Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wendy, Cambridgeshire

Wendy 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
WATSON2619.117682.41
BIRD139.5588125.12
RICHMAN96.61767,500.00
RUSSELL96.617654.22
CONDER85.88246,666.67
PEEL53.6765204.92
OLIVER42.941241.24
CHRISTMAS21.4706273.97
NICHOLLS21.470628.17
THACKER21.4706202.02
COLLIN10.7353140.85
KIMPTON10.7353270.27
HALE10.735320.49
TATTERSALL10.735352.91
CORNELL10.7353109.89
JAMES10.73533.74
WALLACE10.735310.74
FAIRCHILD10.7353322.58
SANDERSON10.735317.79
PRATT10.735312.80
CHAPMAN10.73535.18
HARKER10.735369.93
EDWARDS10.73532.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHMAN0.141367500.0000
CONDER0.141366666.6667
FAIRCHILD0.14136322.5806
CHRISTMAS0.14136273.9726
KIMPTON0.14136270.2703
PEEL0.14136204.9180
THACKER0.14136202.0202
COLLIN0.14136140.8451
BIRD0.14136125.1203
CORNELL0.14136109.8901
WATSON0.1413682.4089
HARKER0.1413669.9301
RUSSELL0.1413654.2169
TATTERSALL0.1413652.9101
OLIVER0.1413641.2371
NICHOLLS0.1413628.1690
HALE0.1413620.4918
SANDERSON0.1413617.7936
PRATT0.1413612.8041
WALLACE0.1413610.7411
CHAPMAN0.141365.1760
JAMES0.141363.7439
EDWARDS0.141362.6385

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 136 people called RICHMAN in Wendy 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 7500.0000 in Wendy means that 7500.0000% of the people in Wendy on census day were called RICHMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RICHMAN 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 RICHMAN 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 RICHMAN 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 RICHMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Wendy means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RICHMAN in Wendy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wendy in 1881

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

BEIGHT (1)  BIRD (13)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHRISTMAS (2)  COLLIN (1)  CONDER (8)  CORNELL (1)  DELLAR (6)  EDWARDS (1)  FAIRCHILD (1)  GAWTHROUP (1)  GROMSTOCK (1)  HALE (1)  HARKER (1)  HAYNS (10)  INGREY (1)  JAMES (1)  KIMPTON (1)  KUNGER (1)  NICHOLLS (2)  OLIVER (4)  PEEL (5)  PRATT (1)  RACHER (5)  RICHMAN (9)  RUSSELL (9)  SABEY (4)  SANDERSON (1)  SWANNELL (1)  TATTERSALL (1)  THACKER (2)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (26)  WENHAM (12)