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 Weston, with 303 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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Weston | 303 | 3.39x |
| 102 | Barker | 298 | 1.04x |
| 103 | Reeves | 298 | 3.32x |
| 104 | Hedges | 297 | 11.84x |
| 105 | Richardson | 294 | 0.79x |
| 106 | Hamblin | 292 | 29.43x |
| 107 | Pike | 291 | 4.56x |
| 108 | Seymour | 291 | 6.49x |
| 109 | Gray | 281 | 0.90x |
| 110 | Talbot | 279 | 5.11x |
| 111 | Hobbs | 278 | 3.48x |
| 112 | Lee | 278 | 0.78x |
| 113 | Griffin | 277 | 2.68x |
| 114 | Lay | 275 | 16.86x |
| 115 | Shepherd | 275 | 1.71x |
| 116 | Rogers | 273 | 0.96x |
| 117 | Jackson | 271 | 0.44x |
| 118 | Harding | 267 | 1.68x |
| 119 | Brooker | 266 | 10.05x |
| 120 | Mitchell | 266 | 0.60x |
| 121 | Moss | 265 | 1.96x |
| 122 | Slade | 265 | 6.06x |
| 123 | Burgess | 264 | 1.73x |
| 124 | Chamberlain | 262 | 4.39x |
| 125 | North | 260 | 3.58x |
| 126 | Wilkins | 260 | 2.68x |
| 127 | Godfrey | 258 | 3.97x |
| 128 | Freeman | 257 | 1.84x |
| 129 | Hopkins | 257 | 1.95x |
| 130 | Deacon | 256 | 6.87x |
| 131 | Newman | 255 | 1.56x |
| 132 | Cripps | 254 | 11.91x |
| 133 | Curtis | 254 | 2.04x |
| 134 | Matthews | 250 | 1.31x |
| 135 | Moore | 250 | 0.57x |
| 136 | Crook | 243 | 3.86x |
| 137 | Wickens | 242 | 17.52x |
| 138 | Bishop | 241 | 1.57x |
| 139 | Wood | 241 | 0.34x |
| 140 | Mason | 240 | 0.81x |
| 141 | Sharp | 239 | 1.31x |
| 142 | New | 238 | 12.39x |
| 143 | Sims | 238 | 3.62x |
| 144 | Bunce | 237 | 14.51x |
| 145 | Holmes | 237 | 0.89x |
| 146 | Bird | 234 | 1.40x |
| 147 | Brant | 234 | 26.28x |
| 148 | Miller | 234 | 0.60x |
| 149 | Winter | 233 | 3.00x |
| 150 | Beasley | 230 | 9.68x |
| 151 | Bolton | 230 | 2.44x |
| 152 | Owen | 230 | 0.88x |
| 153 | Ballard | 228 | 6.93x |
| 154 | Dance | 227 | 12.93x |
| 155 | Lane | 227 | 1.50x |
| 156 | Walters | 227 | 2.17x |
| 157 | Gibbons | 226 | 3.21x |
| 158 | Elliott | 225 | 1.21x |
| 159 | Maskell | 225 | 14.59x |
| 160 | Clements | 223 | 3.07x |
| 161 | Preston | 222 | 2.03x |
| 162 | Dawson | 221 | 0.91x |
| 163 | Simpson | 221 | 0.58x |
| 164 | Randall | 220 | 3.20x |
| 165 | Bowyer | 219 | 9.16x |
| 166 | Simmons | 219 | 2.45x |
| 167 | Pope | 218 | 2.88x |
| 168 | Kimber | 217 | 10.39x |
| 169 | Russell | 217 | 0.81x |
| 170 | Ayres | 216 | 7.10x |
| 171 | Wiggins | 215 | 9.09x |
| 172 | Stacey | 214 | 4.35x |
| 173 | Ball | 210 | 1.16x |
| 174 | Dixon | 210 | 0.87x |
| 175 | Withers | 209 | 5.81x |
| 176 | Harrison | 207 | 0.43x |
| 177 | Gardner | 206 | 1.38x |
| 178 | Hart | 206 | 1.10x |
| 179 | Eggleton | 205 | 23.69x |
| 180 | Keep | 205 | 25.69x |
| 181 | Alexander | 204 | 1.76x |
| 182 | Gale | 202 | 3.07x |
| 183 | Long | 202 | 1.42x |
| 184 | Wakefield | 201 | 5.12x |
| 185 | Huggins | 200 | 10.84x |
| 186 | Tucker | 200 | 1.65x |
| 187 | Foster | 199 | 0.68x |
| 188 | Strange | 196 | 8.33x |
| 189 | Denton | 195 | 4.84x |
| 190 | Head | 195 | 3.65x |
| 191 | Page | 195 | 1.11x |
| 192 | Read | 194 | 1.37x |
| 193 | Gough | 193 | 3.00x |
| 194 | Hicks | 192 | 2.09x |
| 195 | Ellis | 190 | 0.60x |
| 196 | Street | 190 | 3.71x |
| 197 | Lewendon | 189 | 95.60x |
| 198 | Fletcher | 188 | 0.75x |
| 199 | Jordan | 188 | 1.94x |
| 200 | Davies | 187 | 0.17x |