Top surnames from the 1881 census in Borough Green, Cambridgeshire

Borough Green 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
WARD225.445524.93
STARLING204.9505673.40
SMITH194.70303.33
WEBB174.207931.04
CURTIS163.960469.78
GALLEY133.2178902.78
WRIGHT122.97039.26
TURNER122.970310.67
PLEDGER112.72281,111.11
COPPER81.98021,212.12
HEATH81.980239.88
NOBLE71.732741.74
CHALLIS71.7327273.44
BELL71.73279.22
LING71.7327183.25
BARRETT61.485122.12
DOE61.4851310.88
BRIDGE51.237661.12
DENNIS51.237641.84
CARTER51.23767.37
MARSH40.990113.88
ADAMS40.99016.72
RANDS40.9901338.98
SWANN40.990190.70
STEWARD40.990177.07
BAILEY40.99016.57
OAKEY40.9901425.53
HOWARD40.990110.09
COE30.742645.73
CARLTON30.7426144.93
MANSFIELD30.742639.58
PORTER30.74269.90
JOBSON30.7426126.58
SWAN30.742628.68
ALLEN30.74263.93
LACEY30.742640.27
JENNINGS30.742614.65
BRAY30.742622.09
STANTON30.742637.22
HARVEY20.49504.64
WEATHERALL20.4950256.41
PETTET20.4950540.54
GREGORY20.49507.06
MILLER20.49502.77
CONEY20.4950173.91
GREEN20.49501.76
RUDD20.495031.40
WOOLARD10.2475172.41
SHEPHARD10.247525.77
LANE10.24753.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLTS0.404045000.0000
CALER0.404043333.3333
COPPER0.404041212.1212
PLEDGER0.404041111.1111
GALLEY0.40404902.7778
STARLING0.40404673.4007
PETTET0.40404540.5405
OAKEY0.40404425.5319
RANDS0.40404338.9831
DOE0.40404310.8808
CHALLIS0.40404273.4375
WEATHERALL0.40404256.4103
LING0.40404183.2461
CONEY0.40404173.9130
WOOLARD0.40404172.4138
CARLTON0.40404144.9275
STINTON0.40404133.3333
JOBSON0.40404126.5823
SWANN0.4040490.7029
GINN0.4040489.2857
STEWARD0.4040477.0713
CURTIS0.4040469.7776
BRIDGE0.4040461.1247
SIMPKINS0.4040454.9451
PEARMAN0.4040451.8135
COE0.4040445.7317
DENNIS0.4040441.8410
NOBLE0.4040441.7412
LACEY0.4040440.2685
HEATH0.4040439.8804
MANSFIELD0.4040439.5778
STANTON0.4040437.2208
JEFFS0.4040431.6456
RUDD0.4040431.3972
WEBB0.4040431.0446
FORDHAM0.4040430.7692
SWAN0.4040428.6807
LAMONT0.4040427.8552
SHEPHARD0.4040425.7732
WARD0.4040424.9264
BARRETT0.4040422.1157
BRAY0.4040422.0913
GRAINGER0.4040416.1031
BLYTH0.4040415.6986
JENNINGS0.4040414.6484
MARSH0.4040413.8793
SEARLE0.4040412.3153
JEFFERY0.4040411.4025
TURNER0.4040410.6705
HOWARD0.4040410.0883

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 404 people called HOLTS in Borough Green 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 5000.0000 in Borough Green means that 5000.0000% of the people in Borough Green on census day were called HOLTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLTS 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 HOLTS 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 HOLTS 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 HOLTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Borough Green means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLTS in Borough Green than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Borough Green in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALDERS (1)  ALLEN (3)  BAILEY (4)  BARRETT (6)  BELL (7)  BENSTED (1)  BLYTH (1)  BRAY (3)  BRIGGS (1)  BRIDGE (5)  BROWN (1)  CARTER (5)  CHALLIS (7)  CARLTON (3)  CHARVILLE (5)  CLAYDON (1)  CLIPPHAM (2)  COE (3)  CONEY (2)  COPPER (8)  CURTIS (16)  DENNIS (5)  DOE (6)  DUNCAN (1)  AVES (1)  ELSDEN (19)  FORDHAM (1)  FROST (1)  GALLEY (13)  GINN (1)  GRAINGER (1)  GREEN (2)  GREGORY (2)  HAMENCE (2)  HARVEY (2)  HEATH (8)  HOLTS (1)  HOWARD (4)  JEFFS (1)  JEFFERY (1)  JENNINGS (3)  JOBSON (3)  KING (1)  LACEY (3)  LAMONT (1)  LANE (1)  LING (7)  MANSFIELD (3)  MARSH (4)  CALER (1)  MILLER (2)  MINGAY (3)  MISSEN (10)  MORTLOCK (2)  NOBLE (7)  OAKE (16)  OAKEY (4)  PAR (1)  PEARMAN (1)  PURKIS (6)  PETTET (2)  PLEDGER (11)  PORTER (3)  RANNER (5)  RANDS (4)  RUDD (2)  SEARLE (1)  SHEPHARD (1)  SHIRLOCK (2)  SIMPKINS (1)  SMITH (19)  STANTON (3)  STEWARD (4)  STINTON (1)  STARLING (20)  SWANN (4)  SWAN (3)  TILBROOK (9)  TRAYLEN (2)  TURNER (12)  WARD (22)  WEBB (17)  WEATHERALL (2)  WOODS (1)  WOOLARD (1)  WRIGHT (12)