1881 census place

Christchurch surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Christchurch, 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

793 surnames are listed for Christchurch, Hampshire, covering 6,051 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barnes, with 130 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Christchurch

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	Barnes	130	1.00%	8.32x
2	Saunders	97	0.750%	8.15x
3	Read	87	0.670%	10.39x
4	Preston	74	0.570%	11.41x
5	Troke	65	0.500%	412.96x
6	Summers	64	0.490%	17.58x
7	Newman	57	0.440%	5.90x
8	Cutler	56	0.430%	34.66x
9	Dean	56	0.430%	6.21x
10	Best	55	0.420%	15.72x
11	Head	53	0.410%	16.77x
12	Frampton	52	0.400%	50.82x
13	Budden	50	0.390%	99.68x
14	Tuck	48	0.370%	28.79x
15	Lane	47	0.360%	5.25x
16	Tarrant	46	0.350%	50.21x
17	Pope	44	0.340%	9.83x
18	Burt	43	0.330%	13.95x
19	Pike	43	0.330%	11.39x
20	Broomfield	42	0.320%	48.13x
21	Vine	41	0.320%	33.97x
22	Hiscock	39	0.300%	40.89x
23	Stride	39	0.300%	85.34x
24	Legg	38	0.290%	17.73x
25	Reeks	38	0.290%	190.57x
26	Derham	37	0.290%	161.93x
27	Lockyer	37	0.290%	37.27x
28	Street	37	0.290%	12.20x
29	Wheeler	37	0.290%	4.72x
30	Barrow	35	0.270%	12.72x
31	Hinton	35	0.270%	20.09x
32	Shave	35	0.270%	122.51x
33	Whitcher	35	0.270%	228.01x
34	Bartlett	34	0.260%	5.98x
35	Tiller	34	0.260%	98.64x
36	Vatcher	34	0.260%	493.47x
37	Joy	32	0.250%	29.29x
38	Peckham	32	0.250%	66.02x
39	Starks	32	0.250%	287.25x
40	Holloway	31	0.240%	7.79x
41	Stickland	31	0.240%	57.94x
42	Witt	31	0.240%	59.88x
43	Brinson	30	0.230%	384.62x
44	Howe	30	0.230%	5.88x
45	Jeans	30	0.230%	68.71x
46	Adey	29	0.220%	69.39x
47	Dowding	28	0.220%	50.46x
48	Fall	28	0.220%	100.29x
49	Haskell	28	0.220%	84.31x
50	Petty	28	0.220%	21.79x
51	Toms	28	0.220%	27.87x
52	Walden	28	0.220%	29.45x
53	Hayward	27	0.210%	4.88x
54	Pardy	27	0.210%	236.84x
55	Corbin	26	0.200%	101.64x
56	Croucher	26	0.200%	34.95x
57	Seymour	26	0.200%	9.80x
58	Burry	25	0.190%	168.58x
59	Tizard	25	0.190%	175.81x
60	Trowbridge	25	0.190%	72.25x
61	Cull	24	0.180%	37.10x
62	Hailey	24	0.180%	112.73x
63	Hoare	23	0.180%	9.08x
64	Osment	22	0.170%	370.37x
65	Coakes	21	0.160%	299.15x
66	Horlock	21	0.160%	90.56x
67	Kerley	21	0.160%	88.24x
68	Laidlaw	21	0.160%	18.25x
69	Purchase	21	0.160%	47.12x
70	Blandford	20	0.150%	47.13x
71	Keeping	20	0.150%	75.02x
72	Wilcox	20	0.150%	8.18x
73	Brewer	19	0.150%	5.52x
74	Church	19	0.150%	6.71x
75	Tanner	19	0.150%	6.52x
76	Trevis	19	0.150%	230.58x
77	Pateman	18	0.140%	36.74x
78	Tilley	18	0.140%	10.56x
79	Wareham	18	0.140%	24.77x
80	Biles	17	0.130%	50.73x
81	Foot	17	0.130%	13.21x
82	Glass	17	0.130%	12.65x
83	Stark	17	0.130%	9.56x
84	Vivian	17	0.130%	28.23x
85	Welshman	17	0.130%	340.68x
86	Dorey	16	0.120%	35.72x
87	Gillingham	16	0.120%	27.52x
88	Hayter	16	0.120%	16.70x
89	Randell	16	0.120%	19.75x
90	Vick	16	0.120%	53.40x
91	Ballam	15	0.120%	114.94x
92	Clench	15	0.120%	125.31x
93	Cuff	15	0.120%	29.62x
94	House	15	0.120%	8.88x
95	Longman	15	0.120%	22.85x
96	Sargent	15	0.120%	7.50x
97	Sparks	15	0.120%	7.64x
98	Woodrow	15	0.120%	18.65x
99	Elgar	14	0.110%	54.37x
100	Farwell	14	0.110%	117.45x