Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire

Little Horwood 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
FAIRMAN227.09683,283.58
PITKIN216.77427,000.00
CURTIS175.483996.65
HEALEY123.8710237.15
COURSE113.54842,244.90
ASH103.2258195.31
SHILLINGFORD103.22584,347.83
GRANGE103.2258561.80
GIBBS92.903259.09
KING82.580611.84
LEONARD72.2581104.17
WAKE61.9355240.00
PARKER61.935510.18
SHARMAN61.9355140.52
BENNETT51.61299.81
YEATES51.6129292.40
DAWKINS51.6129222.22
BATES41.290320.27
HODGES41.290344.00
BONNER30.9677110.29
GOODMAN20.645222.10
DALEY20.645254.79
WHITE20.64522.01
LEESON20.6452111.11
MILLS20.64524.98
STEVENS20.64526.18
PENN10.322635.71
WILLMORE10.3226175.44
JONES10.32260.28
HIGGS10.322617.70
COLLINS10.32262.25
POWELL10.32262.59
GURNEY10.322630.96
EDEN10.322631.75
THOMAS10.32260.78
JACKSON10.32261.15
HENLEY10.322642.19
CLARE10.322622.27
GATES10.322620.83
WALTON10.32264.58
REYNOLDS10.32263.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PITKIN0.313107000.0000
SHILLINGFORD0.313104347.8261
FAIRMAN0.313103283.5821
COURSE0.313102244.8980
GRANGE0.31310561.7978
YEATES0.31310292.3977
WAKE0.31310240.0000
HEALEY0.31310237.1542
DAWKINS0.31310222.2222
ASH0.31310195.3125
WILLMORE0.31310175.4386
SHARMAN0.31310140.5152
LEESON0.31310111.1111
BONNER0.31310110.2941
LEONARD0.31310104.1667
CURTIS0.3131096.6458
GIBBS0.3131059.0939
DALEY0.3131054.7945
HODGES0.3131044.0044
HENLEY0.3131042.1941
PENN0.3131035.7143
EDEN0.3131031.7460
GURNEY0.3131030.9598
CLARE0.3131022.2717
GOODMAN0.3131022.0994
GATES0.3131020.8333
BATES0.3131020.2737
HIGGS0.3131017.6991
KING0.3131011.8413
PARKER0.3131010.1764
BENNETT0.313109.8135
STEVENS0.313106.1805
MILLS0.313104.9751
WALTON0.313104.5830
REYNOLDS0.313103.7244
POWELL0.313102.5860
COLLINS0.313102.2482
WHITE0.313102.0070
JACKSON0.313101.1543
THOMAS0.313100.7817
JONES0.313100.2848

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 310 people called PITKIN in Little Horwood 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 7000.0000 in Little Horwood means that 7000.0000% of the people in Little Horwood on census day were called PITKIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PITKIN 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 PITKIN 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 PITKIN 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 PITKIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Little Horwood means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PITKIN in Little Horwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Horwood in 1881

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

ASH (10)  BATES (4)  BENNETT (5)  BONNER (3)  BRISE (1)  CLARE (1)  COLLINS (1)  COURSE (11)  CURTIS (17)  DALEY (2)  DANNERY (2)  DAWKINS (5)  EDEN (1)  FAIRMAN (22)  GASCOYNE (10)  GATES (1)  GIBBS (9)  GOODMAN (2)  GOOM (1)  GRAINGE (12)  GRANGE (10)  GUNTHORPE (6)  GURNEY (1)  HEALEY (12)  HENLEY (1)  HIGGS (1)  HODGES (4)  HOLTOM (10)  ILLING (30)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (1)  KING (8)  LEESON (2)  LEONARD (7)  MALPAS (2)  MILLS (2)  PARKER (6)  PENN (1)  PITKIN (21)  POWELL (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  SHARMAN (6)  SHILLINGFORD (10)  SHLLINGFORD (2)  STEVENS (2)  SIRETT (2)  TATTAM (4)  THOMAS (1)  VICCARS (20)  WAKE (6)  WALTON (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLMORE (1)  YEATES (5)