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 House, with 187 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
201	House	187	0.090%	6.55x
202	East	186	0.080%	5.45x
203	Sheppard	185	0.080%	2.44x
204	Barlow	184	0.080%	1.55x
205	Rivers	184	0.080%	13.54x
206	Welch	184	0.080%	2.39x
207	Austin	183	0.080%	1.71x
208	Goodchild	183	0.080%	8.58x
209	Humphries	183	0.080%	3.70x
210	Sawyer	183	0.080%	4.53x
211	Cole	182	0.080%	0.91x
212	Greenaway	182	0.080%	13.23x
213	Shaw	182	0.080%	0.45x
214	Thompson	182	0.080%	0.28x
215	Whiting	181	0.080%	4.29x
216	Woods	180	0.080%	1.30x
217	Bond	179	0.080%	1.54x
218	Haynes	178	0.080%	2.28x
219	Hazell	178	0.080%	10.44x
220	Jennings	177	0.080%	1.59x
221	Groves	175	0.080%	2.84x
222	Wiltshire	175	0.080%	5.98x
223	Dyer	173	0.080%	2.04x
224	Field	173	0.080%	1.59x
225	Leach	173	0.080%	1.91x
226	Hyde	171	0.080%	2.54x
227	Warwick	171	0.080%	5.64x
228	Castle	170	0.080%	3.90x
229	Wyatt	170	0.080%	2.64x
230	Bartlett	169	0.080%	1.76x
231	Bradley	168	0.080%	0.95x
232	Atkins	166	0.080%	2.02x
233	Luker	166	0.080%	29.60x
234	Porter	166	0.080%	1.01x
235	Rolfe	166	0.080%	5.84x
236	Fidler	165	0.080%	11.76x
237	Hayward	165	0.080%	1.76x
238	Warner	165	0.080%	2.06x
239	Rosier	164	0.070%	39.23x
240	Yates	164	0.070%	1.09x
241	Dean	163	0.070%	1.07x
242	Neal	163	0.070%	2.51x
243	Partridge	163	0.070%	2.85x
244	Golding	162	0.070%	4.19x
245	Tanner	162	0.070%	3.29x
246	Burton	161	0.070%	0.86x
247	Povey	161	0.070%	12.13x
248	Richards	161	0.070%	0.49x
249	Barnett	160	0.070%	1.62x
250	Goodall	160	0.070%	3.41x
251	Allum	159	0.070%	19.10x
252	Butcher	159	0.070%	1.72x
253	Dobson	159	0.070%	1.64x
254	Tame	159	0.070%	36.68x
255	Joyce	158	0.070%	2.93x
256	Baldwin	157	0.070%	1.68x
257	Reed	157	0.070%	0.98x
258	Gerring	155	0.070%	88.21x
259	Wigmore	155	0.070%	27.21x
260	Dearlove	154	0.070%	32.76x
261	Fry	154	0.070%	2.19x
262	Mace	153	0.070%	7.91x
263	Arnold	152	0.070%	1.29x
264	Swain	152	0.070%	3.60x
265	George	151	0.070%	1.17x
266	Pullen	151	0.070%	5.23x
267	Stimpson	151	0.070%	15.36x
268	Waite	151	0.070%	3.32x
269	Godwin	150	0.070%	5.29x
270	Lovelock	149	0.070%	15.69x
271	Wallis	149	0.070%	2.01x
272	Lloyd	147	0.070%	0.57x
273	Searle	146	0.070%	3.31x
274	Painter	145	0.070%	4.82x
275	Farmer	144	0.070%	2.10x
276	Hudson	144	0.070%	0.80x
277	Liddiard	144	0.070%	28.63x
278	Sadler	144	0.070%	2.79x
279	Fox	143	0.070%	0.70x
280	Patey	143	0.070%	29.11x
281	Scott	143	0.070%	0.26x
282	Sherwood	142	0.060%	5.08x
283	Mathews	141	0.060%	1.74x
284	Spencer	141	0.060%	0.70x
285	Wernham	141	0.060%	73.23x
286	Jefferies	140	0.060%	5.77x
287	Watson	140	0.060%	0.28x
288	Vickers	139	0.060%	2.47x
289	Appleton	138	0.060%	4.02x
290	Harper	138	0.060%	0.98x
291	Brewer	137	0.060%	2.36x
292	Tegg	137	0.060%	71.15x
293	Tubb	137	0.060%	15.05x
294	Batten	136	0.060%	6.72x
295	Lewington	136	0.060%	23.39x
296	Challis	135	0.060%	9.73x
297	Jeffries	135	0.060%	4.91x
298	Reynolds	135	0.060%	0.71x
299	Coxhead	134	0.060%	28.11x
300	Herridge	134	0.060%	21.68x