113.95
WESTON91.111127.24
MAZEY91.11112,000.00
TURNER91.11113.99
HYDE91.111136.12
KEAT80.98771,052.63
SHAW80.98775.38
HOARE80.987750.60
SMITH80.98770.70
NORRIS80.987723.00
SAUNDERS80.987710.77
THORN80.987766.12
GREENAWAY70.8642137.80
SLADE70.864243.32
CARTER70.86425.15
DENTON70.864247.04
HANSON70.864226.78
WILKINSON70.86425.66
LUKER60.7407289.86
RICHENS60.7407382.17
WOOD60.74072.32
DANDRIDGE60.7407967.74
BROWN60.74071.12
TYRELL60.7407202.70
HUGHES60.74072.64
BUTLER60.74077.60
PRIOR60.740732.00
ALDWORTH50.6173806.45
HARMER50.617362.27
BURNHAM50.6173100.40
HINE50.617378.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SNUGGS0.818102820.5128
BROGDON0.818102666.6667
MAZEY0.818102000.0000
BOULER0.818101111.1111
KEAT0.818101052.6316
DANDRIDGE0.81810967.7419
BLISSETT0.81810924.3697
ALDWORTH0.81810806.4516
BLISSET0.81810666.6667
CLACK0.81810403.7267
RICHENS0.81810382.1656
WAIT0.81810366.7482
JEFFERIES0.81810312.1516
ARMER0.81810300.0000
LUKER0.81810289.8551
COWDERY0.81810277.7778
TALBOT0.81810272.8175
GREENOUGH0.81810245.0980
AYLES0.81810220.5882
BUCKNER0.81810204.0816
TYRELL0.81810202.7027
GREENAWAY0.81810137.7953
BETTERIDGE0.81810136.9863
SHORTER0.81810106.3830
BURNHAM0.81810100.4016
HICKMAN0.8181095.3778
THORNE0.8181093.6768
IRVIN0.8181084.0336
HINE0.8181078.1250
QUARTERMAN0.8181070.9220
LAY0.8181066.3350
THORN0.8181066.1157
WHITEHORN0.8181063.6943
HARMER0.8181062.2665
HUTCHINGS0.8181059.1327
BUCKLAND0.8181058.2751
TIMS0.8181056.1798
HAMBLIN0.8181054.6448
BOSLEY0.8181052.6316
HOARE0.8181050.6009
DENTON0.8181047.0430
BEASLEY0.8181045.5581
GOODWIN0.8181044.5173
SLADE0.8181043.3168
DOWNHAM0.8181043.2900
CHIVERS0.8181041.9580
CADE0.8181039.6825
VINER0.8181038.0228
HITCHMAN0.8181037.4532
HYDE0.8181036.1156

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 810 people called SNUGGS in Harwell 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 2820.5128 in Harwell means that 2820.5128% of the people in Harwell on census day were called SNUGGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SNUGGS 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 SNUGGS 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 SNUGGS 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 SNUGGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Harwell means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SNUGGS in Harwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harwell in 1881

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

ALDWORTH (5)  ALLEN (14)  ALSOP (1)  ARMER (3)  BACKELL (2)  BARNES (1)  BEASLEY (4)  BELCHER (3)  BENNETT (2)  BESSIN (1)  BETTERIDGE (5)  BIDMEAD (1)  BLAGROVE (5)  BLISSET (1)  BLISSETT (11)  BOSHER (14)  BOSLEY (1)  BOULER (1)  BRITTON (1)  BROGDON (4)  BROWN (6)  BUCKLAND (5)  BUCKELL (2)  BUCKNER (1)  BURNHAM (5)  BUTLER (6)  CADE (1)  CAUDWELL (1)  CARTER (7)  CHIVERS (3)  CLACK (13)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (1)  COOPER (4)  COWDERY (2)  COX (19)  DANDRIDGE (6)  DAWSON (1)  DAY (24)  DEARLOVE (6)  DENTON (7)  DOWNHAM (1)  AYLES (3)  ELDERFIELD (21)  ELLAWAY (9)  ELLOWAY (1)  FISHER (4)  FROUDE (2)  FROUD (2)  GARDNER (4)  GEE (4)  GODFREY (2)  GOODWIN (19)  GOSLING (1)  GREEN (9)  GREENOUGH (5)  GREENAWAY (7)  GUY (3)  HALCHY (1)  HALL (4)  HAMBLIN (2)  HANSON (7)  HARDING (1)  HARMER (5)  HARRIS (20)  HAINES (5)  HAYNES (5)  HEAD (1)  HICKMAN (13)  HINE (5)  HITCHMAN (1)  HOARE (8)  HOLLOWAY (4)  HUGHES (6)  HUNT (1)  HUTCHINGS (9)  HYDE (9)  IRVIN (2)  JAMES (2)  JEFFERIES (28)  JOBBINS (1)  JOHNSON (5)  KEAT (8)  KING (30)  LAW (1)  LAY (4)  LEGHTFOOT (6)  LEWIS (2)  LITTLE (1)  LOCK (1)  LUKER (6)  LOWE (2)  MAZEY (9)  MESSENGER (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NORRIS (8)  NORTH (1)  OLIVER (1)  PALMER (11)  PERRY (12)  POKINS (2)  PRIOR (6)  QUARTERMAN (1)  RICKENS (4)  RICHENS (6)  RUSKER (5)  SAUNDERS (8)  SHAW (8)  SHORTER (4)  SIMPSON (1)  SIMS (3)  SLADE (7)  SMITH (8)  SNUGGS (11)  TALBOT (55)  TAME (8)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (12)  THORN (8)  THORNE (16)  THIRSTON (1)  TILBY (4)  TIMS (1)  TELLING (1)  TUCKWELL (2)  TURNER (9)  TYRELL (6)  VINER (1)  WERNHAM (1)  WEST (9)  WESTON (9)  WHITEHORN (1)  WILKINSON (7)  WILLSHIRE (6)  WISE (3)  WOOD (6)  WAIT (15)  WAITE (2) 

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