Top surnames from the 1881 census in Benniworth, Lincolnshire

Benniworth is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lincolnshire

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
HARRIS143.674514.46
BRIGGS133.412162.83
GOY123.14962,400.00
GREENFIELD112.8871259.43
PARISH112.8871187.07
GRAY102.624718.39
JACKSON102.62479.39
DAVEY102.624763.86
CROFT92.3622100.00
DARNELL82.0997733.95
EAST82.0997135.14
ELVIN71.8373522.39
KENT71.837343.61
WHITE71.83735.72
DREWERY61.5748740.74
ALLINGTON61.5748909.09
EYRE61.5748131.29
COWLEY61.574885.59
BUTTERY61.5748410.96
BABINGTON51.31231,315.79
DESFORGES51.31233,333.33
JOHNSON51.31233.91
WINGATE51.3123370.37
TAYLOR51.31232.05
GIBSON51.312310.81
HILDRED51.31231,041.67
SIMONS41.049979.52
WILSON41.04992.29
HOBSON41.049940.49
MASON41.04997.81
WARD30.78743.60
OLIVER30.787411.04
MARTIN30.78743.20
GREY30.787436.32
ASHTON30.787416.07
BORMAN30.7874588.24
BELL30.78744.19
NAYLOR30.787420.89
WILKINSON30.78745.16
MALTBY30.7874137.61
DIXON30.78747.19
VICKERS30.787430.67
FRITH30.787478.95
HALE20.524914.63
SKELTON20.524936.04
BRUMFIELD20.52492,500.00
BRAILSFORD20.5249149.25
BLAKEY20.524965.36
WILLIAMS20.52490.73
HEWSON20.524964.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DESFORGES0.383813333.3333
BRUMFIELD0.383812500.0000
GOY0.383812400.0000
EDISON0.383812222.2222
BABINGTON0.383811315.7895
DAWKIN0.383811250.0000
HILDRED0.383811041.6667
ALLINGTON0.38381909.0909
DREWERY0.38381740.7407
DARNELL0.38381733.9450
TACEY0.38381645.1613
BORMAN0.38381588.2353
ELVIN0.38381522.3881
BONNET0.38381500.0000
BUTTERY0.38381410.9589
MAKEY0.38381384.6154
PRIDGEON0.38381370.3704
WINGATE0.38381370.3704
GREENFIELD0.38381259.4340
PARISH0.38381187.0748
BRAILSFORD0.38381149.2537
MALTBY0.38381137.6147
EAST0.38381135.1351
EYRE0.38381131.2910
CROFT0.38381100.0000
JACKLIN0.3838198.0392
COWLEY0.3838185.5920
SIMONS0.3838179.5229
FRITH0.3838178.9474
DOWSE0.3838176.3359
BLAKEY0.3838165.3595
HEWSON0.3838164.3087
DAVEY0.3838163.8570
BRIGGS0.3838162.8323
RANDLE0.3838162.6959
KENT0.3838143.6137
HOBSON0.3838140.4858
GREY0.3838136.3196
SKELTON0.3838136.0360
BALE0.3838134.9650
CROW0.3838134.7826
SILVESTER0.3838133.8983
VICKERS0.3838130.6748
WILLOUGHBY0.3838130.2115
CLIFF0.3838130.0300
STONES0.3838122.0751
NAYLOR0.3838120.8914
HOWLETT0.3838119.5695
PRESCOTT0.3838118.6220
GRAY0.3838118.3857

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 381 people called DESFORGES in Benniworth 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 3333.3333 in Benniworth means that 3333.3333% of the people in Benniworth on census day were called DESFORGES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DESFORGES 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 DESFORGES 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 DESFORGES 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 DESFORGES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Benniworth means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DESFORGES in Benniworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Benniworth in 1881

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

AILSBY (8)  ALLINGTON (6)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHTON (3)  BABINGTON (5)  BALE (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (1)  BELL (3)  BETT (15)  BURKENSHAW (2)  BLAKEY (2)  BONNET (1)  BORMAN (3)  BRAILSFORD (2)  BRIGGS (13)  BRUMFIELD (2)  BROTHWELL (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUMPTON (1)  BUTLINS (1)  BUTTERY (6)  CLARK (1)  CLIFF (1)  COOKE (2)  COWLEY (6)  CROFT (9)  CROW (2)  DARNELL (8)  DAVEY (10)  DAWKIN (1)  DESFORGES (5)  DIXON (3)  DOWSE (1)  DREWERY (6)  EAST (8)  EDISON (2)  ELLIS (1)  ELVIN (7)  EYRE (6)  FARMERY (1)  FIELDSEND (2)  FREARSON (1)  FRESHNEY (1)  FRITH (3)  FROW (5)  GIBSON (5)  JOLLANDS (5)  GOSLING (1)  GOY (12)  GREY (3)  GRAY (10)  GREEN (1)  GREENFIELD (11)  HALE (2)  HARRIS (14)  HEWSON (2)  HILDRED (5)  HOBSON (4)  HOWLETT (1)  INGAMELLS (1)  IRONMONGER (1)  JACKLIN (1)  JACKSON (10)  JOHNSON (5)  KENT (7)  LAE (1)  LORD (1)  MALTBY (3)  MARTIN (3)  MASON (4)  MAKEY (1)  MAWER (2)  NAYLOR (3)  OLIVER (3)  PARISH (11)  PLUMTREE (2)  PORTAS (2)  PRESCOTT (1)  PRIDGEON (1)  RANDLE (2)  RANYARD (1)  ROCKLIFFE (3)  ROSE (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SILVESTER (1)  SIMONS (4)  SKELTON (2)  SKINNS (1)  SMITH (1)  STEELS (5)  STEPHENSON (2)  STONES (1)  TACEY (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (2)  TODD (1)  UPTON (1)  VICKERS (3)  WHALE (1)  WARD (3)  WARDLE (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (7)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WILSON (4)  WINGATE (5)  WRIGHT (2)  WAITE (1)