Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire

Swavesey 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
PRIOR433.6256156.65
PARISH342.8668185.79
DODSON342.8668370.37
PAYNE302.529528.11
STOCKER302.5295471.70
METCALFE302.5295110.78
WILLIAMS282.36093.29
THORP272.2766167.91
KESTER231.93934,791.67
EASON211.7707413.39
CRISP211.7707127.43
RULE211.7707258.30
CARTER201.686310.05
COULSON181.517784.63
EDWARDS181.51775.45
DING181.51772,647.06
KING171.43346.58
JOHNSON141.18043.51
PRIME141.1804301.08
MARSHALL131.09616.54
GARNER131.096134.68
CARRIER131.0961680.63
SUTTON121.011815.89
DAY121.011810.75
WRIGHT121.01183.15
BENTON110.927589.58
BRIDGEFORD110.92751,746.03
WELLS110.927511.15
CAIN100.843240.60
PERRY100.843211.47
HOLMES90.75896.23
HODSON90.758936.66
RICHMAN90.7589849.06
WALKER90.75892.27
HAWKES80.674541.82
TAYLOR80.67451.05
BRASHER80.67451,269.84
DAISLEY70.5902823.53
MANSFIELD70.590231.45
MILTON70.590242.81
HINES70.590269.24
MERRY70.590279.01
COVILL70.5902679.61
LOVELAND60.5059256.41
DEAN60.50597.29
HALL60.50591.72
RADFORD60.505926.68
KEY60.505936.67
SPRING50.421686.81
HARDEN50.4216107.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KESTER1.191,1864791.6667
DING1.191,1862647.0588
BRIDGEFORD1.191,1861746.0317
BRASHER1.191,1861269.8413
RICHMAN1.191,186849.0566
DAISLEY1.191,186823.5294
CARRIER1.191,186680.6283
COVILL1.191,186679.6117
MEAN1.191,186487.8049
STOCKER1.191,186471.6981
EASON1.191,186413.3858
DODSON1.191,186370.3704
PRIME1.191,186301.0753
RULE1.191,186258.3026
LOVELAND1.191,186256.4103
GALER1.191,186227.2727
STOCKBRIDGE1.191,186208.3333
PARISH1.191,186185.7923
THORP1.191,186167.9104
FIRMAN1.191,186165.5629
PRIOR1.191,186156.6485
PAULEY1.191,186153.8462
BURLING1.191,186136.9863
CRISP1.191,186127.4272
LINFORD1.191,186127.3885
METCALFE1.191,186110.7829
HARDEN1.191,186107.2961
BENTON1.191,18689.5765
DILWORTH1.191,18687.7193
SPRING1.191,18686.8056
COULSON1.191,18684.6262
MERRY1.191,18679.0068
HINES1.191,18669.2384
ELLWOOD1.191,18660.8828
COOTE1.191,18651.2821
MILTON1.191,18642.8135
HAWKES1.191,18641.8191
CAIN1.191,18640.6009
CHALLIS1.191,18640.0000
KEY1.191,18636.6748
HODSON1.191,18636.6599
GARNER1.191,18634.6759
MOLE1.191,18632.6087
MANSFIELD1.191,18631.4465
PAYNE1.191,18628.1083
RADFORD1.191,18626.6785
CROUCH1.191,18625.1572
LARGE1.191,18624.5298
WARRINGTON1.191,18620.5761
MARRIOTT1.191,18618.8182

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,186 people called KESTER in Swavesey 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 4791.6667 in Swavesey means that 4791.6667% of the people in Swavesey on census day were called KESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KESTER 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 KESTER 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 KESTER 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 KESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.19 in Swavesey means that you are 1.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KESTER in Swavesey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swavesey in 1881

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

ABLET (3)  ABRAMS (1)  ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (4)  AMBROSE (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ARNOLD (1)  ASKEW (1)  BARBER (1)  BARFORD (1)  BARKER (1)  BARRETT (1)  BEAUMONT (5)  BENTON (11)  BERESFORD (1)  BOON (1)  BEUTON (2)  BOVILL (2)  BOWD (4)  BOUD (9)  BRAND (1)  BRASHER (8)  BRIDGEFORD (11)  BRIGGS (1)  BROOKS (5)  BURLING (3)  BUTCHER (1)  CAIN (10)  CAWCUTT (2)  CAMPS (1)  CARRIER (13)  CARTER (20)  CHALLIS (3)  CLARK (1)  COLE (3)  COOK (2)  COOTE (3)  COULSON (18)  CAULSON (3)  COVILL (7)  CRISP (21)  CROSS (1)  CROUCH (4)  CURTIS (4)  DAINTREE (7)  DAISLEY (7)  DAWBARN (1)  DAY (12)  DEAN (6)  DILWORTH (3)  DING (18)  DODSON (34)  DOCKSEY (1)  DRIY (2)  EASON (21)  EASTGATE (1)  EDWARDS (18)  ELLIS (1)  ELLWOOD (4)  IVITT (1)  FARROW (1)  FEAR (1)  FEW (1)  FIRMAN (5)  FROMANT (28)  FRYER (1)  GARNER (13)  GAURTREY (1)  GALER (2)  GEE (1)  GIFFORD (1)  GILBY (10)  GOAD (1)  GREEN (1)  HALL (6)  HARDEN (5)  HART (1)  HAWKES (8)  HAYES (2)  HEPHER (27)  HINES (7)  HODSON (9)  HOLMES (9)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWLET (4)  INGLE (1)  JOHNSON (14)  JONES (2)  KESTER (23)  KEY (6)  KIDMAN (2)  KING (17)  KNOCK (1)  LANGHAM (1)  LARGE (3)  LEWIS (1)  LINFORD (4)  LOVELAND (6)  MEAN (4)  MANN (1)  MANSFIELD (7)  MARRIOTT (5)  MARSH (1)  MARSHALL (13)  MARTIN (5)  MACDONALD (1)  MEAD (1)  MERRY (7)  METCALFE (30)  MIDDLETON (4)  MELBOURN (5)  MILTON (7)  MISHAM (2)  MITCHELL (3)  MITHAM (36)  MORTLOCK (1)  MOLE (3)  NETHERWOOD (3)  NEWMAN (1)  NORMAN (4)  NORRIS (2)  OGDEN (2)  PAPWORTH (3)  PARISH (34)  PARSONS (3)  PAULEY (2)  PAYNE (30)  PERRY (10)  PHILLIPS (1)  PLUKINS OR STAKINS (16)  PLUMMER (1)  POTTER (2)  PRIME (14)  PRIOR (43)  RADFORD (6)  RANSOM (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RICHMAN (9)  ROGERS (4)  RULE (21)  SAVAGE (4)  SHARP (3)  SILK (1)  SMITH (1)  SPRING (5)  STOCKBRIDGE (4)  STOCKER (30)  STOCKS (1)  STONE (1)  SUTTON (12)  SWANNELL (1)  TALL (1)  TAYLOR (8)  THISTON (4)  THORP (27)  THUBBOUN (3)  THURBON (2)  TEBBIT (3)  TREWDLEY OR TRUNDLEY (14)  TRUNDEY (8)  TRUNDLEY (18)  UTTRIDGE (9)  WARRINGTON (2)  WALKER (9)  WALLER (3)  WALLMAN (1)  WATSON (3)  WATTS (2)  WEBB (2)  WELLS (11)  WEBSTER (5)  WILDERSPAN (1)  WILDERSPIN (27)  WILLIAMS (28)  WOOSTER (1)  WORBOYS (7)  WRIGHT (12)