Top surnames from the 1881 census in Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire

Drayton Beauchamp 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
SMITH136.22014.41
CHAPMAN136.220143.80
STEVENS94.306241.25
HIGGINS83.827875.69
NASH83.827882.99
HORN83.8278168.42
HOWLAND73.3493985.92
HORWOOD73.3493707.07
BALL62.870834.76
DENTON62.8708156.25
KING62.870813.17
STRATFORD62.8708419.58
BALDWIN62.870867.34
BRACKLEY62.87081,666.67
NEWMAN62.870838.61
THOMPSON41.91396.39
BRANDON41.9139377.36
HEDGES41.9139167.36
LOVET41.913920,000.00
CHESHIRE41.9139248.45
WICHER31.435430,000.00
ALLEN31.43547.60
RODWELL31.4354265.49
GURNEY20.956991.74
GILBERT20.956916.81
BIGNALL20.9569571.43
BLISS20.9569156.25
KIRBY20.956925.22
ALCOCK10.478533.11
PRICE10.47852.73
FLITTON10.4785555.56
CREW10.478575.76
SEAMONS10.47851,250.00
CHANDLER10.478514.90
ORCHARD10.478545.05
GREEN10.47851.70
FOUNTAIN10.478569.44
BATCHELOR10.478528.25
JOLLY10.478533.78
EUSTACE10.4785169.49
HALL10.47851.63
BUNCE10.478564.10
GRANT10.47854.82
FOULGER10.4785200.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WICHER0.2120930000.0000
LOVET0.2120920000.0000
BRACKLEY0.212091666.6667
SEAMONS0.212091250.0000
HOWLAND0.21209985.9155
HORWOOD0.21209707.0707
BIGNALL0.21209571.4286
FLITTON0.21209555.5556
STRATFORD0.21209419.5804
BRANDON0.21209377.3585
RODWELL0.21209265.4867
CHESHIRE0.21209248.4472
FOULGER0.21209200.0000
EUSTACE0.21209169.4915
HORN0.21209168.4211
HEDGES0.21209167.3640
BLISS0.21209156.2500
DENTON0.21209156.2500
GURNEY0.2120991.7431
NASH0.2120982.9876
CREW0.2120975.7576
HIGGINS0.2120975.6859
FOUNTAIN0.2120969.4444
BALDWIN0.2120967.3401
BUNCE0.2120964.1026
ORCHARD0.2120945.0450
CHAPMAN0.2120943.8005
STEVENS0.2120941.2466
NEWMAN0.2120938.6100
BALL0.2120934.7625
JOLLY0.2120933.7838
ALCOCK0.2120933.1126
BATCHELOR0.2120928.2486
KIRBY0.2120925.2207
GILBERT0.2120916.8067
CHANDLER0.2120914.9031
KING0.2120913.1723
ALLEN0.212097.5988
THOMPSON0.212096.3888
GRANT0.212094.8216
SMITH0.212094.4053
PRICE0.212092.7337
GREEN0.212091.6992
HALL0.212091.6263

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 209 people called WICHER in Drayton Beauchamp 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 30000.0000 in Drayton Beauchamp means that 30000.0000% of the people in Drayton Beauchamp on census day were called WICHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WICHER 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 WICHER 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 WICHER 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 WICHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Drayton Beauchamp means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WICHER in Drayton Beauchamp than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Drayton Beauchamp in 1881

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

ALCOCK (1)  ALLEN (3)  BALDWIN (6)  BALL (6)  BATCHELOR (1)  BEACKLEY (2)  BIGNALL (2)  BLISS (2)  BRACKLEY (6)  BRANDON (4)  BUNCE (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CHAPMAN (13)  CHAPPIN (1)  CHESHIRE (4)  CREW (1)  DENTON (6)  EUSTACE (1)  FEAN (1)  FLITTON (1)  FOSKET (5)  FOULGER (1)  FOUNTAIN (1)  GILBERT (2)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (1)  GURNEY (2)  HALL (1)  HARROWWELL (2)  HORWOOD (7)  HIGGINS (8)  HEDGES (4)  HORN (8)  HOWLAND (7)  HOWLET (6)  JAYCOCK (3)  JENING (4)  JOLLY (1)  KING (6)  KIRBY (2)  LOVEGROVE (3)  LOVET (4)  MAINWARRING (1)  NASH (8)  NEWMAN (6)  ORCHARD (1)  PARRADINE (5)  PRICE (1)  REAVE (3)  RICKET (3)  RODWELL (3)  SEAMONS (1)  SMITH (13)  STEVENS (9)  STRATFORD (6)  THOMPSON (4)  WICHER (3) 

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