Top surnames from the 1881 census in Goosey, Berkshire

Goosey 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
BELCHER4628.57142,371.13
DAWSON138.074573.24
WENMAN106.21126,250.00
SMITH84.96893.52
MOON74.3478205.88
JEFFERIES63.7267337.08
RICHARDS63.726724.68
BUNGAY53.10562,941.18
ARNOLD53.105657.60
GODDARD53.105677.28
WILLOUGHBY42.4845285.71
HARRIS31.86347.33
TURNER21.24224.46
SHEARD21.2422136.05
ELLIOTT21.242214.64
MASLEN21.2422588.24
BUNCE21.2422166.67
WHITFIELD21.242262.11
CLACK21.2422312.50
HATTON21.242263.29
WIGGINS10.621157.47
PALMER10.62115.27
COLLETT10.621148.54
HIGGINS10.621112.29
THORNE10.621129.50
NORTON10.621118.69
WILES10.621171.43
LAY10.621183.33
FRAMPTON10.621178.74
PHIPPS10.621142.02
COOK10.62113.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WENMAN0.161616250.0000
BUNGAY0.161612941.1765
BELCHER0.161612371.1340
MASLEN0.16161588.2353
JEFFERIES0.16161337.0787
CLACK0.16161312.5000
WILLOUGHBY0.16161285.7143
MOON0.16161205.8824
BUNCE0.16161166.6667
SHEARD0.16161136.0544
LAY0.1616183.3333
FRAMPTON0.1616178.7402
GODDARD0.1616177.2798
DAWSON0.1616173.2394
WILES0.1616171.4286
HATTON0.1616163.2911
WHITFIELD0.1616162.1118
ARNOLD0.1616157.6037
WIGGINS0.1616157.4713
COLLETT0.1616148.5437
PHIPPS0.1616142.0168
THORNE0.1616129.4985
RICHARDS0.1616124.6812
NORTON0.1616118.6916
ELLIOTT0.1616114.6413
HIGGINS0.1616112.2850
HARRIS0.161617.3314
PALMER0.161615.2687
TURNER0.161614.4623
SMITH0.161613.5193
COOK0.161613.1270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 161 people called WENMAN in Goosey 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 6250.0000 in Goosey means that 6250.0000% of the people in Goosey on census day were called WENMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WENMAN 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 WENMAN 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 WENMAN 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 WENMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Goosey means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WENMAN in Goosey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Goosey in 1881

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

ARKEY (1)  ARNOLD (5)  BELCHER (46)  BINT (5)  BLACKALL (6)  BUNGAY (5)  BUNCE (2)  CLACK (2)  COLLETT (1)  COOK (1)  DAWSON (13)  ELLIOTT (2)  FRAMPTON (1)  GODDARD (5)  HARRIS (3)  HATTON (2)  HIGGINS (1)  JEFFERIES (6)  LAY (1)  MASLEN (2)  MOON (7)  NORTON (1)  PALMER (1)  PHIPPS (1)  RICHARDS (6)  RICHINGS (1)  SHAYLER (1)  SHEARD (2)  SMITH (8)  TAME (1)  THORNE (1)  TILLING (1)  TURNER (2)  WENMAN (10)  WHITFIELD (2)  WIGGINS (1)  WILES (1)  WILLOUGHBY (4)