Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire

Grainthorpe 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
HOPPER233.2810229.77
CAMPION212.9957427.70
BORMAN212.99572,234.04
SMITH192.71041.92
WEST182.567826.67
WILSON172.42515.28
DOE172.4251507.46
JANNEY162.28254,210.53
HOWARD141.997120.35
LOWIS141.99711,609.20
CROFT131.854578.50
PEART121.7118300.75
PARSONS111.569220.66
OLIVER111.569222.00
JOHNSON111.56924.67
SCOTT101.42655.64
WILLOUGHBY91.2839147.54
LEWIS81.14124.34
THORNTON81.141222.70
TYSON70.998676.59
MAKEY70.99861,489.36
JACKSON70.99863.57
NEALE70.998642.07
COTTON70.998641.84
DREWERY70.9986469.80
STEPHENSON60.855914.96
BROWN60.85591.30
ATKINSON60.85598.79
DAVEY60.855920.82
WARD60.85593.92
COX60.85595.65
WAINWRIGHT60.855940.46
WHITE50.71332.22
KIRK50.713316.47
BELL50.71333.80
HIDES50.7133561.80
BAXTER40.57069.57
NEWMAN40.57067.67
MILLNER40.5706571.43
EMERSON40.570682.30
MOUNTAIN40.570680.48
MICHAEL40.5706106.10
WINN40.570658.74
DOBBS40.570684.39
PEARSON40.57064.91
MELTON40.5706161.94
BLAKEY40.570671.17
BURTON40.57066.70
ROLLINS40.5706259.74
HOLT30.42806.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JANNEY0.707014210.5263
BORMAN0.707012234.0426
LOWIS0.707011609.1954
MAKEY0.707011489.3617
TRAVES0.70701731.7073
MILLNER0.70701571.4286
HIDES0.70701561.7978
DOE0.70701507.4627
DREWERY0.70701469.7987
CAMPION0.70701427.6986
PRIDGEON0.70701400.0000
TACEY0.70701344.8276
PEART0.70701300.7519
ROLLINS0.70701259.7403
HOPPER0.70701229.7702
STAINS0.70701196.0784
TOWLE0.70701162.1622
MELTON0.70701161.9433
BRUMBY0.70701157.4803
WINDLEY0.70701153.8462
WILLOUGHBY0.70701147.5410
BROCKLEBANK0.70701116.9591
PHILLIPSON0.70701115.3846
MICHAEL0.70701106.1008
DOBBS0.7070184.3882
EMERSON0.7070182.3045
MOUNTAIN0.7070180.4829
CROFT0.7070178.5024
TYSON0.7070176.5864
BLADES0.7070175.3769
BLAKEY0.7070171.1744
CANNELL0.7070166.0066
WINN0.7070158.7372
BLYTHE0.7070156.2852
JACKLIN0.7070153.1915
HINES0.7070150.2513
CLAPHAM0.7070149.6689
DALES0.7070145.6621
GALL0.7070144.2478
NEALE0.7070142.0673
COTTON0.7070141.8410
WAINWRIGHT0.7070140.4585
SPEED0.7070135.5240
GILLARD0.7070132.7869
LAUGHTON0.7070129.3255
DUNHAM0.7070128.0112
FORMAN0.7070127.7008
WEST0.7070126.6706
PELL0.7070125.4453
THORNTON0.7070122.7015

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 701 people called JANNEY in Grainthorpe 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 4210.5263 in Grainthorpe means that 4210.5263% of the people in Grainthorpe on census day were called JANNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JANNEY 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 JANNEY 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 JANNEY 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 JANNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Grainthorpe means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JANNEY in Grainthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grainthorpe in 1881

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

ODLING (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BALDOCK (1)  BARKER (2)  BAXTER (4)  BELL (5)  BLADES (3)  BLAKEY (4)  BLYTHE (3)  BOND (1)  BORMAN (21)  BOWERS (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRATLEY (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROCKLEBANK (2)  BROWN (6)  BRUMBY (2)  BURGESS (1)  BURTON (4)  CANNELL (2)  CASH (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CAMPION (21)  CLAPHAM (3)  COOT (1)  COTTON (7)  COULAM (1)  COX (6)  CROFT (13)  DALES (1)  DARNILL (8)  DAVEY (6)  DAWSON (1)  DOBBS (4)  DOWLMAN (4)  DOE (17)  DREWERY (7)  DUNHAM (1)  AISTHORPE (2)  ELSHAM (2)  EMERSON (4)  EVISON (1)  FARMERY (1)  FORMAN (1)  FRESHNEY (2)  GALL (2)  GILLARD (2)  GREEN (3)  HARRISON (1)  HEWSON (1)  HINES (3)  HOULDEN (2)  HOLINGSWORTH (1)  HOLT (3)  HOPPER (23)  HORN (1)  HORTON (3)  HOWARD (14)  HUBBARD (2)  HUMBERSTONE (1)  HIDES (5)  JACKLIN (1)  JACKLING (7)  JACKSON (7)  JANNEY (16)  JOHNSON (11)  KIDAL (1)  KIRK (5)  LAKING (18)  LONGLEY (1)  LARDER (3)  LAUGHTON (1)  LEE (3)  LOWIS (14)  LEWIS (8)  MAMWELL (19)  MAKEY (7)  MERRIKIN (9)  MILLNER (4)  MELTON (4)  MICHAEL (4)  MOODY (2)  MOTSON (9)  MOUNTAIN (4)  NEALE (7)  NEAL (1)  NEEDHAM (1)  NEWMAN (4)  NOBLE (1)  NUNDY (2)  OLIVER (11)  OSBORN (3)  OSBORNE (1)  PARSONS (11)  PEARSON (4)  PEART (12)  PELL (1)  PHILLIPSON (3)  PLASKITT (8)  POTTS (3)  PRIDGEON (2)  RAINTHORPE (3)  RENSIG (1)  RHODES (1)  RIDDALL (1)  RIGGALL (16)  ROBINSON (2)  ROLLINS (4)  SARGENT (2)  SCHRIMSHAW (2)  SCOTT (10)  SCRIMSHAW (5)  SHILLS (3)  SHUCKSMITH (4)  SILVESTER (1)  SMITH (19)  SNOWDON (1)  SOWBY (7)  SPEED (2)  SPENCER (2)  SQUIRES (1)  STAINS (1)  STAPLETON (1)  STEPHENSON (6)  STUBS (1)  STUBBS (1)  TACEY (2)  TATAM (1)  THACKER (1)  THORNTON (8)  TOWLE (3)  TOWNEND (7)  TRAVES (3)  TURNER (1)  TYSON (7)  WAINWRIGHT (6)  WARD (6)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (2)  WEST (18)  WHITE (5)  WILLERTON (3)  WILLOUGHBY (9)  WILLOWS (6)  WILLOWTON (1)  WILSON (17)  WINDLEY (1)  WINN (4)  YOUNG (3)