Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hitcham, Buckinghamshire

Hitcham 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
COX143.491323.04
HORWOOD112.7431578.95
ALDER102.4938348.43
SAWYER102.4938135.14
WILLIAMS102.49383.47
YOUELL92.24443,000.00
SMITH92.24441.59
WHEELER92.244437.17
SLATER92.244437.07
NORTH81.995060.20
LEAVER81.9950308.88
BRETT71.745691.98
HOWARD71.745617.79
HAZELL71.7456224.36
JEFFERIES71.7456157.66
MILLARD71.7456105.42
BROOKER71.7456144.63
HOWLETT61.4963111.52
WEBSTER61.496317.21
MARTIN61.49636.07
RUSH61.4963139.53
WALLIS51.246936.82
BUNCE51.2469167.22
PLUMMER51.246993.28
GILDER51.2469476.19
HUBBARD51.246951.28
NEWMAN51.246916.77
BURR51.2469155.28
HOUSE51.246995.79
JOHNSON51.24693.71
PAXTON40.9975125.00
LOVELL40.997547.68
SAWNEY40.99754,444.44
AUSTIN40.997520.41
RICH40.997579.52
AMBROSE40.9975113.31
POOLE40.997520.70
LAMBERT30.748113.70
LUDGATE30.7481600.00
PACKHAM30.7481154.64
GRUBB30.7481120.97
GILBERT30.748113.13
WELLINGTON30.7481158.73
MALET30.74814,285.71
NEWELL20.498831.55
POUND20.4988104.71
HEDGES20.498843.57
DALEY20.498842.37
HUSSEY20.498849.51
FROST20.49888.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAWNEY0.404014444.4444
MALET0.404014285.7143
YOUELL0.404013000.0000
SOARES0.404011250.0000
LUDGATE0.40401600.0000
MCQUEEN0.40401588.2353
HORWOOD0.40401578.9474
GILDER0.40401476.1905
CRUTCH0.40401416.6667
JESSE0.40401384.6154
ALDER0.40401348.4321
LEAVER0.40401308.8803
STEPTOE0.40401281.6901
HENDRICK0.40401277.7778
JEFFERYS0.40401263.1579
HATT0.40401232.5581
HAZELL0.40401224.3590
BUNCE0.40401167.2241
WELLINGTON0.40401158.7302
JEFFERIES0.40401157.6577
BURR0.40401155.2795
PACKHAM0.40401154.6392
BROOKER0.40401144.6281
RUSH0.40401139.5349
JEROME0.40401138.8889
SAWYER0.40401135.1351
PAXTON0.40401125.0000
GRUBB0.40401120.9677
AMBROSE0.40401113.3144
HOWLETT0.40401111.5242
MILLARD0.40401105.4217
POUND0.40401104.7120
WILDER0.4040198.0392
RUCK0.4040197.0874
HOUSE0.4040195.7854
PLUMMER0.4040193.2836
BRETT0.4040191.9842
DEVEREUX0.4040191.7431
RICH0.4040179.5229
WARDELL0.4040162.8931
BRANT0.4040161.3497
NORTH0.4040160.1956
HUBBARD0.4040151.2821
MANNERS0.4040150.5051
HUSSEY0.4040149.5050
COLLIS0.4040148.1928
LOVELL0.4040147.6758
PEARSE0.4040146.8384
HEDGES0.4040143.5730
DALEY0.4040142.3729

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 401 people called SAWNEY in Hitcham 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 4444.4444 in Hitcham means that 4444.4444% of the people in Hitcham on census day were called SAWNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAWNEY 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 SAWNEY 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 SAWNEY 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 SAWNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Hitcham means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAWNEY in Hitcham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hitcham in 1881

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

ALDER (10)  AMBROSE (4)  ANDREWS (1)  ARNOLD (1)  AUSTIN (4)  BALDWIN (1)  BALLARD (1)  BIDMEAD (3)  BIGGS (1)  BIRD (1)  BOWLER (1)  BRANT (1)  BRETT (7)  BROOKER (7)  BUCKLAND (1)  YARDE-BULLER (CHURSTON) (9)  BUNCE (5)  BURR (5)  BUSBY (1)  CHURSTON (2)  CLARKE (2)  COLLIS (2)  COTTRELL (1)  COX (14)  CRUTCH (1)  DALEY (2)  DEVEREUX (1)  EATON (1)  EDMUNDS (1)  ELLIS (1)  FREWER (4)  FRIBBANCE (2)  FROST (2)  GILDER (5)  GIBBONS (1)  GILBERT (3)  GOULDING (1)  GRUBB (3)  HAMILTON (1)  HORWOOD (11)  HAZELL (7)  HATT (2)  HEADON (3)  HASELDINE (4)  HENDRICK (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HEDGES (2)  HOWARD (7)  HOUSE (5)  HOWLETT (6)  HUBBARD (5)  HUSSEY (2)  IRELAND (1)  JEFFERYS (2)  JEFFERY (1)  JEFFERIES (7)  JEROME (1)  JESSE (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (1)  LAMBERT (3)  LEAVER (8)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOVELL (4)  LUDGATE (3)  MALET (3)  MARCHAM (2)  MARKHAM (1)  MARTIN (6)  MATHIAS (1)  MANNERS (1)  MCQUEEN (1)  MILLARD (7)  MOON (1)  MOSDELL (11)  NEIGHBOUR (2)  NEWELL (2)  NEWMAN (5)  NORTH (8)  OLIVER (2)  PACKHAM (3)  PARSEY (1)  PAXTON (4)  PEARSE (2)  PEPPER (1)  PLUMMER (5)  POOLE (4)  POTTER (1)  POUND (2)  BUTTIFANT (1)  RICH (4)  RUCK (1)  RUSH (6)  SAWNEY (4)  SAWYER (10)  SAYERS (1)  SERLS (4)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMS (1)  SLATER (9)  SMITH (9)  SOARES (1)  STANNETT (2)  STEPTOE (2)  SYDENHAM (2)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (5)  WARD (1)  WARDELL (1)  WATEMAN (8)  WATKINS (1)  WEBB (1)  WELLINGTON (3)  WEBSTER (6)  WHEELER (9)  WILDER (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (10)  YOUNG (1)  YOUELL (9)