Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hildersham, Cambridgeshire

Hildersham 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
DAY187.346978.06
WEBB156.122445.17
SMITH114.48983.18
CLARK104.081613.58
ORSBORN83.26536,666.67
LAMBERT83.265359.84
HOUSDEN83.26531,481.48
SIMPSON83.265318.67
DAVEY72.857169.51
TRUSSLER72.85712,187.50
PETERS72.857181.49
JACKSON72.857110.22
BROWN72.85714.33
COLE62.449026.88
KITTLE62.44902,222.22
VALE62.4490342.86
COPEMAN62.44901,034.48
PETTIT62.4490309.28
JORDAN52.040846.17
MORRELL52.0408217.39
WHITE52.04086.35
POTTER52.040831.47
CONDER52.04082,272.73
REDHOUSE41.63273,636.36
FLACK41.6327231.21
WADE31.224530.58
GOODWIN31.224523.24
GLASSCOCK20.8163588.24
BOND20.816315.42
EVERETT20.816345.45
ELLIS20.81635.62
PERRY20.816311.10
ROOT20.8163250.00
STARLING10.408255.56
CARTER10.40822.43
SHAVE10.4082185.19
ROE10.408220.96
PLUMB10.408250.51
HUMM10.4082312.50
HAYLOCK10.4082149.25
BUTTERFIELD10.408230.58
FREEMAN10.40826.39
SEARLE10.408220.33
PIERSON10.4082192.31
SWANN10.408237.45
LEVELL10.4082500.00
KENT10.40829.69
HUTCHINSON10.40827.18
TURNER10.40821.47
HILL10.40821.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ORSBORN0.252456666.6667
REDHOUSE0.252453636.3636
CONDER0.252452272.7273
KITTLE0.252452222.2222
TRUSSLER0.252452187.5000
HOUSDEN0.252451481.4815
COPEMAN0.252451034.4828
GLASSCOCK0.25245588.2353
LEVELL0.25245500.0000
VALE0.25245342.8571
HUMM0.25245312.5000
PETTIT0.25245309.2784
ROOT0.25245250.0000
FLACK0.25245231.2139
MORRELL0.25245217.3913
PIERSON0.25245192.3077
SHAVE0.25245185.1852
HAYLOCK0.25245149.2537
PETERS0.2524581.4901
DAY0.2524578.0572
DAVEY0.2524569.5134
LAMBERT0.2524559.8355
STARLING0.2524555.5556
PLUMB0.2524550.5051
JORDAN0.2524546.1681
EVERETT0.2524545.4545
WEBB0.2524545.1671
SWANN0.2524537.4532
POTTER0.2524531.4663
BUTTERFIELD0.2524530.5810
WADE0.2524530.5810
COLE0.2524526.8817
GOODWIN0.2524523.2378
ROE0.2524520.9644
SEARLE0.2524520.3252
SIMPSON0.2524518.6698
BOND0.2524515.4202
CLARK0.2524513.5796
PERRY0.2524511.0988
JACKSON0.2524510.2235
KENT0.252459.6899
HUTCHINSON0.252457.1839
FREEMAN0.252456.3898
WHITE0.252456.3492
ELLIS0.252455.6211
BROWN0.252454.3344
SMITH0.252453.1798
CARTER0.252452.4313
HILL0.252451.6026
TURNER0.252451.4663

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 245 people called ORSBORN in Hildersham 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 6666.6667 in Hildersham means that 6666.6667% of the people in Hildersham on census day were called ORSBORN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ORSBORN 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 ORSBORN 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 ORSBORN 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 ORSBORN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Hildersham means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ORSBORN in Hildersham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hildersham in 1881

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

BOND (2)  BREDFORD (1)  BROWN (7)  BUTTERFIELD (1)  CARTER (1)  CLARK (10)  COLE (6)  CONDER (5)  COPEMAN (6)  DAVEY (7)  DAY (18)  DOCKERILL (1)  ELLIS (2)  EVERETT (2)  FLACK (4)  FREEMAN (1)  GLASSCOCK (2)  GLASSOCK (1)  GOODWIN (3)  JORDAN (5)  HEADDING (1)  HAYLOCK (1)  HILL (1)  HOUSDEN (8)  HUMM (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (7)  KENT (1)  KITTLE (6)  LAMBERT (8)  LEVELL (1)  MALYON (8)  MORRELL (5)  ORSBORN (8)  PIERSON (1)  PENDLE (1)  PURKIS (6)  PERRY (2)  PETERS (7)  PETTIT (6)  PLUMB (1)  POTTER (5)  ROOT (2)  ROE (1)  REDHOUSE (4)  SCOTCHER (2)  SEARLE (1)  SHAVE (1)  SHELFORD (1)  SIMPSON (8)  SMITH (11)  STARLING (1)  SWANN (1)  TOFTS (4)  TRUSSLER (7)  TURNER (1)  VALE (6)  WADE (3)  WEBB (15)  WHITE (5)