Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Arrington is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cambridgeshire

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
CHARTER2811.52265,957.45
WILKINS135.3498121.04
PETT135.34981,940.30
MILLER114.526725.30
WAGSTAFF114.5267364.24
PAYNE104.115245.72
SMITH104.11522.91
REYNOLDS104.115247.51
COLLIN93.7037708.66
CORNEY72.8807864.20
MEYER72.8807886.08
PATMAN72.88072,413.79
NEWELL72.8807182.29
MATTHEWS72.880733.02
COOPER72.880711.84
RAYNER52.057682.51
IZZARD41.6461547.95
OSBOURNE41.6461449.44
COMPTON41.6461170.94
LINTON41.6461200.00
FOSTER31.23469.23
JACOBS31.234651.55
SKINNER31.234624.33
REED31.234616.91
HARRADINE20.8230588.24
RIDDLE20.823099.01
OSBORNE20.823017.24
DADE20.8230571.43
PELL10.411573.53
WRIGHT10.41151.28
BULLEN10.411538.76
TONKIN10.411584.75
LUFF10.411563.69
JOYCE10.411516.75
CHAPMAN10.41152.90
HOWES10.411523.53
COPPING10.4115103.09
CARRINGTON10.411539.06
HICKS10.41159.83
LAURANCE10.4115156.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHARTER0.242435957.4468
PATMAN0.242432413.7931
PETT0.242431940.2985
MEYER0.24243886.0759
CORNEY0.24243864.1975
COLLIN0.24243708.6614
HARRADINE0.24243588.2353
DADE0.24243571.4286
IZZARD0.24243547.9452
OSBOURNE0.24243449.4382
WAGSTAFF0.24243364.2384
LINTON0.24243200.0000
NEWELL0.24243182.2917
COMPTON0.24243170.9402
LAURANCE0.24243156.2500
WILKINS0.24243121.0428
COPPING0.24243103.0928
RIDDLE0.2424399.0099
TONKIN0.2424384.7458
RAYNER0.2424382.5083
PELL0.2424373.5294
LUFF0.2424363.6943
JACOBS0.2424351.5464
REYNOLDS0.2424347.5059
PAYNE0.2424345.7247
CARRINGTON0.2424339.0625
BULLEN0.2424338.7597
MATTHEWS0.2424333.0189
MILLER0.2424325.2990
SKINNER0.2424324.3309
HOWES0.2424323.5294
OSBORNE0.2424317.2414
REED0.2424316.9109
JOYCE0.2424316.7504
COOPER0.2424311.8423
HICKS0.242439.8328
FOSTER0.242439.2336
SMITH0.242432.9146
CHAPMAN0.242432.8977
WRIGHT0.242431.2827

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 243 people called CHARTER in Arrington 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 5957.4468 in Arrington means that 5957.4468% of the people in Arrington on census day were called CHARTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHARTER 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 CHARTER 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 CHARTER 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 CHARTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Arrington means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHARTER in Arrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arrington in 1881

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

BARRANCE (5)  BULLEN (1)  CARRINGTON (1)  CHARTER (28)  CHAPMAN (1)  COLLIN (9)  COMPTON (4)  COOPER (7)  COPPING (1)  CORNEY (7)  DADE (2)  DARLOW (4)  DELLAR (8)  FOSTER (3)  GOATS (2)  HARRADINE (2)  HICKS (1)  HOWES (1)  INGREY (3)  IZZARD (4)  JACOBS (3)  JOYCE (1)  LAURANCE (1)  LINTON (4)  LUFF (1)  MATTHEWS (7)  MILLER (11)  MOULE (1)  MEYER (7)  NEWELL (7)  OSBOURNE (4)  OSBORNE (2)  PATEMAN (2)  PATMAN (7)  PAYNE (10)  PELL (1)  PETT (13)  RAYNER (5)  REED (3)  REYNOLDS (10)  RIDDLE (2)  SERJEANT (3)  SKINNER (3)  SMITH (10)  SMOOTHY (5)  TONKIN (1)  WAGSTAFF (11)  WILKINS (13)  WRIGHT (1)