Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mepal, Cambridgeshire

Mepal 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
LADSON184.761930,000.00
CLARK123.174610.56
PALMER123.174626.93
PARSONS123.174641.78
PEARSON112.910125.05
BOYCE112.9101194.35
CROXFORD102.64551,204.82
CANHAM102.6455595.24
ATKIN92.3810178.22
RICHARDSON92.381013.99
OWEN82.116417.83
FOSTER82.116415.83
GIDDENS82.11642,222.22
BROKER71.85194,666.67
WATERS61.587339.50
WAKEFIELD61.587388.63
LENTON51.3228264.55
PEPPER51.322893.99
FAUX51.3228909.09
HARRIS51.32285.21
INGRAM51.322843.33
ANGIER41.05822,500.00
STALLEY41.05821,379.31
ROSE41.058214.27
SAUNDERS41.058211.54
WICK41.0582606.06
GARNER41.058233.47
RAYNER30.793731.81
BURTON30.79379.32
DAY30.79378.43
BLACKMAN30.793765.22
GILES30.793720.82
GARRINGTON30.79371,250.00
BRAWN30.7937441.18
TYRRELL30.7937107.91
BROWNE30.793743.35
GOODGER30.7937400.00
GIBSON20.52914.36
JONES20.52910.47
WALLIS20.529115.63
SAWYER20.529128.69
WILSON20.52911.15
CARTER20.52913.15
PAINTER20.529138.54
BENDALL20.5291144.93
FEAST20.5291333.33
HAYLOCK20.5291194.17
SOUTHGATE20.529167.57
SANDERSON20.529112.80
CROPLEY20.5291333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LADSON0.3837830000.0000
BROKER0.383784666.6667
ANGIER0.383782500.0000
GIDDENS0.383782222.2222
STALLEY0.383781379.3103
GARRINGTON0.383781250.0000
CROXFORD0.383781204.8193
QUINCY0.38378909.0909
FAUX0.38378909.0909
WYERS0.38378666.6667
WICK0.38378606.0606
CANHAM0.38378595.2381
ELGER0.38378454.5455
BRAWN0.38378441.1765
WARTERS0.38378416.6667
GOODGER0.38378400.0000
CROPLEY0.38378333.3333
FEAST0.38378333.3333
COLLEN0.38378285.7143
LENTON0.38378264.5503
BOYCE0.38378194.3463
HAYLOCK0.38378194.1748
ATKIN0.38378178.2178
BENDALL0.38378144.9275
TYRRELL0.38378107.9137
HITCH0.38378100.0000
PEPPER0.3837893.9850
HAGGER0.3837889.2857
WAKEFIELD0.3837888.6263
SOUTHGATE0.3837867.5676
BLACKMAN0.3837865.2174
POWERS0.3837864.9351
BROWNE0.3837843.3526
INGRAM0.3837843.3276
PARSONS0.3837841.7827
WATERS0.3837839.4997
PAINTER0.3837838.5356
DEMPSTER0.3837837.5940
GARNER0.3837833.4728
RAYNER0.3837831.8134
SAWYER0.3837828.6944
PALMER0.3837826.9300
ASHFORD0.3837826.7380
PEARSON0.3837825.0512
GILES0.3837820.8189
OWEN0.3837817.8333
LANGFORD0.3837816.8350
FOSTER0.3837815.8290
WALLIS0.3837815.6250
ROSE0.3837814.2704

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 378 people called LADSON in Mepal 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 30000.0000 in Mepal means that 30000.0000% of the people in Mepal on census day were called LADSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LADSON 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 LADSON 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 LADSON 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 LADSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Mepal means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LADSON in Mepal than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mepal in 1881

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

AUBERY (3)  ABLETT (2)  ANGIER (4)  ANGOOD (13)  ASHFORD (1)  ATKIN (9)  BELL (1)  BENDALL (2)  BIGSS (1)  BLACKMAN (3)  BOYCE (11)  BRAWN (3)  BRANDFORD (11)  BROKER (7)  BROWNE (3)  BURROWS (1)  BURTON (3)  CANHAM (10)  CARTER (2)  CHEESWRIGHT (1)  CLARK (12)  CLAY (1)  COCKLE (1)  COLLEN (1)  CROPLEY (2)  CROXFORD (10)  DAY (3)  DEMPSTER (1)  DRING (7)  DUNKLING (3)  ELGER (1)  FEAST (2)  FOLKARD (4)  FOSTER (8)  FAUX (5)  FROST (1)  GARNER (4)  GARRINGTON (3)  GIBSON (2)  GILES (3)  GIDDENS (8)  GOODGER (3)  GOODJOHN (14)  HAGGER (1)  HARRIS (5)  HAYLOCK (2)  HIRCOCK (1)  HIAM (9)  HITCH (1)  HOPKINS (1)  INGRAM (5)  JACOBS (1)  JONES (2)  KISBY (11)  KISBEY (3)  LADSON (18)  LANGFORD (1)  LENTON (5)  MYRTON (3)  MURFIT (1)  NORMAN (1)  OWEN (8)  PAGE (1)  PAINTER (2)  PALMER (12)  PARSONS (12)  PEARSON (11)  PEPPER (5)  POWERS (1)  QUINCY (1)  QUINEY (1)  RAYNER (3)  RICHARDSON (9)  ROSE (4)  SANDERSON (2)  SAUNDERS (4)  SAWYER (2)  SETCHFEILD (3)  SOUTHGATE (2)  SPENCER (1)  STALLEY (4)  THURLBORN (1)  TYRRELL (3)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WALLIS (2)  WARTERS (1)  WATERS (6)  WATTS (1)  WYERS (1)  WELLDON (1)  WICK (4)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (1)