Top surnames from the 1881 census in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire

Steeple Morden 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
JARMAN848.5279894.57
PEARCE505.076155.26
WEBB343.451825.46
BALL262.639631.96
WILLIAMS252.53813.53
WATTS252.538130.27
MOSS252.538141.18
CHRISTMAS252.5381470.81
GRAY242.436517.07
OYSTON242.43652,962.96
PARISH191.9289125.00
MATTHEWS181.827420.95
PECK161.624496.10
CHARTER151.5228789.47
PEPPER141.4213101.08
JACKSON131.31984.72
HUFFER121.21831,690.14
LINDSAY101.015231.15
KNOTT101.015251.20
HARRADINE90.9137652.17
IZZARD90.9137305.08
NEWLAND90.9137152.54
BONFIELD90.9137497.24
SAVAGE90.913723.78
HITCH80.8122306.51
DUKE80.812269.93
SOUTH80.812286.11
PARRISH80.8122232.56
CHANDLER80.812225.28
RAYNER70.710728.49
HORSLEY70.710776.00
WESTROPE70.71071,400.00
BLOOMFIELD70.710755.91
CLARKE60.60913.01
HAMMOND60.609110.70
COLE60.60916.69
PETERS60.609117.37
FLITTON60.6091714.29
STOKES50.507612.02
NEWMAN50.50766.83
SWAN50.507619.60
FRANCIS50.50768.52
CLARK50.50761.69
EVAN50.5076446.43
HALL50.50761.73
FRANKLAND40.406154.79
SMITH40.40610.29
FEILD40.4061714.29
JANEWAY40.40611,481.48
MEAD40.406117.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OYSTON0.999852962.9630
HARGER0.999852500.0000
HUFFER0.999851690.1408
JANEWAY0.999851481.4815
WESTROPE0.999851400.0000
QUINCY0.999851071.4286
JARMAN0.99985894.5687
CHARTER0.99985789.4737
WAYMENT0.99985769.2308
FEILD0.99985714.2857
FLITTON0.99985714.2857
HARRADINE0.99985652.1739
BONFIELD0.99985497.2376
CHRISTMAS0.99985470.8098
EVAN0.99985446.4286
BROCKETT0.99985315.7895
HITCH0.99985306.5134
IZZARD0.99985305.0847
PARRISH0.99985232.5581
HOTTON0.99985175.4386
NEWLAND0.99985152.5424
PARISH0.99985125.0000
RANDAL0.99985119.0476
STERN0.99985106.3830
PEPPER0.99985101.0830
PECK0.9998596.0961
ELAND0.9998588.4956
SOUTH0.9998586.1141
HORSLEY0.9998576.0043
DUKE0.9998569.9301
OSBOURN0.9998564.1026
BLOOMFIELD0.9998555.9105
PEARCE0.9998555.2608
FRANKLAND0.9998554.7945
KNOTT0.9998551.2033
WILLMOTT0.9998548.6224
FAIRCHILD0.9998545.0450
LAUGHTON0.9998541.7537
MOSS0.9998541.1794
MOLE0.9998539.2670
JACKLIN0.9998537.8788
RIDGEWAY0.9998534.8432
PAIN0.9998533.8983
SHIPP0.9998532.4675
BALL0.9998531.9567
LINDSAY0.9998531.1526
GENTLE0.9998530.8642
WATTS0.9998530.2700
RAYNOR0.9998529.2826
RAYNER0.9998528.4900

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 985 people called OYSTON in Steeple Morden 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 2962.9630 in Steeple Morden means that 2962.9630% of the people in Steeple Morden on census day were called OYSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OYSTON 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 OYSTON 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 OYSTON 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 OYSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.99 in Steeple Morden means that you are 0.99 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OYSTON in Steeple Morden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Steeple Morden in 1881

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

IBETT (8)  ELAND (1)  ANDERSON (2)  ARCHER (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (1)  BALL (26)  BARKER (1)  BERRY (1)  BETTS (3)  BIRD (2)  BLOOMFIELD (7)  BONFIELD (9)  BRAND (2)  BROCKETT (3)  BROWN (1)  BUNN (1)  BOWCHAIR (5)  BUTLER (1)  CHARTER (15)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHANDLER (8)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHRISTMAS (25)  CLARK (5)  CLARKE (6)  CLEMENTS (3)  COLE (6)  DAY (1)  DEACON (2)  DELLAR (2)  DISBURY (1)  DIX (2)  DUKE (8)  DEAR (1)  EAST (1)  EVANS (2)  EVAN (5)  FABB (9)  FAIRCHILD (1)  FARDLE (1)  FARMHAN (1)  FARR (3)  FEILD (4)  FLITTON (6)  FOXON (6)  FRANCIS (5)  FRANKLAND (4)  GENTLE (1)  GOODCHILD (1)  GRAY (24)  HALL (5)  HAMMOND (6)  HARGER (4)  HARPER (4)  HARRADINE (9)  HARRIS (4)  HINKINS (6)  HITCH (8)  HOBS (4)  HOLDER (3)  HOLLAND (2)  HORSLEY (7)  HOTTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  HUBBARD (2)  HUFFER (12)  HUNT (1)  ILETT (2)  IZZARD (9)  JACKLIN (1)  JACKSON (13)  JANEWAY (4)  JARMAN (84)  KEFFORD (2)  KING (2)  KIRBYSHIRE (22)  KERBYSHIRE (1)  KNOTT (10)  LAUGHTON (2)  LILLEY (1)  LINDSAY (10)  LOW (1)  MABBIT (4)  MANSFIELD (1)  MATHEWS (4)  MATTHEWS (18)  MEAD (4)  MILLER (3)  MYNOTT (5)  MOORBY ((Morbey)) (6)  MORRIS (1)  MOSS (25)  MOLE (3)  NEWLAND (9)  NEWMAN (5)  OSBOURN (1)  OYSTON (24)  PACK (1)  PARISH (19)  PARRISH (8)  PATEMAN (31)  PAIN (3)  PEARCE (50)  PECK (16)  PEPPER (14)  PETERS (6)  PHILIPS (1)  POTTON (32)  QUINCY (3)  RANDAL (1)  RAYNOR (2)  RAYNER (7)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RIDGEWAY (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SAUNDERSON (6)  SAVAGE (9)  SCOTT (4)  SHARP (3)  SHIPP (1)  SLADE (1)  SMITH (4)  SOUTH (8)  STERN (1)  STOTEN (3)  STOKES (5)  STRICKLAND (2)  SWAN (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THEOBALDS (3)  THOMPSON (3)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (4)  WATTS (25)  WEBB (34)  WAYMENT (1)  WENHAM (10)  WESTHOPE (2)  WESTROPE (7)  WILDERSPIN (5)  WILLIAMS (25)  WILLMOTT (3)  WILTSHIRE (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WORBOYS (14)