Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westborough, Lincolnshire

Westborough 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
BREWSTER147.7348800.00
POTTS116.0773182.12
JACKSON105.524919.77
GILBERT94.972487.29
COPLEY84.4199571.43
LEE73.867423.66
CRAGG73.8674608.70
SEAGRAVE63.31492,500.00
ARNOLD52.762451.23
JOHNSON52.76248.22
HUTCHINSON52.762448.64
BROUGHTON42.2099118.34
WATSON31.65757.14
BELLAMY31.6575113.64
MEREDITH31.657581.97
BAXTER31.657527.80
ATKINSON21.105011.34
COOK21.10505.56
HALL21.10503.76
COLLIN21.1050212.77
PEATMAN21.10503,333.33
BAILEY21.10507.34
LINNEY21.1050350.88
ALCOCK21.105076.63
SUMMERS21.105039.37
RICHARDSON10.55253.25
PEPPER10.552539.22
ABBOT10.5525117.65
ISAAC10.552544.05
WILLETTS10.552599.01
CLARE10.552538.17
PATCHETT10.5525114.94
SOUTHWOOD10.5525188.68
MILES10.55259.36
FOX10.55255.95
SCHOFIELD10.552510.19
BARNES10.55254.59
LUCAS10.552511.95
PRICE10.55253.16
BROWN10.55250.84
OGDEN10.552519.53
GOOD10.552544.44
SENIOR10.552524.10
FLOWERS10.552568.03
ROBERTS10.55251.47
WORTHINGTON10.552527.55
COCKING10.5525113.64
PATTINSON10.552561.73
HICKSON10.552580.00
NIX10.5525212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEATMAN0.181813333.3333
SEAGRAVE0.181812500.0000
MATLOCK0.181811000.0000
BREWSTER0.18181800.0000
CRAGG0.18181608.6957
COPLEY0.18181571.4286
LINNEY0.18181350.8772
COLLIN0.18181212.7660
NIX0.18181212.7660
SOUTHWOOD0.18181188.6792
POTTS0.18181182.1192
DEWEY0.18181129.8701
BROUGHTON0.18181118.3432
ABBOT0.18181117.6471
PATCHETT0.18181114.9425
COCKING0.18181113.6364
BELLAMY0.18181113.6364
WILLETTS0.1818199.0099
GILBERT0.1818187.2939
MEREDITH0.1818181.9672
HICKSON0.1818180.0000
ALCOCK0.1818176.6284
FLOWERS0.1818168.0272
PATTINSON0.1818161.7284
ARNOLD0.1818151.2295
HUTCHINSON0.1818148.6381
GOOD0.1818144.4444
ISAAC0.1818144.0529
SUMMERS0.1818139.3701
PEPPER0.1818139.2157
CLARE0.1818138.1679
BAXTER0.1818127.8035
WORTHINGTON0.1818127.5482
SENIOR0.1818124.0964
LEE0.1818123.6646
JACKSON0.1818119.7707
OGDEN0.1818119.5313
LUCAS0.1818111.9474
ATKINSON0.1818111.3443
SCHOFIELD0.1818110.1937
MILES0.181819.3633
JOHNSON0.181818.2223
BAILEY0.181817.3368
WATSON0.181817.1446
FOX0.181815.9488
COOK0.181815.5633
BARNES0.181814.5893
HALL0.181813.7559
RICHARDSON0.181813.2457
PRICE0.181813.1566

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 181 people called PEATMAN in Westborough 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 3333.3333 in Westborough means that 3333.3333% of the people in Westborough on census day were called PEATMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEATMAN 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 PEATMAN 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 PEATMAN 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 PEATMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Westborough means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEATMAN in Westborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westborough in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  ALCOCK (2)  ANCLIFF (1)  ARNOLD (5)  ATKINSON (2)  BAILEY (2)  BARNES (1)  BAXTER (3)  BELLAMY (3)  BREWSTER (14)  BROUGHTON (4)  BROWN (1)  CLARE (1)  COCKING (1)  COLLIN (2)  COOK (2)  COPLEY (8)  CRAGG (7)  DEWEY (1)  FITCHES (8)  FLOWERS (1)  FOX (1)  FURMIDGE (2)  GILBERT (9)  GOOD (1)  HALL (2)  HEWERDINE (7)  HICKSON (1)  HOYES (1)  HUTCHINSON (5)  ISAAC (1)  JACKSON (10)  JOHNSON (5)  LUTY (1)  LEE (7)  LINNEY (2)  LUCAS (1)  MAPLETOFT (7)  MATLOCK (1)  MC KINLEY (1)  MEREDITH (3)  MILES (1)  NIX (1)  OGDEN (1)  PATCHETT (1)  PEATMAN (2)  PATTINSON (1)  PEPPER (1)  POTTS (11)  PRICE (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SEAGRAVE (6)  SENIOR (1)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  SUMMERS (2)  TURFITT (5)  WATSON (3)  WILLETTS (1)  WORTHINGTON (1)