Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boughton, Nottinghamshire

Boughton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
TAYLOR134.39196.87
THOMPSON103.378411.28
MARSH93.040542.63
ROBERTS72.36496.29
BODDY72.3649426.83
KITCHEN72.3649138.89
PETTINGER72.36492,121.21
OUTRAM72.3649804.60
JEBB62.02701,621.62
SEARSON62.02701,578.95
GILBERT62.027035.59
ELLIS51.689211.63
SPENCER51.689218.50
WRAGG51.6892182.48
OLDER51.68922,000.00
HOGG51.689246.77
HARDWICK51.6892110.38
ROBINSON51.68925.30
HOLLOWAY51.689255.13
WILLOUGHBY41.3514155.64
POWELL41.351410.83
OTTER41.3514533.33
HOLLIS41.351497.56
HEATH41.351427.21
BUTTERY41.3514350.88
WARD41.35146.19
SINGLETON41.351468.38
PRICE41.35147.72
WAGSTAFF41.3514108.70
WRIGHT41.35144.21
HIND41.3514106.95
WORTHINGTON31.013550.59
BUTLER31.013510.40
GREENFIELD31.013591.19
EMPSON31.0135468.75
SIMPSON31.01355.79
WOOLHOUSE31.0135461.54
HALL31.01353.45
LUCAS20.675714.61
BARTLES20.67572,857.14
WOOLDRIDGE20.6757123.46
BINGHAM20.675745.98
JACKSON20.67572.42
ELLERBECK20.67571,538.46
MAPLES20.6757625.00
WILSON20.67571.47
JOHNSON20.67572.01
DOWNING20.675738.84
MAXFIELD20.6757256.41
GODFREY10.337811.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BARTLES0.302962857.1429
PETTINGER0.302962121.2121
OLDER0.302962000.0000
JEBB0.302961621.6216
SEARSON0.302961578.9474
ELLERBECK0.302961538.4615
HAGE0.302961000.0000
OUTRAM0.30296804.5977
MAPLES0.30296625.0000
OTTER0.30296533.3333
EMPSON0.30296468.7500
WOOLHOUSE0.30296461.5385
BODDY0.30296426.8293
BUTTERY0.30296350.8772
MAXFIELD0.30296256.4103
WRAGG0.30296182.4818
WILLOUGHBY0.30296155.6420
KITCHEN0.30296138.8889
WOOLDRIDGE0.30296123.4568
HARDWICK0.30296110.3753
WAGSTAFF0.30296108.6957
HIND0.30296106.9519
STARKIE0.30296105.2632
HOLLIS0.3029697.5610
GREENFIELD0.3029691.1854
SINGLETON0.3029668.3761
DINSDALE0.3029665.7895
HOLLOWAY0.3029655.1268
WORTHINGTON0.3029650.5902
HOGG0.3029646.7727
BINGHAM0.3029645.9770
COPLEY0.3029643.6681
MARSH0.3029642.6338
MONKS0.3029641.6667
DOWNING0.3029638.8350
GILBERT0.3029635.5872
HEATH0.3029627.2109
SPENCER0.3029618.5048
LUCAS0.3029614.6092
BEARD0.3029612.8370
ELLIS0.3029611.6333
GODFREY0.3029611.3895
THOMPSON0.3029611.2778
POWELL0.3029610.8313
BUTLER0.3029610.3950
NAYLOR0.302968.9606
MORLEY0.302968.4531
PRICE0.302967.7220
TAYLOR0.302966.8678
ROBERTS0.302966.2859

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 296 people called BARTLES in Boughton 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 2857.1429 in Boughton means that 2857.1429% of the people in Boughton on census day were called BARTLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BARTLES 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 BARTLES 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 BARTLES 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 BARTLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Boughton means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BARTLES in Boughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boughton in 1881

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

BARTLES (2)  BEARD (1)  BINGHAM (2)  BODDY (7)  BULLIFANT (1)  BUTLER (3)  BUTTERY (4)  CHEVINS (6)  COOK (1)  COPLEY (1)  DINSDALE (1)  DOWNING (2)  ELLERBECK (2)  ELLIS (5)  EMPSON (3)  FLEAR (3)  FLEGG (1)  GILBERT (6)  GODFREY (1)  GREENFIELD (3)  HALL (3)  HARDWICK (5)  HAGE (1)  HEATH (4)  HIND (4)  HOGG (5)  HOLLIS (4)  HOLLOWAY (5)  JACKSON (2)  JEBB (6)  JOHNSON (2)  JOSELYN (6)  KITCHEN (7)  LUCAS (2)  LUMBY (1)  MAPLES (2)  MARSH (9)  MARSINGALE (2)  MAXFIELD (2)  METHERINGHAM (6)  METTAM (1)  MONKS (1)  MORLEY (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NETTLESHIP (3)  OLDER (5)  OTTER (4)  OUTRAM (7)  PETTINGER (7)  POWELL (4)  PRICE (4)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (5)  SEARSON (6)  SIMPSON (3)  SINGLETON (4)  SKIRROW (1)  SPENCER (5)  STARBROOK (32)  STARKIE (1)  TAYLOR (13)  THOMPSON (10)  UNWIN (4)  WAGSTAFF (4)  WAGSTAFFE (2)  WARD (4)  WILLOUGHBY (4)  WILSON (2)  WOOLDRIDGE (2)  WOOLHOUSE (3)  WORTHINGTON (3)  WRAGG (5)  WRIGHT (4)