Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire

Swaffham Prior 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
WEBB253.075022.69
CLARK182.21407.37
DANBY151.8450432.28
DAY151.845019.60
HANCOCK131.599035.14
BROWN131.59902.43
CRISP131.5990115.04
SMITH131.59901.13
BUTLER131.599016.40
MILES131.599027.10
STINSON121.47601,363.64
DRIVER111.353073.04
BYE111.3530268.95
MARTIN101.23004.99
KING101.23005.64
HURST101.230034.45
HATLEY101.2300909.09
SANDERS101.230027.13
PARKER101.23006.47
ADAMS91.10707.51
HOWE91.107028.19
MILLER91.10706.19
TURNER91.10703.98
GILSON91.1070357.14
LANE91.107016.06
WHITEHEAD91.107016.38
SHELDRICK80.9840490.80
PARNELL80.9840101.78
HILLS80.984035.59
GILLSON80.9840842.11
BELL80.98405.24
PRINCE80.984043.53
SCOTT80.98403.89
CHAMBERS80.984017.30
RULE70.8610125.45
WILLIS70.861016.19
CURTIS70.861015.17
PRESTON70.861017.24
WINTER70.861024.28
IVERSON70.86101,666.67
GREENHILL60.7380170.94
BAKER60.73803.37
BUTCHER60.738017.51
RICHMOND60.738033.69
CORNWELL60.7380127.93
FARROW50.615032.77
BRADDY50.61501,351.35
SPINK50.615076.22
HAZELWOOD50.6150373.13
GALLEY50.6150172.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
IVERSON0.818131666.6667
CASBURN0.818131515.1515
STINSON0.818131363.6364
BRADDY0.818131351.3514
HATLEY0.81813909.0909
GILLSON0.81813842.1053
ISAACSON0.81813531.9149
SHELDRICK0.81813490.7975
PAMPLIN0.81813444.4444
DANBY0.81813432.2767
HAZELWOOD0.81813373.1343
GILSON0.81813357.1429
WOOLSEY0.81813306.1224
HOUSDEN0.81813276.2431
BYE0.81813268.9487
BLAYDON0.81813263.1579
THOROUGHGOOD0.81813232.5581
FEIST0.81813208.3333
CHURCHMAN0.81813193.2367
PARMENTER0.81813185.1852
GOODRICK0.81813180.1802
GALLEY0.81813172.4138
GREENHILL0.81813170.9402
ISON0.81813168.0672
WEIGHT0.81813162.1622
ALLGOOD0.81813156.2500
FEAST0.81813155.0388
PYKE0.81813142.3488
LEVETT0.81813140.0560
SIMPKIN0.81813131.1475
CORNWELL0.81813127.9318
RULE0.81813125.4480
CRISP0.81813115.0442
PARNELL0.81813101.7812
LANHAM0.8181397.0874
WOODBRIDGE0.8181388.2353
WOOLARD0.8181385.4701
SHIPP0.8181378.7402
SPINK0.8181376.2195
DRIVER0.8181373.0412
LIVERMORE0.8181372.7273
AMES0.8181371.4286
BENDALL0.8181367.5676
CALVERLEY0.8181358.1395
ASHMAN0.8181356.8182
MERRY0.8181349.3421
HALLS0.8181346.6563
IRONS0.8181345.1467
PRINCE0.8181343.5256
WHITMORE0.8181342.0757

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 813 people called IVERSON in Swaffham Prior 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 1666.6667 in Swaffham Prior means that 1666.6667% of the people in Swaffham Prior on census day were called IVERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called IVERSON 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 IVERSON 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 IVERSON 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 IVERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Swaffham Prior means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of IVERSON in Swaffham Prior than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swaffham Prior in 1881

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

ADAMS (9)  ALLGOOD (1)  ALDHOUS (8)  AMBROSE (3)  ASBEE (8)  ASHMAN (3)  BADCOCK (13)  BAKER (6)  BALLS (2)  BARTON (1)  BELL (8)  BENDALL (2)  BENSTEAD (32)  BLAYDOM (3)  BLAYDON (1)  BRADMAN (2)  BRADDY (5)  BREWSTER (2)  BRIGGS (4)  BROWN (13)  BUNTING (2)  BUTCHER (6)  BUTLER (13)  BYE (11)  CALVERLEY (1)  CASBURN (5)  CHAMBERS (8)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHURCHMAN (4)  CLARK (18)  CLAYTON (4)  COBBOLD (1)  COLE (1)  COLLIER (2)  COOK (4)  COOPER (3)  COOTE (1)  CORNWELL (6)  CRACKNELL (1)  CRISP (13)  CURTIS (7)  DANBY (15)  DAY (15)  DEAN (4)  DRIVER (11)  AMES (4)  AVES (5)  EDWARDS (1)  ELY (1)  EVERSDEN (1)  IVERSON (7)  FARROW (5)  FEAKS (5)  FEAST (2)  FEIST (1)  FORDHAM (1)  GALLEY (5)  GAUTREY (3)  MAC GIRR (1)  GILBEY (2)  GILSON (9)  GILLSON (8)  GOODRICK (2)  GREENALL (1)  GREENHILL (6)  GUNTON (2)  HALL (1)  HALLS (3)  HANCOCK (13)  HARDING (5)  HARRISON (2)  HART (1)  HAZELWOOD (5)  HAZELL (2)  HATLEY (10)  HAWKES (4)  HEFFER (19)  HASLOP (6)  HILLS (8)  HOUSDEN (5)  HOWARD (1)  HOWE (9)  HUNT (2)  HURST (10)  IRONS (2)  ISAACSON (5)  ISON (4)  JAGGARD (1)  JARVIS (1)  KING (10)  LANE (9)  LANHAM (2)  LEGG (1)  LEVETT (5)  LIVERMORE (2)  MARROTT (1)  MARTIN (10)  MAYS (1)  CULLUM (1)  MERRY (3)  MILES (13)  MILLER (9)  MURFIT (3)  NEVILLE (4)  NUNN (1)  PALMBY (11)  PALMER (1)  PAMPLIN (4)  PARKER (10)  PAMENTER (15)  PARMENTER (4)  PARNELL (8)  PARR (4)  PETTIT (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PIKE (2)  PYKE (4)  PIPER (2)  POLLENDINE (2)  PRATT (3)  PRESTON (7)  PRINCE (8)  REDGEWELL (1)  RICHMOND (6)  RULE (7)  SANDERS (10)  SCOTCHER (2)  SCOTT (8)  SHELDRICK (8)  SHIPP (2)  SIMPKIN (4)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (13)  SPINK (5)  STEVENS (1)  STINSON (12)  STARLING (1)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOROUGHGOOD (1)  TURNER (9)  WARD (2)  WATERS (4)  WYE (1)  WEBB (25)  WEST (2)  WESLEY (1)  WHEATHERALL (1)  WHEELER (2)  WHITEHEAD (9)  WHITMORE (3)  WILLIS (7)  WINTER (7)  WISBEACH (1)  WOODS (1)  WOODBRIDGE (3)  WOOLARD (1)  WOOLSEY (3)  WRIGHT (1)  WEIGHT (3)  WHYATT (6)