Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire

Chesham Bois is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Buckinghamshire

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
HOLT185.128276.60
PONTON154.27353,333.33
SMITH143.98862.82
COX123.418822.56
BATCHELOR123.4188201.68
KEEN113.1339156.47
WILKINS113.133970.92
PALMER92.564121.75
MATTHEWS92.564129.39
WILKINSON71.994313.07
SAUNDERS71.994321.75
BENNETT71.994312.13
MEAD71.994385.57
HEARN71.9943150.86
GREEN61.70946.07
ADAMS61.709411.60
LUCAS51.424530.81
ARIS51.42451,041.67
GOMM51.4245543.48
GILBERT51.424525.01
BIRCH51.424534.77
LUCKETT51.4245568.18
THORN51.424595.42
BECKLEY51.4245549.45
BENNING41.1396851.06
JOHNSON41.13963.39
BATES41.139617.91
PUDDEPHATT41.13961,212.12
AYRES41.139682.14
OSBORN41.139654.79
HUTCHINSON41.139620.06
WINGROVE41.1396388.35
EVANS41.13962.61
RACKLEY41.13961,081.08
TOWERS30.854773.71
KEMP30.854715.41
NIGHTINGALE30.854750.68
WEEDON30.8547184.05
LONG30.854713.18
TOMPKINS30.854799.01
FORD30.85478.77
DELL30.8547145.63
HILL30.85473.36
TURVEY30.8547181.82
LEACH30.854720.72
HUTCHINGS30.854745.45
MAYO30.8547111.11
PEGG30.854787.21
EAST20.569836.63
WALTON20.56988.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PONTON0.353513333.3333
PUDDEPHATT0.353511212.1212
RACKLEY0.353511081.0811
ARIS0.353511041.6667
BENNING0.35351851.0638
BENNS0.35351606.0606
LUCKETT0.35351568.1818
BECKLEY0.35351549.4505
GOMM0.35351543.4783
BASTEN0.35351434.7826
WINGROVE0.35351388.3495
OLNEY0.35351273.9726
DANCER0.35351266.6667
BATCHELOR0.35351201.6807
WEEDON0.35351184.0491
TURVEY0.35351181.8182
JOINER0.35351160.0000
KEEN0.35351156.4723
HEARN0.35351150.8621
DELL0.35351145.6311
PARSLOW0.35351131.5789
MAYO0.35351111.1111
TOMPKINS0.3535199.0099
THORN0.3535195.4198
PEGG0.3535187.2093
MEAD0.3535185.5746
AYRES0.3535182.1355
ABBEY0.3535177.5194
HOLT0.3535176.5957
RANCE0.3535176.3359
TOWERS0.3535173.7101
WILKINS0.3535170.9220
ARNOTT0.3535167.7966
WOODLEY0.3535163.8978
CARVER0.3535162.8931
OSBORN0.3535154.7945
CHRISTMAS0.3535152.9101
HARKNESS0.3535150.7614
NIGHTINGALE0.3535150.6757
HUTCHINGS0.3535145.4545
BUNCE0.3535138.3142
READING0.3535136.9004
EAST0.3535136.6300
BIRCH0.3535134.7705
LUCAS0.3535130.8071
MATTHEWS0.3535129.3926
GILBERT0.3535125.0125
COX0.3535122.5564
PALMER0.3535121.7549
SAUNDERS0.3535121.7459

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 351 people called PONTON in Chesham Bois 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 3333.3333 in Chesham Bois means that 3333.3333% of the people in Chesham Bois on census day were called PONTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PONTON 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 PONTON 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 PONTON 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 PONTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Chesham Bois means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PONTON in Chesham Bois than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chesham Bois in 1881

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

ABBEY (1)  ADAMS (6)  ANDREWS (1)  ARIS (5)  ARNOTT (2)  BATCHELOR (12)  BATES (4)  BASTEN (1)  BENNETT (7)  BENNING (4)  BECKLEY (5)  BENNS (2)  BIRCH (5)  BRIGHT (1)  BULLERFIELD (1)  BUNCE (1)  CARVER (2)  CHRISTMAS (1)  CLARK (2)  COX (12)  DANCER (2)  DARVILL (4)  DELL (3)  EAST (2)  ELLEMENT (5)  EVANS (4)  AYRES (4)  FOLKARD (1)  FORD (3)  GASCOIN (1)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBS (1)  GILBERT (5)  GLENESTER (2)  GOMM (5)  GREEN (6)  HARKNESS (1)  HASELGROVE (6)  HEARN (7)  HILL (3)  HOLT (18)  HUTCHINGS (3)  HUTCHINSON (4)  JOHNSON (4)  JOINER (2)  KEEN (11)  KEMP (3)  LEACH (3)  LONG (3)  LUCAS (5)  LUCKETT (5)  MARGANE (1)  MATTHEWS (9)  MAYO (3)  MEAD (7)  MORRIS (1)  NASH (2)  NEAL (1)  NIGHTINGALE (3)  OLNEY (2)  OSBORN (4)  PALMER (9)  PARSLOW (1)  PEARCE (1)  PEGG (3)  PONTON (15)  PUDDEPHATT (4)  RACKLEY (4)  RANCE (1)  READING (1)  RINGSHILL (5)  ROSE (2)  SAUNDERS (7)  SMITH (14)  THORN (5)  TOMPKINS (3)  TOWERS (3)  TURVEY (3)  WALTON (2)  WARE (1)  WEBB (2)  WEEDON (3)  WHITE (1)  WILKINS (11)  WILKINSON (7)  WINGROVE (4)  WOOD (1)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOODLEY (2) 

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