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 Mathews, with 435 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
201	Mathews	435	0.080%	2.06x
202	Robbins	435	0.080%	4.85x
203	Wiltshire	435	0.080%	5.69x
204	Higgs	430	0.080%	4.12x
205	Owen	429	0.070%	0.63x
206	Wyatt	428	0.070%	2.55x
207	Arnold	426	0.070%	1.38x
208	Jennings	424	0.070%	1.46x
209	Wintle	423	0.070%	26.01x
210	Baylis	418	0.070%	6.95x
211	Higgins	418	0.070%	1.44x
212	Pope	416	0.070%	2.11x
213	Trigg	415	0.070%	12.89x
214	Tyler	415	0.070%	2.45x
215	Barnett	414	0.070%	1.60x
216	Hawker	413	0.070%	9.41x
217	Partridge	413	0.070%	2.76x
218	Whiting	412	0.070%	3.73x
219	Humphries	410	0.070%	3.18x
220	Reynolds	410	0.070%	0.83x
221	Wakefield	406	0.070%	3.96x
222	Greening	399	0.070%	12.53x
223	Burrows	398	0.070%	1.59x
224	Franklin	398	0.070%	2.09x
225	Tovey	398	0.070%	11.85x
226	Trotman	398	0.070%	16.54x
227	Mann	397	0.070%	1.32x
228	Sweet	397	0.070%	7.68x
229	Hayes	395	0.070%	1.11x
230	Wilcox	395	0.070%	3.66x
231	Coleman	394	0.070%	1.38x
232	England	393	0.070%	3.33x
233	Butt	392	0.070%	5.30x
234	Vowles	384	0.070%	13.95x
235	French	383	0.070%	1.37x
236	Reeves	382	0.070%	1.63x
237	Pike	381	0.070%	2.29x
238	Ricketts	379	0.070%	6.82x
239	Simmons	379	0.070%	1.62x
240	Bush	375	0.070%	2.65x
241	Daniels	375	0.070%	2.08x
242	Hendy	373	0.070%	12.91x
243	Barnard	372	0.060%	2.62x
244	Barnfield	372	0.060%	26.35x
245	Stanley	372	0.060%	1.69x
246	Birt	371	0.060%	15.27x
247	Norris	370	0.060%	1.50x
248	Ballinger	368	0.060%	20.27x
249	Crook	368	0.060%	2.24x
250	Rudge	368	0.060%	8.19x
251	Rose	366	0.060%	0.86x
252	Haynes	364	0.060%	1.78x
253	Slade	364	0.060%	3.18x
254	Norman	358	0.060%	1.35x
255	Read	357	0.060%	0.97x
256	Bevan	354	0.060%	2.53x
257	Gould	354	0.060%	1.71x
258	Barton	353	0.060%	1.14x
259	Golding	352	0.060%	3.49x
260	Niblett	352	0.060%	20.65x
261	Holmes	349	0.060%	0.50x
262	Hook	349	0.060%	4.11x
263	Nichols	346	0.060%	1.85x
264	Mayo	341	0.060%	7.74x
265	Giles	340	0.060%	1.56x
266	Winter	340	0.060%	1.67x
267	Prosser	337	0.060%	3.75x
268	Gray	335	0.060%	0.41x
269	Vaughan	335	0.060%	1.71x
270	Crew	333	0.060%	9.20x
271	Potter	331	0.060%	0.89x
272	Burford	329	0.060%	10.28x
273	Field	329	0.060%	1.15x
274	Ireland	328	0.060%	2.47x
275	Leach	327	0.060%	1.38x
276	Gibbons	326	0.060%	1.77x
277	Howard	326	0.060%	0.58x
278	Rees	326	0.060%	0.65x
279	Withers	324	0.060%	3.45x
280	Hulbert	323	0.060%	10.27x
281	Brewer	322	0.060%	2.12x
282	Kendall	322	0.060%	2.61x
283	Garland	321	0.060%	4.23x
284	Lusty	321	0.060%	29.13x
285	Manning	321	0.060%	1.76x
286	Dean	320	0.060%	0.80x
287	Attwood	319	0.060%	5.62x
288	Roach	317	0.060%	3.76x
289	Orchard	315	0.060%	5.17x
290	Winstone	314	0.050%	20.83x
291	Bright	313	0.050%	2.70x
292	Heaven	313	0.050%	25.17x
293	Godfrey	312	0.050%	1.84x
294	Haskins	312	0.050%	19.41x
295	Holloway	312	0.050%	1.78x
296	Savage	312	0.050%	1.42x
297	Purnell	311	0.050%	10.35x
298	Rawlings	311	0.050%	3.71x
299	Gale	310	0.050%	1.81x
300	Blackwell	309	0.050%	2.96x