1881 census place

Basingstoke surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Basingstoke, Hampshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

420 surnames are listed for Basingstoke, Hampshire, covering 2,669 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jennings, with 48 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Basingstoke

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Jennings	48	0.700%	13.75x
2	Wheeler	46	0.670%	11.06x
3	Blunden	43	0.620%	186.96x
4	Bone	42	0.610%	32.90x
5	Curtis	42	0.610%	10.75x
6	Willis	35	0.510%	9.56x
7	Castle	33	0.480%	24.12x
8	Ilsley	32	0.460%	342.61x
9	Franklin	31	0.450%	13.55x
10	Lawes	30	0.440%	99.97x
11	Harmsworth	28	0.410%	264.15x
12	Moody	28	0.410%	15.57x
13	Wallis	28	0.410%	12.00x
14	Hibberd	27	0.390%	63.74x
15	Taplin	26	0.380%	108.29x
16	Brooker	25	0.360%	30.09x
17	Jacobs	23	0.330%	13.94x
18	Purdue	23	0.330%	326.70x
19	Stratford	23	0.330%	48.67x
20	Dolton	22	0.320%	198.92x
21	Marlow	22	0.320%	27.20x
22	Myland	22	0.320%	634.01x
23	Holdaway	21	0.300%	164.58x
24	Paice	20	0.290%	93.20x
25	Poulter	20	0.290%	39.05x
26	Munday	18	0.260%	22.34x
27	Portsmouth	18	0.260%	209.30x
28	Tigwell	18	0.260%	385.44x
29	Attwood	17	0.250%	24.92x
30	Doman	17	0.250%	266.04x
31	Ballard	16	0.230%	15.49x
32	Bayley	16	0.230%	14.41x
33	Hailstone	16	0.230%	130.08x
34	Hatten	16	0.230%	216.80x
35	Leavey	16	0.230%	645.16x
36	Binfield	15	0.220%	223.55x
37	Bulpitt	15	0.220%	294.12x
38	Mundy	15	0.220%	29.37x
39	Wickens	15	0.220%	34.59x
40	Workman	15	0.220%	33.11x
41	Wyeth	15	0.220%	142.72x
42	Dudman	14	0.200%	109.46x
43	Dykes	14	0.200%	29.55x
44	Goodyear	14	0.200%	38.39x
45	Hitchcock	14	0.200%	17.62x
46	Hutt	14	0.200%	47.46x
47	Westbrook	14	0.200%	43.61x
48	Chivers	13	0.190%	21.40x
49	Dry	13	0.190%	148.40x
50	Froome	13	0.190%	230.91x
51	Thatcher	13	0.190%	20.54x
52	Whitcher	13	0.190%	159.71x
53	Wigg	13	0.190%	68.53x
54	Digweed	12	0.170%	186.92x
55	Ham	12	0.170%	23.20x
56	Hardiman	12	0.170%	59.23x
57	Starr	12	0.170%	35.38x
58	Waldren	12	0.170%	209.42x
59	Woolford	12	0.170%	48.37x
60	Basing	11	0.160%	544.55x
61	Bowerman	11	0.160%	54.05x
62	Constable	11	0.160%	14.44x
63	Hockley	11	0.160%	29.62x
64	Kettle	11	0.160%	18.26x
65	Pidgeon	11	0.160%	48.03x
66	Thumwood	11	0.160%	1000.00x
67	Trimmer	11	0.160%	80.94x
68	Ackland	10	0.150%	44.15x
69	Eckett	10	0.150%	273.22x
70	Follett	10	0.150%	63.29x
71	Henwood	10	0.150%	34.67x
72	Hussey	10	0.150%	14.40x
73	Kerridge	10	0.150%	39.57x
74	Lansley	10	0.150%	108.70x
75	Milward	10	0.150%	31.40x
76	Rampton	10	0.150%	124.53x
77	Redgrove	10	0.150%	595.24x
78	Tarrant	10	0.150%	20.58x
79	Budden	9	0.130%	33.82x
80	Bye	9	0.130%	25.99x
81	Caldecott	9	0.130%	195.65x
82	Challis	9	0.130%	20.65x
83	Cleave	9	0.130%	44.89x
84	Dibley	9	0.130%	96.36x
85	Elton	9	0.130%	32.50x
86	Finlinson	9	0.130%	394.74x
87	Grigg	9	0.130%	19.98x
88	Keep	9	0.130%	35.90x
89	Kersley	9	0.130%	113.49x
90	Lambden	9	0.130%	140.19x
91	Loveridge	9	0.130%	36.41x
92	Monger	9	0.130%	72.23x
93	Penfold	9	0.130%	15.40x
94	Soper	9	0.130%	21.05x
95	Stamp	9	0.130%	17.77x
96	Trodd	9	0.130%	108.96x
97	Alliston	8	0.120%	129.24x
98	Benham	8	0.120%	21.75x
99	Binstead	8	0.120%	122.51x
100	Blundon	8	0.120%	331.95x