Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birdingbury, Warwickshire

Birdingbury is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
KNIGHT1013.5135109.65
JAMES79.459548.14
KING68.108137.20
WOODWARD56.7568136.99
MUNRO56.7568151.52
WALL34.0541115.83
RATHBONE34.0541731.71
CROFTS34.0541500.00
HICKMAN34.0541241.94
GOODWIN22.702751.28
MORGAN22.702713.59
CHILD22.7027158.73
BURTON11.351415.87
SPIER11.35142,000.00
PROCTOR11.351454.95
SMITH11.35140.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPIER2,000.0011.3514
RATHBONE731.7134.0541
CROFTS500.0034.0541
HICKMAN241.9434.0541
CHILD158.7322.7027
MUNRO151.5256.7568
WOODWARD136.9956.7568
WALL115.8334.0541
KNIGHT109.651013.5135
PROCTOR54.9511.3514
GOODWIN51.2822.7027
JAMES48.1479.4595
KING37.2068.1081
BURTON15.8711.3514
MORGAN13.5922.7027
SMITH0.9611.3514

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called SPIER in Birdingbury 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 1.3514 in Birdingbury means that 1.3514% of the people in Birdingbury on census day were called SPIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPIER 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 SPIER 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 SPIER 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 SPIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Birdingbury means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPIER in Birdingbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birdingbury in 1881

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

BODDINGTON (6)  BURTON (1)  CHILD (2)  CLEMANT (CLEMENT) (2)  CLEMENT (CLEMANT) (6)  CROFTS (3)  GOATCHER (2)  GOODWIN (2)  HICKMAN (3)  JAMES (7)  KING (6)  KITELEY (2)  KNIGHT (10)  MORGAN (2)  MUNRO (5)  PROCTOR (1)  RATHBONE (3)  SECCULL (1)  SMITH (1)  SPIER (1)  WALL (3)  WOODWARD (5)