Top surnames from the 1881 census in Torksey, Lincolnshire

Torksey 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
SOUTH116.8750728.48
DICKINS74.37501,186.44
CLAY74.3750213.41
DUNSTON74.37503,181.82
DENMAN63.7500845.07
TURNBULL63.750089.02
TOMLINSON53.125067.75
SERGEANT53.1250657.89
DAY53.125033.20
LISTER53.1250109.65
THOMPSON42.50008.35
HUNT42.500018.82
GOURLEY42.50001,379.31
HUMPHREY42.500093.90
HURST42.500070.05
HOLLIS31.8750135.14
WALKER31.87505.60
BURROWS31.875042.86
MAKINS31.87501,875.00
DICKINSON31.875043.92
TROOP31.87502,000.00
ELLIS21.25008.61
WALLACE21.250018.25
HEWITT21.250025.67
WALL21.250035.78
BASSETT10.625040.00
JOHNSON10.62501.86
WILSON10.62501.36
DRURY10.625039.37
SMITH10.62500.44
ABBOT10.6250131.58
WATSON10.62502.69
SCOTT10.62502.47
COOK10.62503.15
MOUNTCASTLE10.62502,000.00
TOYNE10.6250526.32
LILLY10.6250103.09
YARNALL10.62501,250.00
SPENCER10.62506.84
BACON10.625024.88
JACKSON10.62502.24
WILLIAMSON10.62506.97
DOBSON10.625014.16
SHARPE10.625021.19
SAXBY10.6250131.58
GILES10.625016.39
BEMROSE10.6250666.67
JUBB10.6250125.00
WOODCOCK10.625021.88
ARDEN10.6250263.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUNSTON0.161603181.8182
MOUNTCASTLE0.161602000.0000
TROOP0.161602000.0000
MAKINS0.161601875.0000
GOURLEY0.161601379.3103
YARNALL0.161601250.0000
DICKINS0.161601186.4407
DENMAN0.16160845.0704
SOUTH0.16160728.4768
BEMROSE0.16160666.6667
SERGEANT0.16160657.8947
TOYNE0.16160526.3158
CHANTRY0.16160434.7826
WHEAT0.16160263.1579
ARDEN0.16160263.1579
CLAY0.16160213.4146
HOLLIS0.16160135.1351
ABBOT0.16160131.5789
SAXBY0.16160131.5789
JUBB0.16160125.0000
LISTER0.16160109.6491
LILLY0.16160103.0928
HUMPHREY0.1616093.8967
TURNBULL0.1616089.0208
HOOKER0.1616072.9927
HATCH0.1616072.4638
HURST0.1616070.0525
TOMLINSON0.1616067.7507
DICKINSON0.1616043.9239
BURROWS0.1616042.8571
BASSETT0.1616040.0000
DRURY0.1616039.3701
WALL0.1616035.7782
DAY0.1616033.2005
HEWITT0.1616025.6739
BACON0.1616024.8756
WOODCOCK0.1616021.8818
SHARPE0.1616021.1864
HUNT0.1616018.8235
WALLACE0.1616018.2482
PICKERING0.1616017.3310
GILES0.1616016.3934
DOBSON0.1616014.1643
ELLIS0.161608.6096
THOMPSON0.161608.3455
WILLIAMSON0.161606.9735
SPENCER0.161606.8446
WALKER0.161605.6012
GIBSON0.161605.1493
COOK0.161603.1466

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 160 people called DUNSTON in Torksey 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 3181.8182 in Torksey means that 3181.8182% of the people in Torksey on census day were called DUNSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUNSTON 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 DUNSTON 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 DUNSTON 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 DUNSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Torksey means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUNSTON in Torksey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Torksey in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  ARDEN (1)  BACON (1)  BAINBORROW (3)  BASSETT (1)  BEMROSE (1)  BURROWS (3)  CHANTRY (1)  CLAY (7)  COOK (1)  DAY (5)  DENMAN (6)  DICKINS (7)  DICKINSON (3)  DOBSON (1)  DRURY (1)  DUNSTON (7)  ELLIS (2)  GIBSON (1)  GILBY (2)  GILES (1)  GOURLEY (4)  HATCH (1)  HEWITT (2)  HOLLIS (3)  HOLLISS (1)  HOOKER (1)  HUMPHREY (4)  HUNT (4)  HURST (4)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JUBB (1)  KIRMAN (1)  LILLY (1)  LISTER (5)  LORT (1)  MAKINS (3)  MILLNS (9)  MOUNTCASTLE (1)  PICKERING (1)  SERGEANT (5)  SAXBY (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHARPE (1)  SMITH (1)  SOUTH (11)  SPENCER (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TOMLINSON (5)  TOWNHILL (1)  TOYNE (1)  TROOP (3)  TURNBULL (6)  WALKER (3)  WALL (2)  WALLACE (2)  WATSON (1)  WHELPTON (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODCOCK (1)  WHEAT (1)  YARNALL (1)