Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bighton, Hampshire

Bighton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Hampshire

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
LANGRIDGE125.2402888.89
SHADWELL104.36683,846.15
KNELLER93.93013,750.00
BUTLER83.493435.83
JONES83.49343.08
LEGG73.0568185.19
BOWLES73.0568186.67
BUTCHER62.620162.18
COX62.620117.29
GILLMORE62.62012,727.27
FEW52.1834961.54
FIELD41.746735.12
DEANE41.7467209.42
BAILEY41.746711.60
BYE41.7467347.83
KNIGHT41.746714.17
CHRISTIAN31.3100132.16
MULLINS31.3100136.99
BELL20.87344.65
SHEARS20.8734198.02
BONE20.873447.17
HUSSEY20.873486.58
NEWMAN20.873411.74
CHILDS20.873447.51
LAKE20.873439.37
KING20.87344.01
CHANDLER20.873427.17
SMITH20.87340.62
POLLEY10.4367166.67
GUPPY10.4367166.67
ADAMS10.43672.96
GOODYEAR10.436782.64
CARRICK10.436760.61
WESTON10.436710.71
GRAY10.43673.06
MASON10.43673.25
SUMNER10.436726.95
BROWN10.43670.66
DARLEY10.4367102.04
BENHAM10.436781.97
HARRIS10.43671.72
COOKE10.43677.91
MUNDY10.436758.82
ALDER10.436760.98
GOULD10.436712.08
FORD10.43674.48
DOLTON10.4367270.27
CROUCHER10.436776.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHADWELL0.232293846.1538
KNELLER0.232293750.0000
GILLMORE0.232292727.2727
FEW0.23229961.5385
LANGRIDGE0.23229888.8889
BYE0.23229347.8261
DOLTON0.23229270.2703
DEANE0.23229209.4241
SHEARS0.23229198.0198
BOWLES0.23229186.6667
LEGG0.23229185.1852
POLLEY0.23229166.6667
GUPPY0.23229166.6667
MULLINS0.23229136.9863
CHRISTIAN0.23229132.1586
DARLEY0.23229102.0408
HUSSEY0.2322986.5801
GOODYEAR0.2322982.6446
BENHAM0.2322981.9672
CROUCHER0.2322976.3359
BUTCHER0.2322962.1762
ALDER0.2322960.9756
CARRICK0.2322960.6061
MUNDY0.2322958.8235
CHILDS0.2322947.5059
BONE0.2322947.1698
LAKE0.2322939.3701
BUTLER0.2322935.8262
FIELD0.2322935.1185
CHANDLER0.2322927.1739
SUMNER0.2322926.9542
COX0.2322917.2861
KNIGHT0.2322914.1693
GOULD0.2322912.0773
NEWMAN0.2322911.7440
BAILEY0.2322911.5976
WESTON0.2322910.7066
COOKE0.232297.9114
BELL0.232294.6479
FORD0.232294.4823
KING0.232294.0072
MASON0.232293.2478
JONES0.232293.0846
GRAY0.232293.0590
ADAMS0.232292.9630
HARRIS0.232291.7182
BROWN0.232290.6624
SMITH0.232290.6185

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 229 people called SHADWELL in Bighton 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 Bighton means that 3846.1538% of the people in Bighton on census day were called SHADWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHADWELL 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 SHADWELL 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 SHADWELL 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 SHADWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Bighton means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHADWELL in Bighton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bighton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALDER (1)  BACKHURST (1)  BAILEY (4)  BELL (2)  BENHAM (1)  BONE (2)  BOWLES (7)  BROWN (1)  BUTCHER (6)  BUTLER (8)  BYE (4)  KAINS (1)  CANNONS (17)  CARRICK (1)  CHANDLER (2)  CHILDS (2)  CHRISTIAN (3)  COLLISS (2)  COOKE (1)  COX (6)  CROUCHER (1)  DOLTON (1)  DARLEY (1)  DEANE (4)  FEW (5)  FIELD (4)  FORD (1)  GILLMORE (6)  GOATER (7)  GOODYEAR (1)  GOULD (1)  GRAY (1)  GUPPY (1)  HARRIS (1)  HEBBERD (23)  HINDEBANK (1)  HUSSEY (2)  JONES (8)  JULETT (4)  KING (2)  KNIGHT (4)  LAKE (2)  LANGRIDGE (12)  LEGG (7)  MASON (1)  MULLINS (3)  MUNDY (1)  KNELLER (9)  NEWMAN (2)  NORGATE (10)  POLLEY (1)  RUFFILL (12)  SHADWELL (10)  SHEARS (2)  SMITH (2)  SUMNER (1)  TEALE (1)  WESTON (1)