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 Milsom, with 31 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
1201	Milsom	31	0.010%	4.13x
1202	Pinfold	31	0.010%	7.52x
1203	Ruddle	31	0.010%	8.82x
1204	Sessions	31	0.010%	9.87x
1205	Skeats	31	0.010%	12.53x
1206	Small	31	0.010%	0.56x
1207	Snuggs	31	0.010%	29.00x
1208	Soundy	31	0.010%	28.04x
1209	Steer	31	0.010%	1.21x
1210	Symonds	31	0.010%	1.17x
1211	Walsh	31	0.010%	0.27x
1212	Wentworth	31	0.010%	7.49x
1213	Whitlock	31	0.010%	2.37x
1214	Woodland	31	0.010%	2.79x
1215	Woolhouse	31	0.010%	6.46x
1216	Adby	30	0.010%	57.73x
1217	Allnatt	30	0.010%	41.40x
1218	Ashley	30	0.010%	0.82x
1219	Batchelor	30	0.010%	0.81x
1220	Bellinger	30	0.010%	9.06x
1221	Boyde	30	0.010%	10.14x
1222	Bradbury	30	0.010%	0.47x
1223	Bridgman	30	0.010%	3.99x
1224	Camden	30	0.010%	21.45x
1225	Cusden	30	0.010%	37.94x
1226	Darvill	30	0.010%	7.45x
1227	Denness	30	0.010%	19.33x
1228	Dowsett	30	0.010%	3.00x
1229	Draycott	30	0.010%	4.11x
1230	Filewood	30	0.010%	61.16x
1231	Flowers	30	0.010%	1.69x
1232	Forster	30	0.010%	0.42x
1233	Goulding	30	0.010%	1.40x
1234	Hambling	30	0.010%	6.68x
1235	Hobley	30	0.010%	8.15x
1236	Holley	30	0.010%	3.71x
1237	Kew	30	0.010%	4.66x
1238	Kinchin	30	0.010%	19.06x
1239	Knibbs	30	0.010%	5.59x
1240	Lawford	30	0.010%	6.12x
1241	Moorcock	30	0.010%	44.06x
1242	Pauling	30	0.010%	16.39x
1243	Pibworth	30	0.010%	48.79x
1244	Piercey	30	0.010%	15.12x
1245	Pilgrim	30	0.010%	2.43x
1246	Pitts	30	0.010%	1.33x
1247	Rumbold	30	0.010%	6.25x
1248	Sealey	30	0.010%	4.18x
1249	Shrimpton	30	0.010%	3.19x
1250	Snook	30	0.010%	1.94x
1251	Spiers	30	0.010%	1.66x
1252	Surman	30	0.010%	6.08x
1253	Tomkins	30	0.010%	1.32x
1254	Tompkins	30	0.010%	1.59x
1255	Wilks	30	0.010%	0.87x
1256	Woodcock	30	0.010%	0.48x
1257	Ackrill	29	0.010%	18.42x
1258	Archard	29	0.010%	13.16x
1259	Beck	29	0.010%	0.57x
1260	Blundy	29	0.010%	17.45x
1261	Bourton	29	0.010%	11.06x
1262	Brasher	29	0.010%	24.76x
1263	Chilton	29	0.010%	1.65x
1264	Clement	29	0.010%	1.31x
1265	Couling	29	0.010%	11.61x
1266	Ebsworth	29	0.010%	14.30x
1267	Ellison	29	0.010%	0.63x
1268	Fitzgerald	29	0.010%	0.76x
1269	Goom	29	0.010%	34.75x
1270	Greenfield	29	0.010%	1.19x
1271	Hull	29	0.010%	0.63x
1272	Ireland	29	0.010%	0.57x
1273	Jarrett	29	0.010%	1.44x
1274	Johnstone	29	0.010%	0.29x
1275	Killick	29	0.010%	2.59x
1276	Lawson	29	0.010%	0.22x
1277	Mansbridge	29	0.010%	5.89x
1278	Nutley	29	0.010%	9.10x
1279	Panter	29	0.010%	3.90x
1280	Rush	29	0.010%	1.23x
1281	Russ	29	0.010%	4.90x
1282	Sarney	29	0.010%	24.76x
1283	Scrivener	29	0.010%	3.02x
1284	Shackel	29	0.010%	37.72x
1285	Shirley	29	0.010%	1.62x
1286	Turvey	29	0.010%	2.81x
1287	Usher	29	0.010%	1.20x
1288	Varndell	29	0.010%	15.17x
1289	Wallington	29	0.010%	4.23x
1290	Wilcox	29	0.010%	0.70x
1291	Wilmot	29	0.010%	1.98x
1292	Wornham	29	0.010%	44.51x
1293	Banning	28	0.010%	8.81x
1294	Benford	28	0.010%	9.49x
1295	Blackburn	28	0.010%	0.34x
1296	Boyd	28	0.010%	0.36x
1297	Bromley	28	0.010%	0.83x
1298	Burnett	28	0.010%	0.46x
1299	Chainey	28	0.010%	18.57x
1300	Clacy	28	0.010%	42.49x