Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire

Little Shelford 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
ANDREWS224.263644.50
AUSTIN224.263687.23
GALL132.5194390.39
MANSFIELD132.5194134.16
GODFREY112.131871.90
MARSHALL112.131812.71
PETTIT101.9380245.10
GIFFORD101.9380222.72
PAGE101.938024.24
TAYLOR91.74422.73
BUTLER91.744217.89
ROGERS91.744213.43
JENNINGS91.744234.40
RICHES91.7442152.54
SMITH81.55041.10
BARNES81.550412.88
NUNN71.356677.43
JEFFREY71.356673.38
MOORE71.35666.78
BROWN71.35662.06
PRYOR71.3566203.49
PAYNE71.356615.07
WEBB61.16288.58
WATSON61.16285.01
ANSEL61.16288,571.43
CHURCHMAN61.1628458.02
GILLINGHAM50.9690216.45
WISBEY50.9690609.76
FITCH50.9690123.76
WALKER50.96902.89
GEE50.969037.97
ACKER50.96902,941.18
MOTLEY50.9690769.23
PEYTON50.9690806.45
DARE50.9690224.22
WALE50.9690202.43
DARLEY40.7752181.82
BRACEY40.7752294.12
LAW40.775217.14
PETCH40.7752174.67
WATKINS40.775212.79
DRURY30.581436.59
PLUMB30.581471.94
BRAND30.581439.37
WILKINSON30.58143.81
HONES30.58141,363.64
COVILL30.5814666.67
CARTER30.58143.46
BRAZIER30.581461.98
EVERITT30.581469.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANSEL0.525168571.4286
ACKER0.525162941.1765
HONES0.525161363.6364
STEARNE0.525161000.0000
PEYTON0.52516806.4516
MOTLEY0.52516769.2308
BALDREY0.52516714.2857
COVILL0.52516666.6667
COVIL0.52516625.0000
WISBEY0.52516609.7561
MARIS0.52516606.0606
CHALLENDER0.52516555.5556
CHURCHMAN0.52516458.0153
PETTET0.52516425.5319
GALL0.52516390.3904
BRACEY0.52516294.1176
HOYE0.52516270.2703
PETTIT0.52516245.0980
ELLARD0.52516224.7191
DARE0.52516224.2152
GIFFORD0.52516222.7171
GILLINGHAM0.52516216.4502
PRYOR0.52516203.4884
WALE0.52516202.4291
HILSON0.52516188.6792
STEARN0.52516186.9159
DARLEY0.52516181.8182
VAIL0.52516175.4386
UPCHURCH0.52516175.4386
PETCH0.52516174.6725
RICHES0.52516152.5424
PLUCK0.52516151.5152
MANSFIELD0.52516134.1589
FITCH0.52516123.7624
FEAST0.52516121.9512
ABBS0.52516109.8901
GUNNING0.52516106.3830
JUDE0.52516105.2632
SHELDRICK0.5251697.0874
RUMBOLD0.5251688.4956
AUSTIN0.5251687.2324
NUNN0.5251677.4336
JEFFREY0.5251673.3753
PLUMB0.5251671.9424
GODFREY0.5251671.8954
EVERITT0.5251669.2841
BRAZIER0.5251661.9835
SHEARMAN0.5251647.1698
EWEN0.5251645.4545
ANDREWS0.5251644.4984

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 516 people called ANSEL in Little Shelford 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 8571.4286 in Little Shelford means that 8571.4286% of the people in Little Shelford on census day were called ANSEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ANSEL 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 ANSEL 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 ANSEL 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 ANSEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Little Shelford means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ANSEL in Little Shelford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Shelford in 1881

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

ACKER (5)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (22)  ANSEL (6)  ABBS (1)  AUSTIN (22)  BALDREY (2)  BARNES (8)  BARTON (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BRACEY (4)  BRAND (3)  BRAZIER (3)  BROWN (7)  BUTLER (9)  CHALLENDER (1)  CARTER (3)  CHURCHMAN (6)  COOPER (2)  CORNELL (1)  COVILL (3)  COVIL (1)  CROSS (1)  DARE (5)  DARLEY (4)  DAWSON (2)  DEAN (2)  DEATH (4)  DOCKERELL (16)  DOCKREY (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DRURY (3)  DUMN (4)  ELBOURNE (2)  ELBOURN (15)  ELLUM (5)  ELLARD (2)  ELLIS (2)  EVERITT (3)  EWEN (1)  FEAST (1)  FINCH (2)  FISHER (2)  FITCH (5)  FLACK (1)  FORDHAM (1)  GALL (13)  GAUGE (1)  GEE (5)  GIFFORD (10)  GILLINGHAM (5)  GODFREY (11)  GOODAIRE (1)  GRANGER (1)  GRAYSTONE (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  GUNNING (2)  HILSON (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLROYDE (1)  HONES (3)  HOWARD (1)  HOYE (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JEFFREY (7)  JENNINGS (9)  JOHNSON (2)  JUDE (1)  LAW (4)  LAWRENCE (1)  LOHER (5)  LEIGH (1)  MANSFIELD (13)  MARIS (2)  MARSHALL (11)  MEADOWS (1)  MOORE (7)  MOTLEY (5)  NASH (1)  NUNN (7)  PAGE (10)  PATEMAN (1)  PATTEN (1)  PAYNE (7)  PEYTON (5)  PEARSON (1)  PERCY (1)  PETCH (4)  PETTIT (10)  PETTET (2)  PEVERETT (2)  PLUCK (1)  PLUMB (3)  POWTER (2)  PRYOR (7)  PRYKE (4)  PUMFREY (6)  ROWLINSON (2)  REED (1)  RICHES (9)  RIDER (1)  ROGERS (9)  RUMBOLD (1)  SEALRE (3)  SHEARMAN (1)  SHEERING (2)  SHELDRICK (1)  SITCHFIELD (1)  SMEDLEY (1)  SMITH (8)  SPENCER (1)  STALLON (1)  STEARNE (2)  STEARN (2)  TAYLOR (9)  THOROGOOD (1)  TEBBIT (1)  TYTE (6)  TOWGOOD (3)  TRUDGETT (2)  TURTLEBURY (3)  UPCHURCH (1)  VAIL (1)  WALKER (5)  WALE (5)  WARWICK (1)  WATKINS (4)  WATSON (6)  WEBB (6)  WHITECHURCH (3)  WHITWORTH (1)  WHYBROW (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WISBEY (5)  WRIGHT (2)