Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Wittenham, Berkshire

Little Wittenham 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
BELCHER1210.7143888.89
GREEN98.035728.54
BUCKLE76.2500573.77
BRADBURY76.2500216.05
SIMS76.2500208.33
WHEELER65.357188.76
MANLEY65.3571480.00
DANDRIDGE65.35716,666.67
LATHAM54.4643219.30
HEWITT32.678654.95
RUMBLE32.6786714.29
PALMER21.785715.15
FOWLER21.785731.25
BURT21.785775.19
HATTON21.785790.91
SMART21.785739.22
LOVETT10.892998.04
ANGER10.89292,000.00
WINTER10.892925.19
HISCOCK10.8929121.95
TARRY10.8929270.27
SLADE10.892944.84
CHALLIS10.8929140.85
LAW10.892919.72
SMITH10.89290.63
WARD10.89294.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DANDRIDGE0.111126666.6667
ANGER0.111122000.0000
BELCHER0.11112888.8889
RUMBLE0.11112714.2857
BUCKLE0.11112573.7705
MANLEY0.11112480.0000
TARRY0.11112270.2703
LATHAM0.11112219.2982
BRADBURY0.11112216.0494
SIMS0.11112208.3333
CHALLIS0.11112140.8451
HISCOCK0.11112121.9512
LOVETT0.1111298.0392
HATTON0.1111290.9091
WHEELER0.1111288.7574
BURT0.1111275.1880
HEWITT0.1111254.9451
SLADE0.1111244.8430
SMART0.1111239.2157
FOWLER0.1111231.2500
GREEN0.1111228.5352
WINTER0.1111225.1889
LAW0.1111219.7239
PALMER0.1111215.1515
WARD0.111124.0866
SMITH0.111120.6324

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 112 people called DANDRIDGE in Little Wittenham 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 6666.6667 in Little Wittenham means that 6666.6667% of the people in Little Wittenham on census day were called DANDRIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DANDRIDGE 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 DANDRIDGE 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 DANDRIDGE 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 DANDRIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Little Wittenham means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DANDRIDGE in Little Wittenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Wittenham in 1881

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

ANGER (1)  BELCHER (12)  BRADBURY (7)  BUCKLE (7)  BURT (2)  CHALLIS (1)  COZENS (3)  DANDRIDGE (6)  DIDCOCK (9)  DURBRIDGE (7)  FOWLER (2)  GASKEN (1)  GREEN (9)  GURDEN (1)  HATTON (2)  HEWITT (3)  HISCOCK (1)  LATHAM (5)  LAW (1)  LOVETT (1)  MANLEY (6)  PALMER (2)  RUMBLE (3)  SIMS (7)  SLADE (1)  SMART (2)  SMITH (1)  TARRY (1)  WARD (1)  WHEELER (6)  WINTER (1) 

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