Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wasing, Berkshire

Wasing 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
BLAKE911.2500231.96
MOUNT911.25002,903.23
SMITH810.00007.08
HUMPHRIES78.7500388.89
HAWKINS56.250086.36
CHANDLER45.0000155.64
GRIFFIN33.750079.79
MUNDAY22.5000212.77
BOYD22.500071.17
JONES11.25001.10
APPLEBY11.250076.34
HORST11.25005,000.00
TODD11.250024.57
HANCOCK11.250027.47
MILLS11.25009.64
BETTERIDGE11.2500277.78
WICKENS11.2500200.00
TAYLOR11.25001.95
LUCAS11.250027.03
ASTIN11.2500434.78
HULSE11.2500196.08
WAITE11.250060.24
HARRISON11.25005.63
SPANSWICK11.25001,428.57
CLIFT11.2500227.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORST0.08805000.0000
MOUNT0.08802903.2258
SPANSWICK0.08801428.5714
ASTIN0.0880434.7826
HUMPHRIES0.0880388.8889
BETTERIDGE0.0880277.7778
BLAKE0.0880231.9588
CLIFT0.0880227.2727
MUNDAY0.0880212.7660
WICKENS0.0880200.0000
HULSE0.0880196.0784
CHANDLER0.0880155.6420
HAWKINS0.088086.3558
GRIFFIN0.088079.7872
APPLEBY0.088076.3359
BOYD0.088071.1744
WAITE0.088060.2410
HANCOCK0.088027.4725
LUCAS0.088027.0270
TODD0.088024.5700
MILLS0.08809.6432
SMITH0.08807.0822
HARRISON0.08805.6306
TAYLOR0.08801.9547
JONES0.08801.1038

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called HORST in Wasing 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 5000.0000 in Wasing means that 5000.0000% of the people in Wasing on census day were called HORST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORST 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 HORST 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 HORST 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 HORST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Wasing means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORST in Wasing than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wasing in 1881

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

APPLEBY (1)  ASTIN (1)  BECKINGHAM (1)  BETTERIDGE (1)  BLAKE (9)  BOYD (2)  CHANDLER (4)  CLIFT (1)  CORDERY (4)  ENGLEFIELD (3)  FLATMAN (3)  GRIFFIN (3)  HANCOCK (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKINS (5)  HORST (1)  HULSE (1)  HUMPHRIES (7)  JONES (1)  JUPP (1)  LUCAS (1)  MILLS (1)  MOUNT (9)  MUNDAY (2)  SELWOOD (1)  SMITH (8)  SPANSWICK (1)  STALLON (1)  STAMMEN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TODD (1)  WICKENS (1)  WAITE (1)