Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sherington, Buckinghamshire

Sherington 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
COLEMAN254.139183.06
LINE243.9735836.24
WEST172.814629.23
SMITH172.81461.99
BOONE162.64902,253.52
PARROTT152.4834218.34
ROSE152.483433.49
PROCTOR142.317994.28
BROOKS142.317923.71
WATTS142.317927.64
NORMAN121.986842.87
PETTS121.9868779.22
BOON111.8212194.35
FOSSEY111.82121,089.11
BOWYER101.6556151.98
HINE101.6556209.64
JOYCE91.490160.69
HARCOURT81.3245601.50
FRENCH81.324527.13
ROBINSON81.32454.15
FIELD81.324526.62
HARDING81.324518.30
WILMER81.32451,355.93
JEFFERSON81.3245121.95
WRIGHT71.15893.61
KEECH71.1589551.18
ATTWOOD71.1589117.06
TATHAM71.1589343.14
WARD71.15895.31
SIMCO71.15894,666.67
EMERSON60.9934143.54
ELLIOTT60.993411.71
INGRAM60.993432.54
CARTER60.99345.92
FLEET50.8278123.46
SLAYTER50.82788,333.33
HICKSON50.8278119.90
BORTON50.8278847.46
RAINBOW50.8278200.00
ROGERS40.66235.10
STORER40.6623105.82
COURSE40.6623421.05
GEARY40.662384.75
PAYNE40.66237.36
LABRUM40.6623909.09
WHITE40.66232.06
NICHOLS40.662320.33
HUCKLE40.6623208.33
GARDNER40.66239.76
SAUNDERS40.66237.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPAKES0.6060410000.0000
SLAYTER0.606048333.3333
SIMCO0.606044666.6667
BOONE0.606042253.5211
WILMER0.606041355.9322
PING0.606041153.8462
FOSSEY0.606041089.1089
LABRUM0.60604909.0909
BORTON0.60604847.4576
LINE0.60604836.2369
PETTS0.60604779.2208
HARCOURT0.60604601.5038
KEECH0.60604551.1811
MORNING0.60604454.5455
COURSE0.60604421.0526
TATHAM0.60604343.1373
BIGNALL0.60604300.0000
TEAGLE0.60604285.7143
PARROTT0.60604218.3406
HINE0.60604209.6436
HUCKLE0.60604208.3333
RAINBOW0.60604200.0000
BOON0.60604194.3463
MUSKETT0.60604194.1748
STIMSON0.60604188.6792
BOWYER0.60604151.9757
ALGER0.60604144.9275
EMERSON0.60604143.5407
BUNKER0.60604123.4568
FLEET0.60604123.4568
JEFFERSON0.60604121.9512
HICKSON0.60604119.9041
ATTWOOD0.60604117.0569
STORER0.60604105.8201
PROCTOR0.6060494.2761
GEARY0.6060484.7458
COLEMAN0.6060483.0565
BRITTEN0.6060482.9876
ABRAMS0.6060467.1141
HOLTON0.6060464.1026
TROWBRIDGE0.6060462.1118
JOYCE0.6060460.6878
HILLYER0.6060457.4713
BRANSON0.6060446.2963
NORMAN0.6060442.8725
BEAVIS0.6060440.4858
TOMPKINS0.6060438.3877
BURCHELL0.6060437.1747
DICKS0.6060433.8983
ROSE0.6060433.4896

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 604 people called SPAKES in Sherington 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 Sherington means that 10000.0000% of the people in Sherington on census day were called SPAKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPAKES 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 SPAKES 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 SPAKES 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 SPAKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Sherington means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPAKES in Sherington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sherington in 1881

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

ABRAMS (1)  ABRAHAM (1)  ADLAND (1)  ALGER (2)  ALLEN (1)  ATTWOOD (7)  AUSTIN (3)  BEAVIS (1)  BYERS (1)  BENNETT (1)  BIGNALL (3)  BURCHELL (1)  BISHOP (2)  BOONE (16)  BOON (11)  BOWYER (10)  BRANSON (1)  BRITTEN (2)  BROOKS (14)  BUNKER (3)  BORTON (5)  BURTON (2)  CARTER (6)  COALES (7)  COLEMAN (25)  COOK (1)  COURSE (4)  CROOK (1)  CUTMORE (1)  DICKS (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  EMERSON (6)  FEASEY (34)  FIELD (8)  FLEET (5)  FOSSEY (11)  FRANCE (1)  FRENCH (8)  GARDNER (4)  GEARY (4)  GILES (1)  GOODMAN (2)  GOSTLOW (1)  GROOM (1)  HARCOURT (8)  HARDING (8)  HARDWICK (2)  HAYNES (1)  HICKSON (5)  HILL (3)  HILLYER (1)  HINE (10)  HOLTON (2)  HUCKLE (4)  INGRAM (6)  IRELAND (1)  JARORIA (3)  JEFFERSON (8)  JOYCE (9)  KEECH (7)  KINGSTONE (1)  LANE (1)  LABRUM (4)  LEECH (1)  LINE (24)  LOVELL (1)  MAKEHAM (2)  MILLARD (2)  MYNARD (3)  MORNING (1)  MUSKETT (2)  NICHOLS (4)  NORMAN (12)  OLDHAM (3)  OLIVER (1)  PALMER (1)  PARROTT (15)  PATEMAN (3)  PAYNE (4)  PAKES (1)  PENN (1)  PETTS (12)  PING (3)  PROCTOR (14)  RAINBOW (5)  REDMILL (4)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICE (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (8)  ROGERS (4)  ROSE (15)  RUSH (2)  SAUNDERS (4)  SAVAGE (1)  SEVERETT (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMCO (7)  SLAYTER (5)  SMITH (17)  SPAKES (1)  SPENCER (1)  STEVENS (1)  STIMSON (3)  STORER (4)  SUMMERFIELD (1)  TATHAM (7)  TEAGLE (2)  TITE (1)  TOMPKINS (2)  TRING (1)  TROWBRIDGE (1)  UMNEY (12)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WARD (7)  WATTS (14)  WEST (17)  WHITE (4)  WITNEY (3)  WILLMIN (1)  WILLETT (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILMER (8)  WOODWARD (1)  WRIGHT (7) 

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