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 Keen, with 106 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
401	Keen	106	0.050%	2.41x
402	Lock	106	0.050%	1.70x
403	Pickett	106	0.050%	6.01x
404	Richens	106	0.050%	24.87x
405	Seward	106	0.050%	8.80x
406	Carpenter	105	0.050%	1.40x
407	Lowe	105	0.050%	0.64x
408	Norman	105	0.050%	1.03x
409	Woodbridge	105	0.050%	11.46x
410	Buckland	104	0.050%	4.48x
411	Champion	104	0.050%	4.53x
412	Stratton	104	0.050%	5.47x
413	Bedford	103	0.050%	1.98x
414	Edmonds	103	0.050%	2.46x
415	Fulker	103	0.050%	45.67x
416	Hoare	103	0.050%	2.41x
417	Nicholls	103	0.050%	0.90x
418	Spicer	103	0.050%	3.49x
419	Wilder	103	0.050%	18.46x
420	Lailey	102	0.050%	65.10x
421	Mildenhall	102	0.050%	59.03x
422	Minchin	102	0.050%	18.85x
423	Poole	102	0.050%	0.97x
424	Prince	102	0.050%	2.06x
425	Shorter	102	0.050%	10.01x
426	Willmott	102	0.050%	7.42x
427	Dore	101	0.050%	8.78x
428	Holt	101	0.050%	0.69x
429	Tidbury	101	0.050%	50.90x
430	Bell	100	0.050%	0.24x
431	Cannon	100	0.050%	2.52x
432	Dowling	100	0.050%	4.12x
433	Gibson	100	0.050%	0.38x
434	Grove	100	0.050%	3.90x
435	Stevenson	100	0.050%	0.65x
436	Allaway	99	0.050%	25.23x
437	Childs	99	0.050%	2.46x
438	Honey	99	0.050%	7.36x
439	Ware	99	0.050%	2.75x
440	Brind	98	0.040%	30.01x
441	Gilbert	98	0.040%	0.78x
442	Ilsley	98	0.040%	32.97x
443	Knott	98	0.040%	2.25x
444	Legg	98	0.040%	2.71x
445	Newton	98	0.040%	0.58x
446	Tyler	98	0.040%	1.51x
447	Woolford	98	0.040%	12.40x
448	Barnard	97	0.040%	1.78x
449	Cotterell	97	0.040%	10.43x
450	Hutchings	97	0.040%	2.35x
451	Wallace	97	0.040%	0.65x
452	Beesley	96	0.040%	5.45x
453	Blay	96	0.040%	25.12x
454	Bristow	96	0.040%	3.24x
455	Bye	96	0.040%	8.71x
456	Clayton	96	0.040%	0.81x
457	Lamb	96	0.040%	0.83x
458	Dodd	95	0.040%	1.07x
459	Froud	95	0.040%	15.61x
460	Hodges	95	0.040%	1.48x
461	Robbins	95	0.040%	2.77x
462	Dell	94	0.040%	7.31x
463	Faulkner	94	0.040%	1.58x
464	Goodenough	94	0.040%	14.93x
465	Hermon	94	0.040%	48.08x
466	Major	94	0.040%	3.18x
467	Bowsher	93	0.040%	40.20x
468	Canning	93	0.040%	5.97x
469	Laurence	93	0.040%	2.98x
470	Piper	93	0.040%	2.15x
471	Simonds	93	0.040%	16.39x
472	Smallbone	93	0.040%	30.61x
473	Bradfield	92	0.040%	13.23x
474	Herring	92	0.040%	4.09x
475	Jacobs	92	0.040%	1.75x
476	Leaver	92	0.040%	6.51x
477	Morton	92	0.040%	0.79x
478	Packer	92	0.040%	3.98x
479	Pounds	92	0.040%	33.60x
480	Hussey	91	0.040%	4.12x
481	Richings	91	0.040%	24.91x
482	Timms	91	0.040%	4.11x
483	Wellman	91	0.040%	18.28x
484	Dewe	90	0.040%	69.85x
485	Looker	90	0.040%	13.87x
486	Wetherall	90	0.040%	17.22x
487	Burt	89	0.040%	1.71x
488	Farr	89	0.040%	2.73x
489	Lovell	89	0.040%	1.94x
490	Spackman	89	0.040%	13.86x
491	Thorne	89	0.040%	1.93x
492	Berry	88	0.040%	0.51x
493	Bushell	88	0.040%	4.14x
494	Cottrell	88	0.040%	4.51x
495	Kemp	88	0.040%	0.72x
496	Neville	88	0.040%	3.38x
497	Warren	88	0.040%	0.60x
498	Coleman	87	0.040%	0.80x
499	Deadman	87	0.040%	10.16x
500	Edgington	87	0.040%	14.53x