Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brightwaltham, Berkshire

Brightwaltham 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
PAINTER214.8951357.14
HEATH204.662093.90
BONNER163.7296424.40
GODDARD133.030375.36
BENNETT133.030318.44
HAZELL133.0303390.39
SMITH122.79721.98
RAY112.5641129.56
SLADE92.0979105.14
JONES92.09791.85
PRINCE81.864882.47
BROWN81.86482.83
BLACKFORD81.8648519.48
AVERY71.631797.22
BUSH71.631766.10
ADAMS71.631711.07
WHISTLER71.63171,555.56
READ71.631725.31
COLLINS71.631711.37
WILLIAMS61.39861.95
QUELCH61.3986833.33
HUSSEY61.3986138.89
BUTLER61.398614.34
ADEY61.3986434.78
PARROTT61.3986122.95
WOOLDRIDGE61.3986256.41
FOWLER51.165520.41
WAKEFIELD51.165565.10
PALMER51.16559.89
SHARPS51.16551,785.71
BURGESS51.165516.78
WOOD51.16553.66
SAYER51.165588.97
JACOBS51.165548.64
BARNES51.16559.68
MILES40.932415.80
AUBREY40.9324333.33
STREAM40.93246,666.67
HICKS40.932422.27
HARRIS40.93243.67
HOWARD40.93249.50
BALLARD30.699346.58
GOATLEY30.69931,071.43
WELLS30.69938.41
GALE30.699323.35
EUSTACE30.6993250.00
JARVIS20.466210.39
MORRIS20.46622.09
JACKSON20.46621.67
PHIPPS20.466231.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STREAM0.434296666.6667
SHARPS0.434291785.7143
WHISTLER0.434291555.5556
GOATLEY0.434291071.4286
QUELCH0.43429833.3333
BLACKFORD0.43429519.4805
ADEY0.43429434.7826
BONNER0.43429424.4032
HAZELL0.43429390.3904
PAINTER0.43429357.1429
WHITER0.43429344.8276
AUBREY0.43429333.3333
WOOLDRIDGE0.43429256.4103
NORTHWAY0.43429256.4103
EUSTACE0.43429250.0000
POUNDS0.43429185.1852
HUSSEY0.43429138.8889
RAY0.43429129.5642
PARROTT0.43429122.9508
SLADE0.43429105.1402
AVERY0.4342997.2222
HEATH0.4342993.8967
SAYER0.4342988.9680
PRINCE0.4342982.4742
GODDARD0.4342975.3623
BUSH0.4342966.1001
WAKEFIELD0.4342965.1042
HAMBLIN0.4342951.5464
RODEN0.4342949.7512
JACOBS0.4342948.6381
BALLARD0.4342946.5839
STAGG0.4342934.9650
PHIPPS0.4342931.4961
MESSENGER0.4342930.2115
CHIVERS0.4342926.4550
WOODLEY0.4342926.1780
READ0.4342925.3073
GALE0.4342923.3463
HICKS0.4342922.2717
CHURCH0.4342921.3675
FOWLER0.4342920.4082
BENNETT0.4342918.4371
PARTRIDGE0.4342917.8412
GRACE0.4342917.3913
AYRES0.4342916.8067
BURGESS0.4342916.7842
MILES0.4342915.8040
LESTER0.4342914.8148
BUTLER0.4342914.3438
COLLINS0.4342911.3710

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 429 people called STREAM in Brightwaltham 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 6666.6667 in Brightwaltham means that 6666.6667% of the people in Brightwaltham on census day were called STREAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STREAM 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 STREAM 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 STREAM 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 STREAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Brightwaltham means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STREAM in Brightwaltham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brightwaltham in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  AUBREY (4)  AVERY (7)  BALLARD (3)  BARNES (5)  BARRETT (2)  BENNETT (13)  BASING (5)  BEZSLEY (4)  BLACKFORD (8)  BOLTON (1)  BONNER (16)  BREADMORE (15)  BROWN (8)  BURGESS (5)  BUSH (7)  BUTLER (6)  CHIVERS (1)  CHURCH (2)  COLLINS (7)  ADEY (6)  ELLIOTT (1)  EMMANS (6)  EUSTACE (3)  AYRES (1)  FISHER (1)  FOUDE (5)  FOWLER (5)  GALE (3)  GOATLEY (3)  GODDARD (13)  GODFREY (1)  JORDAN (2)  GRACE (1)  HAZELL OR HAYELL (2)  HAMBLIN (1)  HARRIS (4)  HAZELL (13)  HEATH (20)  HICKS (4)  HOLLAND (1)  HOWARD (4)  HUSSEY (6)  JACKSON (2)  JACOBS (5)  JAMES (1)  JARVIS (2)  JONES (9)  LEACH (1)  LESTER (1)  LUCAS (1)  MAY (1)  MC RAE (1)  MESSENGER (1)  MILES (4)  MILLER (1)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (2)  MOSS (1)  NEIGHBOUR (2)  NEWMAN (1)  NORTHWAY (1)  PAINTER (21)  PALMER (5)  PARROTT (6)  PARTRIDGE (2)  PHIPPS (2)  POUNDS (1)  PRINCE (8)  QUELCH (6)  RAY (11)  READ (7)  RODEN (1)  SAYER (5)  SHARPS (5)  SLADE (9)  SMITH (12)  STAGG (1)  STANBROOK (1)  STEVENS (1)  STREAM (4)  TEGG (1)  TOMLINE (3)  WAKEFIELD (5)  WALTERS (1)  WAYLING (2)  WELLS (3)  WETHERALL (1)  WHISTLER (7)  WHITE (1)  WHITER (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WINTERBORNE (8)  WOOD (5)  WOODLEY (1)  WOOLDRIDGE (6)