Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grandborough, Buckinghamshire

Grandborough is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Buckinghamshire

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
NEWMAN268.6379116.18
RICKARD206.6445975.61
DANCER196.31232,923.08
HENDLEY154.98343,000.00
STAIRS144.651215,555.56
FOSKETT144.65121,971.83
HIGGINS103.322365.70
DICKINS103.3223900.90
CLARKE92.990014.76
BRADBURY92.9900103.45
STUBBS82.6578100.63
STEVENS82.657825.46
GIBBARD72.3256972.22
SEATON72.3256274.51
THORNE61.993494.49
BIGGS61.9934105.82
PRICE61.993411.39
FRANKLIN61.993460.00
SMITH61.99341.41
TOMPKINS61.9934230.77
NORMAN51.661135.84
BRAZIER51.6611177.31
ATKINS41.328935.43
MORRIS41.32895.97
BATCHELOR20.664539.22
PARKER20.66453.49
BROOKS20.66456.80
WHEELER20.664511.01
NEAL20.664522.45
JENNINGS20.664513.11
RODWELL20.6645122.70
COOK20.66453.35
PHILIPS20.664535.91
BUCKINGHAM20.664549.88
SIMMONS10.33228.14
HOLT10.33224.96
ALDERMAN10.332284.75
HANCOCK10.33227.30
NELSON10.33226.86
FLOWERS10.332240.98
KENT10.33227.89
FALKNER10.332298.04
BARRETT10.33224.95
COURT10.332226.11
HAILEY10.3322204.08
CARTER10.33221.98
FLETCHER10.33222.91
BENNETT10.33222.02
GRACE10.332224.81
FLEET10.332249.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAIRS0.3030115555.5556
HENDLEY0.303013000.0000
DANCER0.303012923.0769
FOSKETT0.303011971.8310
RICKARD0.30301975.6098
GIBBARD0.30301972.2222
DICKINS0.30301900.9009
SEATON0.30301274.5098
TOMPKINS0.30301230.7692
HAILEY0.30301204.0816
BRAZIER0.30301177.3050
RODWELL0.30301122.6994
NEWMAN0.30301116.1752
BIGGS0.30301105.8201
BRADBURY0.30301103.4483
STUBBS0.30301100.6289
FALKNER0.3030198.0392
THORNE0.3030194.4882
ALDERMAN0.3030184.7458
HIGGINS0.3030165.7030
FRANKLIN0.3030160.0000
BUCKINGHAM0.3030149.8753
FLEET0.3030149.5050
FLOWERS0.3030140.9836
BATCHELOR0.3030139.2157
PHILIPS0.3030135.9066
NORMAN0.3030135.8423
ATKINS0.3030135.4296
COURT0.3030126.1097
STEVENS0.3030125.4615
GRACE0.3030124.8139
NEAL0.3030122.4467
CLARKE0.3030114.7565
JENNINGS0.3030113.1062
PRICE0.3030111.3895
WHEELER0.3030111.0072
SIMMONS0.303018.1367
KENT0.303017.8864
HANCOCK0.303017.3046
NELSON0.303016.8587
BROOKS0.303016.7981
MORRIS0.303015.9701
HOLT0.303014.9628
BARRETT0.303014.9456
PARKER0.303013.4934
COOK0.303013.3450
FLETCHER0.303012.9104
BENNETT0.303012.0214
CARTER0.303011.9790
SMITH0.303011.4118

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 301 people called STAIRS in Grandborough 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 15555.5556 in Grandborough means that 15555.5556% of the people in Grandborough on census day were called STAIRS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STAIRS 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 STAIRS 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 STAIRS 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 STAIRS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Grandborough means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAIRS in Grandborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grandborough in 1881

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

ALDERMAN (1)  ATKINS (4)  BARRETT (1)  BATCHELOR (2)  BENNETT (1)  BIGGS (6)  BRADBURY (9)  BRAZIER (5)  BROOKS (2)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  CARTER (1)  CLARKE (9)  COOK (2)  COURT (1)  CRANWELL (11)  DANCER (19)  DEWSTER (1)  DICKINS (10)  DYTUM (7)  FALKNER (1)  FATHERS (2)  FLEET (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FLOWERS (1)  FOSKETT (14)  FRANKLIN (6)  GARSTON (1)  GIBBARD (7)  GILKS (2)  GRACE (1)  HANCOCK (1)  HAILEY (1)  HENDLEY (15)  HIGGINS (10)  HOLT (1)  JENNINGS (2)  KENT (1)  MORRIS (4)  NEAL (2)  NELSON (1)  NEWMAN (26)  NORMAN (5)  PARKER (2)  PHILIPS (2)  PRICE (6)  RICKARD (20)  RODWELL (2)  SEATON (7)  SIMMONS (1)  SMITH (6)  STARES (3)  STAIRS (14)  STEVENS (8)  STONNELL (5)  STUBBS (8)  THORNE (6)  TOMPKINS (6)  VICCARS (3)  WHEELER (2)