Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upton, Berkshire

Upton 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
BUTLER368.674788.98
SMITH245.78314.10
SHAW163.855420.99
WINTER122.891681.52
MERRICK92.1687292.21
GOODMAN92.168774.32
THORNE81.927791.43
POPE81.927755.94
GARDINER81.927767.06
CRIPPS71.6867173.27
DORE71.6867321.10
PICKLES61.445871.17
HOWSON61.4458231.66
CHAPMAN61.445810.18
SYMES51.2048163.40
JAMES51.20486.13
RICE51.204838.82
COMPTON51.2048125.00
ELLIOTT51.204814.20
BLAKEMAN51.2048409.84
PARKER51.20486.33
CLARK51.20484.01
GIBBARD40.9639400.00
KEEP40.9639264.90
PULLIN40.9639272.11
SEYMOUR40.963947.17
HERBERT40.963925.81
JONES40.96390.85
KING40.96394.42
WILTSHIRE30.722954.15
STEPHENS30.722913.03
MOTT30.722995.54
MEADS30.7229222.22
BELCHER30.722960.00
TURNER30.72292.60
BROWN30.72291.10
IZZARD30.7229241.94
MATTHEWS30.72298.29
LANE20.48196.99
BREWER20.481918.17
GRAY20.48193.38
SIMMONS20.481911.81
PHILIPS20.481926.01
GREGG20.481968.49
STRANGE20.481944.94
COBB20.481933.90
HOOPER20.481911.38
RECORD20.4819344.83
WILLIAMS20.48190.67
HONEY10.241039.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RINGS0.424153333.3333
ALKINS0.42415666.6667
BLAKEMAN0.42415409.8361
NELMS0.42415400.0000
GIBBARD0.42415400.0000
RECORD0.42415344.8276
DORE0.42415321.1009
MERRICK0.42415292.2078
PULLIN0.42415272.1088
HERMON0.42415270.2703
KEEP0.42415264.9007
IZZARD0.42415241.9355
HOWSON0.42415231.6602
MEADS0.42415222.2222
BRITTLE0.42415208.3333
HICKEN0.42415185.1852
BURNEY0.42415178.5714
CRIPPS0.42415173.2673
GRAVE0.42415166.6667
SYMES0.42415163.3987
HERMAN0.42415133.3333
COMPTON0.42415125.0000
MOTT0.4241595.5414
THORNE0.4241591.4286
BUTLER0.4241588.9768
PRATLEY0.4241586.2069
WINTER0.4241581.5217
GOODMAN0.4241574.3187
PICKLES0.4241571.1744
GREGG0.4241568.4932
GARDINER0.4241567.0578
LEAK0.4241562.5000
BELCHER0.4241560.0000
POPE0.4241555.9441
WILTSHIRE0.4241554.1516
SEYMOUR0.4241547.1698
STRANGE0.4241544.9438
HONEY0.4241539.2157
RICE0.4241538.8199
COBB0.4241533.8983
SANDFORD0.4241533.8983
TYRRELL0.4241532.7869
PHILIPS0.4241526.0078
HERBERT0.4241525.8065
SHAW0.4241520.9891
SELBY0.4241520.1613
GARLAND0.4241518.1818
BREWER0.4241518.1653
WILKS0.4241515.3139
ELLIOTT0.4241514.2005

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 415 people called RINGS in Upton 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 3333.3333 in Upton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Upton on census day were called RINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RINGS 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 RINGS 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 RINGS 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 RINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Upton means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RINGS in Upton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALDON (5)  ALKINS (1)  ALLWAY (2)  BAKER (1)  BANKS (1)  BELCHER (3)  BELL (1)  BLAKE (1)  BLAKEMAN (5)  BLENCOE (1)  BREWER (2)  BRIGHT (1)  BRITTLE (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (3)  BUTCHER (1)  BUTLER (36)  BURNEY (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLARK (5)  COBB (2)  COMPTON (5)  COX (1)  CRIPPS (7)  CANNOCK (1)  DAVIS (1)  DEARLOVE (1)  DIGWEED (7)  DORE (7)  ELLIOTT (5)  GAINOUTH (1)  GALE (1)  GAPPER (2)  GARDINER (8)  GARLAND (1)  GIBBARD (4)  GIBBS (1)  GOODMAN (9)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (2)  GRAVE (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENOUTH (48)  GREGG (2)  HARDING (1)  HART (1)  HEYNES (1)  HERBERT (4)  HERMAN (1)  HERMON (1)  HICKEN (1)  HONEY (1)  HOOPER (2)  HOWSON (6)  HUMFREY (6)  IZZARD (3)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (5)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (4)  KEEP (4)  KING (4)  KNIGHT (1)  LEAK (1)  LANE (2)  LUCAS (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MAURIAS (2)  MEADS (3)  MERRICK (9)  MOSS (1)  MOTT (3)  NELMS (1)  NORCOTE (1)  OBBS (1)  OFIELD (1)  PARKER (5)  PHILIPS (2)  PICKLES (6)  PLUCKNETT (1)  POPE (8)  PRATLEY (1)  PRICE (1)  PRIOR (1)  PULLIN (4)  RECORD (2)  REED (1)  RICE (5)  RINGS (1)  RODDIS (1)  SANDFORD (1)  SCOTT (1)  SELBY (1)  SEYMOUR (4)  SHERMON (1)  SHAW (16)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMMONS (2)  SYMES (5)  SLADE (1)  SMITH (24)  STEPHENS (3)  STOKES (1)  STRANGE (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  THORNE (8)  TURNER (3)  TYRRELL (1)  WARNER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKS (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (1)  WILTSHIRE (3)  WINTER (12)  WHATTON (2)  YOUNG (1)