Top surnames from the 1881 census in Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire

Old Sodbury 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
LOCK223.0726107.95
ORCHARD202.7933262.81
HAWKINS182.514034.72
PRATLEY172.3743845.77
BENNETT152.095012.75
SCULL131.81561,688.31
BROOKE131.8156121.84
WHITE131.81565.65
SMITH121.67601.19
UZZELL111.53631,774.19
REDWOOD101.3966518.13
COLE101.396615.33
ISAAC101.3966111.36
CLARK91.25704.18
BUOY91.257018,000.00
HIGGS91.257068.97
AMOS81.117367.97
WALKER81.11733.34
BOWLEY81.1173203.56
ROGERS81.11738.61
WATKINS81.117318.44
COLLINS70.97776.81
PRIOR70.977742.25
TAYLOR70.97771.53
CHANDLER70.977730.43
MORGAN70.97774.92
NASH60.838018.18
SALISBURY60.838084.39
KENDALL60.838038.94
DOWDING60.8380196.08
ROACH60.838056.93
RUDGE60.8380106.76
PICKETT60.8380104.35
SLADE60.838042.02
AVERY50.698341.63
DANIEL50.698331.61
EYLES50.6983151.52
JENKINS50.69835.93
RUSSELL50.69835.72
KEENE50.6983118.48
JAQUES50.698394.34
DANIELL50.6983251.26
CARTER50.69834.16
COOPER40.55872.30
WRIGHT40.55871.74
PAINTER40.558740.73
GOWEN40.5587298.51
NEWMAN40.55877.51
REEVE40.558723.89
LIGHT40.558760.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUOY0.7271618000.0000
BOEY0.727165000.0000
LAITE0.727164285.7143
UZZELL0.727161774.1935
SCULL0.727161688.3117
CARRADINE0.727161538.4615
PRATLEY0.72716845.7711
HORT0.72716714.2857
KILMISTER0.72716588.2353
REDWOOD0.72716518.1347
GOWEN0.72716298.5075
ORCHARD0.72716262.8121
SEARCH0.72716256.4103
DANIELL0.72716251.2563
DERHAM0.72716238.0952
BOWLEY0.72716203.5623
DOWDING0.72716196.0784
THRUSH0.72716196.0784
SALSBURY0.72716170.9402
BULLER0.72716170.9402
EYLES0.72716151.5152
RODMAN0.72716133.3333
BARRINGTON0.72716128.7554
BROOKE0.72716121.8369
KEENE0.72716118.4834
HOBBY0.72716113.6364
ISAAC0.72716111.3586
LOCK0.72716107.9490
ANGELL0.72716107.1429
RUDGE0.72716106.7616
PICKETT0.72716104.3478
ANSTEY0.7271697.5610
JAQUES0.7271694.3396
HOLCOMBE0.7271690.0901
GREENAWAY0.7271689.0869
GREENLAND0.7271688.8889
SALISBURY0.7271684.3882
DANDO0.7271675.4717
HIGGS0.7271668.9655
AMOS0.7271667.9694
LOCKE0.7271662.2084
LEADER0.7271661.5385
LIGHT0.7271660.5144
ROACH0.7271656.9260
PADFIELD0.7271652.9101
BARNS0.7271643.2900
PRIOR0.7271642.2450
FRICKER0.7271642.0168
SLADE0.7271642.0168
AVERY0.7271641.6320

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 716 people called BUOY in Old Sodbury 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 18000.0000 in Old Sodbury means that 18000.0000% of the people in Old Sodbury on census day were called BUOY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUOY 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 BUOY 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 BUOY 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 BUOY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Old Sodbury means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUOY in Old Sodbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Old Sodbury in 1881

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

AMOS (8)  ANGELL (3)  ANSTEY (2)  AVERY (5)  BALL (1)  BARNS (2)  BARRATT (4)  BARRINGTON (3)  BENNETT (15)  BENNEWITH (3)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKMORE (2)  BOEY (1)  BOULTON (2)  BOWLEY (8)  BOYCE (3)  BROOKE (13)  BROWNING (2)  BULLER (4)  BUOY (9)  CARRADINE (2)  CARTER (5)  CHANDLER (7)  CHEACKER (1)  CLARK (9)  COLDRICK (4)  COLE (10)  COLLINS (7)  COMELY (2)  COOPER (4)  CRIPPS (1)  CURTHOYS (1)  DANDO (2)  DANIEL (5)  DANIELL (5)  DAY (1)  DERHAM (3)  DOWDING (6)  DOWSELL (7)  DREW (1)  DUTFIELD (2)  EYLES (5)  EDWARDES (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELSTONE (1)  EVANS (4)  FEBRY (15)  FERRIS (1)  FISHLOCK (1)  FRANKHAM (7)  FREEGARD (2)  FRICKER (1)  GAING (1)  GARLICK (2)  GIBBS (1)  GLEED (3)  GODDARD (1)  GOLDING (2)  GOULDING (GOLDING) (4)  GOUGH (1)  GOWEN (4)  GREENLAND (2)  GREENAWAY (4)  GRIVELL (18)  HARRIS (3)  HARTLEY (2)  HARVEY (4)  HATHERELL (10)  HAWKINS (18)  HIGGS (9)  HIGHNAM (3)  HOBBY (1)  HODDERNOTT (1)  HOLCOMBE (1)  HORT (2)  HULANDS (6)  HOOK (1)  AYLIFF (1)  ISAAC (10)  JAQUES (5)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (1)  KEENE (5)  KENDALL (6)  KILMISTER (2)  NOWELL (1)  LEADER (2)  LEWIS (1)  LAITE (3)  LIGHT (4)  LOCK (22)  LOCKE (4)  LOCKSTONE (2)  LOVE (2)  MARSH (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASTERS (2)  MATTHEWS (2)  MILES (1)  MILSOM (9)  MORGAN (7)  MORSE (1)  NASH (6)  NEALE (1)  NEWMAN (4)  NEWNHAM (1)  ORCHARD (20)  PACKER (2)  PADFIELD (1)  PAINTER (4)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (3)  PAYNE (1)  PEARCE (4)  PEEL (2)  PERKINS (4)  PHILIPS (1)  PICKETT (6)  PINCHEN (1)  PLUMB (1)  POTTER (1)  PRATLEY (17)  PRIOR (7)  PRITCHARD (3)  PUGH (1)  RAGGATT (8)  RODMAN (1)  REDWOOD (10)  REEVE (4)  REED (4)  RICE (2)  ROACH (6)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWAY (1)  ROGERS (8)  RALPH (3)  ROSSITER (1)  RUDGE (6)  RUSSELL (5)  SALISBURY (6)  SALSBURY (2)  SCUTTS (1)  SCULL (13)  SEARCH (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SIMMONS (1)  SLADE (6)  SMITH (12)  STEVENS (1)  STINCHCOMBE (9)  STRONG (1)  SWYNY (1)  TAVENDER (2)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMAS (3)  THRUSH (1)  UZZELL (11)  WALKER (8)  WATKINS (8)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (2)  WELLS (2)  WHEELER (2)  WHITE (13)  WHITEMAN (1)  WIGMORE (12)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WITHERLEY (5)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (4) 

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