Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitchurch, Warwickshire

Whitchurch is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
TAYLOR199.268314.49
HORSEMAN136.34153,611.11
ASHBY125.8537348.84
HANDY115.36591,549.30
BAILEY104.878032.38
HAWKINS94.390260.65
JAQUES83.9024526.32
MAYO73.4146443.04
HOBBS73.414693.71
GODDARD73.414684.95
WARREN73.414651.06
HOPKINS62.926848.62
PLUMB52.4390301.20
GEORGE52.439041.56
PARKER52.439012.82
HADLAND41.95121,212.12
MORRIS41.95128.77
NEWMAN31.463419.69
APPLEBEE31.46342,142.86
SMITH31.46341.04
MALLETT31.4634163.93
SALMON31.463464.10
PRITCHARD31.463427.17
HALL20.97563.32
HUDSON20.975611.92
BEAZLEY20.9756487.80
DAY20.975610.36
BREWER20.975636.76
WHITE10.48781.52
GILBERT10.48788.56
TYLER10.487816.53
DAVIS10.48782.22
BENNETT10.48782.97
HARRISON10.48782.20
ASTON10.487829.59
NASON10.4878526.32
WESTBURY10.4878178.57
HORSMAN10.4878138.89
CARTER10.48782.91
WILKINS10.487811.04
STEWARD10.487838.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORSEMAN3,611.11136.3415
APPLEBEE2,142.8631.4634
HANDY1,549.30115.3659
HADLAND1,212.1241.9512
NASON526.3210.4878
JAQUES526.3283.9024
BEAZLEY487.8020.9756
MAYO443.0473.4146
ASHBY348.84125.8537
PLUMB301.2052.4390
WESTBURY178.5710.4878
MALLETT163.9331.4634
HORSMAN138.8910.4878
HOBBS93.7173.4146
GODDARD84.9573.4146
SALMON64.1031.4634
HAWKINS60.6594.3902
WARREN51.0673.4146
HOPKINS48.6262.9268
GEORGE41.5652.4390
STEWARD38.0210.4878
BREWER36.7620.9756
BAILEY32.38104.8780
ASTON29.5910.4878
PRITCHARD27.1731.4634
NEWMAN19.6931.4634
TYLER16.5310.4878
TAYLOR14.49199.2683
PARKER12.8252.4390
HUDSON11.9220.9756
WILKINS11.0410.4878
DAY10.3620.9756
MORRIS8.7741.9512
GILBERT8.5610.4878
HALL3.3220.9756
BENNETT2.9710.4878
CARTER2.9110.4878
DAVIS2.2210.4878
HARRISON2.2010.4878
WHITE1.5210.4878
SMITH1.0431.4634

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 13 people called HORSEMAN in Whitchurch 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 6.3415 in Whitchurch means that 6.3415% of the people in Whitchurch on census day were called HORSEMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORSEMAN 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 HORSEMAN 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 HORSEMAN 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 HORSEMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,611.11 in Whitchurch means that you are 3,611.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORSEMAN in Whitchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitchurch in 1881

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

APPLEBEE (3)  ASHBY (12)  ASTON (1)  BAILEY (10)  BEAZLEY (2)  BENNETT (1)  BREWER (2)  CALESS (5)  CARTER (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAY (2)  DYDE (6)  EDDEN (4)  GEORGE (5)  GILBERT (1)  GODDARD (7)  HADLAND (4)  HALL (2)  HANDY (11)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKINS (9)  HOBBS (7)  HOLTOM (2)  HOPKINS (6)  HORSEMAN (13)  HORSMAN (1)  HUDSON (2)  JAQUES (8)  MALLETT (3)  MAYO (7)  MORRIS (4)  NASON (1)  NEWMAN (3)  PARKER (5)  PAXFORD (7)  PLUMB (5)  PRITCHARD (3)  SALMON (3)  SANDELLS (1)  SMITH (3)  STEWARD (1)  TAYLOR (19)  TYLER (1)  WARREN (7)  WESTBURY (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKINS (1)