Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alwalton, Huntingdonshire

Alwalton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Huntingdonshire

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
GRIFFIN278.4639179.88
PYWELL165.01574,102.56
BROUGHTON123.7618201.68
HARRIS123.761814.80
CARTER123.761822.41
WRIGHT113.448310.75
CLARKSON103.1348118.20
HEAD92.8213115.98
JOYCE82.5078102.17
GEORGE82.507842.74
BULLIVANT82.5078975.61
SMART82.507855.10
SHARMAN72.1944159.45
NIX72.1944853.66
MARTIN72.19448.91
CLARKE72.194410.83
GUBBINS61.88091,090.91
KELLETT61.8809216.61
KIRK61.880943.45
SHARPE61.880963.83
BENT51.5674215.52
DAVEY51.567438.14
WINTER51.567444.21
BUTCHER51.567437.20
DAWES41.253992.17
GRAY41.25398.78
HILL41.25394.92
VINE41.2539134.68
ELMS41.2539330.58
WELLS30.940411.30
FIELDING30.940442.13
WITTY30.9404476.19
SHEFFIELD30.9404179.64
MANN20.627011.90
KING20.62702.88
PETTITT20.6270116.96
COLE20.62706.88
OLIVER20.62708.79
SLATER20.627010.36
MUMFORD20.627064.94
EDIS20.6270465.12
PEACH20.627057.97
HARTLEY20.627010.01
COOKE20.627011.36
WILLMOTT10.313550.00
ROBINSON10.31350.98
ABBOTT10.31357.11
TUCK10.313524.39
HAYNES10.31358.79
LAVENDER10.313549.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PYWELL0.323194102.5641
POLES0.323191428.5714
GUBBINS0.323191090.9091
BULLIVANT0.32319975.6098
NIX0.32319853.6585
WITTY0.32319476.1905
EDIS0.32319465.1163
ELMS0.32319330.5785
KELLETT0.32319216.6065
BENT0.32319215.5172
ROWLETT0.32319212.7660
BROUGHTON0.32319201.6807
GRIFFIN0.32319179.8801
SHEFFIELD0.32319179.6407
SHARMAN0.32319159.4533
KEATS0.32319142.8571
VINE0.32319134.6801
GILLINGS0.32319133.3333
CLARKSON0.32319118.2033
PETTITT0.32319116.9591
HEAD0.32319115.9794
JOYCE0.32319102.1711
DAWES0.3231992.1659
MUMFORD0.3231964.9351
SHARPE0.3231963.8298
WHITNEY0.3231960.2410
PEACH0.3231957.9710
SMART0.3231955.0964
WILLMOTT0.3231950.0000
LAVENDER0.3231949.7512
WINTER0.3231944.2087
KIRK0.3231943.4468
GEORGE0.3231942.7350
FIELDING0.3231942.1348
DAVEY0.3231938.1388
BUTCHER0.3231937.2024
HINES0.3231936.7647
EDMONDSON0.3231927.1003
TUCK0.3231924.3902
CARTER0.3231922.4090
FISH0.3231916.8350
PATRICK0.3231915.7233
HARRIS0.3231914.8020
MANN0.3231911.9048
COOKE0.3231911.3636
WELLS0.3231911.3037
CLARKE0.3231910.8292
DRAKE0.3231910.7643
WRIGHT0.3231910.7485
NEAL0.3231910.5932

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 319 people called PYWELL in Alwalton 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 4102.5641 in Alwalton means that 4102.5641% of the people in Alwalton on census day were called PYWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PYWELL 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 PYWELL 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 PYWELL 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 PYWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Alwalton means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PYWELL in Alwalton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alwalton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  BARSBY (1)  BAXTER (1)  BENT (5)  BROUGHTON (12)  BROWN (1)  BULLIVANT (8)  BUTCHER (5)  CAMERON (1)  CARTER (12)  CLARKE (7)  CLARKSON (10)  COLE (2)  COOKE (2)  DAVEY (5)  DAWES (4)  DRAKE (1)  EGGLESFIELD (6)  ESSOM (1)  EDIS (2)  EDMONDSON (1)  ELMS (4)  FIELDING (3)  FISH (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GEORGE (8)  GILLINGS (1)  GLENDINNING (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (4)  GRIFFIN (27)  GUBBINS (6)  HARRIS (12)  HARTLEY (2)  HAYNES (1)  HEAD (9)  HETLEY (3)  HICKS (1)  HILL (4)  HINES (1)  HIPPY (1)  HOTCHIN (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOYCE (8)  JULYAN (1)  KEATS (1)  KELLETT (6)  KING (2)  KIRK (6)  LAVENDER (1)  MANN (2)  MARTIN (7)  MUMFORD (2)  NEAL (1)  NEATH (1)  NIX (7)  OLIVER (2)  PATRICK (1)  PEACH (2)  PETTITT (2)  POLES (1)  PYWELL (16)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWLETT (1)  SAMWORTH (3)  SHARMAN (7)  SHARPE (6)  SHEFFIELD (3)  SLATER (2)  SMART (8)  SMITH (1)  STANLAND (1)  TOOGOOD (3)  TUCK (1)  TURNER (1)  VINE ((VAIL)) (2)  VINE (4)  WELLS (3)  WHITNEY (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLMOTT (1)  WINTER (5)  WITTY (3)  WRIGHT (11)