Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yelling, Huntingdonshire

Yelling 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
REED278.4112115.24
SHEPHERD278.4112114.80
SIBLEY226.8536849.42
CURRINGTON226.853620,000.00
WOODS154.672974.11
KING134.049818.58
BAXTER123.738362.73
CULLIP103.11536,666.67
FARR92.8037188.68
HILLS92.8037101.35
CANWELL82.49228,888.89
GALE82.492283.16
LEWIS82.49229.48
MILLARD72.1807131.58
TODD72.180742.87
HEDGE72.1807897.44
MEEKS72.18071,272.73
TACK61.86923,529.41
NORMAN61.869240.32
HOWLETT51.5576116.28
FIELD51.557631.31
DANES51.55761,020.41
EASTES41.24613,636.36
ASHCROFT41.246193.24
BRUCE41.246126.60
DUNHAM41.2461245.40
ELLWOOD41.2461224.72
PEAK41.2461298.51
FRANKLIN41.246137.52
GREEN30.93463.32
RANDALL30.934629.85
CRESSWELL30.934688.76
COOPER30.93463.84
HILL20.62312.45
FLINDERS20.6231512.82
KNIGHT20.62315.05
PAYNE10.31153.46
WEBB10.31152.30
CORNWALL10.311572.99
COOK10.31151.57
LEE10.31151.91
PARKER10.31151.64
WAYMAN10.3115119.05
COPE10.311513.77
CLARK10.31151.04
SEWELL10.311514.73
HAYNES10.31158.73
WILES10.311535.97
WARNER10.31158.55
FENTON10.311515.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CURRINGTON0.3232120000.0000
CANWELL0.323218888.8889
CULLIP0.323216666.6667
EASTES0.323213636.3636
TACK0.323213529.4118
MEEKS0.323211272.7273
DANES0.323211020.4082
HEDGE0.32321897.4359
SIBLEY0.32321849.4208
FLINDERS0.32321512.8205
PEAK0.32321298.5075
DUNHAM0.32321245.3988
ELLWOOD0.32321224.7191
FARR0.32321188.6792
MILLARD0.32321131.5789
WAYMAN0.32321119.0476
HOWLETT0.32321116.2791
REED0.32321115.2369
SHEPHERD0.32321114.7959
HILLS0.32321101.3514
ASHCROFT0.3232193.2401
CRESSWELL0.3232188.7574
GALE0.3232183.1601
WOODS0.3232174.1107
CORNWALL0.3232172.9927
BAXTER0.3232162.7287
TODD0.3232142.8659
NORMAN0.3232140.3226
FRANKLIN0.3232137.5235
WILES0.3232135.9712
FIELD0.3232131.3087
RANDALL0.3232129.8507
BRUCE0.3232126.5957
KING0.3232118.5820
FENTON0.3232115.6006
SEWELL0.3232114.7275
COPE0.3232113.7741
LEWIS0.323219.4798
HAYNES0.323218.7336
WARNER0.323218.5470
KNIGHT0.323215.0543
COOPER0.323213.8422
PAYNE0.323213.4614
GREEN0.323213.3190
HILL0.323212.4462
WEBB0.323212.2983
LEE0.323211.9062
PARKER0.323211.6380
COOK0.323211.5684
CLARK0.323211.0365

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 321 people called CURRINGTON in Yelling 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 20000.0000 in Yelling means that 20000.0000% of the people in Yelling on census day were called CURRINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CURRINGTON 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 CURRINGTON 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 CURRINGTON 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 CURRINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Yelling means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CURRINGTON in Yelling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yelling in 1881

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

ASHCROFT (4)  BAXTER (12)  BRUCE (4)  CANWELL (8)  CATMELL (8)  CLARK (1)  CULLIP (10)  COOK (1)  COOPER (3)  COPE (1)  CORNWALL (1)  CRESSWELL (3)  CURRINGTON (22)  DANES (5)  DUNHAM (4)  EASTES (4)  ELLWOOD (4)  FARR (9)  FENTON (1)  FIELD (5)  FLINDERS (2)  FRANKLIN (4)  GALE (8)  GREEN (3)  HAYNES (1)  HEDGE (7)  HILL (2)  HILLS (9)  HOWLETT (5)  KING (13)  KNIGHT (2)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (8)  MEEKS (7)  MILLARD (7)  MUSK (4)  NORMAN (6)  NOWERS (4)  PARKER (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEAK (4)  RANDALL (3)  REED (27)  SEWELL (1)  SHEPHERD (27)  SIBLEY (22)  TACK (6)  TODD (7)  WARNER (1)  WEBB (1)  WAYMAN (1)  WILES (1)  WOODS (15)