1881 census county

Gloucestershire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gloucestershire 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

13,004 surnames are listed for Gloucestershire, covering 519,833 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 10,448 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gloucestershire

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
1	Smith	10,448	1.82%	1.29x
2	Jones	6,625	1.16%	1.02x
3	Williams	5,970	1.04%	1.45x
4	Davis	5,285	0.920%	4.20x
5	Taylor	3,751	0.650%	1.02x
6	Harris	3,428	0.600%	2.35x
7	Brown	3,122	0.540%	0.83x
8	Thomas	2,999	0.520%	1.27x
9	White	2,994	0.520%	1.63x
10	Lewis	2,827	0.490%	1.88x
11	Evans	2,451	0.430%	0.98x
12	Cook	2,427	0.420%	2.13x
13	Hill	2,422	0.420%	1.66x
14	Webb	2,421	0.420%	3.12x
15	Price	2,287	0.400%	2.28x
16	Roberts	2,166	0.380%	1.00x
17	Bennett	2,120	0.370%	2.25x
18	Powell	2,116	0.370%	2.96x
19	Cox	2,088	0.360%	2.40x
20	Baker	1,969	0.340%	1.57x
21	King	1,874	0.330%	1.50x
22	Hall	1,833	0.320%	1.09x
23	Pearce	1,757	0.310%	3.34x
24	Green	1,740	0.300%	1.08x
25	Turner	1,693	0.300%	1.06x
26	Edwards	1,689	0.290%	1.06x
27	Clark	1,674	0.290%	0.97x
28	Jenkins	1,627	0.280%	2.41x
29	Mills	1,566	0.270%	2.11x
30	Phillips	1,526	0.270%	1.49x
31	Hunt	1,503	0.260%	1.98x
32	Wood	1,503	0.260%	0.82x
33	Gardner	1,481	0.260%	3.81x
34	Allen	1,469	0.260%	1.36x
35	Young	1,446	0.250%	1.17x
36	Lane	1,444	0.250%	3.66x
37	Cole	1,442	0.250%	2.76x
38	Martin	1,441	0.250%	1.02x
39	Bryant	1,430	0.250%	5.84x
40	Stephens	1,403	0.240%	4.41x
41	Ford	1,337	0.230%	2.40x
42	Hale	1,332	0.230%	6.48x
43	Rogers	1,325	0.230%	1.78x
44	Watkins	1,325	0.230%	3.82x
45	Long	1,322	0.230%	3.56x
46	Carter	1,303	0.230%	1.35x
47	Parker	1,297	0.230%	1.19x
48	Hawkins	1,295	0.230%	3.12x
49	Adams	1,286	0.220%	1.52x
50	Cooper	1,286	0.220%	0.92x
51	Watts	1,277	0.220%	2.66x
52	Palmer	1,257	0.220%	1.86x
53	Harding	1,244	0.220%	3.00x
54	Knight	1,233	0.220%	1.75x
55	Clarke	1,192	0.210%	1.03x
56	Walker	1,190	0.210%	0.62x
57	Newman	1,180	0.210%	2.77x
58	Hopkins	1,157	0.200%	3.35x
59	Hooper	1,133	0.200%	4.67x
60	Morris	1,126	0.200%	0.88x
61	Davies	1,118	0.200%	0.38x
62	Hayward	1,107	0.190%	4.53x
63	Hughes	1,104	0.190%	0.69x
64	Parsons	1,103	0.190%	2.53x
65	Wilkins	1,095	0.190%	4.32x
66	Stone	1,088	0.190%	2.63x
67	Brain	1,057	0.180%	17.20x
68	Griffiths	1,041	0.180%	1.11x
69	Hobbs	1,031	0.180%	4.94x
70	Poole	1,028	0.180%	3.72x
71	Matthews	1,020	0.180%	2.04x
72	Johnson	1,018	0.180%	0.53x
73	Collins	1,009	0.180%	1.23x
74	Fisher	995	0.170%	1.48x
75	Bishop	991	0.170%	2.48x
76	Payne	983	0.170%	1.91x
77	Curtis	976	0.170%	3.00x
78	Ball	969	0.170%	2.05x
79	Britton	964	0.170%	9.50x
80	Fry	964	0.170%	5.25x
81	Smart	964	0.170%	3.70x
82	Iles	957	0.170%	21.66x
83	Beard	932	0.160%	6.18x
84	Richards	919	0.160%	1.06x
85	Stevens	918	0.160%	1.53x
86	Bailey	911	0.160%	1.06x
87	Griffin	908	0.160%	3.37x
88	Wheeler	906	0.160%	2.62x
89	Miles	903	0.160%	2.67x
90	Tanner	902	0.160%	7.02x
91	Day	900	0.160%	1.67x
92	Woodward	876	0.150%	3.10x
93	Andrews	873	0.150%	1.59x
94	Barnes	872	0.150%	1.26x
95	Moore	868	0.150%	0.76x
96	Wright	861	0.150%	0.47x
97	Herbert	859	0.150%	4.01x
98	Harvey	852	0.150%	1.39x
99	Fletcher	833	0.150%	1.27x
100	Jefferies	832	0.150%	13.11x