1881 census place

Cirencester surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cirencester, Gloucestershire 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

413 surnames are listed for Cirencester, Gloucestershire, covering 2,800 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Matthews, with 50 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cirencester

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	Matthews	50	0.640%	7.39x
2	Herbert	47	0.610%	16.22x
3	Curtis	44	0.570%	10.00x
4	Harding	43	0.550%	7.66x
5	Moss	43	0.550%	8.99x
6	Tranter	40	0.520%	70.06x
7	Waters	39	0.500%	12.51x
8	Waite	33	0.430%	20.50x
9	Wakefield	33	0.430%	23.76x
10	Haines	32	0.410%	17.81x
11	Hale	32	0.410%	11.50x
12	Bartlett	31	0.400%	9.13x
13	Hinton	31	0.400%	29.78x
14	Hulbert	31	0.400%	72.80x
15	Winstone	30	0.390%	146.99x
16	Boulton	28	0.360%	20.03x
17	Legg	28	0.360%	21.86x
18	Hewer	27	0.350%	176.13x
19	Ratcliffe	27	0.350%	12.60x
20	Bridges	25	0.320%	20.26x
21	Cowley	25	0.320%	17.52x
22	Ritchings	25	0.320%	634.52x
23	Guest	24	0.310%	14.48x
24	Blackwell	22	0.280%	15.56x
25	Habgood	22	0.280%	144.45x
26	Moulder	22	0.280%	157.59x
27	Witts	22	0.280%	93.54x
28	Collett	21	0.270%	21.11x
29	Harmer	21	0.270%	27.32x
30	Ludlow	21	0.270%	51.80x
31	Tanner	21	0.270%	12.07x
32	Weeks	20	0.260%	12.04x
33	Dike	19	0.240%	394.19x
34	Eyles	18	0.230%	50.28x
35	Larner	18	0.230%	73.32x
36	Newcombe	18	0.230%	32.97x
37	Uzzell	18	0.230%	267.46x
38	Millington	17	0.220%	14.47x
39	Richings	17	0.220%	131.58x
40	Eldridge	16	0.210%	18.86x
41	Merchant	16	0.210%	30.67x
42	Painter	16	0.210%	15.04x
43	Sessions	16	0.210%	144.01x
44	Compton	15	0.190%	20.09x
45	Ferris	15	0.190%	19.56x
46	Gillman	15	0.190%	68.87x
47	Mustoe	15	0.190%	135.99x
48	Peachey	15	0.190%	48.19x
49	Stratford	15	0.190%	28.18x
50	Angell	14	0.180%	46.11x
51	Brunsdon	14	0.180%	163.74x
52	Laurence	14	0.180%	12.69x
53	Morse	14	0.180%	19.66x
54	Teall	14	0.180%	258.78x
55	Telling	14	0.180%	101.82x
56	Ashdown	13	0.170%	29.57x
57	Burge	13	0.170%	23.15x
58	Greenslade	13	0.170%	28.73x
59	Hemming	13	0.170%	18.93x
60	Paish	13	0.170%	335.05x
61	Slatter	13	0.170%	42.14x
62	Stockwell	13	0.170%	28.32x
63	Aston	12	0.150%	9.38x
64	Cleveland	12	0.150%	79.47x
65	Foote	12	0.150%	40.28x
66	Kilmister	12	0.150%	326.09x
67	Kimber	12	0.150%	16.25x
68	Lusty	12	0.150%	80.43x
69	Mabberley	12	0.150%	1188.12x
70	Organ	12	0.150%	38.73x
71	Peart	12	0.150%	27.17x
72	Trinder	12	0.150%	39.53x
73	Axton	11	0.140%	297.30x
74	Crew	11	0.140%	22.46x
75	Cripps	11	0.140%	14.58x
76	Gobey	11	0.140%	189.66x
77	Lait	11	0.140%	124.86x
78	Messenger	11	0.140%	18.39x
79	Skuse	11	0.140%	81.06x
80	Hemms	10	0.130%	757.58x
81	Hine	10	0.130%	16.32x
82	Jobbins	10	0.130%	131.23x
83	Swinford	10	0.130%	284.09x
84	Taverner	10	0.130%	70.82x
85	Tipper	10	0.130%	30.05x
86	Beecham	9	0.120%	43.27x
87	Brownett	9	0.120%	358.57x
88	Creed	9	0.120%	20.87x
89	Dunford	9	0.120%	19.19x
90	Hawker	9	0.120%	15.15x
91	Kilminster	9	0.120%	114.65x
92	Medland	9	0.120%	51.31x
93	Midwinter	9	0.120%	77.92x
94	Minchin	9	0.120%	47.02x
95	Mullings	9	0.120%	124.14x
96	Perring	9	0.120%	56.21x
97	Preater	9	0.120%	292.21x
98	Roger	9	0.120%	33.77x
99	Timbrell	9	0.120%	70.20x
100	Tovey	9	0.120%	19.80x