Top surnames from the 1881 census in Seer Green, Buckinghamshire

Seer Green 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
WORLEY3911.81822,653.06
BODDY226.66671,202.19
PAYNE185.454560.61
CHILD185.4545320.86
PICTON185.45451,607.14
NEWMAN164.848565.20
LANE144.242461.57
GADBURY103.030316,666.67
COLEMAN103.030360.79
LOVEDAY92.7273445.54
SLADE82.4242121.58
WATSON72.12129.14
ALLEN61.81829.62
WILLOUGHBY61.8182209.06
HARDING61.818225.13
HOWARD51.515215.44
SAUNDERS51.515216.52
GREEN51.51525.38
CRIPPS51.5152155.76
NASH51.515232.85
SHERWIN41.2121224.72
SWALLOW41.2121120.12
ELLIOTT41.212114.29
HILL41.21214.76
CHILTON30.9091113.21
HALT30.90912,727.27
GOODALL20.606128.29
WRIGHT20.60611.89
MCDONALD20.606174.63
COLLINS20.60614.22
GRAY20.60614.25
GROOM10.303021.65
DALEY10.303025.77
HONOR10.3030416.67
YATES10.30304.41
WOODHOUSE10.303012.79
COOPER10.30301.25
TAYLOR10.30300.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GADBURY0.3333016666.6667
HALT0.333302727.2727
WORLEY0.333302653.0612
PICTON0.333301607.1429
BODDY0.333301202.1858
LOVEDAY0.33330445.5446
HONOR0.33330416.6667
CHILD0.33330320.8556
SHERWIN0.33330224.7191
WILLOUGHBY0.33330209.0592
CRIPPS0.33330155.7632
SLADE0.33330121.5805
SWALLOW0.33330120.1201
CHILTON0.33330113.2075
MCDONALD0.3333074.6269
NEWMAN0.3333065.1997
LANE0.3333061.5655
COLEMAN0.3333060.7903
PAYNE0.3333060.6061
NASH0.3333032.8515
GOODALL0.3333028.2885
DALEY0.3333025.7732
HARDING0.3333025.1256
GROOM0.3333021.6450
SAUNDERS0.3333016.5180
HOWARD0.3333015.4416
ELLIOTT0.3333014.2857
WOODHOUSE0.3333012.7877
ALLEN0.333309.6246
WATSON0.333309.1444
GREEN0.333305.3804
HILL0.333304.7591
YATES0.333304.4092
GRAY0.333304.2454
COLLINS0.333304.2239
WRIGHT0.333301.8891
COOPER0.333301.2458
TAYLOR0.333300.4739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 330 people called GADBURY in Seer Green 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 16666.6667 in Seer Green means that 16666.6667% of the people in Seer Green on census day were called GADBURY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GADBURY 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 GADBURY 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 GADBURY 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 GADBURY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Seer Green means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GADBURY in Seer Green than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Seer Green in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  BODDY (22)  CHILD (18)  CHILTON (3)  COLEMAN (10)  COLLINS (2)  COOPER (1)  CRIPPS (5)  DALEY (1)  DUMBARTON (1)  ELLIOTT (4)  GADBURY (10)  GHOST (5)  GOODALL (2)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (5)  GROOM (1)  HALT (3)  HARDING (6)  HILL (4)  HONOR (1)  HOWARD (5)  HAYERS (5)  LANE (14)  LISLEY (22)  LOVEDAY (9)  MCDONALD (2)  NASH (5)  NEWMAN (16)  PAYNE (18)  PICTON (18)  RICSON (2)  SAUNDERS (5)  SHEPPHARD (4)  SHURVELL (2)  SHERWIN (4)  CYSTER (9)  SLADE (8)  SPUFFARD (9)  SWALLOW (4)  TAYLOR (1)  WATSON (7)  WILLOUGHBY (6)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WORLEY (39)  WRIGHT (2)  YATES (1)