Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hameringham, Lincolnshire

Hameringham 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
WALKER126.857120.48
GREENFIELD126.8571615.38
TYLOR105.71435,882.35
BLADES95.1429909.09
ELVIN95.14291,451.61
TASKER74.0000376.34
DICKINSON74.000093.71
DAWSON52.857125.92
GRAHAM52.857124.89
OVERTON52.8571294.12
SCOTT52.857111.29
BLAKEY42.2857285.71
VICKERS42.285789.09
LEA42.2857115.94
CARR42.285731.67
ENGLISH31.714391.19
TAYLOR31.71432.68
BURGESS31.714324.69
WARD31.71437.85
CLARKE21.14295.64
HARRISON21.14295.15
WAIT21.1429227.27
CROFT21.142948.43
MOTLEY10.5714454.55
AMOS10.571434.72
LOW10.571426.95
JACKSON10.57142.04
BUTTERS10.5714116.28
PRESTON10.571411.44
WRIGHT10.57141.78
MELTON10.5714161.29
LEGGETT10.571472.46
TOYNE10.5714500.00
HOLLOWAY10.571418.66
CLARK10.57141.90
HALL10.57141.94
FLETCHER10.57145.01
BARK10.5714370.37
LOWIS10.5714454.55
COOK10.57142.88
TODD10.571411.24
HOBSON10.571422.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TYLOR0.181755882.3529
ELVIN0.181751451.6129
BLADES0.18175909.0909
GREENFIELD0.18175615.3846
TOYNE0.18175500.0000
LOWIS0.18175454.5455
MOTLEY0.18175454.5455
TASKER0.18175376.3441
BARK0.18175370.3704
OVERTON0.18175294.1176
BLAKEY0.18175285.7143
WAIT0.18175227.2727
MELTON0.18175161.2903
BUTTERS0.18175116.2791
LEA0.18175115.9420
DICKINSON0.1817593.7082
ENGLISH0.1817591.1854
VICKERS0.1817589.0869
LEGGETT0.1817572.4638
CROFT0.1817548.4262
AMOS0.1817534.7222
CARR0.1817531.6706
LOW0.1817526.9542
DAWSON0.1817525.9202
GRAHAM0.1817524.8880
BURGESS0.1817524.6914
HOBSON0.1817522.0264
WALKER0.1817520.4848
HOLLOWAY0.1817518.6567
PRESTON0.1817511.4416
SCOTT0.1817511.2918
TODD0.1817511.2360
WARD0.181757.8472
CLARKE0.181755.6402
HARRISON0.181755.1480
FLETCHER0.181755.0050
COOK0.181752.8769
TAYLOR0.181752.6807
JACKSON0.181752.0446
HALL0.181751.9425
CLARK0.181751.9011
WRIGHT0.181751.7813

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 175 people called TYLOR in Hameringham 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 5882.3529 in Hameringham means that 5882.3529% of the people in Hameringham on census day were called TYLOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TYLOR 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 TYLOR 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 TYLOR 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 TYLOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Hameringham means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TYLOR in Hameringham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hameringham in 1881

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

ALBONES (4)  AMOS (1)  BAUMBER (5)  BARK (1)  BLADES (9)  BLAKEY (4)  BURGESS (3)  BUTTERS (1)  CARR (4)  CHEVINGS (4)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (1)  COOK (1)  CROFT (2)  DAWSON (5)  DICKINSON (7)  ELVIN (9)  FIDLING (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FRESHNEY (5)  GRAHAM (5)  GREENFIELD (12)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (2)  HOBSON (1)  HOLLOWAY (1)  ENGLISH (3)  JACKSON (1)  LEA (4)  LEGGETT (1)  LOWIS (1)  LOW (1)  MELTON (1)  MOTLEY (1)  OVERTON (5)  PRESTON (1)  RAWDEN (1)  RANSHAW (2)  SCOTT (5)  STRAWSON (2)  SWINDEL (3)  TASKER (7)  TAYLIS (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THORROCK (4)  TODD (1)  TOYNE (1)  TYLOR (10)  VICKERS (4)  WALKER (12)  WARD (3)  WRIGHT (1)  WAIT (2)