Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farnborough, Warwickshire

Farnborough is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
GRIFFIN225.8511124.36
TAYLOR225.85119.15
HARTWELL164.25531,032.26
BERRY123.191540.23
SAVAGE112.925576.18
ROUSE112.9255204.08
KEY92.3936173.41
HORNER92.3936125.70
HAYNES92.393667.06
TOY82.1277579.71
BAKER82.12779.71
TALBOT82.127785.47
PAXTON82.1277266.67
PAGE82.127726.61
MASON82.127715.82
SMITH71.86171.32
HICKMAN71.8617110.58
WILLIS71.861735.02
WRIGHTON71.8617777.78
BATES61.595725.07
ELIOT61.59572,857.14
MARSHALL61.59579.51
REDMAN61.5957121.21
FARMER61.595751.06
HITCHMAN61.5957483.87
FREEMAN51.329820.82
SIMPKIN41.0638283.69
WEBB41.06387.85
HANCOCK41.063823.38
HAMMOND30.797914.01
WELCH30.797922.69
PAYNE30.79798.87
NEAL30.797926.95
POTTER30.797912.31
KING30.79793.66
HAWKES20.531933.00
WARREN20.53197.96
MAKEPEACE20.5319188.68
BARTLETT20.531912.14
HALL20.53191.81
MARRIOTT20.531923.75
WILKINS20.531912.03
HUGHES20.53191.90
HIRONS20.5319165.29
ROOKE20.531972.20
MARLOW10.266022.62
PIPKIN10.2660400.00
LAMB10.26605.04
HARKER10.266025.25
PARRIS10.2660100.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELIOT2,857.1461.5957
HARTWELL1,032.26164.2553
WRIGHTON777.7871.8617
TOY579.7182.1277
HITCHMAN483.8761.5957
PIPKIN400.0010.2660
SIMPKIN283.6941.0638
PAXTON266.6782.1277
THURSBY227.2710.2660
ROUSE204.08112.9255
MAKEPEACE188.6820.5319
KEY173.4192.3936
HIRONS165.2920.5319
WEAVERS135.1410.2660
HORNER125.7092.3936
GRIFFIN124.36225.8511
REDMAN121.2161.5957
HICKMAN110.5871.8617
GIBBARD109.8910.2660
PARRIS100.0010.2660
TALBOT85.4782.1277
BLOXHAM81.3010.2660
GULLIVER78.1310.2660
SAVAGE76.18112.9255
ROOKE72.2020.5319
HAYNES67.0692.3936
COWPER60.6110.2660
TURVEY56.5010.2660
HANKS54.6410.2660
FARMER51.0661.5957
FAIRBROTHER46.7310.2660
BERRY40.23123.1915
CANNING37.4510.2660
WILLIS35.0271.8617
SHELLEY34.3610.2660
HAWKES33.0020.5319
SMYTH28.4910.2660
NEAL26.9530.7979
PAGE26.6182.1277
HARKER25.2510.2660
BATES25.0761.5957
MARRIOTT23.7520.5319
HANCOCK23.3841.0638
WELCH22.6930.7979
MARLOW22.6210.2660
FREEMAN20.8251.3298
MASON15.8282.1277
HAMMOND14.0130.7979
KNOTT13.4010.2660
KEEN13.2810.2660

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called ELIOT in Farnborough 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 1.5957 in Farnborough means that 1.5957% of the people in Farnborough on census day were called ELIOT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELIOT 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 ELIOT 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 ELIOT 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 ELIOT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,857.14 in Farnborough means that you are 2,857.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELIOT in Farnborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farnborough in 1881

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

BAKER (8)  BARNETT (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BATES (6)  BERRY (12)  BLOXHAM (1)  BOSHIER (7)  BROOKS (1)  CANNING (1)  CHATER (3)  CLARKE (1)  COOKNELL (1)  COWPER (1)  COX (1)  DANVERS (2)  ELIOT (6)  FAIRBROTHER (1)  FARMER (6)  FREEMAN (5)  GIBBARD (1)  GOODWINS (1)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (1)  GRIFFIN (22)  GULLIVER (1)  GUTTRIDGE (1)  HALL (2)  HAMMOND (3)  HANCOCK (4)  HANKS (1)  HARKER (1)  HARTWELL (16)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKES (2)  HEYDON (21)  HAYNES (9)  HICKMAN (7)  HIRONS (2)  HITCHMAN (6)  HOLBECH (5)  HORNER (9)  HUGHES (2)  KEEN (1)  KEY (9)  KING (3)  KNOTT (1)  LAMB (1)  LEWIS (1)  MAKEPEACE (2)  MARLOW (1)  MARRIOTT (2)  MARSHALL (6)  MASON (8)  NEAL (3)  NICHOLLS (1)  PAGE (8)  PALMER (1)  PARRIS (1)  PAXTON (8)  PAYNE (3)  PINFOLD (2)  PIPKIN (1)  POTTER (3)  REDMAN (6)  ROOKE (2)  ROUSE (11)  SAVAGE (11)  SHELLEY (1)  SHORTLAND (5)  SIMPKIN (4)  SMITH (7)  SMYTH (1)  STANKS (1)  STANLEY (1)  SUMNIERSBY (1)  TALBOT (8)  TAME (1)  TAYLOR (22)  THURSBY (1)  TIDMARSH (3)  TOY (8)  TREDDLE (1)  TURVEY (1)  WARREN (2)  WEBB (4)  WEAVERS (1)  WELCH (3)  WILKINS (2)  WILLIS (7)  WILSON (1)  WINSTONE (1)  WRIGHTON (7) 

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