Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tortworth, Gloucestershire

Tortworth 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
SMITH199.54776.76
HEWETT94.5226389.61
PEGLER63.01511,176.47
BERRY63.015138.00
MILES63.015151.11
GROVES63.0151107.14
TILLEY52.5126191.57
LUSTER52.512650,000.00
RICE52.512680.91
PONTING52.5126862.07
PEARCE52.512627.35
COVE52.51261,162.79
JENNER42.0101169.49
BLANCHARD42.0101245.40
COLE31.507516.55
BURDOCK31.50752,000.00
BOLTON31.507535.01
COBB31.5075106.01
PHILPOTT31.5075196.08
VOWLES31.5075312.50
CLARK21.00503.34
PORTER21.005013.40
SHINGLES21.0050952.38
BEALE10.502539.53
MCDONALD10.502561.73
COLLETT10.502539.22
ROBERTS10.50251.34
AMOS10.502530.58
LANGFORD10.502531.95
WHITEHAIR10.50253,333.33
BROWING10.50251,111.11
GIBBS10.502510.22
BETHUNE10.5025322.58
MORETON10.502567.11
DADD10.5025434.78
BARRETT10.50257.49
KING10.50252.31
HAYES10.50258.08
WEBBER10.502516.45
FOLEY10.502539.84
SNOW10.502537.17
SAUNDERS10.50255.48
ANDREWS10.50255.24
LORD10.502510.89
POTTER10.50257.75
WILLIS10.50259.45
BULL10.502511.89
NORTON10.502515.11
FLYNN10.502526.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUSTER0.2019950000.0000
WHITEHAIR0.201993333.3333
BURDOCK0.201992000.0000
PEGLER0.201991176.4706
COVE0.201991162.7907
BROWING0.201991111.1111
SHINGLES0.20199952.3810
PONTING0.20199862.0690
DADD0.20199434.7826
HEWETT0.20199389.6104
BETHUNE0.20199322.5806
VOWLES0.20199312.5000
BLANCHARD0.20199245.3988
PHILPOTT0.20199196.0784
TILLEY0.20199191.5709
JENNER0.20199169.4915
GROVES0.20199107.1429
COBB0.20199106.0071
RICE0.2019980.9061
MORETON0.2019967.1141
MCDONALD0.2019961.7284
MILES0.2019951.1073
FOLEY0.2019939.8406
BEALE0.2019939.5257
COLLETT0.2019939.2157
BERRY0.2019937.9987
SNOW0.2019937.1747
BOLTON0.2019935.0058
LANGFORD0.2019931.9489
AMOS0.2019930.5810
PEARCE0.2019927.3523
FLYNN0.2019926.2467
COLE0.2019916.5472
WEBBER0.2019916.4474
NORTON0.2019915.1057
PORTER0.2019913.3958
BULL0.2019911.8906
LORD0.2019910.8932
GIBBS0.2019910.2249
WILLIS0.201999.4518
HAYES0.201998.0841
POTTER0.201997.7459
BARRETT0.201997.4850
SMITH0.201996.7620
SAUNDERS0.201995.4795
ANDREWS0.201995.2438
CLARK0.201993.3439
KING0.201992.3057
ROBERTS0.201991.3356

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 199 people called LUSTER in Tortworth 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 50000.0000 in Tortworth means that 50000.0000% of the people in Tortworth on census day were called LUSTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUSTER 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 LUSTER 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 LUSTER 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 LUSTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Tortworth means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUSTER in Tortworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tortworth in 1881

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

AMOS (1)  ANDSON (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ANSTY (5)  BARRETT (1)  BEALE (1)  BERRY (6)  BETHUNE (1)  BLANCHARD (4)  BOLTON (3)  BROWING (1)  BULL (1)  BURDOCK (3)  CLARK (2)  COBB (3)  COLE (3)  COLLETT (1)  COVE (5)  CRATCHLEY (5)  DADD (1)  DEWY (1)  DRAISY (7)  EXELL (3)  FISHBOURNE (8)  FLYNN (1)  FOLEY (1)  GIBBS (1)  GRESWELL (4)  GROVES (6)  HAYES (1)  HEWETT (9)  HOLPIN (5)  JENNER (4)  KING (1)  KINGSCOTE (7)  LANGFORD (1)  LORD (1)  LUSTER (5)  MCDONALD (1)  MILES (6)  MORETON (1)  NORTON (1)  OAKHILL (5)  PEARCE (5)  PEGLER (6)  PEGLAR (4)  PHILPOTT (3)  PONTING (5)  PORTER (2)  POTTER (1)  RICE (5)  ROBERTS (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHINGLES (2)  SHIPWAY (2)  SMITH (19)  SNOW (1)  TILLEY (5)  TRAVEL (1)  VOWLES (3)  WEBBER (1)  WHITEHAIR (1)  WILLIS (1)  WOODLANDS (1)