Top surnames from the 1881 census in Toft, Cambridgeshire

Toft 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
SPARKS238.9844594.32
CREEK135.07812,765.96
ALLEN114.296922.75
COLLETT103.9063304.88
BONES93.51561,200.00
WORD93.51565,000.00
CONSTABLE83.1250282.69
ALLGOOD83.12504,000.00
LONGSTAFF72.7344386.74
WILSON72.73445.95
LINDSEY62.3438461.54
GRAVES62.3438154.64
DICKERSON62.3438576.92
SIMONS51.9531147.93
FARRINGTON41.5625181.82
WILLIAMSON41.562517.43
HART41.562518.32
WEBB41.562511.53
CHAPMAN41.562511.00
MATHEWS31.171931.75
RAYNER31.171946.95
SCOTT20.78133.09
PRYER20.7813384.62
WRIGHT20.78132.44
JACOBS20.781332.63
KING20.78133.58
CATO10.3906285.71
HILLS10.390614.12
CLEMENTS10.390611.78
POWELL10.39063.13
EDWARDS10.39061.40
MARTIN10.39061.59
HOLBEN10.39062,000.00
RADFORD10.390620.62
PAINE10.390628.33
LOVETT10.390642.74
WATSON10.39061.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORD0.262565000.0000
ALLGOOD0.262564000.0000
CREEK0.262562765.9574
HOLBEN0.262562000.0000
BONES0.262561200.0000
SPARKS0.26256594.3152
DICKERSON0.26256576.9231
LINDSEY0.26256461.5385
LONGSTAFF0.26256386.7403
PRYER0.26256384.6154
COLLETT0.26256304.8780
CATO0.26256285.7143
CONSTABLE0.26256282.6855
FARRINGTON0.26256181.8182
GRAVES0.26256154.6392
SIMONS0.26256147.9290
RAYNER0.2625646.9484
LOVETT0.2625642.7350
JACOBS0.2625632.6264
MATHEWS0.2625631.7460
PAINE0.2625628.3286
ALLEN0.2625622.7461
RADFORD0.2625620.6186
HART0.2625618.3150
WILLIAMSON0.2625617.4292
HILLS0.2625614.1243
CLEMENTS0.2625611.7786
WEBB0.2625611.5274
CHAPMAN0.2625611.0011
WILSON0.262565.9534
KING0.262563.5849
POWELL0.262563.1309
SCOTT0.262563.0878
WRIGHT0.262562.4352
WATSON0.262561.6841
MARTIN0.262561.5858
EDWARDS0.262561.4015

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 256 people called WORD in Toft 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 5000.0000 in Toft means that 5000.0000% of the people in Toft on census day were called WORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORD 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 WORD 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 WORD 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 WORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Toft means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORD in Toft than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Toft in 1881

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

ALLEN (11)  ALLGOOD (8)  BADCOCK (1)  BINGE (4)  BODGER (2)  BODGERS (7)  BONES (9)  BRAYSHER (4)  CATO (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLLETT (10)  CONSTABLE (8)  CREEK (13)  DICKERSON (6)  EDWARDS (1)  FARRINGTON (4)  FREESTON (5)  GRAVES (6)  HART (4)  HILLS (1)  HOLBEN (1)  JACOBS (2)  JAKINS (5)  KING (2)  LINDSEY (6)  LONGSTAFF (7)  LOVETT (1)  MARRIT (4)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (3)  MEDLOW (8)  PAPWORTH (16)  PAINE (1)  PENTELOW (5)  POWELL (1)  PRYER (2)  RADFORD (1)  RAYNER (3)  SCOTT (2)  SIMONS (5)  SMOTHEY (3)  SPARKS (23)  TEBLETT (6)  TEBBETT (2)  UNWIN (1)  WORD (9)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (4)  WESTHOLT (6)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (7)  WORBOYS (2)  WRIGHT (2)