Top surnames from the 1881 census in Huntingdonshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH1,1031.90151.35
WRIGHT4500.77582.42
BROWN4220.72751.10
KING4050.69823.20
HALL3770.64992.21
CLARK3240.55861.86
ALLEN3170.54652.89
COOPER2850.49132.02
RICHARDSON2770.47752.81
GREEN2700.46551.65
CHAPMAN2680.46203.25
PEACOCK2380.410311.51
BAXTER2260.38966.54
MASON2220.38272.85
WOODS2130.36725.82
CARTER2120.36552.18
ROBINSON2120.36551.15
WHITE2080.35861.12
JOHNSON2040.35171.05
COX2020.34822.30
TAYLOR2010.34650.54
BAKER2000.34481.57
WILSON1960.33790.74
HILL1840.31721.25
EDWARDS1750.30171.08
CLARKE1720.29651.46
DAY1690.29133.09
NEWMAN1660.28623.85
WARD1660.28621.31
COOK1640.28271.42
BIRD1600.27583.61
MITCHELL1600.27581.36
THOMPSON1600.27580.92
BEDFORD1500.258610.90
HAYNES1490.25697.20
BULL1490.25696.08
WATSON1480.25511.10
BURTON1450.25002.93
TURNER1390.23960.86
JACKSON1390.23960.86
SHELTON1390.239620.38
STOKES1390.23965.67
MARTIN1360.23450.95
WALKER1360.23450.70
BUTLER1350.23272.39
NEWTON1350.23273.04
PALMER1350.23271.97
GRAY1340.23101.62
JAMES1340.23101.18
FREEMAN1330.22933.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CULLIP186.74510.0879
UPCHURCH157.411000.1724
MAILE144.411130.1948
DIGHTON130.84560.0965
GOWLER124.34590.1017
SETCHELL93.11550.0948
EKINS92.30910.1569
COLBERT90.56870.1500
BRAWN77.16810.1396
MURDEN68.84680.1172
CADE60.871100.1896
LINNELL58.30760.1310
FLANDERS45.59650.1121
LINFORD39.07600.1034
RUFF38.94730.1258
LAXTON36.80650.1121
KNIGHTON34.39700.1207
SUTER31.19540.0931
CORNEY28.94560.0965
CUNNINGTON28.03670.1155
LENTON25.88750.1293
KILBY25.13820.1414
ROWELL22.901160.2000
JINKS22.64550.0948
STOCKER21.20660.1138
SPRIGGS21.17610.1052
FORDHAM20.80970.1672
SHELTON20.381390.2396
PACK19.09520.0896
GAUNT18.041030.1776
DEW16.87570.0983
AYRES16.391320.2276
STRATTON16.31820.1414
BASS15.701030.1776
GIFFORD15.27770.1327
BELLAMY15.141280.2207
PEACH14.98940.1621
ABRAHAM14.51830.1431
CLIFTON14.501190.2052
LAVENDER13.97510.0879
WHITEMAN13.90520.0896
JEFFS13.43610.1052
MAYES11.99670.1155
DUNKLEY11.69540.0931
PEACOCK11.512380.4103
BEDFORD10.901500.2586
SHARMAN10.89870.1500
HODSON10.251230.2120
CHILDS9.851050.1810
HENSON9.56650.1121

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 51 people called CULLIP in Huntingdonshire 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 0.0879 in Huntingdonshire means that 0.0879% of the people in Huntingdonshire on census day were called CULLIP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CULLIP 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 CULLIP 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 CULLIP 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 CULLIP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 186.74 in Huntingdonshire means that you are 186.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CULLIP in Huntingdonshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Huntingdonshire comprises 102 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Abbots Ripton 394 GAUNT TEAT
