Top surnames from the 1881 census in Old Weston, Huntingdonshire

Old Weston 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
TURNER5015.290554.93
MILLS226.727851.87
ABBOTT206.1162138.70
HANKINS103.05811,612.90
BURTON92.752332.30
JACOB82.4465314.96
HUNT82.446518.42
BROWNING72.1407105.11
MIDDLETON72.140740.77
SPENCER72.140723.45
ROBINSON72.14076.71
WILLS72.140771.57
MURDEN51.5291892.86
BROWN51.52912.32
BOLTON51.529135.51
BUSBY41.2232116.28
HULL41.223258.57
BLOTT41.22321,052.63
BARLEY41.2232219.78
MARSHALL41.22327.29
HAINES41.223252.84
BURBIDGE41.2232360.36
LUCAS41.223226.46
TOPHAM30.9174125.52
FLETCHER30.91748.04
CHAPMAN30.91746.46
HALL20.61162.08
KING20.61162.81
BELL20.61163.25
JARVIS20.611613.62
ROE10.305815.70
BARNARD10.305812.32
WRIGHT10.30580.95
PERKINS10.30586.80
WILLIAMSON10.30583.41
BRIGGS10.30585.63
LINNELL10.3058136.99
GEARY10.305839.06
CHENEY10.3058100.00
IVES10.305826.11
WITHEROW10.30581,666.67
HOWE10.30587.79
WALSH10.30585.74
THOMPSON10.30581.02
BRADSHAW10.30587.45
LEIGH10.305813.30
SMITH10.30580.22
QUINCEY10.3058212.77
ALLEN10.30581.62
BRIGHTMAN10.3058128.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WITHEROW0.333271666.6667
HANKINS0.333271612.9032
BLOTT0.333271052.6316
MURDEN0.33327892.8571
BURBIDGE0.33327360.3604
JACOB0.33327314.9606
BARLEY0.33327219.7802
QUINCEY0.33327212.7660
ABBOTT0.33327138.6963
LINNELL0.33327136.9863
BRIGHTMAN0.33327128.2051
TOPHAM0.33327125.5230
BUSBY0.33327116.2791
GINN0.33327111.1111
BROWNING0.33327105.1051
CHENEY0.33327100.0000
LAXTON0.33327100.0000
WILLS0.3332771.5746
HULL0.3332758.5652
TURNER0.3332754.9269
HAINES0.3332752.8402
MILLS0.3332751.8746
DEANS0.3332745.0450
MIDDLETON0.3332740.7688
GEARY0.3332739.0625
BOLTON0.3332735.5114
BURTON0.3332732.3044
LUCAS0.3332726.4550
IVES0.3332726.1097
SPENCER0.3332723.4506
HUNT0.3332718.4204
ROE0.3332715.6986
STRINGER0.3332715.3610
JARVIS0.3332713.6240
LEIGH0.3332713.2979
BARNARD0.3332712.3153
FLETCHER0.333278.0364
HOWE0.333277.7882
BRADSHAW0.333277.4460
MARSHALL0.333277.2926
PERKINS0.333276.7981
ROBINSON0.333276.7140
CHAPMAN0.333276.4599
WALSH0.333275.7438
BRIGGS0.333275.6306
WILLIAMSON0.333273.4118
BELL0.333273.2547
KING0.333272.8062
BROWN0.333272.3195
HALL0.333272.0790

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 327 people called WITHEROW in Old Weston 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 1666.6667 in Old Weston means that 1666.6667% of the people in Old Weston on census day were called WITHEROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WITHEROW 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 WITHEROW 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 WITHEROW 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 WITHEROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Old Weston means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WITHEROW in Old Weston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Old Weston in 1881

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

ABBOTT (20)  ALLEN (1)  BARLEY (4)  BARNARD (1)  BELL (2)  BLOTT (4)  BODDINGTON (20)  BOLTON (5)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BRIGHTMAN (1)  BROWN (5)  BROWNING (7)  BULLAS (1)  BURBIDGE (4)  BURTON (9)  BUSBY (4)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHENEY (1)  COALES (3)  DEANS (1)  FAVELL (7)  FLETCHER (3)  GEARY (1)  GINN (1)  GRAYLING (2)  HALL (2)  HANKINS (10)  HAXLEY (1)  HAINES (4)  HOWE (1)  HULL (4)  HUNT (8)  IVES (1)  JACOB (8)  JARVIS (2)  KING (2)  LAXTON (1)  LEIGH (1)  LINNELL (1)  LUCAS (4)  MURDEN (5)  MARSHALL (4)  MIDDLETON (7)  MILLS (22)  PERKINS (1)  QUINCEY (1)  RADWELL (19)  ROBINSON (7)  ROE (1)  SAWFORD (1)  SHADBOLT (17)  SISMAN (4)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (7)  STRETTON (1)  STRINGER (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TOPHAM (3)  TURNER (50)  WALSH (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILLS (7)  WINSWORTH (1)  WITHEROW (1)  WRIGHT (1)