Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitcombe Magna, Gloucestershire

Whitcombe Magna 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
NEWSTEAD106.28931,818.18
LANDER106.2893917.43
SMITH74.40253.12
HURN74.40251,707.32
NASH53.144768.21
GREENING53.1447568.18
BANKS42.515749.02
HUNT42.515718.94
HERBERT42.515767.34
DEWBERRY42.51574,444.44
ROGERS42.515719.38
COOK42.515712.67
DAVIS42.515711.45
SMART31.886841.44
GREENLAND31.8868600.00
GALE31.886863.03
BARNFIELD31.8868769.23
FENWICK31.8868144.23
GREGORY31.886826.88
LANE21.257918.25
WALKER21.25793.76
JORDAN21.257928.45
BIRT10.6289149.25
MERRYMAN10.6289666.67
GARDINER10.628921.88
WEST10.62896.53
KING10.62892.89
EVANS10.62891.44
CROMIE10.62893,333.33
REEVES10.628915.36
BROWN10.62890.95
WHITTEN10.6289434.78
BICK10.6289357.14
HORNE10.628928.90
POWELL10.62895.04
HARPER10.62899.82
BLAND10.628930.30
WHEELER10.628910.42
ROBBINS10.628940.16
HILTON10.628918.28
CARVER10.628969.44
ORPIN10.6289714.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEWBERRY0.161594444.4444
CROMIE0.161593333.3333
NEWSTEAD0.161591818.1818
HURN0.161591707.3171
LANDER0.16159917.4312
BARNFIELD0.16159769.2308
ORPIN0.16159714.2857
MERRYMAN0.16159666.6667
GREENLAND0.16159600.0000
GREENING0.16159568.1818
WHITTEN0.16159434.7826
BICK0.16159357.1429
BIRT0.16159149.2537
FENWICK0.16159144.2308
CARVER0.1615969.4444
NASH0.1615968.2128
HERBERT0.1615967.3401
GALE0.1615963.0252
BANKS0.1615949.0196
SMART0.1615941.4365
ROBBINS0.1615940.1606
BLAND0.1615930.3030
HORNE0.1615928.9017
JORDAN0.1615928.4495
GREGORY0.1615926.8817
GARDINER0.1615921.8818
ROGERS0.1615919.3798
HUNT0.1615918.9394
HILTON0.1615918.2815
LANE0.1615918.2482
REEVES0.1615915.3610
COOK0.1615912.6662
DAVIS0.1615911.4482
WHEELER0.1615910.4167
HARPER0.161599.8232
WEST0.161596.5317
POWELL0.161595.0403
WALKER0.161593.7573
SMITH0.161593.1180
KING0.161592.8860
EVANS0.161591.4393
BROWN0.161590.9541

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 159 people called DEWBERRY in Whitcombe Magna 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 4444.4444 in Whitcombe Magna means that 4444.4444% of the people in Whitcombe Magna on census day were called DEWBERRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEWBERRY 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 DEWBERRY 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 DEWBERRY 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 DEWBERRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Whitcombe Magna means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEWBERRY in Whitcombe Magna than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitcombe Magna in 1881

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

BANKS (4)  BARNFIELD (3)  BINSTEAD (1)  BICK (1)  BLAND (1)  BROWN (1)  BIRT (1)  CARVER (1)  COULES (5)  COOK (4)  CROMIE (1)  DAVIS (4)  DERRETT (1)  DEWBERRY (4)  ELPHICK (1)  EVANS (1)  FENWICK (3)  GALE (3)  GARDINER (1)  JORDAN (2)  GREENING (5)  GREENLAND (3)  GREGORY (3)  HANNISS (16)  HARPER (1)  HURN (7)  HERBERT (4)  HILTON (1)  HORNE (1)  HUNT (4)  JOINS (1)  KING (1)  LANDER (10)  LANE (2)  LULHAM (2)  MERRYMAN (1)  NASH (5)  NEWSTEAD (10)  ORPIN (1)  PARGETER (3)  PENSOM (10)  POWELL (1)  REEVES (1)  ROBBINS (1)  ROGERS (4)  SELLIER (1)  SMART (3)  SMITH (7)  WALKER (2)  WEST (1)  WHEELER (1)  WHITTEN (1)  WIGGALL (2) 

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