Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bristol St Leonard, Gloucestershire

Bristol St Leonard is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Gloucestershire

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
GODFREY812.5000421.05
WHITE69.375029.17
DENHAM57.8125892.86
HUXTABLE46.25001,428.57
TAYLOR46.25009.77
SPARE23.12504,000.00
DAVIS23.125014.22
HOLLOWAY23.1250102.04
STOWELL23.12501,333.33
NURSE23.1250645.16
GOODWIN11.562529.67
MURPHY11.562519.57
LEWIS11.56255.94
TYLER11.562552.91
RICH11.5625125.00
MARSHALL11.56259.32
YOUNG11.56257.27
KNOWLES11.562529.24
TUCKER11.562528.25
MARKS11.562576.34
JOINER11.5625434.78
TOVEY11.5625263.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPARE0.06644000.0000
HUXTABLE0.06641428.5714
STOWELL0.06641333.3333
DENHAM0.0664892.8571
NURSE0.0664645.1613
JOINER0.0664434.7826
GODFREY0.0664421.0526
TOVEY0.0664263.1579
RICH0.0664125.0000
HOLLOWAY0.0664102.0408
MARKS0.066476.3359
TYLER0.066452.9101
GOODWIN0.066429.6736
KNOWLES0.066429.2398
WHITE0.066429.1687
TUCKER0.066428.2486
MURPHY0.066419.5695
DAVIS0.066414.2248
TAYLOR0.06649.7728
MARSHALL0.06649.3197
YOUNG0.06647.2727
LEWIS0.06645.9418

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 64 people called SPARE in Bristol St Leonard 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 4000.0000 in Bristol St Leonard means that 4000.0000% of the people in Bristol St Leonard on census day were called SPARE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPARE 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 SPARE 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 SPARE 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 SPARE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Bristol St Leonard means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPARE in Bristol St Leonard than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bristol St Leonard in 1881

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

DAVIS (2)  DENHAM (5)  GODFREY (8)  GOODWIN (1)  HOLLOWAY (2)  HURCUM (8)  HUXTABLE (4)  JOINER (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LETHBRIDGE (2)  LEWIS (1)  MARKS (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MOCKRIDGE (1)  MURPHY (1)  NOWCH (1)  NURSE (2)  RICH (1)  SOUTHCOMBE (1)  SPARE (2)  STOWELL (2)  TAYLOR (4)  TOVEY (1)  TUCKER (1)  TYLER (1)  WESTBRA (1)  WHITE (6)  WIGGINGS (1)  YOUNG (1)