Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broughton, Huntingdonshire

Broughton 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
MUNNS165.46081,523.81
PAYNE155.119556.88
COLBERT144.77822,857.14
WRIGHT134.436913.83
CROSS134.436964.48
SHELTON134.4369377.91
DEAN103.413049.16
HITCHCOCK93.0717266.27
FORDHAM93.0717381.36
MOLES82.73041,428.57
FINCH82.730482.05
SAUNDERS82.730429.77
ASHBY82.7304162.60
BALLS82.7304213.33
AYRES72.3891171.99
TUCK72.3891186.17
MORTON72.389144.70
JOHNSON62.04786.09
NEWMAN62.047827.54
WEST62.047821.27
HOW62.0478314.14
BIRD41.365217.87
STOKES41.365232.34
BEARD41.365251.88
SMITH31.02390.73
HIGHT31.02391,875.00
STARLING31.0239139.53
MAILE31.0239750.00
WYNN31.0239118.11
PHILLIPS31.02395.72
MAULDEN20.68263,333.33
RICHARDSON20.68264.01
FISHER20.68265.83
JOHNSTON20.68268.46
PALMER20.68265.79
THROSSELL20.68261,333.33
NEWELL20.682643.20
HAWKES20.682642.28
LILLY10.341356.18
NOBLE10.34138.22
BASSFORD10.3413555.56
ATTWOOD10.341334.48
ELDERKIN10.3413476.19
JONES10.34130.30
WORLEY10.341376.92
PAVIS10.3413833.33
JERMAN10.3413227.27
TOPPER10.3413588.24
BEDFORD10.341314.39
SCOTT10.34131.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAULDEN0.292933333.3333
COLBERT0.292932857.1429
HIGHT0.292931875.0000
MUNNS0.292931523.8095
MOLES0.292931428.5714
THROSSELL0.292931333.3333
PAVIS0.29293833.3333
MAILE0.29293750.0000
TOPPER0.29293588.2353
BASSFORD0.29293555.5556
ELDERKIN0.29293476.1905
FORDHAM0.29293381.3559
SHELTON0.29293377.9070
HOW0.29293314.1361
HITCHCOCK0.29293266.2722
JERMAN0.29293227.2727
BALLS0.29293213.3333
TUCK0.29293186.1702
AYRES0.29293171.9902
ASHBY0.29293162.6016
STARLING0.29293139.5349
WYNN0.29293118.1102
FINCH0.2929382.0513
WORLEY0.2929376.9231
CROSS0.2929364.4841
PAYNE0.2929356.8828
LILLY0.2929356.1798
BEARD0.2929351.8807
DEAN0.2929349.1642
MORTON0.2929344.6999
NEWELL0.2929343.1965
HAWKES0.2929342.2833
ATTWOOD0.2929334.4828
STOKES0.2929332.3363
SAUNDERS0.2929329.7730
NEWMAN0.2929327.5356
WEST0.2929321.2691
ASHLEY0.2929320.4082
BIRD0.2929317.8651
BEDFORD0.2929314.3885
WRIGHT0.2929313.8298
JOHNSTON0.292938.4602
NOBLE0.292938.2169
JOHNSON0.292936.0945
FISHER0.292935.8326
PALMER0.292935.7904
PHILLIPS0.292935.7230
RICHARDSON0.292934.0096
SCOTT0.292931.3488
SMITH0.292930.7252

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 293 people called MAULDEN in Broughton 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 3333.3333 in Broughton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Broughton on census day were called MAULDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAULDEN 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 MAULDEN 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 MAULDEN 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 MAULDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Broughton means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAULDEN in Broughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broughton in 1881

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

ALLPRESS (7)  ASHBY (8)  ASHLEY (1)  ATTWOOD (1)  BALLS (8)  BASSFORD (1)  BEARD (4)  BEDFORD (1)  BIRD (4)  BROWN (1)  BULLING (1)  CROSS (13)  COLBERT (14)  DAWKES (1)  DEAN (10)  DRING (1)  ELDERKIN (1)  AYRES (7)  FINCH (8)  FISHER (2)  FORDHAM (9)  JERMAN (1)  HAWKES (2)  HEMPSTED (6)  HITCHCOCK (9)  HOW (6)  HIGHT (3)  ILETT (9)  JOHNSON (6)  JOHNSTON (2)  JONES (1)  LILLY (1)  MAILE (3)  MAULDEN (2)  MORTON (7)  MOLES (8)  MUNNS (16)  NEWELL (2)  NEWMAN (6)  NOBLE (1)  ONYETT (6)  PALMER (2)  PAVIS (1)  PAYNE (15)  PHILLIPS (3)  RICHARDSON (2)  SAUNDERS (8)  SCOTT (1)  SHELTON (13)  SMITH (3)  SPOLTON (5)  STARLING (3)  STOKES (4)  THROSSELL (2)  TOPPER (1)  TUCK (7)  WEST (6)  WYNN (3)  WORLEY (1)  WRIGHT (13)