Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birthorpe, Lincolnshire

Birthorpe 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
MAYERS915.78955,294.12
POUCHER712.280723,333.33
BAILY610.52631,666.67
ARMSTRONG47.017591.74
HAYES47.0175112.99
TOMLINSON47.0175152.09
WINGFIELD47.01751,538.46
BELL35.263228.01
THORNTON35.2632104.53
SWIFT23.5088113.64
HALE11.754448.78
PATMAN11.75441,428.57
SHARPE11.754459.52
PORTER11.754423.36
HARRISON11.75447.91
ROWLAND11.754461.73
PICK11.7544277.78
LYNE11.7544400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POUCHER0.065723333.3333
MAYERS0.06575294.1176
BAILY0.06571666.6667
WINGFIELD0.06571538.4615
PATMAN0.06571428.5714
LYNE0.0657400.0000
PICK0.0657277.7778
TOMLINSON0.0657152.0913
SWIFT0.0657113.6364
HAYES0.0657112.9944
THORNTON0.0657104.5296
ARMSTRONG0.065791.7431
ROWLAND0.065761.7284
SHARPE0.065759.5238
HALE0.065748.7805
BELL0.065728.0112
PORTER0.065723.3645
HARRISON0.06577.9051

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 57 people called POUCHER in Birthorpe 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 23333.3333 in Birthorpe means that 23333.3333% of the people in Birthorpe on census day were called POUCHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POUCHER 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 POUCHER 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 POUCHER 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 POUCHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Birthorpe means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POUCHER in Birthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birthorpe in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (4)  BAILY (6)  BELL (3)  BUTTLERS (1)  BUTTRESS (1)  EDENBORO (1)  HALE (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAYES (4)  LYNE (1)  MAYERS (9)  PATMAN (1)  PICK (1)  PORTER (1)  POUCHER (7)  ROWLAND (1)  SHARPE (1)  SWIFT (2)  THORNTON (3)  TOMLINSON (4)  WINGFIELD (4)