Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upton, Huntingdonshire

Upton 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
BALL1612.8000154.89
GREEN1512.000042.61
LEACH1310.4000251.94
WILKINSON97.200047.17
MITCHELL86.400031.55
FAULKNER64.8000176.99
WRIGHT54.000012.47
HIBBERT54.0000273.22
DAWSON32.400021.77
CROSS32.400034.88
COLLETT21.6000125.00
NEWTON21.600020.88
ABBOTT21.600036.30
UNDERWOOD21.600059.35
SPOONER21.6000111.11
SCOTT21.60006.32
PURSER10.8000217.39
BROWNING10.800039.37
FOSTER10.80005.98
PINNER10.8000322.58
LINTON10.800097.09
HARDY10.800013.35
WHITE10.80002.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PINNER0.13125322.5806
HIBBERT0.13125273.2240
LEACH0.13125251.9380
PURSER0.13125217.3913
FAULKNER0.13125176.9912
BALL0.13125154.8887
COLLETT0.13125125.0000
SPOONER0.13125111.1111
LINTON0.1312597.0874
UNDERWOOD0.1312559.3472
WILKINSON0.1312547.1698
GREEN0.1312542.6136
BROWNING0.1312539.3701
ABBOTT0.1312536.2976
CROSS0.1312534.8837
MITCHELL0.1312531.5457
DAWSON0.1312521.7707
NEWTON0.1312520.8768
HARDY0.1312513.3511
WRIGHT0.1312512.4688
SCOTT0.131256.3231
FOSTER0.131255.9844
WHITE0.131252.4888

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 125 people called PINNER in Upton 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 322.5806 in Upton means that 322.5806% of the people in Upton on census day were called PINNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PINNER 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 PINNER 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 PINNER 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 PINNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Upton means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PINNER in Upton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  BALL (16)  BROWNING (1)  COLLETT (2)  CROSS (3)  DAWSON (3)  DRING (9)  FAULKNER (6)  FOSTER (1)  GILBY (5)  GREEN (15)  HARDY (1)  HIBBERT (5)  LEACH (13)  LINTON (1)  MITCHELL (8)  NEWTON (2)  PINNER (1)  PURSER (1)  SCOTT (2)  SPOONER (2)  SWIFFIN (8)  TARFT (1)  UNDERWOOD (2)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (9)  WRIGHT (5)