1881 census place

Stroud surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stroud, 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

477 surnames are listed for Stroud, Gloucestershire, covering 4,847 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is White, with 177 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stroud

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	White	177	1.59%	4.94x
2	Chandler	118	1.06%	32.94x
3	Pearce	106	0.950%	10.35x
4	Browning	83	0.740%	36.58x
5	Gardner	83	0.740%	10.97x
6	Mills	72	0.650%	4.98x
7	Bassett	64	0.570%	36.79x
8	Tanner	54	0.480%	21.59x
9	Beard	52	0.470%	17.72x
10	Franklin	52	0.470%	14.04x
11	Harmer	52	0.470%	47.06x
12	Cratchley	50	0.450%	823.72x
13	Bishop	49	0.440%	6.29x
14	Clissold	48	0.430%	295.75x
15	Stephens	45	0.400%	7.27x
16	Brinkworth	44	0.390%	186.13x
17	Wilkins	44	0.390%	8.93x
18	Skinner	43	0.390%	7.60x
19	Warner	43	0.390%	10.58x
20	Ireland	42	0.380%	16.23x
21	Aldridge	41	0.370%	18.96x
22	Herbert	41	0.370%	9.84x
23	Chew	38	0.340%	67.02x
24	Gay	38	0.340%	25.57x
25	Lusty	38	0.340%	177.24x
26	Birt	35	0.310%	74.03x
27	Vick	35	0.310%	136.03x
28	Vines	35	0.310%	94.19x
29	Daniels	34	0.300%	9.71x
30	Burrows	33	0.300%	6.76x
31	Butt	33	0.300%	22.95x
32	Hooper	33	0.300%	6.99x
33	Niblett	33	0.300%	99.49x
34	Wager	33	0.300%	110.26x
35	Gardiner	32	0.290%	9.99x
36	Merrett	32	0.290%	46.99x
37	Woodward	32	0.290%	5.82x
38	Pegler	31	0.280%	108.54x
39	Workman	31	0.280%	42.26x
40	Fluck	30	0.270%	252.53x
41	Keene	30	0.270%	45.60x
42	Pitt	28	0.250%	11.75x
43	Wheatley	28	0.250%	12.33x
44	Burford	27	0.240%	43.35x
45	Dowell	26	0.230%	46.55x
46	Hodges	26	0.230%	7.95x
47	Power	26	0.230%	17.41x
48	Rowland	26	0.230%	8.20x
49	Close	24	0.220%	24.67x
50	Hemming	24	0.220%	24.32x
51	Paul	24	0.220%	8.60x
52	Sims	24	0.220%	7.18x
53	Clayfield	22	0.200%	337.94x
54	Flight	22	0.200%	114.29x
55	Hewlett	22	0.200%	31.60x
56	Partridge	22	0.200%	7.55x
57	Boulton	21	0.190%	10.45x
58	Mutton	21	0.190%	50.81x
59	Stafford	21	0.190%	8.85x
60	Steele	21	0.190%	7.04x
61	Holder	20	0.180%	13.34x
62	Levey	20	0.180%	140.25x
63	Ayers	19	0.170%	28.38x
64	Knee	19	0.170%	110.21x
65	Mayo	19	0.170%	22.17x
66	Merrick	19	0.170%	22.97x
67	Pates	19	0.170%	122.11x
68	Wynn	19	0.170%	19.66x
69	Barnfield	18	0.160%	65.50x
70	Blanford	18	0.160%	460.36x
71	Clutterbuck	18	0.160%	46.39x
72	Hulbert	18	0.160%	29.41x
73	Phipps	18	0.160%	10.91x
74	Sansum	18	0.160%	185.95x
75	Bingle	17	0.150%	310.79x
76	Witts	17	0.150%	50.28x
77	Ashmead	16	0.140%	186.92x
78	Clift	16	0.140%	26.24x
79	Dangerfield	16	0.140%	49.23x
80	Jefferies	16	0.140%	12.96x
81	Postlethwaite	16	0.140%	37.80x
82	Blick	15	0.130%	91.80x
83	Collett	15	0.130%	10.49x
84	Frankling	15	0.130%	111.03x
85	Loveday	15	0.130%	22.03x
86	Restall	15	0.130%	103.59x
87	Teakle	15	0.130%	274.22x
88	Witchell	15	0.130%	114.16x
89	Wyman	15	0.130%	62.16x
90	Alder	14	0.130%	17.57x
91	Fawkes	14	0.130%	49.68x
92	Furley	14	0.130%	125.34x
93	Gillman	14	0.130%	44.71x
94	Hawkes	14	0.130%	7.79x
95	Mynett	14	0.130%	259.26x
96	Papps	14	0.130%	186.17x
97	Ricketts	14	0.130%	12.94x
98	Baylis	13	0.120%	11.11x
99	Hallewell	13	0.120%	138.00x
100	Heaven	13	0.120%	53.72x