Top surnames from the 1881 census in Long Stow, Huntingdonshire

Long Stow 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
JAMES2919.205397.77
MASH1711.25837,391.30
WOODHAM117.28482,156.86
HORSFORD117.28486,875.00
JORDAN63.973589.96
MOBBS63.97351,052.63
FAIRY53.31135,555.56
BUSBY53.3113314.47
BANKS31.986838.71
READ31.986830.83
NICKERSON31.98682,142.86
BRANSOM31.98686,000.00
LAYTON21.3245165.29
GOODFELLOW21.3245150.38
JORDEN21.3245869.57
CHANDLER10.662320.62
LINNELL10.6623294.12
HEWITT10.662313.61
MITCHEL10.662367.57
WAYMENT10.66235,000.00
CLIFTON10.662346.73
SMITH10.66230.47
FOX10.66237.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MASH0.151517391.3043
HORSFORD0.151516875.0000
BRANSOM0.151516000.0000
FAIRY0.151515555.5556
WAYMENT0.151515000.0000
WOODHAM0.151512156.8627
NICKERSON0.151512142.8571
MOBBS0.151511052.6316
JORDEN0.15151869.5652
BUSBY0.15151314.4654
LINNELL0.15151294.1176
LAYTON0.15151165.2893
GOODFELLOW0.15151150.3759
JAMES0.1515197.7748
JORDAN0.1515189.9550
MITCHEL0.1515167.5676
CLIFTON0.1515146.7290
BANKS0.1515138.7097
READ0.1515130.8325
CHANDLER0.1515120.6186
HEWITT0.1515113.6054
FOX0.151517.1327
SMITH0.151510.4690

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 151 people called MASH in Long Stow 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 7391.3043 in Long Stow means that 7391.3043% of the people in Long Stow on census day were called MASH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MASH 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 MASH 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 MASH 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 MASH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Long Stow means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MASH in Long Stow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Long Stow in 1881

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

BANKS (3)  BRANSOM (3)  BUSBY (5)  CHANDLER (1)  CLIFTON (1)  FAIRY (5)  FENSOM (1)  FOX (1)  GOODFELLOW (2)  JORDEN (2)  JORDAN (6)  HEWITT (1)  HORSFORD (11)  JAMES (29)  JAMS (1)  LAYTON (2)  LINNELL (1)  LUMBERS (6)  MASH (17)  MITCHEL (1)  MOBS (MOBBS) (4)  MOBBS (6)  MOOBS (10)  NICKERSON (3)  READ (3)  RODDIS (9)  SHADBOLT (1)  SHARLAND (2)  SMITH (1)  WAYMENT (1)  WO. (1)  WOODHAM (11)