Abbotsley 461 CADE CADE
Alconbury 689 DEW ALBAN
Alconbury Weston 417 BRAWN MAIZE
Alwalton 319 GRIFFIN PYWELL
Barham 64 READ HUFFORD
Bluntisham 1087 HUDSON RUMPF
Brampton 1207 SUTER ROSAMOND
Brington 176 HUNT CULLIP
Broughton 293 MUNNS MAULDEN
Buckden 1044 SMITH GLIDEWELL
Buckworth 223 READ CORN
Bury 349 WHITE GOWLER
Bythorn 256 PECK THROSSELL
Caldecot 39 JENKS JENKS
Catworth 50 BERRIDGE BERRIDGE
Chesterton 172 SMART HULET
Colne 329 ELLIS TOPPER
Conington 296 ALLEN MILLEY
Coppingford 89 WRIGHT LINNELL
Covington 149 NICHOLSON FAIRY
Denton 75 CUNNINGTON CUNNINGTON
Diddington 203 SMITH TATMAN
Easton 149 HAYNES MATTEN
Ellington 391 KING BEEBE
Elton 811 HILLIARD WEATHERINGTON
Eynesbury 1344 BROWN DISHER
Farcett 713 RIMES ROBNETT
Fen Stanton 1068 SMITH ISOLA
Fletton 1854 WOODS CORSEY
Folksworth 202 BUSBY ROLLERSON
Glatton 558 CHAPMAN HANEY
Glatton Holme 320 PEAK BINDER
Godmanchester 2194 CLIFTON CHILDREY
Graffham 339 CHANDLER BORNE
Great Catworth 601 HEWITT FAIRY
Great Gidding 483 GLOVER SHAWLEY
Great Gransden 636 MEDLOCK MEDLOCK
Great Paxton 261 CHAMBERLAIN NORTHERN
Great Raveley 203 LIGHTFOOT MARRINGTON
Great Staughton 1125 DAY CRESSELL
Great Stukeley 418 HUMPHREY GELLINGS
Haddon 140 PLOWMAN PLOWMAN
Hail Weston 349 PAGE INFIELD
Hamerton 186 HALFORD HUFFORD
Hartford 379 BROWN STOKLEY
Hemingford Abbots 389 HAYNES LIMAGE
Hemingford Grey 888 SMITH LANTAFF
Hilton 353 SMITH ASPLIN
Holywell Cum Needingworth 727 AYRES SANDIFER
Houghton 510 CLARK KNATT
Huntingdon All Sts 403 CLARK EZEKIEL
Huntingdon St Benedict 727 HALL BRANKER
Huntingdon St John 1681 SMITH WINDOVER
Huntingdon St Mary 1451 SMITH KLAIBER
Keystone 237 COLES STURGES
Kimbolton 1222 ROBINSON CREAGER
Leighton 334 LINNELL LISMAN
Little Gidding 56 DUDLEY THODY
Little Paxton 279 ASHFORD ASHPOLE
Little Raveley 47 WILMER WILMER
Little Stukeley 295 GARNER THROSSELL
Long Stow 151 JAMES MASH
Molesworth 211 RAY LAWMAN
Morborn 85 JINKS JINKS
Offord Cluny 288 HALL NULL
Offord D Arcy 347 COLBERT LANTAFF
Old Hurst 124 BENTLEY HUTCHCRAFT
Old Weston 327 TURNER WITHEROW
Orton Longville 261 WATSON BLOTT
Orton Waterville 309 BARBER KILLINGWORTH
Pidley Cum Fenton 448 JOHNSON PEAKES
Ramsey 4644 KILBY EDDINGS
Ripton Kings 183 HALL BUDDLE
Sawtry All Sts 680 RICHARDSON HUFFORD
Sawtry St Andrew 368 WRIGHT KIRSH
Sawtry St Judith 215 COLBERT BELTS
Somersham 1409 BARLOW SOLES
Southoe 272 GRAY MARTELLI
Spaldwick 359 BURTON ELLINGTON
St Ives 3008 SMITH NORTHRUP
St Neots 3153 RICHARDSON CONGO
Steeple Gidding 125 JAMES MASH
Stibbington 544 SMITH WINHAM
Stilton 650 WOOD CUMBLIDGE
Swineshead 243 STRINGER PRUDENT
Tetworth 206 MEEKS RICHERSON
Toseland 171 TOPHAM CORN
Upton 125 BALL PINNER
Upwood 339 SHELTON KENNEL
Warboys 1676 UPCHURCH ASHELY
Waresley 232 PAINE HELD
Washingley 97 JACKSON SETCHELL
Water Newton 117 HADDON HOME
Wistow 393 ELMORE ELMORE
Woodhurst 331 MURDEN GURRY
Woodstone 916 ROWELL SAMUELL
Woodwalton 284 WRIGHT DEWBERRY
Woolley 89 BIRD DALLER
Wyton 244 CLARK KNATT
Yaxley 1357 BLACKMAN ROBINETTE
Yelling 321 REED CURRINGTON