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 Groves, with 309 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
301	Groves	309	0.050%	1.92x
302	Aston	306	0.050%	3.24x
303	Mustoe	306	0.050%	37.55x
304	Peters	306	0.050%	1.52x
305	Simmonds	306	0.050%	2.00x
306	Coates	305	0.050%	1.43x
307	Davey	305	0.050%	1.29x
308	Amos	304	0.050%	3.23x
309	Sutton	304	0.050%	0.83x
310	Pegler	303	0.050%	20.65x
311	Rice	302	0.050%	1.70x
312	Hyett	301	0.050%	24.09x
313	Sage	301	0.050%	5.91x
314	Coombs	300	0.050%	3.10x
315	Kear	299	0.050%	30.83x
316	Milsom	299	0.050%	15.26x
317	Underwood	299	0.050%	1.93x
318	Wilks	299	0.050%	3.32x
319	Strange	298	0.050%	4.85x
320	Walters	298	0.050%	1.09x
321	Keen	297	0.050%	2.59x
322	Edmonds	296	0.050%	2.70x
323	Stokes	295	0.050%	1.22x
324	Shepherd	294	0.050%	0.70x
325	Preston	293	0.050%	1.02x
326	Pullin	291	0.050%	14.30x
327	Hyde	290	0.050%	1.65x
328	Painter	289	0.050%	3.68x
329	Richardson	289	0.050%	0.30x
330	Blackmore	288	0.050%	3.49x
331	Lock	288	0.050%	1.77x
332	Dix	287	0.050%	5.07x
333	Jeffries	287	0.050%	3.99x
334	Warner	287	0.050%	1.37x
335	Waite	285	0.050%	2.40x
336	Hewlett	284	0.050%	7.94x
337	Meadows	284	0.050%	3.54x
338	Burgess	283	0.050%	0.71x
339	Murphy	282	0.050%	0.62x
340	Woodman	282	0.050%	4.46x
341	Grant	280	0.050%	0.49x
342	Rodway	279	0.050%	15.50x
343	Compton	274	0.050%	4.97x
344	Aldridge	273	0.050%	2.46x
345	Gillett	273	0.050%	4.51x
346	Bell	272	0.050%	0.25x
347	Bridges	272	0.050%	2.98x
348	Ferris	272	0.050%	4.80x
349	Fryer	272	0.050%	2.56x
350	Thorn	272	0.050%	3.18x
351	Chappell	270	0.050%	2.79x
352	Hudson	270	0.050%	0.58x
353	Thorne	270	0.050%	2.24x
354	Wells	270	0.050%	0.57x
355	Bendall	269	0.050%	12.90x
356	Tilley	269	0.050%	3.58x
357	Bradley	268	0.050%	0.58x
358	Humphris	268	0.050%	19.37x
359	Cowley	267	0.050%	2.53x
360	Tombs	267	0.050%	9.27x
361	Guest	265	0.050%	2.16x
362	Kent	265	0.050%	1.10x
363	Holbrook	264	0.050%	6.39x
364	Randall	263	0.050%	1.47x
365	Collier	262	0.050%	1.37x
366	Holland	260	0.050%	0.64x
367	Pollard	259	0.050%	1.24x
368	Rowland	257	0.040%	1.58x
369	Gardener	256	0.040%	2.49x
370	Witts	256	0.040%	14.74x
371	Biggs	255	0.040%	2.36x
372	Bowles	255	0.040%	2.72x
373	Vick	255	0.040%	19.29x
374	Kirby	254	0.040%	1.17x
375	Merchant	254	0.040%	6.59x
376	Chamberlain	251	0.040%	1.61x
377	Derrick	251	0.040%	7.82x
378	Wills	251	0.040%	1.47x
379	Bruton	250	0.040%	12.95x
380	Chambers	250	0.040%	0.77x
381	Hathaway	250	0.040%	8.41x
382	Hatton	249	0.040%	2.21x
383	Tandy	249	0.040%	9.15x
384	Drinkwater	248	0.040%	4.39x
385	Meredith	248	0.040%	2.14x
386	Belcher	247	0.040%	3.58x
387	Hodge	246	0.040%	1.70x
388	Cullimore	245	0.040%	28.14x
389	Foster	245	0.040%	0.32x
390	Horton	244	0.040%	1.15x
391	Heath	243	0.040%	0.85x
392	Ridler	243	0.040%	17.07x
393	Dixon	242	0.040%	0.39x
394	Halford	242	0.040%	5.67x
395	Fudge	240	0.040%	11.22x
396	Richings	240	0.040%	25.14x
397	Hemming	239	0.040%	4.71x
398	Arkell	238	0.040%	19.59x
399	Gill	238	0.040%	0.59x
400	Hanks	237	0.040%	8.49x