Top surnames from the 1881 census in Overbury Alston, Gloucestershire

Overbury Alston 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
LANE1722.3684324.43
TAYLOR79.210514.40
HARRIS56.578925.89
POTTER56.5789101.42
GRIMMETT56.57896,250.00
CHANDLER45.2632163.93
MARSHELL45.26325,000.00
REEVE33.9474168.54
PEART33.9474697.67
TURNER22.63169.45
RUCK22.63161,052.63
PRICE22.631615.04
PULLUM11.315810,000.00
HOPKINS11.315821.83
WILKS11.315883.33
CRESSWELL11.3158125.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PULLUM0.087610000.0000
GRIMMETT0.08766250.0000
MARSHELL0.08765000.0000
RUCK0.08761052.6316
PEART0.0876697.6744
LANE0.0876324.4275
REEVE0.0876168.5393
CHANDLER0.0876163.9344
CRESSWELL0.0876125.0000
POTTER0.0876101.4199
WILKS0.087683.3333
HARRIS0.087625.8933
HOPKINS0.087621.8341
PRICE0.087615.0376
TAYLOR0.087614.4033
TURNER0.08769.4518

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 76 people called PULLUM in Overbury Alston 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 10000.0000 in Overbury Alston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Overbury Alston on census day were called PULLUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PULLUM 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 PULLUM 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 PULLUM 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 PULLUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Overbury Alston means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PULLUM in Overbury Alston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Overbury Alston in 1881

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

CHANDLER (4)  CRESSWELL (1)  GRIMMETT (5)  HARRIS (5)  HOLTOM (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HUSSEL (2)  HUSSELL (6)  LANE (17)  MARSHELL (4)  PEART (3)  POTTER (5)  PRICE (2)  PULLUM (1)  REEVE (3)  RUCK (2)  SOLLACE (4)  TAYLOR (7)  TURNER (2)  WILKS (1)