Top surnames from the 1881 census in Daylesford, Worcestershire

Daylesford is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
BRIDGES108.4034529.10
GUNN97.5630309.28
JAMES86.722734.23
LAMB65.042095.54
DAWKINS54.2017581.40
COOK43.361316.92
GREGORY43.361347.90
MILLS43.361325.92
NEWMAN32.521033.90
TURNER32.52109.06
DICKENS32.5210241.94
BELLAMY21.6807115.61
COX21.680711.09
ROBERTS21.68074.47
OTLEY21.68071,000.00
HALL21.68075.71
BENNETT21.680710.22
CREWE21.6807645.16
GOMM10.8403322.58
WALKER10.84032.51
ARCHER10.840320.33
LEONARD10.840338.76
DENTON10.840345.66
SMITH10.84030.60
HAWLEY10.840386.21
GRIFFIN10.840317.86
WIGGINS10.840378.13
BATTERSBY10.8403119.05
NALL10.8403714.29
GILES10.840322.03
SLY10.8403222.22
JACKSON10.84033.01
PENNEY10.8403151.52
OSBOURNE10.8403227.27
WHITEHEAD10.840312.44
ASTON10.840351.02
TUBB10.8403204.08
KENNARD10.8403172.41
SIMKINS10.8403270.27
HUNTER10.84038.18
BUSHBY10.8403212.77
PARSONS10.840311.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OTLEY1,000.0021.6807
NALL714.2910.8403
CREWE645.1621.6807
DAWKINS581.4054.2017
BRIDGES529.10108.4034
GOMM322.5810.8403
GUNN309.2897.5630
SIMKINS270.2710.8403
DICKENS241.9432.5210
OSBOURNE227.2710.8403
SLY222.2210.8403
BUSHBY212.7710.8403
TUBB204.0810.8403
KENNARD172.4110.8403
PENNEY151.5210.8403
BATTERSBY119.0510.8403
BELLAMY115.6121.6807
LAMB95.5465.0420
HAWLEY86.2110.8403
WIGGINS78.1310.8403
ASTON51.0210.8403
GREGORY47.9043.3613
DENTON45.6610.8403
LEONARD38.7610.8403
JAMES34.2386.7227
NEWMAN33.9032.5210
MILLS25.9243.3613
GILES22.0310.8403
ARCHER20.3310.8403
GRIFFIN17.8610.8403
COOK16.9243.3613
WHITEHEAD12.4410.8403
COX11.0921.6807
PARSONS11.0610.8403
BENNETT10.2221.6807
TURNER9.0632.5210
HUNTER8.1810.8403
HALL5.7121.6807
ROBERTS4.4721.6807
JACKSON3.0110.8403
WALKER2.5110.8403
SMITH0.6010.8403

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called OTLEY in Daylesford 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 1.6807 in Daylesford means that 1.6807% of the people in Daylesford on census day were called OTLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OTLEY 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 OTLEY 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 OTLEY 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 OTLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,000.00 in Daylesford means that you are 1,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OTLEY in Daylesford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Daylesford in 1881

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

ARCHER (1)  ASTON (1)  BAGULEY (8)  BATTERSBY (1)  BELLAMY (2)  BENNETT (2)  BRIDGES (10)  BUSHBY (1)  BYASS (2)  CLAYDON (1)  COOK (4)  COX (2)  CREWE (2)  DAWKINS (5)  DENTON (1)  DICKENS (3)  GILES (1)  GOMM (1)  GREGORY (4)  GRIFFIN (1)  GUNN (9)  HALL (2)  HAWLEY (1)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (8)  KENNARD (1)  LAMB (6)  LEONARD (1)  MILLS (4)  NALL (1)  NEWMAN (3)  NUGGER (1)  ONTRED (1)  OSBOURNE (1)  PARSONS (1)  PENNEY (1)  ROBERTS (2)  SEDGLEY (7)  SHAYLER (1)  SIMKINS (1)  SLY (1)  SMITH (1)  SWINDALE (1)  TUBB (1)  TURNER (3)  OTLEY (2)  WALKER (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WIGGINS (1) 

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