Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whittington, Gloucestershire

Whittington 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
WILLIAMS104.44446.19
LEACH104.4444107.76
FLETCHER83.555631.14
WEARING83.55561,159.42
HARRISS83.5556544.22
PITTS83.5556346.32
BEE73.1111551.18
HALL73.111110.58
YOUNG73.111114.48
PACKER62.6667253.16
BERRY62.666733.61
DYER62.666768.81
COOK62.666713.43
GREENING52.2222400.00
LAWRENCE41.777827.38
HOWELL41.777842.19
LARNER41.7778563.38
COOKE41.777832.21
MUSTOE41.77781,250.00
SIMS41.777859.26
KLOER41.7778
NEW31.3333152.28
BIGGS31.333370.75
HILL31.33335.23
DENLEY31.33331,250.00
ASHBY31.333379.58
CLARK31.33334.44
SMITH31.33330.94
GOUGH31.333345.45
HOBBS31.333336.59
COX31.33338.80
LEECH20.888954.50
SHEPHARD20.888992.59
NELMES20.8889400.00
TAYLOR10.44440.70
HARDY10.44447.42
DANCE10.444455.56
HADLAND10.4444270.27
POWELL10.44443.56
COWMAN10.4444526.32
KINCH10.4444227.27
TUCKER10.44448.03
HEMMING10.444450.25
DAY10.44444.72
LEADER10.444498.04
HAMBLIN10.444498.04
ROWLAND10.444415.63
CROOK10.444415.48
HACKETT10.444437.74
POTTER10.44446.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENLEY0.232251250.0000
MUSTOE0.232251250.0000
WEARING0.232251159.4203
LARNER0.23225563.3803
BEE0.23225551.1811
HARRISS0.23225544.2177
COWMAN0.23225526.3158
GREENING0.23225400.0000
NELMES0.23225400.0000
PITTS0.23225346.3203
HADLAND0.23225270.2703
PACKER0.23225253.1646
KINCH0.23225227.2727
OTTAWAY0.23225212.7660
NEW0.23225152.2843
LEACH0.23225107.7586
LEADER0.2322598.0392
HAMBLIN0.2322598.0392
SHEPHARD0.2322592.5926
ASHBY0.2322579.5756
BIGGS0.2322570.7547
DYER0.2322568.8073
SIMS0.2322559.2593
DANCE0.2322555.5556
LEECH0.2322554.4959
HEMMING0.2322550.2513
CARVER0.2322549.0196
GOUGH0.2322545.4545
HOWELL0.2322542.1941
HACKETT0.2322537.7358
HOBBS0.2322536.5854
BERRY0.2322533.6134
COOKE0.2322532.2061
FLETCHER0.2322531.1405
LAWRENCE0.2322527.3785
ROWLAND0.2322515.6250
CROOK0.2322515.4799
YOUNG0.2322514.4808
COOK0.2322513.4258
HALL0.2322510.5756
TOWNSEND0.2322510.4603
JORDAN0.2322510.0604
GRIFFIN0.232259.4429
COX0.232258.7977
TUCKER0.232258.0321
HARDY0.232257.4184
POTTER0.232256.8540
WILLIAMS0.232256.1870
HILL0.232255.2347
DAY0.232254.7214

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 225 people called DENLEY in Whittington 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 1250.0000 in Whittington means that 1250.0000% of the people in Whittington on census day were called DENLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENLEY 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 DENLEY 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 DENLEY 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 DENLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Whittington means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENLEY in Whittington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whittington in 1881

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

ASHBY (3)  ATTWATER (4)  BEE (7)  BERRY (6)  BIGGS (3)  CARVER (1)  CLARK (3)  COOK (6)  COOKE (4)  COWMAN (1)  COX (3)  CRAIK (2)  CROOK (1)  DANCE (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAY (1)  DENLEY (3)  DOBELL (7)  DYER (6)  EELES (10)  FLETCHER (8)  FORD (1)  JORDAN (1)  GOUGH (3)  GREENING (5)  GRIFFIN (1)  HACKETT (1)  HADLAND (1)  HALL (7)  HAMBLIN (1)  HARDY (1)  HARRISS (8)  HEMMING (1)  HILL (3)  HOBBS (3)  HOWELL (4)  HUNT (1)  JERROME (1)  KINCH (1)  KLOER (4)  LARNER (4)  LAWRENCE (4)  LEECH (2)  LEACH (10)  LEADER (1)  LOVESY (7)  MUSTOE (4)  NELMES (2)  NEW (3)  OTTAWAY (1)  PACKER (6)  PITTS (8)  POTTER (1)  POWELL (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWLAND (1)  SHEPHARD (2)  SIMS (4)  SMITH (3)  TAYLOR (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TUCKER (1)  WALKER (1)  WEARING (8)  WILLIAMS (10)  WINSTONE (1)  WOMLY (1)  YOUNG (7) 

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