Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire

Little Sodbury 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
SPACKMAN1410.60613,589.74
SLADE107.5758380.23
YOUNG96.818231.73
BENNETT96.818241.47
CARTER86.060636.10
DANIELS64.5455144.58
BURNELL64.5455759.49
COOK64.545522.88
MEEK53.7879326.80
KELSON53.78793,846.15
HOLLOWAY43.030399.01
BAKER32.272710.37
TRAFFORD32.2727566.04
PRESTON32.272745.52
HAINES21.515265.36
SALTER21.515266.23
MARSH21.515221.23
BALL10.75769.17
HISCOX10.7576416.67
ADAMS10.75765.14
EVANS10.75761.73
BEARD10.757628.82
HOLLIER10.7576384.62
BAILEY10.75765.03
GREENWOOD10.75769.76
BOWER10.757641.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KELSON0.131323846.1538
SPACKMAN0.131323589.7436
BURNELL0.13132759.4937
TRAFFORD0.13132566.0377
HISCOX0.13132416.6667
HOLLIER0.13132384.6154
SLADE0.13132380.2281
MEEK0.13132326.7974
DANIELS0.13132144.5783
HOLLOWAY0.1313299.0099
SALTER0.1313266.2252
HAINES0.1313265.3595
PRESTON0.1313245.5235
BENNETT0.1313241.4747
BOWER0.1313241.3223
CARTER0.1313236.1011
YOUNG0.1313231.7348
BEARD0.1313228.8184
COOK0.1313222.8833
MARSH0.1313221.2314
BAKER0.1313210.3734
GREENWOOD0.131329.7561
BALL0.131329.1743
ADAMS0.131325.1414
BAILEY0.131325.0302
EVANS0.131321.7337

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 132 people called KELSON in Little Sodbury 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 3846.1538 in Little Sodbury means that 3846.1538% of the people in Little Sodbury on census day were called KELSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KELSON 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 KELSON 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 KELSON 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 KELSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Little Sodbury means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KELSON in Little Sodbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Sodbury in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ARKWELL (4)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (3)  BALL (1)  BEARD (1)  BENNETT (9)  BOWER (1)  BURNELL (6)  CARTER (8)  COOK (6)  DANIELS (6)  EVANS (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  HASLUCK (1)  HATHERELL (7)  HAINES (2)  HISCOX (1)  HOLLIER (1)  HOLLOWAY (4)  KEEPINGS (4)  KELSON (5)  MARSH (2)  MATHYENS (2)  MEEK (5)  PRESTON (3)  RICHINGS (8)  SALTER (2)  SLADE (10)  SPACKMAN (14)  TRAFFORD (3)  YOUNG (9)