Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wokefield, Berkshire

Wokefield 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
APPLETON107.2993465.12
SMITH85.83944.14
STEPHENSON85.8394102.04
STROUD75.1095492.96
TAYLOR75.10957.99
DAVID64.3796419.58
PHILPOTTS64.37964,285.71
WOOLHOUSE53.64961,666.67
BARKER53.649627.89
BOLTON32.189850.85
TILLY32.1898714.29
FORD32.189822.49
MOORE21.45997.30
BUNCE21.4599196.08
SNEE21.45992,000.00
BEDFORD21.459961.54
COOK21.45997.35
WILMOTT21.4599434.78
CASSELL21.4599625.00
MERRITT21.4599208.33
SIMMONDS10.729927.32
HONE10.7299212.77
WREN10.729967.57
PARSONS10.72999.61
GODFREY10.729924.63
WARD10.72993.34
NATION10.7299454.55
MANNERS10.7299147.06
REID10.72996.95
HEALEY10.729944.64
PACE10.7299163.93
FRITH10.729972.99
MUSTO10.7299909.09
STREET10.729931.25
MILES10.729912.38
BROWN10.72991.11
LANGHAM10.7299166.67
HALL10.72992.48
NEWMAN10.72999.81
MUMFORD10.729975.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PHILPOTTS0.141374285.7143
SNEE0.141372000.0000
WOOLHOUSE0.141371666.6667
MUSTO0.14137909.0909
TILLY0.14137714.2857
CASSELL0.14137625.0000
STROUD0.14137492.9577
APPLETON0.14137465.1163
NATION0.14137454.5455
WILMOTT0.14137434.7826
DAVID0.14137419.5804
HONE0.14137212.7660
MERRITT0.14137208.3333
BUNCE0.14137196.0784
LANGHAM0.14137166.6667
PACE0.14137163.9344
MANNERS0.14137147.0588
STEPHENSON0.14137102.0408
MUMFORD0.1413775.7576
FRITH0.1413772.9927
WREN0.1413767.5676
BEDFORD0.1413761.5385
BOLTON0.1413750.8475
HEALEY0.1413744.6429
STREET0.1413731.2500
BARKER0.1413727.8862
SIMMONDS0.1413727.3224
GODFREY0.1413724.6305
FORD0.1413722.4888
MILES0.1413712.3762
NEWMAN0.141379.8135
PARSONS0.141379.6061
TAYLOR0.141377.9900
COOK0.141377.3502
MOORE0.141377.2993
REID0.141376.9493
SMITH0.141374.1356
WARD0.141373.3411
HALL0.141372.4814
BROWN0.141371.1073

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 137 people called PHILPOTTS in Wokefield 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 4285.7143 in Wokefield means that 4285.7143% of the people in Wokefield on census day were called PHILPOTTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Wokefield means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PHILPOTTS in Wokefield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wokefield in 1881

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

ALLFREY (5)  APPLETON (10)  BARKER (5)  BEDFORD (2)  BOLTON (3)  BROWN (1)  BRUNSDEN (9)  BUNCE (2)  CASSELL (2)  COOK (2)  DAVID (6)  DOMONE (4)  ELBROUGH (1)  EVERARD (2)  FORD (3)  FRITH (1)  GODFREY (1)  HALL (1)  HARRIWAY (1)  HEALEY (1)  HISSEY (2)  HONE (1)  LANGHAM (1)  MERRITT (2)  MANNERS (1)  MILES (1)  MOORE (2)  MUMFORD (1)  MUSTO (1)  NATION (1)  NEWMAN (1)  PACE (1)  PARSONS (1)  PHILPOTTS (6)  REID (1)  SIMMONDS (1)  SMITH (8)  SNEE (2)  STEPHENSON (8)  STREET (1)  STROUD (7)  SWEETZER (4)  TAYLOR (7)  TEGG (1)  TILLY (3)  ULSFORD (1)  WARD (1)  WILMOTT (2)  WOOLHOUSE (5)  WREN (1) 

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