Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swarby, Lincolnshire

Swarby 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
WRIGHT116.432720.05
CUPIT105.84804,545.45
PECK95.2632311.42
BEE95.2632937.50
STOW74.0936933.33
NEWTON63.508845.80
BIRCH63.508885.59
KING52.924013.42
CUNNINGTON52.9240714.29
TINDAL42.33921,538.46
SANDERSON42.339256.66
CLARE42.3392161.29
ELLIS42.339216.11
HART31.754420.56
FOSTER31.754413.12
BROWN31.75442.66
ROBINSON31.75445.50
PEARSON31.754415.11
MATTHEWS31.754420.11
BUNNING21.16961,111.11
TRIGG21.1696208.33
ARNOLD21.169621.69
GUY21.169653.48
BEECHAM10.5848217.39
PARKES10.584828.57
DAY10.58486.21
ALVEY10.5848344.83
MARSH10.58488.20
CLAYTON10.584810.75
SUMNER10.584836.10
LILLY10.584896.15
BREWSTER10.584860.24
THORNTON10.584811.63
MARRIOTT10.584826.11
HANFORD10.5848526.32
TOMLINSON10.584812.67
SWIFT10.584818.94
LOUTH10.5848500.00
CAMM10.5848181.82
SCOTT10.58482.31
HOLDEN10.584810.67
BROOKS10.58485.98
PITTS10.584857.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CUPIT0.171714545.4545
TINDAL0.171711538.4615
BUNNING0.171711111.1111
BEE0.17171937.5000
STOW0.17171933.3333
CUNNINGTON0.17171714.2857
HANFORD0.17171526.3158
LOUTH0.17171500.0000
ALVEY0.17171344.8276
PECK0.17171311.4187
BEECHAM0.17171217.3913
TRIGG0.17171208.3333
CAMM0.17171181.8182
CLARE0.17171161.2903
LILLY0.1717196.1538
BIRCH0.1717185.5920
BREWSTER0.1717160.2410
PITTS0.1717157.1429
SANDERSON0.1717156.6572
GUY0.1717153.4759
NEWTON0.1717145.8015
SUMNER0.1717136.1011
PARKES0.1717128.5714
MARRIOTT0.1717126.1097
ARNOLD0.1717121.6920
HART0.1717120.5620
MATTHEWS0.1717120.1072
WRIGHT0.1717120.0510
SWIFT0.1717118.9394
ELLIS0.1717116.1095
PEARSON0.1717115.1057
KING0.1717113.4156
FOSTER0.1717113.1234
TOMLINSON0.1717112.6743
THORNTON0.1717111.6279
CLAYTON0.1717110.7527
HOLDEN0.1717110.6724
MARSH0.171718.1967
DAY0.171716.2112
BROOKS0.171715.9809
ROBINSON0.171715.5026
BROWN0.171712.6615
SCOTT0.171712.3111

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 171 people called CUPIT in Swarby 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 4545.4545 in Swarby means that 4545.4545% of the people in Swarby on census day were called CUPIT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CUPIT 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 CUPIT 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 CUPIT 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 CUPIT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Swarby means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CUPIT in Swarby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swarby in 1881

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

ALVEY (1)  ARNOLD (2)  BEECHAM (1)  BEEDEN (2)  BEE (9)  BEET (3)  BIRCH (6)  BLOCKSHAW (1)  BREWSTER (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (3)  BUNNING (2)  CAMM (1)  CARROT (1)  CLARE (4)  CLAYTON (1)  CUNNINGTON (5)  CUPIT (10)  DAY (1)  ELLIS (4)  FOSTER (3)  GREETHAM (11)  GUY (2)  HANFORD (1)  HARMSTON (3)  HART (3)  HALKES (3)  MC HAY (1)  HOLDEN (1)  INKLEY (6)  JEAKINS (2)  MAC KELVIN (1)  KING (5)  LILLY (1)  LOUTH (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARSH (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  NEWTON (6)  PARKES (1)  PEARSON (3)  PECK (9)  PITTS (1)  ROBINSON (3)  SANDERSON (4)  SCOTT (1)  STOW (7)  SUMNER (1)  SWIFT (1)  TALES (2)  THORNTON (1)  TINDAL (4)  TOMLINSON (1)  TRIGG (2)  VACEY (1)  WADDINGHAM (1)  WITTAKER (1)  WOULDS (2)  WRIGHT (11)