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 Howell, with 830 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
101	Howell	830	0.140%	3.44x
102	Saunders	810	0.140%	1.54x
103	Hicks	765	0.130%	3.19x
104	Butler	764	0.130%	1.37x
105	Wilson	761	0.130%	0.29x
106	Bird	755	0.130%	1.72x
107	Dyer	752	0.130%	3.39x
108	Thompson	746	0.130%	0.43x
109	Jackson	745	0.130%	0.47x
110	Baldwin	743	0.130%	3.04x
111	Gardiner	742	0.130%	4.51x
112	Phelps	739	0.130%	12.99x
113	Bartlett	737	0.130%	2.94x
114	Nicholls	731	0.130%	2.44x
115	Robinson	721	0.130%	0.39x
116	Sheppard	721	0.130%	3.63x
117	Tucker	719	0.130%	2.27x
118	Hodges	714	0.120%	4.25x
119	Haines	712	0.120%	5.37x
120	Holder	701	0.120%	9.10x
121	Harrison	696	0.120%	0.55x
122	Bullock	691	0.120%	3.71x
123	Browning	689	0.120%	5.91x
124	Russell	688	0.120%	0.98x
125	Chandler	671	0.120%	3.65x
126	Bond	661	0.120%	2.18x
127	Short	657	0.110%	2.94x
128	Workman	648	0.110%	17.19x
129	Brooks	645	0.110%	1.15x
130	Boulton	642	0.110%	6.22x
131	Pritchard	640	0.110%	2.07x
132	Mitchell	638	0.110%	0.55x
133	George	628	0.110%	1.87x
134	Reed	625	0.110%	1.49x
135	May	617	0.110%	1.69x
136	Mason	608	0.110%	0.79x
137	Lee	601	0.100%	0.64x
138	Gibbs	598	0.100%	2.12x
139	Organ	580	0.100%	25.35x
140	Drew	579	0.100%	3.83x
141	Marshall	576	0.100%	0.60x
142	Robins	573	0.100%	4.72x
143	Barrett	572	0.100%	1.49x
144	Clifford	570	0.100%	4.84x
145	Chapman	569	0.100%	0.70x
146	Clements	569	0.100%	2.99x
147	Merrett	569	0.100%	16.26x
148	Porter	569	0.100%	1.32x
149	Packer	563	0.100%	9.33x
150	Phipps	560	0.100%	6.61x
151	West	559	0.100%	1.01x
152	Moss	557	0.100%	1.58x
153	Gay	555	0.100%	7.27x
154	Maggs	554	0.100%	14.43x
155	Ward	551	0.100%	0.44x
156	Lovell	550	0.100%	4.59x
157	Fox	546	0.100%	1.03x
158	Sims	546	0.100%	3.18x
159	Miller	543	0.090%	0.53x
160	Weaver	543	0.090%	3.64x
161	Berry	540	0.090%	1.19x
162	Lawrence	539	0.090%	1.45x
163	Millard	536	0.090%	5.65x
164	Freeman	534	0.090%	1.46x
165	Hart	534	0.090%	1.09x
166	Warren	526	0.090%	1.37x
167	Elliott	525	0.090%	1.08x
168	Summers	517	0.090%	3.22x
169	Cooke	513	0.090%	1.62x
170	Willis	512	0.090%	1.68x
171	Lloyd	511	0.090%	0.76x
172	Marsh	510	0.090%	1.25x
173	Bateman	509	0.090%	3.44x
174	Ellis	508	0.090%	0.61x
175	Morse	502	0.090%	9.54x
176	Parry	502	0.090%	1.15x
177	Dunn	494	0.090%	1.04x
178	Spencer	492	0.090%	0.94x
179	Weeks	483	0.080%	3.94x
180	Webber	476	0.080%	2.72x
181	Harper	475	0.080%	1.29x
182	Jordan	473	0.080%	1.87x
183	Little	473	0.080%	1.75x
184	Skinner	468	0.080%	1.61x
185	Scott	461	0.080%	0.32x
186	Osborne	458	0.080%	1.67x
187	Collett	455	0.080%	6.19x
188	Godwin	455	0.080%	6.14x
189	Nelmes	455	0.080%	35.55x
190	Leonard	453	0.080%	3.65x
191	Pitt	452	0.080%	3.69x
192	Page	451	0.080%	0.98x
193	Meek	449	0.080%	6.74x
194	Clutterbuck	446	0.080%	22.37x
195	Neale	446	0.080%	3.28x
196	Gough	444	0.080%	2.64x
197	Flook	443	0.080%	35.46x
198	Perkins	443	0.080%	1.72x
199	Carpenter	442	0.080%	2.25x
200	Wall	441	0.080%	2.20x