Top surnames from the 1881 census in Caunton, Nottinghamshire

Caunton 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
SMITH256.15764.36
REYNOLDS174.187248.34
LORD112.709458.76
CHAPPELL112.7094160.58
GILBERT102.463143.23
SOUTH102.4631261.10
JOHNSON92.21676.60
HOLLINGWORTH92.2167274.39
GLOVER81.970446.22
HORTON81.970453.09
ELRIDGE71.72415,000.00
POLLARD71.724147.30
LEESON61.4778255.32
BARKER61.477811.29
PINDER61.4778122.70
HODGSON61.477821.32
PLUMMER51.231592.25
WOMBLE51.231512,500.00
TAYLOR51.23151.93
GODSON51.2315675.68
POWELL51.23159.87
HOUGH40.985257.22
WHEAT40.9852421.05
SHARPE40.985233.42
HUNT40.98527.42
WELLS40.985211.84
HALL40.98523.35
LONG40.985215.19
HOLE30.738986.21
FLETCHER30.73896.47
KENDALL30.738934.32
NEWSTEAD30.7389212.77
POOLE30.738915.34
BROWN30.73891.12
ROLLINSON30.7389136.99
SCOTT30.73892.92
NORRIS30.738917.20
CARTWRIGHT20.492612.92
ANDREW20.492615.54
PEASE20.4926129.87
CHEETHAM20.492631.85
PATE20.4926119.05
HAYWOOD20.492623.47
DOWDING20.4926114.94
BOWMAN20.492618.87
WILLIAMSON20.49265.49
WATSON20.49262.12
WRIGHT20.49261.54
PATCHETT20.4926102.56
EVE20.4926130.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WOMBLE0.4140612500.0000
ELRIDGE0.414065000.0000
KITCHENS0.414062500.0000
GODSON0.41406675.6757
FLANERY0.41406666.6667
ROTH0.41406434.7826
WHEAT0.41406421.0526
JEBB0.41406400.0000
BETTINSON0.41406312.5000
HOLLINGWORTH0.41406274.3902
SOUTH0.41406261.0966
LEESON0.41406255.3191
NEWSTEAD0.41406212.7660
PADGET0.41406175.4386
CHAPPELL0.41406160.5839
BOYNE0.41406156.2500
DONCASTER0.41406153.8462
ROLLINSON0.41406136.9863
EVE0.41406130.7190
PEASE0.41406129.8701
PINDER0.41406122.6994
BRADWELL0.41406120.4819
PATE0.41406119.0476
DOWDING0.41406114.9425
PATCHETT0.41406102.5641
HOUSLEY0.41406101.0101
PLUMMER0.4140692.2509
PADLEY0.4140691.7431
HOLE0.4140686.2069
SOUTHWOOD0.4140684.7458
HIBBARD0.4140684.0336
BURGIN0.4140662.8931
LORD0.4140658.7607
HOUGH0.4140657.2246
DOVER0.4140654.6448
HORTON0.4140653.0856
REYNOLDS0.4140648.3367
POLLARD0.4140647.2973
WIDDOWSON0.4140646.2963
GLOVER0.4140646.2161
GILBERT0.4140643.2339
BARTLE0.4140641.8410
HODKINSON0.4140634.8432
KENDALL0.4140634.3249
SHARPE0.4140633.4169
CHEETHAM0.4140631.8471
WOLSTENHOLME0.4140630.8642
LEWIN0.4140630.5810
LYNN0.4140628.2486
BURLEY0.4140625.9740

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 406 people called WOMBLE in Caunton 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 12500.0000 in Caunton means that 12500.0000% of the people in Caunton on census day were called WOMBLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WOMBLE 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 WOMBLE 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 WOMBLE 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 WOMBLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Caunton means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WOMBLE in Caunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Caunton in 1881

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

ANDREW (2)  ANTLIFF (12)  BARKER (6)  BARNES (1)  BARTLE (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELLAMY (1)  BETTINSON (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BOUSKILL (2)  BOYNE (1)  BRADWELL (1)  BROWN (3)  BRYAN (1)  BURGIN (1)  BURLEY (1)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CAUNT (4)  CHAPPELL (11)  CHEETHAM (2)  COBB (1)  CORDEN (11)  DAVISON (1)  DAVINSON (1)  DONCASTER (1)  DOVER (1)  DOWDING (2)  DRABBLE (10)  ELRIDGE (7)  ELERIDGE (6)  ETUE (2)  EVE (2)  FLANERY (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FORD (1)  GILBERT (10)  GLOVER (8)  GOODMAN (1)  GODSON (5)  GUY (1)  HALL (4)  HARVEY (1)  HAYNES (2)  HEMPSHALL (4)  HAYWOOD (2)  HIBBARD (1)  HODKINSON (1)  HODGSON (6)  HOLLINGWORTH (9)  HORTON (8)  HOUGH (4)  HOUSLEY (1)  HOLE (3)  HUNT (4)  JEBB (2)  JOHNSON (9)  KENDALL (3)  KITCHENS (1)  LEESON (6)  LEWIN (1)  LONG (4)  LORD (11)  LYNN (1)  MANSILL (2)  MARRIOTT (1)  MEADES (2)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (2)  NAYLOR (1)  NEWSTEAD (3)  NORRIS (3)  NOTON (1)  PADLEY (1)  PADGET (1)  PATCHETT (2)  PATE (2)  PEASE (2)  PYKETT (6)  PINDER (6)  PLANT (1)  PLUMMER (5)  POLLARD (7)  POOLE (3)  POWELL (5)  ROLLINSON (3)  REYNOLDS (17)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROCKLEY (1)  ROTH (1)  SCOTT (3)  SCUPHOME (2)  SELBY (1)  SHARP (SHARPE) (2)  SHARPE (4)  SHARP OR SHARPE (6)  SHARPE OR SHARP (2)  SHEPPARD (1)  SMITH (25)  SOUTH (10)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  SWIFT (1)  TALBOT (2)  TAYLOR (5)  TEATHER (2)  TURNER (1)  VICKERS (1)  WALL (1)  WALSTOW (4)  WALSTOWE (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (2)  WELLERY (1)  WELLS (4)  WHITAKER (1)  WIDDOWSON (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WINTER (1)  WOLSTENHOLME (1)  WOMBLE (5)  WOMBILL (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLLHOUSE (2)  WRIGHT (2)  WHEAT (4)