Top surnames from the 1881 census in Laughton In Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Laughton In Gainsborough 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
NEEDHAM155.0847238.85
HILL155.084719.97
COWLING134.4068500.00
BARNETT124.067890.16
SLEIGHT93.05081,475.41
WOOD82.71198.51
MUSGRAVE82.7119449.44
SMITHSON72.3729247.35
CAPES72.37291,111.11
WRIGHT72.37297.40
ROBSON72.372936.06
ROBERTS62.03395.41
FITCHETT62.0339833.33
HANCOCK62.033944.71
AKERS62.0339419.58
REDHEAD62.0339375.00
JOHNSON51.69495.04
DIXON41.355912.38
WIGELSWORTH41.35598,000.00
SENIOR31.016944.38
MAY31.016915.97
TAYLOR31.01691.59
SALT31.016968.49
WEST31.016910.56
LAWMAN31.01691,034.48
WALKER31.01693.04
SNELL31.016953.67
GRANT31.016910.25
SPINKS31.0169150.75
HUNT20.67805.10
ACE20.6780800.00
HANSON20.678021.01
BRIGGS20.678012.48
WATSON20.67802.92
LINEGAR20.67802,857.14
OXLEY20.678048.43
BECKETT20.678034.01
FENTON20.678033.96
CARTER20.67804.04
STARR20.6780137.93
NEWBURN10.33901,000.00
VICKERS10.339013.21
COLTON10.3390101.01
WOOTON10.3390128.21
NASH10.33907.35
THURLBY10.3390294.12
HEMSWORTH10.3390217.39
WHELTON10.33901,666.67
STAPLES10.339035.46
WAND10.3390204.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WIGELSWORTH0.302958000.0000
LINEGAR0.302952857.1429
WHELTON0.302951666.6667
SLEIGHT0.302951475.4098
CAPES0.302951111.1111
HEIGHT0.302951111.1111
LAWMAN0.302951034.4828
NEWBURN0.302951000.0000
FITCHETT0.30295833.3333
ACE0.30295800.0000
COWLING0.30295500.0000
MUSGRAVE0.30295449.4382
AKERS0.30295419.5804
REDHEAD0.30295375.0000
MEGGITT0.30295344.8276
THURLBY0.30295294.1176
SMITHSON0.30295247.3498
NEEDHAM0.30295238.8535
HEMSWORTH0.30295217.3913
WAND0.30295204.0816
BURKETT0.30295169.4915
LOBLEY0.30295169.4915
SPINKS0.30295150.7538
STARR0.30295137.9310
WOOTON0.30295128.2051
KETTLEWELL0.30295109.8901
COLTON0.30295101.0101
FAIR0.3029597.0874
BARNETT0.3029590.1578
ALLWOOD0.3029583.3333
SPURR0.3029581.3008
SALT0.3029568.4932
TINKER0.3029567.1141
WASS0.3029562.5000
SNELL0.3029553.6673
YARDLEY0.3029553.4759
OXLEY0.3029548.4262
HANCOCK0.3029544.7094
SENIOR0.3029544.3787
ROBSON0.3029536.0639
STAPLES0.3029535.4610
BIRKETT0.3029535.0877
BECKETT0.3029534.0136
FENTON0.3029533.9559
REILLY0.3029531.9489
WARING0.3029526.9542
HARE0.3029521.9780
HANSON0.3029521.0084
HILL0.3029519.9654
BOWERS0.3029518.5874

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 295 people called WIGELSWORTH in Laughton In Gainsborough 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 8000.0000 in Laughton In Gainsborough means that 8000.0000% of the people in Laughton In Gainsborough on census day were called WIGELSWORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WIGELSWORTH 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 WIGELSWORTH 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 WIGELSWORTH 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 WIGELSWORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Laughton In Gainsborough means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WIGELSWORTH in Laughton In Gainsborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Laughton In Gainsborough in 1881

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

ACE (2)  AKERS (6)  ALLWOOD (1)  BARNETT (12)  BATES (1)  BECKETT (2)  BAVIN (4)  BURKETT (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLAKESTON (1)  BOWERS (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BRUMLY (1)  BUTLER (1)  CALDICOTT (2)  CAPES (7)  CARTER (2)  CAWKWELL (2)  CLAYTON (1)  COBORNE (1)  COLTON (1)  COWLING (13)  DIXON (4)  DOOK (14)  EVERATT (4)  FAIR (1)  FENTON (2)  FITCHETT (6)  GOODBOURN (1)  GRANT (3)  HANCOCK (6)  HANSON (2)  HARE (1)  HEMSWORTH (1)  HILL (15)  HOLMES (1)  HOUSHAM (2)  HUDDLESTONE (1)  HUNT (2)  HEIGHT (1)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (5)  KETTLEWELL (1)  LAYNES (1)  LAWMAN (3)  LINEGAR (2)  LOBLEY (1)  MARSH (1)  MAY (3)  MEGGITT (1)  MOORFOOT (2)  MUSGRAVE (8)  NASH (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NEEDHAM (15)  NEWBURN (1)  NOBLE (1)  OXLEY (2)  PYECROFT (1)  REDHEAD (6)  RIMINGTON (2)  REVILL (6)  REILLY (1)  ROADLY (2)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBSON (7)  RUSHBY (1)  SALT (3)  SENIOR (3)  SLEIGHT (9)  SLIEGHT (2)  SMITH (1)  SMITHSON (7)  SNELL (3)  SPENCER (1)  SPINKS (3)  SPURR (1)  STAPLES (1)  STARR (2)  STEELE (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THURLBY (1)  TINKER (1)  TODD (1)  TWIDAL (1)  VICKERS (1)  WALKER (3)  WAND (1)  WARING (1)  WASS (1)  WATSON (2)  WELSH (1)  WEST (3)  WHELTON (1)  WIGELSWORTH (4)  WOOD (8)  WOOTON (1)  WRIGHT (7)  YARDLEY (1)