Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bilsby, Lincolnshire

Bilsby 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
OVERTON173.3268342.74
HORTON163.131184.34
CARTER142.739716.32
GILBERT132.544044.66
JARVIS132.544056.69
WILLEY112.1526239.13
BROUGH101.9569160.00
WARD101.95698.96
GOSLING101.9569125.00
EDISON101.95697,692.31
CHAPMAN101.956913.78
FAWCETT101.9569101.21
FELL91.7613125.35
MASON91.761313.10
ROBINSON91.76135.52
BELL91.76139.37
BROWN91.76132.67
TYSON81.5656120.12
WILKINSON81.565610.26
CLARKE81.56567.73
SMITH81.56561.11
TAYLOR81.56562.45
LISTER71.369948.04
HASTINGS71.3699107.53
FISHER71.369911.70
JOHNSTON71.369916.97
BLANCHARD61.1742143.20
TAIT61.174239.89
KIME61.17421,250.00
GRANT61.174211.83
ROBERTS50.97852.60
THOMPSON50.97853.27
HILDRED50.9785781.25
BURKITT50.9785495.05
DIXON50.97858.93
DAULTON50.97853,846.15
DALES40.7828251.57
KEMP40.782814.11
HARNESS40.7828634.92
ROWE40.782813.78
REED40.782810.72
COLIN40.78281,739.13
WHITE40.78282.44
DOBBS40.7828115.94
COLLIN30.5871112.78
CASH30.587188.50
TEESDALE30.5871365.85
FEATHERSTONE30.587165.22
KEAL30.5871389.61
BRIGGS30.587110.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDISON0.515117692.3077
DAULTON0.515113846.1538
COLIN0.515111739.1304
KIME0.515111250.0000
BOWENS0.515111000.0000
HILDRED0.51511781.2500
HARNESS0.51511634.9206
BURKITT0.51511495.0495
THORNDIKE0.51511487.8049
KEAL0.51511389.6104
TEESDALE0.51511365.8537
OVERTON0.51511342.7419
MILLSON0.51511277.7778
PADDISON0.51511263.1579
DALES0.51511251.5723
WILLEY0.51511239.1304
VEAR0.51511227.2727
LUSBY0.51511175.4386
KENNINGTON0.51511163.9344
BROUGH0.51511160.0000
BLANCHARD0.51511143.1981
FELL0.51511125.3482
GOSLING0.51511125.0000
TYSON0.51511120.1201
DOBBS0.51511115.9420
COLLIN0.51511112.7820
HASTINGS0.51511107.5269
FAWCETT0.51511101.2146
CRAM0.51511100.0000
BURKETT0.5151197.0874
CASH0.5151188.4956
HORTON0.5151184.3437
LAKIN0.5151166.8896
JOBSON0.5151166.6667
FEATHERSTONE0.5151165.2174
SYLVESTER0.5151158.1395
JARVIS0.5151156.6943
MELTON0.5151155.5556
GANT0.5151154.3478
PHILLIPSON0.5151152.6316
CREASEY0.5151148.5437
LISTER0.5151148.0439
GILBERT0.5151144.6582
CANHAM0.5151144.0529
TAIT0.5151139.8936
CAWLEY0.5151136.9004
COUPLAND0.5151130.8642
EMERSON0.5151128.2486
CAMPION0.5151127.9330
SELLERS0.5151125.4453

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 511 people called EDISON in Bilsby 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 7692.3077 in Bilsby means that 7692.3077% of the people in Bilsby on census day were called EDISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDISON 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 EDISON 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 EDISON 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 EDISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Bilsby means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDISON in Bilsby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bilsby in 1881

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

ANCIENT (3)  BAGGLEY (1)  BALDWIN (1)  BELGROVE (1)  BELL (9)  BURKITT (5)  BURKETT (1)  BLAKEY (1)  BLANCHARD (6)  BOWENS (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAY (1)  BRIGGS (3)  BROUGH (10)  BROWN (9)  BUCKNALL (16)  CANHAM (1)  CARTER (14)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CASH (3)  CAMPION (1)  CHAPMAN (10)  CHEVINS (9)  CLARKE (8)  CLARKSON (1)  CAWLEY (1)  COLIN (4)  COLLIN (3)  COOKE (1)  COUPLAND (1)  CRAM (1)  CREASEY (1)  CURRY (1)  DALES (4)  DAULTON (5)  DANDISON (1)  DENNESS (1)  DES FORGES (7)  DIXON (5)  DOBBS (4)  EDISON (10)  EMERSON (1)  EPTON (7)  FALKINDER (1)  FAWCETT (10)  FEATHERSTONE (3)  FELL (9)  FISHER (7)  FOX (2)  FROW (1)  GANT (1)  GILBERT (13)  GOSLING (10)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (6)  GREY (1)  GRAVES (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARNESS (4)  HARRISON (1)  HASTINGS (7)  HILDRED (5)  HODGSON (1)  HORTON (16)  HOUGHTON (1)  HUNDSLEY (1)  INGHAM (3)  JACKSON (1)  JARVIS (13)  JOBSON (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JOHNSTON (7)  KEAL (3)  KEMP (4)  KENNINGTON (1)  KIME (6)  LADELOW (2)  LAKIN (2)  LAKINGS (2)  LEACH (2)  LISTER (7)  LUSBY (1)  MALKINSON (1)  MASON (9)  MACKFALL (8)  MILLSON (2)  MELTON (1)  OVERTON (17)  PARKER (3)  PARSONS (1)  PADDISON (2)  PENNY (1)  PHILLIPSON (1)  RANBY (13)  REED (4)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBINSON (9)  ROWE (4)  SCRIMSHAW (1)  SELLERS (1)  SHARPE (1)  SYLVESTER (1)  SMITH (8)  SPENCE (3)  TAIT (6)  TAYLOR (8)  TEESDALE (3)  THOMPSON (5)  THORNDIKE (2)  TULFITT (2)  TURNER (1)  TYSON (8)  VEAR (1)  WARD (10)  WARMOUTH (5)  WELLS (2)  WHITE (4)  WILKINSON (8)  WILLOWS (3)  WILLEY (11)