1881 census place

Wokingham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wokingham, Berkshire 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

275 surnames are listed for Wokingham, Berkshire, covering 2,020 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Butler, with 81 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wokingham

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	Butler	81	1.62%	16.60x
2	Hawkins	59	1.18%	16.28x
3	Brant	58	1.16%	285.43x
4	Houlton	40	0.800%	373.83x
5	Maynard	34	0.680%	44.21x
6	Willatts	34	0.680%	3333.33x
7	Sadler	33	0.660%	27.97x
8	Langley	32	0.640%	29.14x
9	Bacon	27	0.540%	21.47x
10	Rance	26	0.520%	139.41x
11	Pursey	25	0.500%	252.78x
12	Goswell	24	0.480%	489.80x
13	Loader	24	0.480%	86.24x
14	Lush	23	0.460%	114.48x
15	Surman	23	0.460%	204.26x
16	Challis	20	0.400%	63.15x
17	Collyer	20	0.400%	64.58x
18	Heelas	20	0.400%	1709.40x
19	Shorter	20	0.400%	85.98x
20	Burrett	19	0.380%	485.93x
21	Halfacre	19	0.380%	505.32x
22	Eamer	18	0.360%	829.49x
23	Frankum	18	0.360%	1016.95x
24	Hannington	18	0.360%	387.10x
25	Bosher	17	0.340%	214.65x
26	Englefield	17	0.340%	207.06x
27	Lunn	16	0.320%	24.71x
28	Bowyer	15	0.300%	27.49x
29	Brooker	15	0.300%	24.84x
30	Cheeseman	15	0.300%	38.05x
31	Colyer	15	0.300%	115.38x
32	Herring	15	0.300%	29.23x
33	Painter	15	0.300%	21.85x
34	Buckner	14	0.280%	457.52x
35	Heffer	14	0.280%	159.27x
36	Hermon	14	0.280%	313.90x
37	Phelps	14	0.280%	28.17x
38	Ayles	13	0.260%	154.95x
39	Clacy	13	0.260%	866.67x
40	Grove	13	0.260%	22.21x
41	Walden	13	0.260%	35.47x
42	Woodley	13	0.260%	29.14x
43	Annetts	12	0.240%	175.44x
44	Cordery	12	0.240%	100.00x
45	Cottrell	12	0.240%	26.93x
46	Deane	12	0.240%	28.71x
47	Hosler	12	0.240%	888.89x
48	Liddiard	12	0.240%	104.53x
49	Ayers	11	0.220%	36.61x
50	Draycott	11	0.220%	65.95x
51	Fielder	11	0.220%	35.58x
52	Ludlow	11	0.220%	42.07x
53	Slyfield	11	0.220%	531.40x
54	Spratley	11	0.220%	204.46x
55	Swadling	11	0.220%	261.28x
56	Babbage	10	0.200%	125.94x
57	Benning	10	0.200%	149.93x
58	Cliff	10	0.200%	22.86x
59	Froud	10	0.200%	71.99x
60	Lambden	10	0.200%	214.59x
61	Mullins	10	0.200%	20.89x
62	Mundy	10	0.200%	26.94x
63	Pickett	10	0.200%	24.86x
64	Radbourn	10	0.200%	746.27x
65	Sale	10	0.200%	30.33x
66	Wynn	10	0.200%	23.05x
67	Allum	9	0.180%	47.37x
68	Bew	9	0.180%	129.68x
69	Boshier	9	0.180%	416.67x
70	Breach	9	0.180%	90.54x
71	Bumfrey	9	0.180%	604.03x
72	Cloke	9	0.180%	92.02x
73	Dance	9	0.180%	22.47x
74	Goble	9	0.180%	62.03x
75	Pigg	9	0.180%	60.98x
76	Rand	9	0.180%	46.04x
77	Sargeant	9	0.180%	22.82x
78	Beechy	8	0.160%	451.98x
79	Blackall	8	0.160%	130.08x
80	Brackley	8	0.160%	92.81x
81	Collison	8	0.160%	38.99x
82	Cotterell	8	0.160%	37.70x
83	Dalley	8	0.160%	64.10x
84	Hallworth	8	0.160%	61.59x
85	Hartwell	8	0.160%	38.85x
86	Knapp	8	0.160%	23.45x
87	Mattingley	8	0.160%	229.89x
88	Paice	8	0.160%	51.31x
89	Riddell	8	0.160%	19.06x
90	Sandford	8	0.160%	22.45x
91	Sceats	8	0.160%	919.54x
92	Seaward	8	0.160%	91.32x
93	Borlase	7	0.140%	182.29x
94	Caine	7	0.140%	33.40x
95	Eales	7	0.140%	27.70x
96	Funnell	7	0.140%	25.33x
97	Hankey	7	0.140%	58.82x
98	Kimble	7	0.140%	110.76x
99	Lewington	7	0.140%	52.75x
100	Monger	7	0.140%	77.26x