Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire

Brookthorpe 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
CARTER106.622539.45
SIMS106.6225220.75
MESSENGER95.9603775.86
DAVIS95.960327.12
SMITH85.29803.75
POWELL63.973531.85
SHILL63.97354,615.38
MILLS63.973530.64
BILLINGHAM53.3113543.48
ASTON53.3113200.80
GARDNER42.649039.02
ALDRIDGE42.6490136.52
TROTMAN42.6490634.92
WILDING42.6490224.72
WALTERS42.649055.56
CRITCHLEY31.9868222.22
JENNER31.9868167.60
HARRIS31.98687.82
SMART31.986843.60
FREEMAN21.324520.75
WILLIAMS21.32451.84
MOSS21.324521.48
WATTS21.324515.80
HOARE21.324567.80
PEARCE21.324514.42
HAWKINS21.324518.30
RIDLER10.6623263.16
PARKER10.66233.48
ELLSMORE10.66231,428.57
WHITE10.66232.06
BAYLY10.6623454.55
DUNN10.66237.96
MARSH10.66239.29
COOPEY10.66231,250.00
BROWNING10.662332.57
GREENING10.6623119.05
FIFIELD10.6623454.55
MACE10.662375.19
COLE10.66237.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHILL0.151514615.3846
ELLSMORE0.151511428.5714
COOPEY0.151511250.0000
MESSENGER0.15151775.8621
TROTMAN0.15151634.9206
BILLINGHAM0.15151543.4783
FIFIELD0.15151454.5455
BAYLY0.15151454.5455
RIDLER0.15151263.1579
WILDING0.15151224.7191
CRITCHLEY0.15151222.2222
SIMS0.15151220.7506
ASTON0.15151200.8032
JENNER0.15151167.5978
ALDRIDGE0.15151136.5188
GREENING0.15151119.0476
MACE0.1515175.1880
HOARE0.1515167.7966
WALTERS0.1515155.5556
SMART0.1515143.6047
CARTER0.1515139.4477
GARDNER0.1515139.0244
BROWNING0.1515132.5733
POWELL0.1515131.8471
MILLS0.1515130.6435
DAVIS0.1515127.1248
MOSS0.1515121.4823
FREEMAN0.1515120.7469
HAWKINS0.1515118.2983
WATTS0.1515115.7978
PEARCE0.1515114.4196
MARSH0.151519.2851
DUNN0.151517.9618
HARRIS0.151517.8186
COLE0.151517.2674
SMITH0.151513.7523
PARKER0.151513.4819
WHITE0.151512.0602
WILLIAMS0.151511.8438

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 151 people called SHILL in Brookthorpe 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 4615.3846 in Brookthorpe means that 4615.3846% of the people in Brookthorpe on census day were called SHILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHILL 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 SHILL 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 SHILL 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 SHILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Brookthorpe means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHILL in Brookthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brookthorpe in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (4)  ASTON (5)  BAYLY (1)  BILLINGHAM (5)  BOYELEY (1)  BROWNING (1)  CARTER (10)  CLISSOLD (1)  COLE (1)  COOPEY (1)  CRITCHLEY (3)  DAINTY (3)  DAVIS (9)  DUNN (1)  ELLSMORE (1)  FIFIELD (1)  FREEMAN (2)  FREAM (1)  GARDNER (4)  GODSELL (1)  GREENING (1)  HARRIS (3)  HAWKINS (2)  HICKERTON (1)  HOARE (2)  JENNER (3)  MARMS (2)  MARSH (1)  MACE (1)  MESSENGER (9)  MILLS (6)  MOSS (2)  PARKER (1)  PEARCE (2)  PLUMERIDGE (2)  POWELL (6)  RIDLER (1)  SHILL (6)  SHERRETT (6)  SIMS (10)  SMART (3)  SMITH (8)  TROTMAN (4)  WALTERS (4)  WATTS (2)  WHITE (1)  WILDING (4)  WILLIAMS (2)