Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corby, Lincolnshire

Corby 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
CLARK384.853116.15
NICHOLS303.8314117.60
MUSSON273.4483697.67
PORTER182.298930.64
COLLINGWOOD172.1711394.43
HARWOOD162.043476.34
WRIGHT141.78805.57
ELLIS141.788012.31
TAYLOR131.66032.60
ROBINSON121.53264.81
DAWSON121.532613.90
HAVERCROFT101.27711,724.14
LAMBERT101.277123.40
ARMSTRONG101.277116.71
COCKS101.2771192.31
PARKER91.14946.04
WALSINGHAM91.14945,625.00
WASS91.1494211.76
BROWN91.14941.74
WYER81.0217490.80
HARRIS81.02174.02
ALMOND81.021782.39
KETTLE81.0217116.79
ADCOCK70.894090.56
BISH70.8940693.07
YOUNGER70.8940165.09
CHAPMAN70.89406.29
PRIDMORE70.8940324.07
WAITE70.894043.08
BLADES70.8940157.66
OSBORN70.894042.97
RAYSON60.7663267.86
STEVENS60.76637.34
BUDD60.766360.36
PEAR60.76631,132.08
STOW50.6386144.51
CUPIT50.6386500.00
HAIG50.6386162.34
MABBOTT50.6386568.18
DOGGETT50.6386247.52
BELLAMY50.638643.78
HARRISON50.63862.88
BIRD50.63868.36
BARFIELD50.6386316.46
HANNAM50.6386208.33
MARRIOTT50.638628.51
WYLES50.6386252.53
DEACON50.638637.59
WATSON50.63862.75
WADE40.510912.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALSINGHAM0.787835625.0000
CAPLEY0.787832500.0000
PORTWOOD0.787831904.7619
HAVERCROFT0.787831724.1379
BOOZER0.787831428.5714
PEAR0.787831132.0755
MUSSON0.78783697.6744
BISH0.78783693.0693
MABBOTT0.78783568.1818
CUPIT0.78783500.0000
WYER0.78783490.7975
COLLINGWOOD0.78783394.4316
HOE0.78783366.9725
PRIDMORE0.78783324.0741
BARFIELD0.78783316.4557
SAVIDGE0.78783291.2621
HAREWOOD0.78783285.7143
RAYSON0.78783267.8571
TOW0.78783256.4103
SIDDON0.78783256.4103
WYLES0.78783252.5253
DOGGETT0.78783247.5248
WASS0.78783211.7647
HANNAM0.78783208.3333
COCKS0.78783192.3077
HARBY0.78783166.6667
YOUNGER0.78783165.0943
HAIG0.78783162.3377
FAHY0.78783158.7302
BLADES0.78783157.6577
ELLINGHAM0.78783157.4803
TOPLISS0.78783157.4803
STOW0.78783144.5087
EASTER0.78783126.5823
NICHOLS0.78783117.6009
KETTLE0.78783116.7883
ADCOCK0.7878390.5563
FREESTONE0.7878389.2857
ALMOND0.7878382.3893
HARWOOD0.7878376.3359
BUDD0.7878360.3622
TINKLER0.7878358.9971
HICKSON0.7878355.5556
LUMB0.7878354.1272
BELLAMY0.7878343.7828
WAITE0.7878343.0769
OSBORN0.7878342.9711
EARLE0.7878341.1523
GLENN0.7878340.6504
PICK0.7878340.0802

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 783 people called WALSINGHAM in Corby 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 5625.0000 in Corby means that 5625.0000% of the people in Corby on census day were called WALSINGHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALSINGHAM 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 WALSINGHAM 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 WALSINGHAM 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 WALSINGHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.78 in Corby means that you are 0.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALSINGHAM in Corby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corby in 1881

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

ADCOCK (7)  ALMOND (8)  ARMSTRONG (10)  BAINES (1)  BARFIELD (5)  BARON (1)  BATTY (4)  BAXTER (4)  BELLAMY (5)  BICKERTON (1)  BIRD (5)  BISH (7)  BLADES (7)  BOOZER (1)  BOSWORTH (1)  BOWLEY (1)  BREWSTER (3)  BROWN (9)  BRUMPTON (5)  BRUTNELL (6)  BUDD (6)  BURROWS (3)  CAPINDALE (4)  CAPENDALE (2)  CAPLEY (1)  CHAPMAN (7)  CLARK (38)  COLLINGWOOD (17)  COOK (2)  COOPER (1)  COULSON (2)  CUTTS (1)  COVERLEY (4)  COCKS (10)  CUPIT (5)  CUTLER (3)  DARBY (1)  DAWSON (12)  DAY (1)  DEACON (5)  DIGBY (1)  DOGGETT (5)  EARLE (2)  EASTER (4)  EDGSON (2)  ELLINGHAM (2)  ELLIS (14)  ELSOM (8)  EXTON (1)  FAHY (1)  FAREBROTHER (5)  FISHER (1)  FORPY (1)  FOX (3)  FREESTONE (3)  FRANKS (1)  FREER (1)  GADESBY (1)  GALLOWAY (3)  GILBERT (2)  GLENN (1)  GRAY (3)  GREENBURY (2)  GRICE (2)  HANNAM (5)  HARBY (1)  HAREWOOD (1)  HARMAM (13)  HARRIS (8)  HARRISON (5)  HARVEY (2)  HARWOOD (16)  HAVERCROFT (10)  HAIG (5)  HAYNES (1)  HEATMAN (1)  HEWSON (2)  HICKSON (3)  HITCHCOCK (2)  HORY (1)  HOE (4)  HUGHES (2)  IRELAND (1)  JACKSON (3)  MC KAY (1)  KETTLE (8)  KEY (4)  LAMBERT (10)  LEWIN (1)  LUMB (4)  MABBOTT (5)  MARRIOTT (5)  COLAM (5)  MC CLIME (1)  MC GREGOR (2)  MEASURES (1)  MEREDITH (2)  METCALF (1)  METTAM (5)  MILLARD (2)  MORLEY (4)  MUSSON (27)  KNEVETT (2)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLS (30)  OSBORN (7)  OSBORNE (4)  PARKER (9)  PARMEATER (5)  PEAR (6)  PICK (2)  PINDAR (3)  PODAM (5)  PODHAM (1)  POLLARD (1)  PORTER (18)  PORTWOOD (4)  POWELL (3)  PRIDMORE (7)  PUXLEY (7)  RAYSON (6)  REED (2)  REMMINGTON (5)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROBINSON (12)  ROSLING (4)  RUSSELL (3)  RYLATT (1)  SAVIDGE (3)  SHARMAN (2)  SHEPHERD (4)  SIDDON (1)  SMITH (3)  SNAITH (3)  SNART (1)  SPEED (1)  STEVENITT (4)  STEVENS (6)  STOW (5)  TAYLOR (13)  TEWSON (9)  TINKER (1)  TINKLER (2)  TONKIN (1)  TOPLISS (2)  TOW (1)  THRAVES (2)  TUPLIN (4)  TYERS ? (1)  UNDERWOOD (2)  WADE (4)  WALSINGHAM (9)  WARD (2)  WASS (9)  WATERS (2)  WATSON (5)  WYER (8)  WELLS (4)  WEBSTER (2)  WESTERDALE (9)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLERTON (13)  WYLES (5)  WRIGHT (14)  WAITE (7)  YOUNGER (7)