Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upwood, Huntingdonshire

Upwood 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
SHELTON329.4395802.01
CROSS164.719868.58
FOUNTAIN164.7198686.70
BUTLER133.834839.33
ELDERKIN133.83485,200.00
THOMPSON123.539811.82
KENNEL113.244822,000.00
ISLEY113.24487,333.33
RAY102.9499149.03
TEAT92.65498,181.82
TOWNSEND82.359955.56
AUSTIN72.064942.25
KEY72.0649149.57
BISHOP61.769925.33
SEATON61.7699209.06
BIRD61.769923.17
SLACK61.7699112.36
KING61.76998.12
GOODING61.7699209.06
DEW61.7699304.57
MURFIN61.7699845.07
SINCLAIR61.769934.32
GOODWIN51.474928.00
BRADSHAW51.474935.92
VOSS51.4749602.41
BOLTON51.474934.25
SMITH41.17990.84
COUSINS41.179965.57
CLARKE41.17995.82
GRANGE30.8850153.85
BEDFORD30.885037.31
SQUIRES30.885062.50
WRIGHT30.88502.76
JACOBS30.885036.95
HUGHES20.59002.11
SHEPPERD20.5900136.05
CARPENTER20.590017.20
RISBY20.5900833.33
HAWKES20.590036.56
SETCHELL20.5900571.43
WALKER20.59001.76
DARLING10.295030.77
PEARSON10.29502.54
GREEN10.29501.05
MARSH10.29504.14
WORLEY10.295066.23
FOSTER10.29502.21
DONCASTER10.2950185.19
RABY10.295061.35
HILLS10.295010.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENNEL0.3433922000.0000
TEAT0.343398181.8182
ISLEY0.343397333.3333
ELDERKIN0.343395200.0000
MURFIN0.34339845.0704
RISBY0.34339833.3333
SHELTON0.34339802.0050
FOUNTAIN0.34339686.6953
VOSS0.34339602.4096
SETCHELL0.34339571.4286
DEW0.34339304.5685
SEATON0.34339209.0592
GOODING0.34339209.0592
DONCASTER0.34339185.1852
GRANGE0.34339153.8462
KEY0.34339149.5726
RAY0.34339149.0313
SHEPPERD0.34339136.0544
SLACK0.34339112.3596
WAYMAN0.34339112.3596
CROSS0.3433968.5812
WORLEY0.3433966.2252
COUSINS0.3433965.5738
PACK0.3433962.8931
SQUIRES0.3433962.5000
RABY0.3433961.3497
TOWNSEND0.3433955.5556
AUSTIN0.3433942.2450
BUTLER0.3433939.3343
BEDFORD0.3433937.3134
JACOBS0.3433936.9458
HAWKES0.3433936.5631
BRADSHAW0.3433935.9195
SINCLAIR0.3433934.3249
BOLTON0.3433934.2466
DARLING0.3433930.7692
GOODWIN0.3433927.9955
BISHOP0.3433925.3271
BIRD0.3433923.1660
CARPENTER0.3433917.1969
THOMPSON0.3433911.8168
HILLS0.3433910.6610
INGRAM0.343399.6618
KING0.343398.1213
BULL0.343396.9784
CLARKE0.343395.8233
CURTIS0.343395.1975
GORDON0.343394.6795
MARSH0.343394.1356
CARR0.343394.0883

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 339 people called KENNEL in Upwood 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 22000.0000 in Upwood means that 22000.0000% of the people in Upwood on census day were called KENNEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENNEL 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 KENNEL 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 KENNEL 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 KENNEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Upwood means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENNEL in Upwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upwood in 1881

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

AMBRICK (7)  AUSTIN (7)  BEDFORD (3)  BEHAGG (1)  BIRD (6)  BISHOP (6)  BOLTON (5)  BRADSHAW (5)  BRAYBROOK (5)  BRIGHTY (4)  BULL (1)  BUTLER (13)  CAWCUTT (2)  CARPENTER (2)  CARR (1)  CATLING (2)  CLARKE (4)  COOLING (1)  COUSINS (4)  CROSS (16)  CURTIS (1)  DARLING (1)  DEW (6)  DEWBERY (1)  DONCASTER (1)  ELDERKIN (13)  EVANS (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOUNTAIN (16)  GOODWIN (5)  GOODING (6)  GORDON (1)  GRANGE (3)  GREEN (1)  HARITY (3)  HARPUR (1)  HAWKES (2)  HILLS (1)  HUGHES (2)  ILETT (3)  INGRAM (1)  ISLEY (11)  JACOBS (3)  JONES (1)  KENNEL (11)  KEY (7)  KING (6)  MACKNESS (1)  MARSH (1)  MURFIN (6)  PACK (1)  PEARSON (1)  PENTELOW (4)  PHILLIPS (1)  RABY (1)  RAY (10)  RINGTON (2)  RISBY (2)  SEATON (6)  SETCHELL (2)  SHEPPERD (2)  SHEPPERDSS (1)  SINCLAIR (6)  SHELTON (32)  SLACK (6)  SMITH (4)  SQUIRES (3)  TEAT (9)  THOMPSON (12)  TOWNSEND (8)  UPEX (1)  VOSS (5)  WALKER (2)  WAYMAN (1)  WHATFORD (1)  WORLEY (1)  WRIGHT (3)