Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Swinderby 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
HUNT173.366325.35
ROE173.3663172.76
TALBOTT163.16831,391.30
SMITH132.57431.82
DALTON122.3762103.54
BROWN112.17823.30
THOMPSON101.98026.61
CARGILL101.9802500.00
RENSHAW91.7822188.28
WADDINGTON91.7822109.76
FREEMAN91.782227.91
HOPKINSON91.7822108.96
JOHNSON91.78225.30
LACY81.5842243.16
BEAUMONT81.584253.44
LONG81.584224.42
STEVENSON71.386119.75
HOLLAND71.386119.47
GREEN71.38614.92
CHAMBERS71.386124.37
WELLS61.188114.28
BECK61.188150.80
HORTON61.188132.02
TACY61.18815,454.55
POOLE61.188124.66
CLAYTON61.188121.86
ELVIN61.1881337.08
PRIESTLEY61.188170.18
WALTON61.188116.88
NICKOLSON50.9901943.40
RHODES50.990121.32
COLTON50.9901295.86
WILLIAMSON50.990111.04
BLOW50.9901264.55
ANDREWS40.79218.27
WOLLEY40.7921634.92
GRAVES40.792152.22
PRATLEY40.7921281.69
BANES40.7921769.23
SLEAFORD40.79212,000.00
PAULSON40.7921714.29
CLARKE40.79213.91
BEAN40.792161.16
HOOTON30.5941172.41
ROBINSON30.59411.86
DRAPER30.594125.23
MEADS30.5941181.82
RICHARDSON30.59413.49
KIRTON30.5941129.87
ANSON30.5941160.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TACY0.515055454.5455
SLEAFORD0.515052000.0000
TALBOTT0.515051391.3043
BRAUGHTON0.515051250.0000
NICKOLSON0.51505943.3962
BANES0.51505769.2308
STORES0.51505714.2857
PAULSON0.51505714.2857
WOLLEY0.51505634.9206
CARGILL0.51505500.0000
DRAKES0.51505425.5319
ELVIN0.51505337.0787
COLTON0.51505295.8580
PRATLEY0.51505281.6901
BLOW0.51505264.5503
LACY0.51505243.1611
BOTTOMLY0.51505217.3913
RENSHAW0.51505188.2845
MEADS0.51505181.8182
ROE0.51505172.7642
HOOTON0.51505172.4138
ANSON0.51505160.4278
CARNELL0.51505130.7190
KIRTON0.51505129.8701
WADDINGTON0.51505109.7561
HOPKINSON0.51505108.9588
COLSON0.51505104.1667
DALTON0.51505103.5375
CREASY0.5150597.0874
NEAVE0.5150584.3882
PRIESTLEY0.5150570.1754
BROWNLOW0.5150565.7895
LOVEDAY0.5150564.9351
BEAN0.5150561.1621
NEWSTEAD0.5150557.1429
BEAUMONT0.5150553.4402
GRAVES0.5150552.2193
BECK0.5150550.8044
COPPING0.5150549.7512
CHAPPEL0.5150545.0450
HORTON0.5150532.0171
BAILY0.5150531.2500
SIMONS0.5150530.0300
FREEMAN0.5150527.9070
HATFIELD0.5150527.7778
HUNT0.5150525.3467
DRAPER0.5150525.2313
HAGUE0.5150525.1889
POOLE0.5150524.6609
LONG0.5150524.4200

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 505 people called TACY in Swinderby 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 5454.5455 in Swinderby means that 5454.5455% of the people in Swinderby on census day were called TACY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TACY 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 TACY 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 TACY 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 TACY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Swinderby means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TACY in Swinderby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swinderby in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  ANSON (3)  ASHBY (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BAILY (1)  BANES (4)  BEAN (4)  BEAUMONT (8)  BECK (6)  BERKITT (5)  BIRKITT (3)  BLOW (5)  BLYTON (8)  BOTTOMLY (1)  BRIGGS (3)  BRAUGHTON (1)  BROWN (11)  BROWNLOW (1)  CARGILL (10)  CARNELL (2)  CAUNT (3)  CHAMBERS (7)  CHAPPEL (1)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (4)  CLAYTON (6)  CLAYWORTH (1)  COLLINGHAM (3)  COLTON (5)  COOK (2)  COPPING (1)  COLSON (1)  CREASY (1)  CUCKSY (4)  CURTIS (1)  DALTON (12)  DOWMAN (1)  DRAKES (2)  DRAPER (3)  EARL (1)  EASTGATE (11)  ELVIN (6)  FAWCETT (1)  FLINT (2)  FOTTITT (7)  WOLLEY OR FOTTITT (2)  FREEMAN (9)  GEESON (10)  JOLLANDS (5)  GLASEBROOK (1)  GRAVES (4)  GREEN (7)  GROCOCK (2)  HAGUE (2)  HARRIS (2)  HATFIELD (1)  HICKINBOTTOM (1)  HOLLAND (7)  HOPKINSON (9)  HORTON (6)  HOOTON (3)  HOYES (2)  HUMPHREYS (1)  HUNT (17)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (9)  KIRTON (3)  LACY (8)  LISITER (1)  LONG (8)  LOVEDAY (2)  LUCAS (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MEADS (3)  MELLOWS (7)  MILWAIN (1)  NEAVE (2)  NEWSTEAD (1)  NICKOLSON (5)  PASK (1)  PAULSON (4)  POOLE (6)  PRATLY (3)  PRATLEY (4)  PRIESTLEY (6)  RAVEN (1)  RENSHAW (9)  REVIL (1)  RHODES (5)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROBINSON (3)  ROE (17)  ROSE (1)  SALMON (1)  SCATCHARD (7)  SCRIMSHAW (5)  SHARP (2)  SHARPE (1)  SIMONS (2)  SLEAFORD (4)  SLOCK (1)  SMITH (13)  SNOW (1)  STEEL (1)  STEVENSON (7)  STORES (1)  TALBOTT (16)  TACY (6)  THOMPSON (10)  TREAVITT (1)  WADDINGTON (9)  WALTON (6)  WEATHERHOGG (4)  WEAVER (1)  WELLS (6)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WINN (1)  WOLHOUSE (8)  WOLLEY (4)  WRIGHT (2)