Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bisham, Berkshire

Bisham is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Berkshire

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
HEATH182.560551.56
SMITH141.99151.41
SHAW141.991510.84
MILLS131.849214.26
HOWARD121.707017.39
PARSONS121.707022.47
HARDING111.564721.62
ALMOND101.4225114.81
MAY101.422522.35
BROOKER101.4225117.92
GRIMMETT91.28021,153.85
RANDALL91.280240.87
STODDART91.2802153.32
TOWERS91.2802110.43
PAINE91.280292.98
ALLOWAY81.13801,428.57
COWIE81.138093.79
CHAMBERLAIN81.138041.82
GOODALL81.138053.12
COX70.99576.57
CURTIS70.995717.55
NORTH70.995730.04
PIERCEY70.99571,093.75
THOMPSON70.99573.32
NEWTON70.995712.99
BROOKS70.995710.19
COSTER70.9957338.16
POWELL60.85356.84
FRITH60.853585.59
SPINDLER60.8535857.14
WHITE60.85352.66
ELLIS60.85355.88
WARREN50.711210.64
PENNY50.711239.97
GREEN50.71122.53
CARRINGTON50.711267.48
SMART50.711215.62
WILLIAMS50.71120.99
JUDD50.711254.76
AYRES50.711251.23
JOHNSON50.71122.12
HOLLAND50.71129.99
SIMMONDS50.711226.64
COLLINS50.71124.96
WEBB50.71125.25
GROVE50.711260.83
SPINDLE50.71127,142.86
HOBBS50.711219.52
ANDERSON50.71123.60
CHAPMAN40.56904.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPINDLE0.707037142.8571
COMPERE0.707033333.3333
SHALL0.707031818.1818
HOLLYFIELD0.707031666.6667
ALLOWAY0.707031428.5714
GRIMMETT0.707031153.8462
PIERCEY0.707031093.7500
SPINDLER0.70703857.1429
AGENT0.70703800.0000
JOSSELYN0.70703714.2857
GRIMM0.70703625.0000
RAIKES0.70703555.5556
BARKES0.70703500.0000
BILLINGHURST0.70703344.8276
COSTER0.70703338.1643
KENEALY0.70703294.1176
SOPP0.70703289.8551
PINER0.70703250.0000
CURD0.70703242.4242
ALLAWAY0.70703238.0952
LOUCH0.70703210.5263
NUTLEY0.70703196.0784
STODDART0.70703153.3220
TAGG0.70703149.2537
YORKE0.70703133.3333
MAISEY0.70703128.2051
MONDAY0.70703118.3432
BROOKER0.70703117.9245
ALMOND0.70703114.8106
TOWERS0.70703110.4294
HAYCOCK0.70703101.5228
COWIE0.7070393.7866
PAINE0.7070392.9752
FRITH0.7070385.5920
COULTER0.7070384.9858
RUMBLE0.7070376.3359
CALEY0.7070373.5294
COVENTRY0.7070371.6846
LOVELESS0.7070368.4932
CARRINGTON0.7070367.4764
TOLHURST0.7070365.3595
FARRER0.7070364.3777
LOWMAN0.7070363.6943
BANFIELD0.7070362.3053
GROVE0.7070360.8273
HEATLEY0.7070359.8802
CORK0.7070357.5816
JUDD0.7070354.7645
GOODALL0.7070353.1208
HEATH0.7070351.5612

