Top surnames from the 1881 census in Witham On Hill, Lincolnshire

Witham On Hill 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
PELL168.20511,467.89
PICK115.6410887.10
BROWN105.12827.78
SEWELL94.6154218.45
SMART94.6154101.35
HOLMES84.102633.68
SMITH84.10262.91
COUSINS73.5897199.43
SEYMOUR63.0769150.38
NICHOLLS52.564149.12
CLARKE52.564112.66
BALDWIN52.564160.17
WOOLLEY52.5641129.20
OSBORN52.5641123.15
RUDKIN52.5641649.35
ALLAM42.05131,666.67
PACEY42.0513526.32
CARR42.051328.43
FRISBY42.0513476.19
GREEN42.05137.28
STILES31.5385277.78
NEWHAM31.5385422.54
KETTLE21.0256116.96
TAYLOR21.02561.60
LLOYD21.02568.78
HUDSON21.025612.52
BERRY10.51286.46
FRANCIS10.51288.61
DOWNS10.512828.82
LEESON10.512888.50
ROGERS10.51283.95
GILLSON10.5128434.78
FOWLER10.51288.98
DAWSON10.51284.65
HALL10.51281.74
BOYER10.5128163.93
ANDREW10.512816.18
ELKINGTON10.5128136.99
CANTON10.5128769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALLAM0.201951666.6667
PELL0.201951467.8899
PICK0.20195887.0968
CANTON0.20195769.2308
RUDKIN0.20195649.3506
PACEY0.20195526.3158
FRISBY0.20195476.1905
GILLSON0.20195434.7826
NEWHAM0.20195422.5352
STILES0.20195277.7778
SEWELL0.20195218.4466
COUSINS0.20195199.4302
BOYER0.20195163.9344
SEYMOUR0.20195150.3759
ELKINGTON0.20195136.9863
WOOLLEY0.20195129.1990
OSBORN0.20195123.1527
KETTLE0.20195116.9591
SMART0.20195101.3514
LEESON0.2019588.4956
BALDWIN0.2019560.1685
NICHOLLS0.2019549.1159
HOLMES0.2019533.6842
DOWNS0.2019528.8184
CARR0.2019528.4293
ANDREW0.2019516.1812
CLARKE0.2019512.6550
HUDSON0.2019512.5235
FOWLER0.201958.9767
LLOYD0.201958.7835
FRANCIS0.201958.6059
BROWN0.201957.7797
GREEN0.201957.2846
BERRY0.201956.4641
DAWSON0.201954.6533
ROGERS0.201953.9494
SMITH0.201952.9056
HALL0.201951.7431
TAYLOR0.201951.6038

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 195 people called ALLAM in Witham On Hill 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 1666.6667 in Witham On Hill means that 1666.6667% of the people in Witham On Hill on census day were called ALLAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALLAM 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 ALLAM 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 ALLAM 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 ALLAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Witham On Hill means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALLAM in Witham On Hill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Witham On Hill in 1881

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

ALLAM (4)  ANDREW (1)  BALDWIN (5)  BERRY (1)  BOYER (1)  BROWN (10)  CANTON (1)  CARR (4)  CLARKE (5)  COUSINS (7)  DALLYWATER (1)  DAWSON (1)  DOWNS (1)  ELKINGTON (1)  FOWLER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FRISBY (4)  GILLSON (1)  GREEN (4)  HALL (1)  HOLMES (8)  HOTSON (1)  HUDSON (2)  KETTLE (2)  LEESON (1)  LLOYD (2)  MEADES (5)  MOXON (8)  NEWHAM (3)  NICHOLLS (5)  OSBORN (5)  PACEY (4)  PELL (16)  PICK (11)  ROGERS (1)  RUDKIN (5)  SENTENCE (12)  SEWELL (9)  SEYMOUR (6)  SHICEAS (1)  SHALES (1)  SMART (9)  SMITH (8)  STRICKTON (1)  STUBLEY (3)  STILES (3)  SURATH (1)  TAYLOR (2)  WOOLLEY (5)