Top surnames from the 1881 census in Portchester, Hampshire

Portchester 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
COOPER405.161321.22
MARTELL324.12904,050.63
PRATT232.967751.66
MATHEWS232.967780.36
DURANT222.8387817.84
GATES222.8387183.33
STURGESS212.7097471.91
COLE162.064522.66
ROSS151.935517.71
RUSSELL151.935515.85
WHITING141.806593.83
ADAMS131.677411.38
KIRBY111.419437.40
TEE101.2903657.89
FRANCIS101.290321.66
GOODALL101.290360.24
EAMES101.2903187.97
WALTERS91.161324.36
HATCHER81.0323175.82
CURTIS81.032318.19
LONG81.032315.91
HAWKINS81.032314.26
CHAMBERLAIN81.032337.93
HAYTER81.0323139.86
PARHAM70.9032598.29
BONE70.903248.71
PARRINGTON60.7742588.24
EDNEY60.7742211.27
MOOR60.774255.25
HALE60.774221.58
BOYCE60.774251.72
WARD60.77423.54
WEBB60.77425.71
GOODRIDGE60.7742231.66
STRETCH50.6452287.36
GOLDSMITH50.645241.53
MULVANEY50.64521,136.36
STAPLES50.645267.48
DIMOND50.6452221.24
KNIGHT50.64525.23
HURST50.645218.07
NEWMAN50.64528.68
BOYD50.645218.40
HEDGECOCK50.6452462.96
CALLAWAY50.6452235.85
WARE40.516131.40
LANE40.51617.49
CARTER40.51613.07
KING40.51612.37
PEACOCK40.516114.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTELL0.787754050.6329
SAUTER0.787752000.0000
MULVANEY0.787751136.3636
DURANT0.78775817.8439
HASKIN0.78775714.2857
TEE0.78775657.8947
PARHAM0.78775598.2906
PARRINGTON0.78775588.2353
STURGESS0.78775471.9101
HEDGECOCK0.78775462.9630
GOFFE0.78775350.8772
BURRILL0.78775348.8372
HIBBLE0.78775322.5806
STRETCH0.78775287.3563
CALLAWAY0.78775235.8491
GOODRIDGE0.78775231.6602
DIMOND0.78775221.2389
EDNEY0.78775211.2676
EAMES0.78775187.9699
GATES0.78775183.3333
HATCHER0.78775175.8242
BRAKE0.78775159.5745
HELLYER0.78775149.2537
GOOLD0.78775148.1481
FAITH0.78775140.8451
HAYTER0.78775139.8601
BENNETTS0.78775138.8889
MULLINGS0.78775138.8889
DIMMICK0.78775131.5789
MOLESWORTH0.78775131.5789
MARTEL0.78775128.2051
STORIE0.78775109.8901
HURDLE0.78775100.0000
WHITING0.7877593.8338
WINTERS0.7877591.4634
LAWES0.7877588.7574
PETERKIN0.7877583.3333
MATHEWS0.7877580.3634
STAPLES0.7877567.4764
STOCKWELL0.7877565.3595
COPPING0.7877564.7249
GOODALL0.7877560.2410
HATCH0.7877560.0601
PINK0.7877558.8235
MANSBRIDGE0.7877557.4713
MOOR0.7877555.2486
FREEMANTLE0.7877555.2486
BOYCE0.7877551.7241
PRATT0.7877551.6622
GROOMBRIDGE0.7877551.0204

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 775 people called MARTELL in Portchester 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 4050.6329 in Portchester means that 4050.6329% of the people in Portchester on census day were called MARTELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARTELL 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 MARTELL 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 MARTELL 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 MARTELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.78 in Portchester means that you are 0.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARTELL in Portchester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Portchester in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ADAMS (13)  ALLCOTT (2)  ARNOLD (1)  BAYNE (1)  BAKER (2)  BANKENNA (3)  BARFOOT (1)  BENNETTS (4)  BENTELL (5)  BONE (7)  BOYCE (6)  BOYD (5)  BRAKE (3)  BREIS (1)  BREWER (1)  BROOK (1)  BROWN (1)  BROWNE (1)  BURRIL (1)  BURRILL (3)  BUTLER (2)  CALLAWAY (5)  CANNON (3)  CARTER (4)  CATMORE (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (8)  CHEESMAN (1)  CHRISTMAS (2)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  COFFEY (1)  COLE (16)  COOMBS (3)  COOPER (40)  COPPING (2)  CRIMBLE (15)  CURTIS (8)  DAVIS (4)  DEDDIMUS (3)  DIMMICK (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOWNING (1)  DURANT (22)  DIMOND (5)  EAMES (10)  EBBAGE (1)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDNEY (6)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (4)  FAITH (1)  FARMER (2)  FARRANT (2)  PHARAOH (12)  FISHER (1)  FITT (1)  FOWLS (2)  FRANCIS (10)  FREEMANTLE (1)  FROST (2)  GALLOP (1)  GARDNER (2)  GATES (22)  ST GEORGE (2)  GLASSE (2)  GOEST (1)  GOLDSMITH (5)  GOODALL (10)  GOODMAN (1)  GOODRIDGE (6)  GOFFE (2)  GOOLD (2)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (1)  GROOMBRIDGE (1)  GRUB (9)  HALE (6)  HALES (4)  HAYLES (1)  HALL (1)  HARFIELD (1)  HARPER (2)  HASKIN (1)  HATCH (4)  HATCHER (8)  HAWKINS (8)  HAYTER (8)  HEATH (1)  HEATHCOTE (2)  HEDGECOCK (5)  HEDGCOCK (1)  HEDGWIK (4)  HIBBER (3)  HIBBLE (1)  HILL (2)  HELLYER (2)  HOUGHTON (1)  HURDLE (1)  HURST (5)  IRVINE (2)  JOHNS (2)  JONES (4)  MC KENNA (1)  KING (4)  KIRBY (11)  KNIGHT (5)  LAKHAM (1)  LANE (4)  LAWES (3)  LONG (8)  LUCAS (3)  LUSH (1)  MANSBRIDGE (1)  MANTALO (2)  MARKS (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTELL (32)  MARTEL (1)  MATHEWS (23)  MAXWELL (3)  MEATYARD (6)  MOLESWORTH (1)  MONK (2)  MOOR (6)  MORGAN (1)  MULLINGS (1)  MULVANEY (5)  NEWMAN (5)  PARHAM (7)  PARRINGTON (6)  PARROTT (4)  PEACOCK (4)  PEARCE (1)  PETERKIN (1)  PINK (3)  POCOCK (2)  PRATT (23)  PRIOR (1)  RANDLE (1)  REDBROOK (2)  REECE (1)  ROMAVILL (1)  ROSS (15)  RUSSELL (15)  SARGENT (WHITING) (6)  SAUTER (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHERLOCK (2)  SMITH (2)  SPARSHOTT (1)  SPICER (1)  STANNARD (2)  STAPLES (5)  STARES (8)  STEELWOKE (2)  STEPHENS (1)  STEWART (3)  STOCKWELL (3)  STONE (1)  STORIE (1)  STRETCH (5)  STURGESS (21)  TERRY (1)  TOWERS (2)  TUCK (2)  TEE (10)  WALTERS (9)  WARD (6)  WARE (4)  WAREHAM (1)  WARREN (2)  WATKINS (1)  WEBB (6)  WHITING (14)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINTERS (3)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (1)