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 703 people called SPINDLE in Bisham 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 7142.8571 in Bisham means that 7142.8571% of the people in Bisham on census day were called SPINDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPINDLE 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 SPINDLE 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 SPINDLE 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 SPINDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Bisham means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPINDLE in Bisham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bisham in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (1)  ALLAWAY (3)  ALLOWAY (8)  ALLUM (1)  ALMOND (10)  ANDERSON (5)  ARCHER (2)  BANFIELD (2)  BARKES (1)  BATEMAN (3)  BILLINGHURST (3)  BISHOP (1)  BODGER (1)  BOLTON (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BROOKER (10)  BROOKS (7)  BROCK (2)  BROWN (4)  BROWNE (1)  BURGESS (1)  BURROWS (1)  CANNON (2)  CARRINGTON (5)  CURREL (2)  CARROLL (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (8)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHILDS (1)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (2)  COLLINS (5)  COMPERE (1)  COOK (1)  COOKE (2)  CORDERY (2)  CORK (3)  COSTER (7)  COTTRELL (1)  COULTER (3)  COVENTRY (2)  COWIE (8)  COX (7)  CROFT (1)  CROSSLEY (1)  CRYER (1)  CURD (4)  CURTIS (7)  DAVIS (2)  DIDCOCK (2)  DOBBIE (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EDWICKER (4)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIS (6)  EVANS (2)  AYRES (5)  FARRER (3)  FERRIS (2)  FIELD (4)  FLETCHER (1)  FORD (1)  FRITH (6)  FROST (1)  GALE (1)  GASELTINE (1)  GIBBS (3)  GOODALL (8)  GODWIN (1)  GREEN (5)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GRIMM (1)  GRIMMETT (9)  GROVE (5)  HALFORD (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HARDING (11)  HARDY (1)  HARGREAVES (3)  HARRINGTON (1)  HARWORD (1)  HADDON (1)  HAWTHORN (1)  HAYCOCK (4)  HEALEY (3)  HEARN (1)  HEATH (18)  HEATLEY (1)  HEATON (1)  HERBERT (2)  HICKS (1)  AGENT (2)  HIGGINS (1)  HILL (3)  HOBBS (5)  HOLLAND (5)  HOLLYFIELD (1)  HONEY (2)  HOWARD (12)  HOUSE (2)  HUGGETT (1)  HUNT (1)  HUKE (1)  HUTTON (4)  IBELL (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (1)  JOSSELYN (1)  JUDD (5)  KEATES (7)  CALEY (2)  KENEALY (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEE (3)  LEVER (1)  LEWIS (1)  LINFOOT (1)  LOCK (1)  LOUCH (2)  LOVELESS (1)  LOW (1)  LOWMAN (1)  MAISEY (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (3)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAY (10)  MC GREGOR (1)  MENZIES (1)  MEYND (1)  MILLS (13)  MORECRAFT (1)  MONDAY (2)  MURRAY (1)  NEALE (1)  NEIGHBOUR (1)  NEWBOULD (1)  NEWTON (7)  NORTH (7)  NORTON (1)  NUTLEY (2)  OSTRIDGE (6)  OWEN (1)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (12)  PARTRIDGE (4)  PATTERSON (3)  PAINE (9)  PENDRILL (1)  PENNY (5)  PHIPPS (1)  PIERCEY (7)  PINER (1)  PLUMRIDGE (25)  POPE (4)  POWELL (6)  WRAY (1)  RANDALL (9)  RAVENOR (1)  RAIKES (2)  RICHARDS (3)  RITCHIE (2)  RIXON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (2)  ROWE (1)  RUMBLE (2)  RUSSELL (2)  SANDALLS (2)  SELLWOOD (5)  SHARPE (1)  SHALL (2)  SHAW (14)  SIMMONDS (5)  SIMS (1)  SLATER (1)  SLY (1)  SMART (5)  SMITH (14)  SOPP (2)  SPARKS (1)  SPINDLER (6)  SPINDLE (5)  STEVENS (1)  STODDART (9)  STONE (1)  STREET (1)  STROUD (3)  TAGG (4)  TANSETT (1)  THOMAS (4)  THOMPSON (7)  TOLHURST (1)  TAPPING (2)  TOWERS (9)  TWITCHEN (2)  TEARLE (7)  USHER (2)  VANSITTART (2)  WARREN (5)  WETHERED (3)  WEBB (5)  WEEKS (3)  WERRELL (8)  WEST (2)  WHITE (6)  WHITTLE (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (1)  WOODLEY (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YORKE (3)  YOUNG (2)