Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lissington, Lincolnshire

Lissington 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
ROBINSON3111.969137.54
FOSTER103.861028.88
FOX83.088833.26
THOMPSON83.088810.31
DICKINSON83.088872.33
SILVESTER72.7027350.00
SEAGRAVE72.70272,000.00
BRADSHAW72.702765.79
PRIESTLEY72.7027159.82
KIRK72.702762.44
WATSON72.702711.65
PARKINSON62.316648.31
BAKER62.316610.57
BURNETT62.316683.68
TOWNSEND51.930545.45
MEDLEY51.9305520.83
TOPHAM51.9305264.55
BRADEY51.93053,125.00
BROWN41.54442.34
WALTERS41.544432.39
WHITAKER41.544454.64
JUDD41.5444119.05
BREWER41.544458.22
HODGSON41.544422.28
BEE31.1583205.48
ABBOTT31.158326.27
WILKINSON31.15837.59
CLAPHAM31.1583134.53
TOYNE31.15831,000.00
TINKER31.1583229.01
CLARK31.15833.85
MURR20.77222,000.00
BOOTHBY20.7722270.27
BOOTH20.77227.83
NORTON20.772223.23
MARSHALL20.77224.60
WILSON20.77221.68
ELVIN20.7722219.78
SIMS20.772225.77
JOHNSON20.77222.30
CREE20.7722259.74
PICKERING20.772221.41
BLAKEY20.772296.15
SMITH10.38610.27
LILLEY10.386127.86
DOLBY10.3861103.09
BRETT10.386120.33
KING10.38611.77
DALTON10.386116.84
ION10.3861769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRADEY0.262593125.0000
SEAGRAVE0.262592000.0000
MURR0.262592000.0000
TOYNE0.262591000.0000
ION0.26259769.2308
MEDLEY0.26259520.8333
SILVESTER0.26259350.0000
BOOTHBY0.26259270.2703
TOPHAM0.26259264.5503
CREE0.26259259.7403
TINKER0.26259229.0076
ELVIN0.26259219.7802
BEE0.26259205.4795
PRIESTLEY0.26259159.8174
CLAPHAM0.26259134.5291
JUDD0.26259119.0476
DOLBY0.26259103.0928
BLAKEY0.2625996.1538
ASHER0.2625990.9091
BURNETT0.2625983.6820
DICKINSON0.2625972.3327
BRADSHAW0.2625965.7895
KIRK0.2625962.4442
BREWER0.2625958.2242
DOBBS0.2625957.1429
WHITAKER0.2625954.6448
PARKINSON0.2625948.3092
CROFTS0.2625947.8469
TOWNSEND0.2625945.4545
BIRKETT0.2625940.0000
ROBINSON0.2625937.5394
USHER0.2625934.9650
FOX0.2625933.2640
WALTERS0.2625932.3887
FOSTER0.2625928.8767
LILLEY0.2625927.8552
SKELTON0.2625926.5252
ABBOTT0.2625926.2697
SIMS0.2625925.7732
NORTON0.2625923.2288
KITCHEN0.2625922.6757
HODGSON0.2625922.2841
PICKERING0.2625921.4133
BROUGHTON0.2625920.7039
BRETT0.2625920.3252
DALTON0.2625916.8350
HUMPHREY0.2625914.4928
WATSON0.2625911.6511
BAKER0.2625910.5727
THOMPSON0.2625910.3106

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 259 people called BRADEY in Lissington 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 3125.0000 in Lissington means that 3125.0000% of the people in Lissington on census day were called BRADEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRADEY 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 BRADEY 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 BRADEY 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 BRADEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Lissington means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRADEY in Lissington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lissington in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ODLIN (3)  ASHER (1)  BAKER (6)  BEE (3)  BENNETT (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLAKEY (2)  BLANSHARD (3)  BLANSHAW (6)  BOOTH (2)  BOOTHBY (2)  BRADSHAW (7)  BRADEY (5)  BRETT (1)  BREWER (4)  BROUGHTON (1)  BROWN (4)  BURNETT (6)  CLAPHAM (3)  CLARK (3)  CLAYTON (1)  COLE (1)  CREE (2)  CROFTS (1)  DALTON (1)  DICKINSON (8)  DOBBS (1)  DOLBY (1)  ELVIN (2)  FANTHORP (1)  FIDLIN (1)  FIDDLING (2)  FOSTER (10)  FOX (8)  GIBSON (1)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (4)  HOULDSWORTH (4)  HUMPHREY (1)  ION (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JUDD (4)  KING (1)  KIRK (7)  KITCHEN (1)  LILLEY (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MEDLEY (5)  MURR (2)  NORTON (2)  PARKINSON (6)  PICKERING (2)  POTTAGE (1)  PRIESTLEY (7)  ROBINSON (31)  ROSE (1)  SEAGRAVE (7)  SILVESTER (7)  SIMS (2)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (8)  TINKER (3)  TOPHAM (5)  TOWNSEND (5)  TOYNE (3)  USHER (1)  WALTERS (4)  WATSON (7)  WHITAKER (4)  WILKINSON (3)  WALKINSON (1)  WILSON (2)