Top surnames from the 1881 census in Candlesby, Lincolnshire

Candlesby 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
KIDD156.0729298.21
GOOD114.4534358.31
MYERS114.4534170.81
LEVERTON104.04862,222.22
BARK83.23892,105.26
ROOKS72.83401,320.75
KIRKMAN72.8340443.04
PADLEY72.83401,060.61
SIMPSON62.429113.89
WILKINSON62.429115.92
WHITE52.02436.30
GRANT52.024320.40
HODSON52.024397.85
BOURNE52.0243104.38
STONES52.0243170.07
RUTTER41.6194106.38
GIBBONS41.619450.38
LILLEY41.6194116.96
KIME41.61941,739.13
MOORE31.21466.07
CUSSON31.21464,285.71
MALTBY31.2146212.77
LILL31.2146625.00
PUGSLEY31.2146394.74
NAYLOR31.214632.22
DEW31.2146208.33
CROFT31.214651.46
DAWSON31.214611.02
BRADLEY31.214615.13
EYRE31.2146101.35
EAGLE31.2146218.98
HOUGHTON20.809723.18
BOWENS20.80974,000.00
STUBBS20.809730.67
MILLER20.80974.53
WINGATE20.8097227.27
WESTEN20.80976,666.67
TULLY20.8097151.52
ENGLISH20.809743.10
JEFFREY20.809743.76
ASKEW20.809771.68
BARKER20.80976.19
BAKER10.40491.85
WOOD10.40491.27
SMALLEY10.404944.64
ANDREWS10.40494.22
CANHAM10.404990.91
VEAL10.404966.23
KNOTT10.404920.41
EVERITT10.404948.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WESTEN0.252476666.6667
CUSSON0.252474285.7143
BOWENS0.252474000.0000
LEVERTON0.252472222.2222
BARK0.252472105.2632
KIME0.252471739.1304
ROOKS0.252471320.7547
PADLEY0.252471060.6061
LILL0.25247625.0000
KIRKMAN0.25247443.0380
PUGSLEY0.25247394.7368
GOOD0.25247358.3062
LOUTH0.25247333.3333
KIDD0.25247298.2107
POCKLINGTON0.25247285.7143
STARMER0.25247256.4103
WINGATE0.25247227.2727
EAGLE0.25247218.9781
MALTBY0.25247212.7660
BALDERSON0.25247212.7660
DEW0.25247208.3333
MYERS0.25247170.8075
STONES0.25247170.0680
TULLY0.25247151.5152
MERRILL0.25247140.8451
LILLEY0.25247116.9591
RUTTER0.25247106.3830
BOURNE0.25247104.3841
EYRE0.25247101.3514
HODSON0.2524797.8474
CANHAM0.2524790.9091
ASKEW0.2524771.6846
VEAL0.2524766.2252
COXON0.2524752.9101
CROFT0.2524751.4580
GIBBONS0.2524750.3778
WALES0.2524750.0000
EVERITT0.2524748.3092
SMALLEY0.2524744.6429
JEFFREY0.2524743.7637
ENGLISH0.2524743.1034
NAYLOR0.2524732.2234
STUBBS0.2524730.6748
ATKIN0.2524730.3030
HOUGHTON0.2524723.1750
SAWYER0.2524721.9298
KNOTT0.2524720.4082
GRANT0.2524720.3998
WILKINSON0.2524715.9193
BRADLEY0.2524715.1286

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 247 people called WESTEN in Candlesby 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 6666.6667 in Candlesby means that 6666.6667% of the people in Candlesby on census day were called WESTEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WESTEN 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 WESTEN 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 WESTEN 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 WESTEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Candlesby means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WESTEN in Candlesby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Candlesby in 1881

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

ALINGTON (3)  ANDREWS (1)  ASKEW (2)  ATKIN (1)  BAKER (1)  BALDERSON (1)  BARKER (2)  BARK (8)  BOWINS (7)  BOWENS (2)  BRADLEY (3)  BROWN (1)  BOURNE (5)  CANHAM (1)  COOT (3)  CUSSON (3)  COXON (1)  CROFT (3)  DAWSON (3)  DEW (3)  EAGLE (3)  EVERITT (1)  EYRE (3)  FROST (1)  GIBBONS (4)  GODDARD (1)  GOOD (11)  GRANT (5)  HARPER (1)  HODSON (5)  HOUGHTON (2)  ENGLISH (2)  JEFFREY (2)  KIDD (15)  KIME (4)  KIRKMAN (7)  KNOTT (1)  LANE (1)  LARDER (2)  LEVERTON (10)  LILLEY (4)  LILL (3)  LOUTH (1)  MALTBY (3)  MERRILL (1)  MILLER (2)  MOORE (3)  MYERS (11)  NAYLOR (3)  PADLEY (7)  POCKLINGTON (1)  PUGSLEY (3)  RENNISON (15)  ROBERTS (1)  ROOKS (7)  RUTTER (4)  SAWYER (1)  SHERTLIFF (2)  SIMPSON (6)  SMALLEY (1)  SPENCE (1)  STARMER (1)  STOKES (1)  STONES (5)  STUBBS (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TULLY (2)  VEAL (1)  WALES (1)  WESTEN (2)  WHITE (5)  WHITELAMB (2)  WILKINSON (6)  WINGATE (2)  WOOD (1)