Top surnames from the 1881 census in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire

Down Ampney is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Gloucestershire

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
RICKETTS246.9565716.42
DEAN246.9565100.21
RICHENS205.79712,985.07
MARTIN185.217421.18
TURNER113.188411.45
GARDNER113.188446.97
HAYWARD102.898667.98
TUCK92.6087203.16
RUSSELL92.608721.37
HISCOCK92.6087355.73
SMITH92.60871.85
CREW82.3188366.97
BARNES82.318819.26
BEAL72.0290216.05
BAYLISS72.0290160.55
HILL72.02907.97
ABEL61.7391270.27
MESSENGER61.7391225.56
RUCK61.7391681.82
BENNETT61.739110.58
PRINCE61.739176.92
HORTON51.449339.06
WICKS51.4493102.88
JEROME51.4493806.45
COLEMAN41.159423.27
CURTIS41.159420.43
IRELAND41.159449.94
TOWNSEND30.869620.48
HERBERT30.869623.27
WAIN30.8696103.81
SUTTON30.869613.66
CLARK30.86962.89
BATES30.869613.67
MONEY20.579797.09
WAKEFIELD20.579732.36
LEONARD20.579726.74
HAINES20.579725.03
BUBB20.5797222.22
BASTIN20.5797217.39
BROWN20.57970.88
UNDERHILL20.579782.99
HALL20.57971.97
SELBY20.579748.54
GIDDINGS20.5797127.39
STRONG20.579738.84
BANFIELD10.289963.29
HARRIS10.28991.14
SLY10.289976.34
SANDELL10.2899158.73
JENKINS10.28992.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHENS0.353452985.0746
HAMMONS0.353451250.0000
JEROME0.35345806.4516
RICKETTS0.35345716.4179
RUCK0.35345681.8182
CREW0.35345366.9725
HISCOCK0.35345355.7312
ABEL0.35345270.2703
MESSENGER0.35345225.5639
BUBB0.35345222.2222
BASTIN0.35345217.3913
BEAL0.35345216.0494
TUCK0.35345203.1603
TAMPLIN0.35345200.0000
SKUSE0.35345166.6667
BAYLISS0.35345160.5505
SANDELL0.35345158.7302
GIDDINGS0.35345127.3885
WAIN0.35345103.8062
WICKS0.35345102.8807
DEAN0.35345100.2088
MONEY0.3534597.0874
UNDERHILL0.3534582.9876
PRINCE0.3534576.9231
SLY0.3534576.3359
TUBB0.3534569.9301
HAYWARD0.3534567.9810
BANFIELD0.3534563.2911
IRELAND0.3534549.9376
SELBY0.3534548.5437
GARDNER0.3534546.9684
HORTON0.3534539.0625
STRONG0.3534538.8350
WAKEFIELD0.3534532.3625
FERRIS0.3534529.3255
LEONARD0.3534526.7380
JEFFERIES0.3534526.1780
HAINES0.3534525.0313
HERBERT0.3534523.2739
COLEMAN0.3534523.2693
RUSSELL0.3534521.3675
MARTIN0.3534521.1790
GREGSON0.3534520.9644
TOWNSEND0.3534520.4778
CURTIS0.3534520.4290
BARNES0.3534519.2632
BATES0.3534513.6674
SUTTON0.3534513.6550
TURNER0.3534511.4536
GEE0.3534511.3636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 345 people called RICHENS in Down Ampney 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 2985.0746 in Down Ampney means that 2985.0746% of the people in Down Ampney on census day were called RICHENS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Down Ampney in 1881

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

ABEL (6)  ADAMS (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BUBB (2)  BEECHEY (1)  BANFIELD (1)  BANTING (1)  BARNES (8)  BATES (3)  BAYLISS (7)  BEAL (7)  BASTIN (2)  BENNETT (6)  BROWN (2)  CLAPTON (2)  CLARK (3)  COLEMAN (4)  CREW (8)  CURTIS (4)  CUSS (11)  DAY (1)  DEAN (24)  DUNN (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FERRIS (1)  GARDNER (11)  GEE (1)  GIDDINGS (2)  GREGSON (1)  HALL (2)  HAMMONS (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAINES (2)  HAYWARD (10)  HERBERT (3)  HEWER (1)  HILL (7)  HISCOCK (9)  HABGOOD (1)  HORTON (5)  IRELAND (4)  JEFFERIES (1)  JENKINS (1)  JEROME (5)  KIRBY (1)  LAFFORD (1)  LEONARD (2)  MARTIN (18)  MESSENGER (6)  MIDWINTER (3)  MINCHIN (7)  MONEY (2)  PAGE (1)  PINNIGER (1)  POOLE (1)  PRINCE (6)  RICHENS (20)  RICKETTS (24)  RUCK (6)  RUSSELL (9)  SANDELL (1)  SELBY (2)  SERIVEN (1)  SKUSE (1)  SLY (1)  SMITH (9)  STEPHENS (1)  STRETFORD (1)  STRONG (2)  SUTTON (3)  TAMPLIN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TOWNSEND (3)  TUBB (1)  TUCK (9)  TURNER (11)  UNDERHILL (2)  WAIN (3)  WAKEFIELD (2)  WICKS (5) 

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