Top surnames from the 1881 census in Witcham, Cambridgeshire

Witcham 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
COX235.974039.42
POOLE133.376670.08
HAWES133.3766273.68
SYKES123.116964.97
ROBERTS123.11698.29
TAYLOR112.85714.47
CARTER112.857117.02
LEACH102.597462.93
BROKER82.07795,333.33
SHARPE82.077970.48
NORMAN82.077944.84
WALKER71.81825.43
YOUNG71.81828.46
GILES71.818247.72
ROSE61.558421.02
SAWYER51.298770.42
FULLER51.298732.11
HITCH51.2987490.20
TALL51.2987892.86
WINTERS51.2987306.75
GIDNEY51.29871,388.89
LUCAS41.039022.47
MARTIN41.03904.22
RUSSELL41.03908.51
KING41.03904.77
SIMSON41.0390400.00
PARKER30.77924.10
SIMPKINS30.7792172.41
DAY30.77928.28
PITCHFORD30.7792243.90
BROWN30.77921.18
MACER30.7792882.35
WADLOW30.77921,153.85
ROWELL30.779289.29
CATTELL30.7792280.37
VAILS20.519520,000.00
DICKINSON20.519512.17
GILBERT20.51959.12
ROBINSON20.51951.63
CLARK20.51951.73
PACKER20.519549.38
DUNG20.519520,000.00
HOBEN20.51952,857.14
PEMBERTON20.519540.90
WRIGHT20.51951.62
ASH10.259715.72
JAMES10.25971.32
COLLEN10.2597277.78
WOODS10.25974.12
GRIMWOOD10.259762.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUNG0.3938520000.0000
VAILS0.3938520000.0000
BROKER0.393855333.3333
HOBEN0.393852857.1429
GIDNEY0.393851388.8889
WADLOW0.393851153.8462
TALL0.39385892.8571
MACER0.39385882.3529
HITCH0.39385490.1961
SIMSON0.39385400.0000
WINTERS0.39385306.7485
CATTELL0.39385280.3738
COLLEN0.39385277.7778
HAWES0.39385273.6842
PITCHFORD0.39385243.9024
FAUX0.39385178.5714
SIMPKINS0.39385172.4138
ROWELL0.3938589.2857
SHARPE0.3938570.4846
SAWYER0.3938570.4225
POOLE0.3938570.0809
SYKES0.3938564.9702
LEACH0.3938562.9327
GRIMWOOD0.3938562.8931
PACKER0.3938549.3827
GILES0.3938547.7164
NORMAN0.3938544.8430
PEMBERTON0.3938540.8998
COX0.3938539.4173
FULLER0.3938532.1130
LUCAS0.3938522.4719
ROSE0.3938521.0158
ATKIN0.3938519.4553
CARTER0.3938517.0200
ASH0.3938515.7233
DICKINSON0.3938512.1655
GILBERT0.393859.1199
TAIT0.393858.8261
RUSSELL0.393858.5106
YOUNG0.393858.4633
ROBERTS0.393858.2850
DAY0.393858.2781
WINTER0.393857.3260
THORPE0.393856.5703
BRADSHAW0.393856.3251
WALKER0.393855.4314
KING0.393854.7670
TAYLOR0.393854.4677
MARTIN0.393854.2176
WOODS0.393854.1186

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 385 people called DUNG in Witcham 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 20000.0000 in Witcham means that 20000.0000% of the people in Witcham on census day were called DUNG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUNG 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 DUNG 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 DUNG 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 DUNG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Witcham means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUNG in Witcham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Witcham in 1881

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

ABLET (4)  ASH (1)  ATKIN (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRANDFORD (5)  BROKER (8)  BROWN (3)  BULSTRODE (1)  CARTER (11)  CATTELL (3)  CLARK (2)  COCKLE (1)  COLLEN (1)  CORKERTON (2)  COX (23)  CUNSTABLE (7)  DAY (3)  DICKINSON (2)  DUNG (2)  FULLER (5)  FAUX (1)  GIDNEY (5)  GILBERT (2)  GILES (7)  GIMBERT (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HAWES (13)  HAWKINS (1)  HITCH (5)  HOBEN (2)  HOLMES (1)  INGEL (2)  JAMES (1)  KING (4)  LEACH (10)  LEEDING (14)  LUCAS (4)  MALLPRESS (3)  MARTIN (4)  MACER (3)  MOXEN (5)  NORMAN (8)  PACKER (2)  PAPWORTH (10)  PARKER (3)  PEMBERTON (2)  PENING (2)  PITCHFORD (3)  POOLE (13)  PUM (1)  PURELL (6)  RANDALLE (2)  ROBERTS (12)  ROBINSON (2)  ROSE (6)  ROWELL (3)  RUSSELL (4)  SABERTON (16)  SAWYER (5)  SCULTHORPE (5)  SHARPE (8)  SIMPKINS (3)  SYMPKINS (7)  SIMSON (4)  SHREWSBERY (3)  SULMAN (10)  SUTTON (1)  SYKES (12)  TAIT (1)  TALL (5)  TAYLOR (11)  THORPE (1)  THULBORN (1)  TURNER (1)  VAILS (2)  VYE (7)  WADLOW (3)  WALKER (7)  WINTER (1)  WINTERS (5)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (7)