Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sotwell, Berkshire

Sotwell 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
BATTEN136.6327718.23
EGGLETON105.10201,298.70
BROOKER84.0816338.98
DENTON73.5714194.44
POWELL73.571428.63
MARSHALL73.571421.30
TURNER73.571412.83
COLIN73.57147,777.78
HAZEL63.0612952.38
BELCHER63.0612254.24
HAMMANS52.551012,500.00
MESSENGER52.5510331.13
COTTERELL52.5510602.41
ROBERTS42.04085.42
WELLS42.040824.52
AYRES42.0408147.06
PARSONS42.040826.86
PRATT42.040835.52
GREENAWAY31.5306243.90
COTTRELL31.5306172.41
WILLSON31.5306136.36
TALBOT31.530661.48
WILKINS31.530634.64
TUCK21.020479.37
KING21.02044.68
SHEARD21.0204111.11
HURN21.0204392.16
GREGORY21.020414.55
MAYNE10.510286.21
SWADLING10.5102625.00
ALLAWAY10.5102285.71
LAMBERT10.51029.35
COOPER10.51022.10
CASTLE10.510225.71
NAPPER10.5102166.67
TAYLER10.510292.59
STEVENS10.51024.89
COOK10.51022.57
REYNOLDS10.51025.89
CASTELL10.5102294.12
FIELD10.510210.26
DORE10.510297.09
ANGELL10.5102129.87
LAY10.510268.49
BUTCHER10.510212.11
PARKS10.510249.02
FARR10.510234.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMMANS0.2019612500.0000
COLIN0.201967777.7778
EGGLETON0.201961298.7013
HAZEL0.20196952.3810
BATTEN0.20196718.2320
SWADLING0.20196625.0000
COTTERELL0.20196602.4096
HURN0.20196392.1569
BROOKER0.20196338.9831
MESSENGER0.20196331.1258
CASTELL0.20196294.1176
ALLAWAY0.20196285.7143
BELCHER0.20196254.2373
GREENAWAY0.20196243.9024
DENTON0.20196194.4444
COTTRELL0.20196172.4138
NAPPER0.20196166.6667
AYRES0.20196147.0588
WILLSON0.20196136.3636
ANGELL0.20196129.8701
SHEARD0.20196111.1111
DORE0.2019697.0874
TAYLER0.2019692.5926
MAYNE0.2019686.2069
TUCK0.2019679.3651
LAY0.2019668.4932
TALBOT0.2019661.4754
PARKS0.2019649.0196
PRATT0.2019635.5240
WILKINS0.2019634.6420
FARR0.2019634.3643
POWELL0.2019628.6299
PARSONS0.2019626.8637
CASTLE0.2019625.7069
WELLS0.2019624.5248
MARSHALL0.2019621.2960
GREGORY0.2019614.5455
TURNER0.2019612.8299
BUTCHER0.2019612.1065
FIELD0.2019610.2564
LAMBERT0.201969.3458
REYNOLDS0.201965.8893
ROBERTS0.201965.4245
STEVENS0.201964.8876
KING0.201964.6816
COOK0.201962.5687
COOPER0.201962.0973

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 196 people called HAMMANS in Sotwell 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 12500.0000 in Sotwell means that 12500.0000% of the people in Sotwell on census day were called HAMMANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMMANS 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 HAMMANS 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 HAMMANS 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 HAMMANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Sotwell means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMMANS in Sotwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sotwell in 1881

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

ABSOLOM (2)  ALLAWAY (1)  ALLNATT (3)  ANGELL (1)  BATTEN (13)  BELCHER (6)  BOSHER (1)  BROOKER (8)  BUTCHER (1)  CASTELL (1)  CASTLE (1)  COLIN (7)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  COTTERELL (5)  COTTRELL (3)  DENTON (7)  DORE (1)  EGGLETON (10)  ELLAWAY (13)  AYRES (4)  FAIRTHORNE (1)  FARR (1)  FIELD (1)  FINMORE (1)  GREENAWAY (3)  GREGORY (2)  HAMMANS (5)  HAZEL (6)  HURN (2)  KING (2)  LAMBERT (1)  LAY (1)  MAYNE (1)  MARSHALL (7)  MESSENGER (5)  NAPPER (1)  PARKS (1)  PARSONS (4)  POWELL (7)  PREATER (5)  PRATT (4)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBERTS (4)  SHEARD (2)  SPYER (1)  STEVENS (1)  SWADLING (1)  TALBOT (3)  TAYLER (1)  TUCK (2)  TURNER (7)  WELLS (4)  WETHERALL (12)  WILKINS (3)  WILLSON (3)