Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckworth, Huntingdonshire

Buckworth is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Huntingdonshire

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
READ229.8655152.99
BAXTER156.7265112.87
EDWARDS125.381219.31
HUBBARD125.3812221.40
NEWTON83.587446.81
CORN83.58744,705.88
HOLLIS83.5874258.90
KING83.587416.46
BRIGGS83.587466.06
PILGRIM83.5874634.92
ROLLINGS73.13901,014.49
GALE73.1390104.79
OAKEY73.13901,346.15
SEATON62.6906317.46
TAYLOR62.69064.21
FIELDING52.2422100.40
PACK41.7937380.95
MANN41.793734.04
BUTCHER41.793742.55
WOODHAM31.3453400.00
TEAT31.34534,285.71
LINNELL31.3453600.00
LOWE31.345317.94
ROSS31.345312.31
WALES20.8969110.50
BIRD20.896911.74
FINDLEY20.8969338.98
BOARDMAN10.448427.93
GIBSON10.44843.69
ABBOTT10.448410.17
LANGLEY10.448420.45
BRIGHT10.448422.17
HAND10.448437.31
LINE10.448494.34
ROWE10.44847.90
CLARK10.44841.49
HAWKINS10.44846.20
HALL10.44841.52
WADE10.448411.20
SELBY10.448437.59
LEET10.44841,000.00
EAST10.448428.82
HARPER10.44847.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORN0.222234705.8824
TEAT0.222234285.7143
OAKEY0.222231346.1538
ROLLINGS0.222231014.4928
LEET0.222231000.0000
PILGRIM0.22223634.9206
LINNELL0.22223600.0000
WOODHAM0.22223400.0000
PACK0.22223380.9524
FINDLEY0.22223338.9831
SEATON0.22223317.4603
HOLLIS0.22223258.8997
HUBBARD0.22223221.4022
READ0.22223152.9903
BAXTER0.22223112.8668
WALES0.22223110.4972
GALE0.22223104.7904
FIELDING0.22223100.4016
LINE0.2222394.3396
BRIGGS0.2222366.0611
NEWTON0.2222346.8110
BUTCHER0.2222342.5532
SELBY0.2222337.5940
HAND0.2222337.3134
MANN0.2222334.0426
EAST0.2222328.8184
BOARDMAN0.2222327.9330
BRIGHT0.2222322.1729
LANGLEY0.2222320.4499
EDWARDS0.2222319.3081
LOWE0.2222317.9426
KING0.2222316.4609
ROSS0.2222312.3102
BIRD0.2222311.7371
WADE0.2222311.1982
ABBOTT0.2222310.1729
ROWE0.222237.8989
HARPER0.222237.0028
HAWKINS0.222236.1958
TAYLOR0.222234.2073
GIBSON0.222233.6941
HALL0.222231.5242
CLARK0.222231.4919

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 223 people called CORN in Buckworth 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 4705.8824 in Buckworth means that 4705.8824% of the people in Buckworth on census day were called CORN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CORN 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 CORN 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 CORN 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 CORN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Buckworth means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CORN in Buckworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckworth in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  BAXTER (15)  BIRD (2)  BOARDMAN (1)  BRIGGS (8)  BRIGHT (1)  BUTCHER (4)  CLARK (1)  CORN (8)  DEWSON (1)  EAST (1)  EDWARDS (12)  FIELDING (5)  FINDLEY (2)  GALE (7)  GIBSON (1)  GOODLIFF (1)  HALL (1)  HAND (1)  HARPER (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HODBY (4)  HOLLIS (8)  HUBBARD (12)  KING (8)  LANGLEY (1)  LEET (1)  LINE (1)  LINNELL (3)  LOWE (3)  MANN (4)  MORTYN (8)  NEWTON (8)  OAKEY (7)  PACK (4)  PILGRIM (8)  READ (22)  RIGNALL (6)  ROSS (3)  ROWE (1)  ROLLINGS (7)  SEATON (6)  SELBY (1)  SISMAN (3)  SWEEBY (1)  TEAT (3)  TARFT (2)  TAYLOR (6)  WADE (1)  WADWELL (1)  WALES (2)  WOODHAM (3)