Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston Candover, Hampshire

Preston Candover 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
MILLS245.797144.70
KIMBER194.5894482.23
HOPKINS194.589476.21
WESTBROOK133.1401673.58
OLIVER122.898640.64
LYNCH112.6570100.73
ALEXANDER102.415545.64
THORP102.4155178.25
CLARK92.17397.23
LAWRENCE81.932429.75
MEACHEM81.93245,714.29
THORN81.9324129.24
WOODMAN71.6908153.17
COOPER71.69086.95
HUTTON61.449348.54
KNIGHT61.449311.76
PITTER61.44933,529.41
ALLEN61.44937.67
HUGHES61.44935.17
SNOW51.207789.29
HUTCHEN51.20774,545.45
HARDIMAN51.2077409.84
JACOB51.2077155.28
COOMBS51.207771.43
COUSENS51.2077490.20
FITZGERALD51.207769.06
WILSON40.96622.10
DUDLEY40.966264.41
WIGG40.9662350.88
MORGAN40.96624.86
ELLIS40.96626.65
BROAD40.966276.05
PORT40.9662341.88
GUY30.724633.11
MAJOR30.724653.76
GARDNER30.724610.68
WHITE30.72462.25
LUNN30.724655.97
RANDLE30.724686.46
BARTLETT30.724616.55
HUTCHINS30.724671.77
HOBBS30.724619.89
LIGHT30.724678.53
RIDLEY30.724637.50
AVERY20.483128.78
TAYLOR20.48310.76
PAIN20.483153.76
LEWIS20.48311.84
CANNING20.483168.03
KING20.48312.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEACHEM0.414145714.2857
HUTCHEN0.414144545.4545
PITTER0.414143529.4118
WESTBROOK0.41414673.5751
GUYTON0.41414500.0000
COUSENS0.41414490.1961
KIMBER0.41414482.2335
HARDIMAN0.41414409.8361
WIGG0.41414350.8772
PORT0.41414341.8803
HUTCHENS0.41414238.0952
TWINE0.41414188.6792
THORP0.41414178.2531
JACOB0.41414155.2795
WOODMAN0.41414153.1729
THORN0.41414129.2407
VINEY0.41414127.3885
WESTALL0.41414107.5269
LYNCH0.41414100.7326
GASSON0.4141498.0392
SNOW0.4141489.2857
RANDLE0.4141486.4553
LIGHT0.4141478.5340
HOPKINS0.4141476.2134
BROAD0.4141476.0456
HUTCHINS0.4141471.7703
COOMBS0.4141471.4286
FITZGERALD0.4141469.0608
CANNING0.4141468.0272
DUDLEY0.4141464.4122
DUFFIN0.4141464.1026
POINTER0.4141457.1429
LUNN0.4141455.9701
FELTHAM0.4141454.9451
MAJOR0.4141453.7634
PAIN0.4141453.7634
HUTTON0.4141448.5437
LARGE0.4141446.8384
ALEXANDER0.4141445.6413
MILLS0.4141444.7011
OLIVER0.4141440.6366
VINCE0.4141440.0000
FIELDER0.4141439.0625
SOPER0.4141438.9105
FRANCES0.4141438.3142
RIDLEY0.4141437.5000
CRACKNELL0.4141434.8432
MERRITT0.4141434.3643
PIGGOTT0.4141433.2226
GUY0.4141433.1126

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 414 people called MEACHEM in Preston Candover 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 5714.2857 in Preston Candover means that 5714.2857% of the people in Preston Candover on census day were called MEACHEM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEACHEM 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 MEACHEM 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 MEACHEM 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 MEACHEM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Preston Candover means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEACHEM in Preston Candover than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston Candover in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (10)  ALLEN (6)  ANDREWS (1)  ANSTON (1)  ASTLETT (6)  AVERY (2)  BARKER (1)  BARTLETT (3)  BRACKNELL (4)  BROAD (4)  BRAMLY (1)  BRAMBLEY (1)  BROWN (1)  MC CAUL (1)  CANNING (2)  CARPENTER (1)  CHAMBERLAYNE (7)  CHIVES (1)  CLARK (9)  CLEEEVE (1)  COLLIS (1)  COOK (1)  COOMBS (5)  COOPER (7)  COUSENS (5)  CRACKNELL (1)  DIBBLEY (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DUDLEY (4)  DUFFIN (1)  EARWAKER (1)  ECKETT (1)  ELLIS (4)  FELTHAM (1)  FIELDER (1)  FITZGERALD (5)  FRANCES (1)  GARDNER (3)  GASSON (1)  GOODALL (1)  GUY (3)  GUYTON (1)  HARDIMAN (5)  HINTON (1)  HOBBS (3)  HOPKINS (19)  HUGHES (6)  HURST (1)  HUTCHEN (5)  HUTCHINS (3)  HUTCHENS (1)  HUTTON (6)  HYDE (1)  JACOB (5)  KIMBER (19)  KING (2)  KNIGHT (6)  LACKER (1)  LARGE (2)  LAWRENCE (8)  LEWIS (2)  LIGHT (3)  LOVEL (3)  LOWE (1)  LUNN (3)  LYNCH (11)  MAIN (1)  MAJOR (3)  MERRITT (1)  MEACHEM (8)  MILLS (24)  MORE (1)  MORGAN (4)  MULLINS (1)  MUNDAY (1)  MEARS (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORGATE (4)  OLIVER (12)  PADWICK (1)  PALAISETT (1)  PALMER (1)  PAIN (2)  PITTER (6)  PHILLIPS (1)  PIGGOTT (1)  POINTER (1)  PORT (4)  PRIOR (1)  RANDLE (3)  RIDLEY (3)  SEYMOUR (1)  SMEETH (8)  SNOW (5)  SOPER (1)  SCUTTER (1)  STONE (1)  TEATT (7)  TAYLOR (2)  THORN (8)  THORP (10)  TOMALIN (7)  TWINE (1)  VINE (1)  VINEY (2)  WALKER (1)  WATTS (1)  WESTALL (1)  WASSAL (1)  WESTBROOK (13)  WHEABLE (1)  WHITE (3)  WHITEAR (4)  WIGG (4)  WILSON (4)  VINCE (1)  WOODMAN (7)  YOUNG (1)