Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longstow, Cambridgeshire

Longstow 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
COOK186.474832.60
GIDDINGS176.11511,338.58
WYLES165.75542,285.71
LEWIS124.316516.42
STANLEY113.9568102.90
SMITH113.95682.80
HARDY113.956866.07
THOMPSON103.597112.01
COOPER93.237413.31
WARD82.877713.17
PAYNE82.877731.97
NEAL72.518085.05
CHARTER72.51801,296.30
LEWIN72.5180312.50
LARKINS72.5180843.37
HAYNES62.158360.48
PRICE62.158312.33
WAKEFIELD62.1583120.48
HART51.798621.09
DEAN41.438820.73
JACOBS41.438860.06
WATSON31.07914.65
FRASER31.079112.12
CHAPMAN31.07917.60
BROWN31.07911.64
HAGGER31.0791365.85
WHITE31.07913.36
INGLE31.0791263.16
TOMLIN20.719480.32
RUSHTON20.719434.90
WALE20.7194150.38
HARPER20.719411.24
BERNARD10.359786.96
ALLEN10.35971.90
KING10.35971.65
BURROWS10.35978.22
PEACH10.359733.22
BAKER10.35971.64
MOULTON10.359772.46
SPARROW10.359728.41
WOOLLARD10.3597102.04
SAMMONS10.3597232.56
SUTHERLAND10.35977.14
ANABLE10.35972,000.00
MOSLEY10.359738.17
FRANCES10.359757.14
SNELL10.359719.01
SADLER10.359715.27
WALKER10.35971.07
CARTER10.35972.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYLES0.282782285.7143
ANABLE0.282782000.0000
GIDDINGS0.282781338.5827
CHARTER0.282781296.2963
LARKINS0.28278843.3735
HAGGER0.28278365.8537
LEWIN0.28278312.5000
INGLE0.28278263.1579
SAMMONS0.28278232.5581
WALE0.28278150.3759
WAKEFIELD0.28278120.4819
STANLEY0.28278102.8999
WOOLLARD0.28278102.0408
BERNARD0.2827886.9565
NEAL0.2827885.0547
TOMLIN0.2827880.3213
MOULTON0.2827872.4638
HARDY0.2827866.0661
HAYNES0.2827860.4839
JACOBS0.2827860.0601
FRANCES0.2827857.1429
MOSLEY0.2827838.1679
RUSHTON0.2827834.9040
PEACH0.2827833.2226
COOK0.2827832.5969
PAYNE0.2827831.9744
SPARROW0.2827828.4091
HART0.2827821.0881
DEAN0.2827820.7254
SNELL0.2827819.0114
LEWIS0.2827816.4181
SADLER0.2827815.2672
COOPER0.2827813.3097
WARD0.2827813.1731
PRICE0.2827812.3330
FRASER0.2827812.1212
THOMPSON0.2827812.0077
HARPER0.2827811.2360
BURROWS0.282788.2169
CHAPMAN0.282787.5988
SUTHERLAND0.282787.1378
WATSON0.282784.6519
WHITE0.282783.3572
SMITH0.282782.8024
CARTER0.282782.1432
PHILLIPS0.282782.0105
ALLEN0.282781.9040
KING0.282781.6504
BAKER0.282781.6418
BROWN0.282781.6370

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 278 people called WYLES in Longstow 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 2285.7143 in Longstow means that 2285.7143% of the people in Longstow on census day were called WYLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYLES 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 WYLES 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 WYLES 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 WYLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Longstow means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYLES in Longstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longstow in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANABLE (1)  BAKER (1)  BERNARD (1)  BROWN (3)  BURROWS (1)  CARTER (1)  CHARTER (7)  CHAMPKIN (7)  CHAPMAN (3)  COOK (18)  COOPER (9)  COSFORD (5)  DEAN (4)  FRANCES (1)  FRANKHAM (11)  FRASER (3)  GIDDINGS (17)  HAGGER (3)  HARDY (11)  HARPER (2)  HART (5)  HAYNES (6)  HEWERS (1)  INGLE (3)  JACOBS (4)  JAGGARD (1)  KING (1)  LARKINS (7)  LEWIN (7)  LEWIS (12)  MANYWEATHERS (9)  MALLOWS (2)  MOSLEY (1)  MOULTON (1)  NEAL (7)  NEIGHBOUR (1)  PATEMAN (1)  PAYNE (8)  PEACH (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRICE (6)  RIPON (1)  RUSHTON (2)  SADLER (1)  SAMMONS (1)  SMITH (11)  SNELL (1)  SPARROW (1)  STANLEY (11)  SUTHERLAND (1)  THOMPSON (10)  TOLLIDAY (1)  TOMLIN (2)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WALKER (1)  WALE (2)  WARD (8)  WATSON (3)  WHITE (3)  WYLES (16)  WOOLLARD (1)