1881 census county

Berkshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Berkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

8,987 surnames are listed for Berkshire, covering 201,830 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 3,565 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Berkshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	3,565	1.63%	1.15x
2	Brown	1,674	0.760%	1.16x
3	Taylor	1,446	0.660%	1.03x
4	White	1,308	0.600%	1.86x
5	Cox	1,228	0.560%	3.70x
6	Wheeler	1,048	0.480%	7.92x
7	Allen	1,027	0.470%	2.48x
8	King	951	0.430%	1.99x
9	Jones	938	0.430%	0.38x
10	Harris	927	0.420%	1.66x
11	Webb	922	0.420%	3.10x
12	Butler	904	0.410%	4.23x
13	Green	879	0.400%	1.42x
14	Carter	856	0.390%	2.33x
15	Johnson	842	0.380%	1.14x
16	Davis	840	0.380%	1.74x
17	Hunt	793	0.360%	2.72x
18	Clark	773	0.350%	1.17x
19	Turner	756	0.340%	1.24x
20	Cooper	743	0.340%	1.39x
21	Hawkins	736	0.340%	4.64x
22	Williams	689	0.310%	0.44x
23	Martin	686	0.310%	1.27x
24	Cook	682	0.310%	1.57x
25	Collins	660	0.300%	2.10x
26	Belcher	647	0.300%	24.50x
27	Fisher	637	0.290%	2.48x
28	Goddard	624	0.280%	7.08x
29	May	615	0.280%	4.41x
30	Day	608	0.280%	2.95x
31	Lawrence	597	0.270%	4.19x
32	Stevens	596	0.270%	2.60x
33	Palmer	592	0.270%	2.29x
34	Hall	581	0.270%	0.90x
35	Wells	578	0.260%	3.17x
36	Pearce	577	0.260%	2.86x
37	Watts	548	0.250%	2.98x
38	Clarke	542	0.250%	1.22x
39	Pocock	528	0.240%	22.86x
40	Marshall	517	0.240%	1.41x
41	Evans	497	0.230%	0.52x
42	Hill	497	0.230%	0.89x
43	Baker	492	0.220%	1.02x
44	Giles	486	0.220%	5.82x
45	Parker	482	0.220%	1.16x
46	Walker	482	0.220%	0.66x
47	Edwards	480	0.220%	0.79x
48	Lovegrove	474	0.220%	37.08x
49	West	466	0.210%	2.21x
50	Bailey	456	0.210%	1.38x
51	Prior	454	0.210%	8.94x
52	Haines	453	0.210%	8.92x
53	Willis	453	0.210%	3.89x
54	Lewis	451	0.210%	0.78x
55	Wise	449	0.200%	9.82x
56	Saunders	441	0.200%	2.19x
57	Higgs	436	0.200%	10.91x
58	Knight	435	0.200%	1.61x
59	Barrett	426	0.190%	2.89x
60	Bennett	426	0.190%	1.18x
61	Hughes	417	0.190%	0.68x
62	Woodley	409	0.190%	20.93x
63	Ward	401	0.180%	0.84x
64	Adams	391	0.180%	1.21x
65	Parsons	391	0.180%	2.35x
66	Brooks	386	0.180%	1.80x
67	Mills	386	0.180%	1.36x
68	Simmonds	386	0.180%	6.59x
69	Chapman	385	0.180%	1.24x
70	Heath	384	0.180%	3.53x
71	Wilson	383	0.170%	0.38x
72	Wicks	381	0.170%	12.34x
73	Franklin	379	0.170%	5.20x
74	Andrews	369	0.170%	1.76x
75	Roberts	368	0.170%	0.45x
76	Phillips	366	0.170%	0.93x
77	Miles	365	0.170%	2.82x
78	Barnes	357	0.160%	1.35x
79	Young	357	0.160%	0.76x
80	Kent	350	0.160%	3.79x
81	Aldridge	337	0.150%	7.93x
82	Norris	335	0.150%	3.56x
83	Wright	334	0.150%	0.47x
84	Ford	332	0.150%	1.55x
85	Herbert	331	0.150%	4.04x
86	Thatcher	330	0.150%	16.38x
87	Robinson	328	0.150%	0.47x
88	Holloway	326	0.150%	4.85x
89	Rose	326	0.150%	2.00x
90	Church	325	0.150%	6.79x
91	Payne	323	0.150%	1.64x
92	Thomas	323	0.150%	0.36x
93	Chandler	321	0.150%	4.56x
94	Powell	321	0.150%	1.17x
95	Fuller	317	0.140%	3.57x
96	Stone	317	0.140%	2.00x
97	Gibbs	315	0.140%	2.92x
98	Stroud	315	0.140%	13.89x
99	Alder	313	0.140%	19.97x
100	Morris	312	0.140%	0.64x