Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Hendred, Berkshire

West Hendred 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
MULFORD267.32396,666.67
WELCH133.6620104.17
ROBERTS113.09868.24
ALDER102.8169393.70
HATTO102.816910,000.00
HARRIS102.816911.08
OWEN92.535221.36
SMITH92.53521.80
RIVERS92.5352409.09
SHEPPARD82.253565.04
BARTHOLOMEW82.2535278.75
FARR82.2535151.80
CASTLE82.2535113.48
ALDWORTH82.25352,962.96
HAYDON71.9718315.32
WATTS71.971823.51
GREENAWAY71.9718313.90
HUGGINS71.9718234.11
BEDWELL71.9718507.25
HAINES61.690172.99
PRATT61.690129.43
BALLARD51.408593.81
CROOK51.408549.07
SHEPHERD51.408519.22
TOWNSEND51.408533.16
HENWOOD51.4085335.57
WIGGINS51.4085130.55
CARTER51.40858.39
POWELL41.12689.03
CHALLIS41.1268177.78
EVANS41.12682.58
SAUNDERS41.126812.29
TALBOT41.126845.25
LAY30.8451113.64
REEVES30.845120.63
PEARCE30.84519.20
STEVENSON30.845112.04
MINNS30.8451192.31
HOLMES20.56344.63
STRATTON20.563464.94
SPACKMAN20.5634192.31
LAWRENCE20.56348.68
WALFORD20.563491.74
BARLOW10.28175.22
SPENCER10.28173.09
CUE10.2817500.00
NEALE10.281711.86
WOODLEY10.281731.65
MILLS10.28172.17
ROUSE10.281719.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HATTO0.3635510000.0000
MULFORD0.363556666.6667
ALDWORTH0.363552962.9630
LYDE0.363551111.1111
BEDWELL0.36355507.2464
CUE0.36355500.0000
RIVERS0.36355409.0909
ALDER0.36355393.7008
HENWOOD0.36355335.5705
HAYDON0.36355315.3153
GREENAWAY0.36355313.9013
BARTHOLOMEW0.36355278.7456
HUGGINS0.36355234.1137
SPACKMAN0.36355192.3077
MINNS0.36355192.3077
CHALLIS0.36355177.7778
FARR0.36355151.8027
WIGGINS0.36355130.5483
LAY0.36355113.6364
CASTLE0.36355113.4752
WELCH0.36355104.1667
GOODENOUGH0.3635598.0392
BALLARD0.3635593.8086
WALFORD0.3635591.7431
HITCHMAN0.3635585.4701
HAINES0.3635572.9927
LOYD0.3635571.9424
TUBB0.3635568.0272
SHEPPARD0.3635565.0407
STRATTON0.3635564.9351
CROOK0.3635549.0677
TALBOT0.3635545.2489
TOWNSEND0.3635533.1565
WOODLEY0.3635531.6456
PRATT0.3635529.4262
FERRIS0.3635528.4900
WATTS0.3635523.5136
BROAD0.3635522.1729
OWEN0.3635521.3624
WILTSHIRE0.3635521.0970
REEVES0.3635520.6327
ROUSE0.3635519.6464
SHEPHERD0.3635519.2234
COHEN0.3635517.8891
HUMPHRIES0.3635512.5000
SAUNDERS0.3635512.2850
STEVENSON0.3635512.0434
NEALE0.3635511.8624
HARRIS0.3635511.0840
PEARCE0.363559.1996

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 355 people called HATTO in West Hendred 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 10000.0000 in West Hendred means that 10000.0000% of the people in West Hendred on census day were called HATTO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HATTO 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 HATTO 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 HATTO 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 HATTO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in West Hendred means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HATTO in West Hendred than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Hendred in 1881

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

ALDER (10)  ALDWORTH (8)  BALLARD (5)  BARLOW (1)  BARRETT (1)  BARTHOLOMEW (8)  BEDWELL (7)  BOND (1)  BOSHIER (6)  BROAD (1)  CARTER (5)  CASTLE (8)  CHALLIS (4)  CHASNEY (4)  CUE (1)  COHEN (1)  CROOK (5)  DEARLOVE (5)  ELLAWAY (1)  EVANS (4)  FARR (8)  FERRIS (1)  FOX (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  FROUD (1)  FULBROOK (4)  GOODENOUGH (1)  GREEAWAY (GREENAWAY) (8)  GREEAWAY (1)  GREENAWAY (7)  HARRIS (10)  HATTO (10)  HAYDON (7)  HAINES (6)  HENWOOD (5)  HITCHMAN (1)  HITTER (1)  HOLMES (2)  HUGGINS (7)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  LAWRENCE (2)  LAY (3)  LOYD (1)  LOVEGROVE (4)  LYDE (1)  MULFORD (26)  MILLS (1)  MINNS (3)  NEALE (1)  OWEN (9)  PEARCE (3)  POWELL (4)  PRATT (6)  REEVES (3)  REELEY (8)  RIVERS (9)  RIXON (9)  ROBERTS (11)  ROUSE (1)  SAUNDERS (4)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHEPPARD (8)  SMITH (9)  SPACKMAN (2)  SPENCER (1)  STEVENSON (3)  STODLEY (1)  STRATTON (2)  TALBOT (4)  TAME (4)  TOWNSEND (5)  TUBB (1)  WATTS (7)  WELCH (13)  WESTRIP (1)  WIGGINS (5)  WILTSHIRE (1)  WOODS (1)  WALFORD (2)  WOODLEY (1) 

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