Top surnames from the 1881 census in Withington, Gloucestershire

Withington 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
TAYLOR233.67415.75
SMITH233.67412.60
DAVIS172.715712.36
WINTER162.555972.07
HAWKER152.3962313.15
SLADE142.2364112.09
WILLIAMS132.07672.89
HARVEY132.076719.45
CURTIS121.916933.78
ROBERTS121.91695.10
MESSENGER111.7572227.74
BOWL101.59743,846.15
BARNFIELD101.5974649.35
STEPHENS91.437725.91
GRIFFIN91.437730.56
WARING81.2780101.78
MUSTOE81.2780898.88
STALLARD81.2780289.86
HOLLOWAY71.118236.50
COLE71.118212.27
JAMES71.11825.69
ROWLAND71.118239.35
WRIGHT71.11823.49
AYERS60.9585159.57
DAY60.958510.18
POWIS60.9585251.05
BELCHER60.958579.58
DANCER60.9585444.44
POWELL60.95857.68
BURROWS50.798718.25
BOULTON50.798744.33
ILLES50.79875,000.00
HOWLEY50.7987370.37
COLLETT50.798762.27
VINES50.7987239.23
STRATFORD50.7987116.28
BOND50.798715.09
PENNELL50.7987276.24
ADAMS40.63904.34
BIRD40.63908.36
MESSINGER40.63901,176.47
WAITE40.639030.79
PERRIN40.639062.40
GREEN40.63902.27
KEEN40.639031.90
LANE40.63909.27
PERKIN40.6390118.69
NEWCOMBE40.639090.70
ASH40.639038.68
JACKSON40.63902.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ILLES0.636265000.0000
BOWL0.636263846.1538
JEWELS0.636261666.6667
MESSINGER0.636261176.4706
RADWAY0.636261111.1111
MUSTOE0.63626898.8764
SHERMER0.63626833.3333
BARNFIELD0.63626649.3506
CHEATER0.63626625.0000
DARTER0.63626454.5455
CHADD0.63626444.4444
DANCER0.63626444.4444
HOWLEY0.63626370.3704
HAWKER0.63626313.1524
DENLEY0.63626298.5075
STALLARD0.63626289.8551
PUFFETT0.63626277.7778
PENNELL0.63626276.2431
POWIS0.63626251.0460
VINES0.63626239.2344
MESSENGER0.63626227.7433
PERT0.63626225.5639
UZZELL0.63626185.1852
AYERS0.63626159.5745
GRIFFEN0.63626147.0588
RUCK0.63626124.2236
PERKIN0.63626118.6944
STRATFORD0.63626116.2791
FINLEY0.63626115.6069
KILBY0.63626113.6364
SLADE0.63626112.0897
WARING0.63626101.7812
NEWCOMBE0.6362690.7029
BELCHER0.6362679.5756
WEBLEY0.6362676.9231
WINTER0.6362672.0721
BURGE0.6362666.2252
PERRIN0.6362662.4025
COLLETT0.6362662.2665
BEECHAM0.6362659.5238
NEW0.6362654.7445
GILLETT0.6362645.3858
BOULTON0.6362644.3262
HAYDEN0.6362640.9836
ROWLAND0.6362639.3479
ASH0.6362638.6847
HOLLOWAY0.6362636.4964
PITMAN0.6362635.0263
CURTIS0.6362633.7838
KEEN0.6362631.8979

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 626 people called ILLES in Withington 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 5000.0000 in Withington means that 5000.0000% of the people in Withington on census day were called ILLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ILLES 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 ILLES 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 ILLES 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 ILLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Withington means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ILLES in Withington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Withington in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ASH (4)  ASHBY (2)  BARNFIELD (10)  BARTLETT (1)  BATEMAN (3)  BEECHAM (1)  BEALE (2)  BEE (1)  BELCHER (6)  BIRD (4)  BOULTON (5)  BOND (5)  BARRADELL (1)  BOWL (10)  BRUNSDON (2)  BURGE (3)  BURROWS (5)  CHADD (2)  CHEATER (3)  COLE (7)  COLEMAN (3)  COLLETT (5)  COLLINS (3)  COOK (2)  COOKE (1)  COUSINS (1)  CROOK (1)  CROSS (2)  CURTIS (12)  CUSS (7)  DANCER (6)  DARLING (1)  DARTER (1)  DAVIS (17)  DAY (6)  DEAN (2)  DENLEY (2)  DUNN (3)  DYER (1)  EVANS (2)  AYERS (6)  FERGUSON (1)  FINLEY (2)  FORESHEW (9)  GEGG (6)  GILLETT (3)  GOLDING (1)  GOSLING (1)  GREEN (4)  GREENWOOD (2)  GRIFFIN (9)  GRIFFEN (3)  HALL (1)  HAMBLING (5)  HARRIS (3)  HART (3)  HARVEY (13)  HAWKER (15)  HAYDEN (2)  HIGGINS (3)  HEDGES (1)  HOBBS (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLOWAY (7)  HOPE (1)  HOWLEY (5)  HUGHES (2)  HUMPHRIS (12)  HUNT (2)  HUTERY (1)  ILLES (5)  IRELAND (1)  JACKSON (4)  JAMES (7)  JEWELS (2)  JONES (1)  JUGGINS (3)  KEEN (4)  KILBY (4)  LANE (4)  LARTER (1)  LAIGHT (4)  MARGETTS (5)  MASON (3)  MATHEWS (2)  MESSENGER (11)  MESSINGER (4)  MIDWINTER (8)  MORSE (1)  MUSTOE (8)  NEW (3)  NEWCOMBE (4)  NEWCOMBE ((TAYLOR)) (2)  PALMER (1)  PUFFETT (1)  PERT (3)  PENNELL (5)  PERKIN (4)  PERRIN (4)  PINCHIN (4)  PITMAN (2)  PORTER (2)  POWELL (6)  POWIS (6)  PRESTON (1)  PREW (1)  RADWAY (3)  ROBERTS (12)  ROBINS (3)  ROBINSON (1)  RUCK (2)  ROWLAND (7)  SAUNDERS (1)  SLADE ((SCOTT)) (2)  SCOTT (2)  SHERMER (1)  SKERTEN (2)  SLADE (14)  SMITH (23)  STALLARD (8)  STEPHENS (9)  STRATFORD (5)  TALBOT (2)  TAYLOR (23)  THOMAS (3)  TIPPER (6)  TRINDER (4)  TURNER (1)  UZZELL (1)  VALLENDER (4)  VICKE (1)  VINES (5)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WARING (8)  WATTS (4)  WEBLEY (1)  WILLIAMS (13)  WINSTONE (8)  WINTER (16)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (7)  WAITE (4)  YATES (1)  YOUNG (1)