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 Neighbour, with 46 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
901	Neighbour	46	0.020%	7.86x
902	Nunn	46	0.020%	1.20x
903	Pithers	46	0.020%	35.90x
904	Pointer	46	0.020%	4.96x
905	Reid	46	0.020%	0.20x
906	Sparkes	46	0.020%	2.86x
907	Sturges	46	0.020%	8.76x
908	Wootton	46	0.020%	2.31x
909	Wynn	46	0.020%	2.42x
910	Beal	45	0.020%	2.18x
911	Castell	45	0.020%	11.91x
912	Davey	45	0.020%	0.50x
913	Duffin	45	0.020%	5.43x
914	Ellaway	45	0.020%	23.19x
915	Halliday	45	0.020%	0.99x
916	Hannington	45	0.020%	22.11x
917	Houlton	45	0.020%	9.60x
918	Huse	45	0.020%	39.91x
919	Manners	45	0.020%	4.15x
920	Mercer	45	0.020%	0.78x
921	Midwinter	45	0.020%	13.78x
922	Osgood	45	0.020%	16.13x
923	Rice	45	0.020%	0.66x
924	Sopp	45	0.020%	20.90x
925	Staniford	45	0.020%	32.69x
926	Stewart	45	0.020%	0.13x
927	Werrell	45	0.020%	58.53x
928	Wren	45	0.020%	1.90x
929	Wyeth	45	0.020%	13.45x
930	Browne	44	0.020%	1.10x
931	Crane	44	0.020%	0.95x
932	Gore	44	0.020%	1.78x
933	Gower	44	0.020%	1.91x
934	Hartwell	44	0.020%	4.88x
935	Kinch	44	0.020%	10.24x
936	Lunnon	44	0.020%	19.14x
937	Morse	44	0.020%	2.19x
938	Murphy	44	0.020%	0.25x
939	Pill	44	0.020%	10.67x
940	Portsmouth	44	0.020%	16.07x
941	Pound	44	0.020%	4.21x
942	Radbourn	44	0.020%	75.12x
943	Salt	44	0.020%	1.35x
944	Simms	44	0.020%	1.76x
945	Stratford	44	0.020%	2.92x
946	Tyrell	44	0.020%	5.49x
947	Whiteman	44	0.020%	3.11x
948	Appleby	43	0.020%	1.20x
949	Bance	43	0.020%	17.80x
950	Bridgeman	43	0.020%	5.34x
951	Buckell	43	0.020%	18.82x
952	Carr	43	0.020%	0.27x
953	Dyson	43	0.020%	0.61x
954	Grubb	43	0.020%	3.17x
955	Howse	43	0.020%	5.07x
956	Hurst	43	0.020%	0.55x
957	Lea	43	0.020%	0.99x
958	Pettit	43	0.020%	2.48x
959	Phelps	43	0.020%	1.97x
960	Philips	43	0.020%	1.06x
961	Pitt	43	0.020%	0.92x
962	Reason	43	0.020%	6.73x
963	Ridley	43	0.020%	1.01x
964	Soper	43	0.020%	3.16x
965	Stickley	43	0.020%	13.05x
966	Tripp	43	0.020%	4.02x
967	Winchcombe	43	0.020%	36.47x
968	Bidmead	42	0.020%	21.65x
969	Bonner	42	0.020%	2.18x
970	Booth	42	0.020%	0.19x
971	Busby	42	0.020%	1.82x
972	Cummins	42	0.020%	2.24x
973	Hissey	42	0.020%	45.17x
974	Marchant	42	0.020%	1.24x
975	Meads	42	0.020%	5.88x
976	Napper	42	0.020%	6.21x
977	Pettifer	42	0.020%	8.57x
978	Pontin	42	0.020%	16.20x
979	Quarterman	42	0.020%	10.99x
980	Rapley	42	0.020%	6.16x
981	Slater	42	0.020%	0.32x
982	Stanford	42	0.020%	2.30x
983	Stillman	42	0.020%	18.27x
984	Theobald	42	0.020%	3.01x
985	Truman	42	0.020%	3.08x
986	Arlott	41	0.020%	52.34x
987	Britton	41	0.020%	1.06x
988	Critcher	41	0.020%	47.45x
989	Eley	41	0.020%	3.02x
990	Farley	41	0.020%	1.49x
991	Graves	41	0.020%	1.23x
992	Hitchcock	41	0.020%	1.62x
993	Jewell	41	0.020%	1.78x
994	Ludlow	41	0.020%	3.58x
995	Nicholson	41	0.020%	0.26x
996	Orchard	41	0.020%	1.76x
997	Osborne	41	0.020%	0.39x
998	Poulton	41	0.020%	2.33x
999	Readings	41	0.020%	44.44x
1000	Slyfield	41	0.020%	45.16x