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 Hemmings, with 237 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
401	Hemmings	237	0.040%	4.86x
402	Lacey	237	0.040%	2.24x
403	Sharp	236	0.040%	0.49x
404	Waters	236	0.040%	1.03x
405	Gwilliam	235	0.040%	10.77x
406	Yates	235	0.040%	0.60x
407	Barber	233	0.040%	0.68x
408	Minchin	233	0.040%	16.48x
409	Ruck	233	0.040%	15.86x
410	Wilkes	233	0.040%	2.35x
411	Preece	232	0.040%	2.49x
412	Howe	230	0.040%	1.02x
413	Lodge	228	0.040%	2.19x
414	Stafford	228	0.040%	1.87x
415	Brookes	226	0.040%	1.68x
416	Chivers	226	0.040%	4.47x
417	Church	226	0.040%	1.81x
418	Pitman	226	0.040%	4.32x
419	Rowles	226	0.040%	8.94x
420	Sparrow	226	0.040%	3.11x
421	Alder	225	0.040%	5.50x
422	Legg	224	0.040%	2.37x
423	Pugh	224	0.040%	1.02x
424	Butcher	223	0.040%	0.92x
425	Dando	223	0.040%	10.53x
426	Monks	223	0.040%	4.81x
427	Baxter	222	0.040%	0.65x
428	Goode	222	0.040%	2.99x
429	Hampton	220	0.040%	2.43x
430	Sadler	220	0.040%	1.63x
431	Salter	220	0.040%	1.68x
432	Vincent	220	0.040%	1.23x
433	Skuse	219	0.040%	21.85x
434	Alway	218	0.040%	33.13x
435	Trinder	218	0.040%	9.72x
436	Weston	218	0.040%	0.93x
437	Bowden	217	0.040%	1.31x
438	Drake	217	0.040%	1.30x
439	Jarrett	217	0.040%	4.13x
440	Bowen	216	0.040%	0.91x
441	Hole	216	0.040%	4.39x
442	Lambert	216	0.040%	0.69x
443	Watson	216	0.040%	0.16x
444	Bassett	215	0.040%	2.40x
445	Burge	215	0.040%	5.18x
446	Avery	214	0.040%	2.23x
447	Charles	213	0.040%	1.80x
448	Creed	213	0.040%	6.69x
449	Burton	212	0.040%	0.43x
450	Grimes	212	0.040%	3.20x
451	Hoare	212	0.040%	1.90x
452	Radford	212	0.040%	1.95x
453	Stinchcombe	212	0.040%	32.88x
454	Goulding	211	0.040%	3.77x
455	Fear	210	0.040%	8.27x
456	Webley	210	0.040%	17.62x
457	Johns	209	0.040%	1.41x
458	Scrivens	209	0.040%	12.21x
459	Tiley	209	0.040%	14.86x
460	Kelly	208	0.040%	0.33x
461	Bubb	206	0.040%	13.79x
462	Cottle	206	0.040%	7.31x
463	Fowles	205	0.040%	7.29x
464	Neal	205	0.040%	1.21x
465	Clissold	204	0.040%	24.46x
466	Merrick	204	0.040%	4.80x
467	Nicholas	204	0.040%	1.82x
468	Robertson	204	0.040%	0.21x
469	Shaw	204	0.040%	0.19x
470	Simpson	204	0.040%	0.20x
471	Masters	203	0.040%	1.91x
472	Mortimer	203	0.040%	1.69x
473	Welch	203	0.040%	1.01x
474	Gingell	202	0.040%	12.07x
475	Hillier	202	0.040%	2.61x
476	Paul	202	0.040%	1.41x
477	Stratford	202	0.040%	5.14x
478	Churchill	201	0.040%	2.96x
479	Newton	201	0.040%	0.46x
480	Austin	200	0.030%	0.71x
481	Bryan	200	0.030%	1.41x
482	Nott	200	0.030%	4.95x
483	Harwood	199	0.030%	1.30x
484	Isaac	199	0.030%	2.77x
485	Pullen	199	0.030%	2.64x
486	Stock	199	0.030%	2.79x
487	Virgo	199	0.030%	13.58x
488	Bracey	198	0.030%	13.12x
489	Close	198	0.030%	3.96x
490	Teague	198	0.030%	6.11x
491	Farmer	197	0.030%	1.10x
492	Rich	196	0.030%	2.73x
493	Hinton	195	0.030%	2.54x
494	Philips	195	0.030%	1.84x
495	Greenway	194	0.030%	4.55x
496	Stallard	194	0.030%	7.68x
497	Critchley	193	0.030%	3.78x
498	Finch	193	0.030%	1.01x
499	Gabb	193	0.030%	18.24x
500	Lear	192	0.030%	5.74x