Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elton, Huntingdonshire

Elton 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
HILLIARD283.45251,278.54
SMITH273.32922.36
ATKINS212.589469.03
HODGES182.219575.69
OSBORNE172.096243.92
OAKLEY161.972993.13
FENN151.8496182.04
HODSON151.849689.39
KIRKBY121.4797261.44
MARLOW121.4797126.05
ELLIS121.479710.19
GOODWIN111.356425.74
HILL111.35645.33
SPENCER111.356414.86
BROWN111.35642.06
DEMPSEY101.2330196.46
WILSON91.10972.42
BROKER91.10972,812.50
BAKER91.10975.06
MAYES91.1097115.09
WRIGHT91.10973.46
HUDSON80.986412.05
LANGLEY80.986444.97
FRANKLIN70.863125.99
WAITE70.863141.59
TATE70.863144.70
EAYRS70.86312,692.31
STIMPSON70.8631192.31
CHOWN70.8631276.68
INGRAM70.863128.27
NEWTON70.863111.26
HANKINS70.8631451.61
WOOLLEY60.739837.29
SPRIGGS60.7398148.88
WARD60.73983.39
HOWES60.739842.31
BLADES60.7398130.43
PERKINS60.739816.45
BARNARD50.616524.84
MARSHALL50.61653.68
FRIER50.6165306.75
HAYES50.61659.91
WARREN50.61659.22
HITCHCOCK50.616553.42
WEATHERINGTON50.61654,166.67
SMALLEY50.616568.12
TURNER50.61652.21
GODWIN50.616547.66
HICKS50.616514.73
WASS50.6165113.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEATHERINGTON0.818114166.6667
SARRELL0.818113333.3333
BROKER0.818112812.5000
EAYRS0.818112692.3077
PROBY0.818112500.0000
HILLIARD0.818111278.5388
WETHERINGTON0.81811769.2308
JELLIS0.81811547.9452
HANKINS0.81811451.6129
EDES0.81811333.3333
FRIER0.81811306.7485
CHOWN0.81811276.6798
HARBOR0.81811270.2703
KIRKBY0.81811261.4379
DEMPSEY0.81811196.4637
STANSBURY0.81811196.0784
STIMPSON0.81811192.3077
EDIS0.81811183.4862
FENN0.81811182.0388
PINNICK0.81811178.5714
PRIDMORE0.81811178.5714
SPRIGGS0.81811148.8834
HIPWELL0.81811141.8440
BLADES0.81811130.4348
MARLOW0.81811126.0504
LAXTON0.81811121.4575
CUNNINGTON0.81811119.7605
CHANEY0.81811117.6471
MAYES0.81811115.0895
WASS0.81811113.6364
LIMBERT0.81811109.8901
CHARITY0.81811105.2632
HARBOUR0.8181195.2381
HAWKS0.8181194.3396
LAURANCE0.8181193.4579
OAKLEY0.8181193.1315
HODSON0.8181189.3921
QUINCEY0.8181184.7458
DEER0.8181178.7402
HODGES0.8181175.6939
CLIFF0.8181170.5219
MUNNS0.8181169.2042
ATKINS0.8181169.0335
SMALLEY0.8181168.1199
FREER0.8181166.9643
LINES0.8181158.0720
HITCHCOCK0.8181153.4188
WRIGHTON0.8181151.5464
STANGER0.8181149.0196
GODWIN0.8181147.6644

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 811 people called WEATHERINGTON in Elton 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 4166.6667 in Elton means that 4166.6667% of the people in Elton on census day were called WEATHERINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEATHERINGTON 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 WEATHERINGTON 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 WEATHERINGTON 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 WEATHERINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Elton means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEATHERINGTON in Elton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elton in 1881

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

EBBUTT (12)  ADSON (10)  ATKINS (21)  AUELING (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (9)  BARNARD (5)  BEAL (2)  BENBOW (1)  BLADES (6)  BLAND (1)  BLIGH (1)  BONCOR (BONCER) (4)  BONSOR (BONCER) (2)  BONCER (1)  BRAYBROOK (2)  BROKER (9)  BROWN (11)  BRUCE (4)  BOOGER (6)  BYRNE (4)  KEDDEY (1)  CARROL (1)  KAVANAGH (1)  CHADSON (3)  CHANEY (2)  CHARITY (1)  CHOWN (7)  CLARKE (3)  CLIFF (5)  COOK (1)  COPE (1)  MC CORMICK (2)  COX (3)  CRAWLEY (2)  CROSS (1)  CULPIN (4)  CUNNINGTON (4)  DAVEY (2)  DEMPSEY (10)  DAVERSON (8)  DRAKE (4)  DUDLEY (1)  DEER (1)  EDIS (2)  EDISS (12)  EDES (1)  ELLIS (12)  EVET (1)  EAYRES (2)  EAYRS (7)  EAYRES (EAYRS) (2)  EAYRS (EAYRES) (2)  FENN (15)  FEN (5)  FIELDING (2)  FLETTON (1)  FOWLER (3)  FRANKLIN (7)  FRENCH (1)  FRIER (5)  FREER (3)  GELBY (1)  JELLIS (4)  GLITHERO (3)  GODWIN (5)  GOODWIN (11)  GROOM (3)  HALL (2)  HAMMOND (2)  HANKINS (7)  HART (2)  HAWKS (2)  HAYES (5)  HEIGHTON (11)  HEBBITT (1)  HEMPENSTALL (1)  HARBOR (1)  HARBOUR (2)  HICKS (5)  HILL (11)  HILLIARD (28)  HIPWELL (2)  HITCHCOCK (5)  HODGE (1)  HODGES (18)  HODSON (15)  HOPWELL (5)  HOSPITALE (6)  HOWES (6)  HUDSON (8)  HUMPHRIES (1)  INGRAM (7)  ISLIP (1)  JACOBS (3)  KEMPTHORNE (2)  KIRKBY (12)  LANE (1)  LANGLEY (8)  LAURANCE (2)  LAXTON (3)  LILLEY (1)  LIMBERT (1)  LINES (5)  LOVELL (3)  LOWE (1)  MACKNESS (4)  MANTON (1)  MARLOW (12)  MARSHALL (5)  MATESON (1)  MAYES (9)  MAYHEW (1)  MAYNARD (3)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (5)  MORTON (2)  MUNNS (2)  MEARS (1)  NEATH (2)  NEWTON (7)  OAKLEY (16)  OAKLY (3)  OSBORNE (17)  PAGE (2)  PARKER (1)  PEACH (1)  PEAKE (1)  PELL (1)  PERKINS (6)  PHILLIPS (1)  PINNICK (1)  PLANT (1)  PRIDMOORE (22)  PRIDMORE (4)  PROBY (2)  PYE (1)  QUINCEY (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RUFF (1)  SARRELL (1)  SAVAGE (3)  SAVIGE (2)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (1)  SHRIVO (7)  SKINNER (4)  SMALLEY (5)  SMITH (27)  SPENCER (11)  SPRIGGS (6)  SPRIGS (4)  STAFFORD (1)  STANGER (1)  STANSBURY (1)  STEERS (3)  STEPHENS (2)  STIMPSON (7)  STOKELEY (8)  STRICKSON (8)  STUBLEY (1)  TATE (7)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNER (5)  VOYSEY (1)  WALKER (4)  WARD (6)  WARREN (5)  WASS (5)  WEATHERINGTON (5)  WEB (1)  WETHERINGTON (1)  WELDON (1)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (9)  WITTERING (3)  WOODBRIGE (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLLEY (6)  WRIGHT (9)  WRIGHTON (1)  WAITE (7)