Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colne, Huntingdonshire

Colne 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
ELLIS216.383043.95
KING133.951418.13
BUTCHER123.647486.58
SMITH123.64742.58
GIFFORD123.6474419.58
PERKINS113.343574.32
ASHTON113.343568.24
SCOTT113.343513.21
ROYSTON113.34351,134.02
KEY103.0395220.26
HUMPHRIES92.7356121.46
SEYMOUR82.4316119.05
DAVIS82.431611.07
CHARTER72.12771,093.75
PRIOR72.127791.86
FITCH72.1277272.37
HUDSON61.823722.27
TOPPER61.82373,157.89
RAWLINGS61.8237124.74
HUMPHREYS51.519843.18
CALVERT51.519874.52
POMFRET51.5198442.48
CLARK41.21584.04
BEDFORD41.215851.22
BROKER41.21583,076.92
LANE30.911913.23
GILES30.911923.92
FLECK30.9119810.81
NEWMAN30.911912.26
AUSTIN20.607912.44
ALLEN20.60793.22
GOTHARD20.6079317.46
ESSON20.6079273.97
SPRING20.6079125.00
CHRISTMAS20.6079112.99
LOXLEY20.6079327.87
CASBURN20.60791,538.46
POWELL20.60794.87
BALL20.60797.36
ANDREWS20.60796.35
HALL20.60792.07
LAYCOCK20.607944.25
MUNNS10.304085.47
MACE10.304034.48
ROWELL10.304034.84
GAWTHORP10.3040625.00
JACKSON10.30401.09
WOODRUFF10.304064.52
MOORE10.30401.52
HOLMES10.30402.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOPPER0.333293157.8947
BROKER0.333293076.9231
CASBURN0.333291538.4615
ROYSTON0.333291134.0206
CHARTER0.333291093.7500
FLECK0.33329810.8108
GAWTHORP0.33329625.0000
POMFRET0.33329442.4779
GIFFORD0.33329419.5804
LOXLEY0.33329327.8689
GOTHARD0.33329317.4603
ESSON0.33329273.9726
FITCH0.33329272.3735
KEY0.33329220.2643
SPRING0.33329125.0000
RAWLINGS0.33329124.7401
HUMPHRIES0.33329121.4575
SEYMOUR0.33329119.0476
CHRISTMAS0.33329112.9944
PRIOR0.3332991.8635
BUTCHER0.3332986.5801
MUNNS0.3332985.4701
CALVERT0.3332974.5156
PERKINS0.3332974.3243
ASHTON0.3332968.2382
WOODRUFF0.3332964.5161
BEDFORD0.3332951.2164
LAYCOCK0.3332944.2478
ELLIS0.3332943.9514
HUMPHREYS0.3332943.1779
ROWELL0.3332934.8432
CHIVERS0.3332934.4828
MACE0.3332934.4828
EMMERSON0.3332930.7692
GILES0.3332923.9234
HUDSON0.3332922.2717
KING0.3332918.1311
STACEY0.3332913.5318
LANE0.3332913.2333
SCOTT0.3332913.2148
AUSTIN0.3332912.4378
NEWMAN0.3332912.2649
HUMPHREY0.3332911.4155
DAVIS0.3332911.0650
BALL0.333297.3584
ANDREWS0.333296.3452
BRIGGS0.333295.5960
POWELL0.333294.8733
CLARK0.333294.0449
ALLEN0.333293.2180

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 329 people called TOPPER in Colne 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 3157.8947 in Colne means that 3157.8947% of the people in Colne on census day were called TOPPER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOPPER 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 TOPPER 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 TOPPER 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 TOPPER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Colne means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOPPER in Colne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colne in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ANDREWS (2)  ASHTON (11)  AUSTIN (2)  BALL (2)  BEDFORD (4)  BYLE (2)  BLUFF (3)  BOLLWELL (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BROKER (4)  BUTCHER (12)  CALVERT (5)  CHARTER (7)  CASBURN (2)  CHIVERS (1)  CHRISTMAS (2)  CLARK (4)  COOPER (1)  DAVIS (8)  DULLER (9)  ESSON (2)  ELLIS (21)  EMMERSON (1)  FITCH (7)  FLECK (3)  GAME (8)  GAWTHORP (1)  GIFFORD (12)  GILES (3)  GOTHARD (2)  HAIRD (2)  HALL (2)  HARRUPP (5)  HOLMES (1)  HUDSON (6)  HUMPHREYS (5)  HUMPHRIES (9)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUNT (1)  JACKSON (1)  JESSOPP (10)  KEY (10)  KING (13)  KISBY (5)  LANE (3)  LAYCK (LAYCOCK) (2)  LAYCOCK (2)  LOXLEY (2)  MANSHET (1)  MARTIN (1)  MACE (1)  MOORE (1)  MUNNS (1)  NEWMAN (3)  PECHING (1)  PERSEY (4)  PERKINS (11)  POMFRET (5)  POWELL (2)  PRIOR (7)  ROGERS (1)  ROWELL (1)  RAWLINGS (6)  ROYSTON (11)  SANSOME (2)  SCOTT (11)  SEYMOUR (8)  SLOW (3)  SMITH (12)  SPRING (2)  STACEY (1)  THODAY (1)  TOPPER (6)  WOODRUFF (1)