Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire

Fen Drayton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cambridgeshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
JOHNSON4111.918635.47
ALLEN277.848841.55
COOPER185.232621.51
LAMBERT164.651285.20
FURNISS154.3605986.84
BULL154.3605103.16
BEDFORD133.7791159.31
RICHARDSON123.488420.49
GADSBY82.3256567.38
DING82.32564,000.00
RANDALL82.325674.28
GREEN82.32568.26
SMITH72.03491.44
HOWARD72.034920.73
WEBSTER61.744220.05
SPRIGGS61.7442350.88
CHARLES61.744284.39
LANGFORD41.162873.94
BURDETT41.1628164.61
HOWELL41.162827.59
PRIESTLEY41.162868.73
BENTON30.872184.27
SHAW30.87214.75
ROGERS30.87216.72
WATTS30.872110.40
MOODY30.872133.41
BURTON30.872110.24
HICKS20.581413.89
MACE20.581466.01
DAY20.58146.18
HAYLOCK20.5814212.77
GOLDING20.581433.00
LEVITT20.5814173.91
CRANE20.581427.55
WEST20.58146.04
POPE20.581416.86
THROSSELL10.2907588.24
MARSH10.29074.08
SQUIRE10.290724.51
JACOBS10.290712.14
PEEL10.290716.21
GRANTHAM10.290747.17
THORPE10.29077.35
WRIGHT10.29070.91
SQUIRES10.290720.53
AUBREY10.2907104.17
ELMORE10.2907204.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DING0.343444000.0000
FURNISS0.34344986.8421
THROSSELL0.34344588.2353
GADSBY0.34344567.3759
SPRIGGS0.34344350.8772
HAYLOCK0.34344212.7660
ELMORE0.34344204.0816
LEVITT0.34344173.9130
BURDETT0.34344164.6091
BEDFORD0.34344159.3137
AUBREY0.34344104.1667
BULL0.34344103.1637
LAMBERT0.3434485.1970
CHARLES0.3434484.3882
BENTON0.3434484.2697
RANDALL0.3434474.2804
LANGFORD0.3434473.9372
PRIESTLEY0.3434468.7285
MACE0.3434466.0066
GRANTHAM0.3434447.1698
ALLEN0.3434441.5512
JOHNSON0.3434435.4733
MOODY0.3434433.4076
GOLDING0.3434433.0033
HOWELL0.3434427.5862
CRANE0.3434427.5482
SQUIRE0.3434424.5098
COOPER0.3434421.5105
HOWARD0.3434420.7346
SQUIRES0.3434420.5339
RICHARDSON0.3434420.4918
WEBSTER0.3434420.0535
POPE0.3434416.8634
PEEL0.3434416.2075
HICKS0.3434413.8889
JACOBS0.3434412.1359
WATTS0.3434410.4022
BURTON0.3434410.2389
GREEN0.343448.2585
THORPE0.343447.3529
ROGERS0.343446.7174
DAY0.343446.1767
WEST0.343446.0386
SHAW0.343444.7476
MARSH0.343444.0750
SMITH0.343441.4412
WRIGHT0.343440.9061

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 344 people called DING in Fen Drayton at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4000.0000 in Fen Drayton means that 4000.0000% of the people in Fen Drayton on census day were called DING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DING in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called DING as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called DING here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called DING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Fen Drayton means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DING in Fen Drayton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fen Drayton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLEN (27)  AUBREY (1)  BARFORD (6)  BATTISON (2)  BEDFORD (13)  BENTON (3)  BRAYBROOKE (1)  BULL (15)  BURDETT (4)  BURTON (3)  CHARLES (6)  COOPER (18)  CRANE (2)  DAY (2)  DEARLOVE (1)  DING (8)  ELMORE (1)  IVETT (15)  FURNISS (15)  GADSBY (8)  GOLDING (2)  GRANTHAM (1)  GREEN (8)  HANNELL (4)  HAYLOCK (2)  HICKS (2)  HOWARD (7)  HOWELL (4)  INGLETT (2)  JACOBS (1)  JOHNSON (41)  LAMBERT (16)  LANGFORD (4)  LEVITT (2)  MARSH (1)  MACE (2)  MOODY (3)  PARBALLS (2)  PEEL (1)  POPE (2)  PRIESTLEY (4)  RANDALL (8)  RICHARDSON (12)  ROGERS (3)  SHAW (3)  SMITH (7)  SPALTON (15)  SPRIGGS (6)  SQUIRE (1)  SQUIRES (1)  STUKINGS (1)  SWANNELL (1)  THODAY (4)  THOEBALD (6)  THORPE (1)  THROSSELL (1)  WATTS (3)  WEST (2)  WEBSTER (6)  WRIGHT (1)