Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Dean, Gloucestershire

Little Dean 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
BRAIN273.2807305.78
WILLIAMS253.03774.23
HALE202.430167.73
WAITE182.1871105.39
MORGAN182.187111.00
NASH172.065644.80
ADAMS151.822612.37
BEARD151.822669.25
PETERS141.701148.51
WYNN131.5796182.33
HODGES131.579653.85
GRIFFIN131.579633.57
DAVIS121.45816.64
DEAN121.458121.00
HAYWARD111.336631.35
NELMES111.3366597.83
SMITH101.21510.86
PHELPS101.2151122.40
ROBERTS101.21513.23
PICK91.0936171.43
DENT91.093657.40
HIGGINS91.093621.63
WHITE91.09363.40
HYETT91.0936502.79
COOPER80.97214.00
HOBBY80.9721784.31
FIELD80.972119.54
HOPKINS80.972116.14
JONES80.97210.86
EVANS80.97212.22
GEORGE70.850514.50
MEREDITH70.850542.09
STUBBS70.850532.21
WELLINGTON70.8505180.41
GODFREY70.850528.68
WEAVING60.7290612.24
BROWN60.72901.11
READ60.729011.31
WELLS60.72908.76
GOOLD60.7290416.67
WOOLFORD60.7290202.02
WATKINS60.729012.03
WESTBROOK60.7290156.25
SAMPSON50.607535.61
BEVAN50.607524.83
FARLEY50.607548.36
HAINES50.607526.23
TUDOR50.607590.42
TRANTER50.607582.51
BRIDGE50.607529.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HELT0.8282313333.3333
HORNEY0.828231111.1111
HOBBY0.82823784.3137
WEAVING0.82823612.2449
NELMES0.82823597.8261
HYETT0.82823502.7933
SHOTT0.82823425.5319
GOOLD0.82823416.6667
BRUMMELL0.82823416.6667
GRINDLE0.82823405.4054
ASKINS0.82823400.0000
BRAIN0.82823305.7758
GUISE0.82823252.1008
WOOLFORD0.82823202.0202
WYNN0.82823182.3282
WELLINGTON0.82823180.4124
DEE0.82823177.9359
PICK0.82823171.4286
WESTBROOK0.82823156.2500
HUGES0.82823128.2051
PHELPS0.82823122.3990
WAITE0.82823105.3864
PARROT0.82823105.2632
TUDOR0.8282390.4159
WINTLE0.8282385.4701
TRANTER0.8282382.5083
HAMBLIN0.8282380.6452
TRUMP0.8282379.3651
PURNELL0.8282369.4444
BEARD0.8282369.2521
HALE0.8282367.7277
HAWKER0.8282363.4921
MORRISH0.8282361.1621
DENT0.8282357.3980
HODGES0.8282353.8525
COOKSEY0.8282353.1915
PETERS0.8282348.5100
FARLEY0.8282348.3559
VIRGO0.8282347.6190
NASH0.8282344.7958
MEREDITH0.8282342.0926
SAMPSON0.8282335.6125
GRIFFIN0.8282333.5744
LOCKETT0.8282333.4448
BAMFORD0.8282332.2841
STUBBS0.8282332.2135
HAYWARD0.8282331.3480
BRIDGE0.8282329.9940
EVERITT0.8282328.9855
HUGGINS0.8282328.8600

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 823 people called HELT in Little Dean 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 13333.3333 in Little Dean means that 13333.3333% of the people in Little Dean on census day were called HELT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HELT 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 HELT 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 HELT 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 HELT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Little Dean means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HELT in Little Dean than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Dean in 1881

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

ADAMS (15)  ALDERAGE (4)  ALLEN (1)  ASKINS (1)  ATTWOOD (1)  BAGHURST (5)  BALDWIN (2)  BAMAN (2)  BAMFORD (4)  BANNISTER (2)  BARRETT (4)  BAYLIS (2)  BEARD (15)  BENNETT (3)  BEVAN (5)  BUDDING (1)  BRAIN (27)  BRUMMELL (1)  BRETHERTON (7)  BRIDGE (5)  BROADSTOCK (6)  BROBYN (7)  BROWN (6)  BRYANT (2)  BURGAM (9)  BUTT (1)  CARTER (4)  CLARK (1)  CLARKE (3)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (2)  COOKSEY (1)  COOPY (3)  COOPER (8)  COWLEY (4)  COWMEADOW (2)  COX (3)  DARLING (1)  DAVIS (12)  DAWE (1)  DEE (5)  DEAN (12)  DENT (9)  DOUNE (3)  DRAISEY (2)  DREW (4)  EMBLING (10)  EVANS (8)  EVEREDGE (1)  EVERITT (2)  EVERITTS (1)  FARLEY (5)  FIELD (8)  GARDNER (1)  GEORGE (7)  GLASTONBURY (23)  GLEED (2)  GODFREY (7)  GOOLD (6)  GREENING (1)  GREENWOOD (4)  GRIFFIN (13)  GRINDLE (3)  GUISE (3)  HALE (20)  HALL (2)  HAMBLIN (3)  HANMAN (4)  HARDING (5)  HARPER (2)  HAWKER (4)  HAINES (5)  HAYWARD (11)  HELT (4)  HENRY (1)  HIGGINS (9)  HILL (1)  HOBBS (4)  HOBBY (8)  HODGES (13)  HOPKINS (8)  HORNEY (3)  HORSHAM (1)  HUGGINS (2)  HUGES (1)  HUGHES (1)  HURCOMBE (4)  HURCOMB (3)  HYETT (9)  HYDE (2)  JACKSON (3)  JACOBS (1)  JENKINS (2)  JOLLY (2)  JONES (8)  KNIGHT (2)  LANE (2)  LEE (5)  LIDYIAD (?) (6)  LOCKETT (2)  LOWE (2)  MARFELL (1)  MARSH (1)  MEREDITH (7)  MILES (4)  MORGAN (18)  MURRALL (7)  MORSE (1)  MORRISH (2)  MURPHY (3)  NASH (17)  NELMES (11)  NICHOLLS (1)  NICHOLS (1)  PARKER (3)  PARROT (1)  PAYNE (3)  PERRY (1)  PARRY (1)  PETERS (14)  PHELPS (10)  PICK (9)  PREDAY (7)  PRICE (5)  PURNELL (3)  READ (6)  ROBERTS (10)  ROBINS (3)  SAMPSON (5)  SAYSELL (5)  SHOTT (2)  SELWYN (3)  SMITH (10)  STEWART (3)  STUBBS (7)  TRANTER (5)  TRIGG (1)  TRUMP (1)  TUDOR (5)  VIRGO (1)  WATKINS (6)  WEAVING (6)  WEAVER (2)  WELLINGTON (7)  WELLS (6)  WESTBROOK (6)  WHITE (9)  WILKES (3)  GWILLIAM (16)  WILLIAMS (25)  WILLS (1)  WILCE (1)  WINDOWS (6)  WYNN (13)  WINTLE (2)  WOODMAN (2)  WOOLFORD (6)  WAITE (18)  WAIT (1)