Top surnames from the 1881 census in Folksworth, Huntingdonshire

Folksworth 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
BUSBY146.9307657.28
GEE136.4356251.94
WILKINS115.4455123.18
SHORT104.9505126.74
JINKS104.95051,176.47
JACKSON104.950517.71
PRIOR83.9604170.94
ADAMS83.960426.87
ROLLERSON83.960440,000.00
PEAT62.9703372.67
HODGKINSON62.9703172.91
SAVAGE62.970377.32
BAKER52.475211.30
EYLES52.4752537.63
BURTON41.980223.24
GASKELL41.9802193.24
CUNNINGTON41.9802481.93
RAYFIELD41.98022,000.00
BURDETT41.9802279.72
SYKES41.980241.28
WYLES31.4851588.24
PLOWMAN31.4851291.26
SMITH31.48511.05
COX31.48519.80
ROWELL31.4851170.45
HEYWOOD20.990149.75
PRESTON20.990119.82
OLDHAM10.495028.17
SANSOM10.495073.53
LENTON10.495099.01
BYFIELD10.4950312.50
HOLDEN10.49509.04
HALL10.49501.68
FREEMAN10.49507.75
MILLS10.49503.82
PYWELL10.4950400.00
POLL10.4950312.50
PARKER10.49502.60
LEWIN10.495061.35
COLE10.49505.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROLLERSON0.2020240000.0000
RAYFIELD0.202022000.0000
JINKS0.202021176.4706
BUSBY0.20202657.2770
WYLES0.20202588.2353
EYLES0.20202537.6344
CUNNINGTON0.20202481.9277
PYWELL0.20202400.0000
PEAT0.20202372.6708
BYFIELD0.20202312.5000
POLL0.20202312.5000
PLOWMAN0.20202291.2621
BURDETT0.20202279.7203
GEE0.20202251.9380
GASKELL0.20202193.2367
HODGKINSON0.20202172.9107
PRIOR0.20202170.9402
ROWELL0.20202170.4545
SHORT0.20202126.7427
WILKINS0.20202123.1803
LENTON0.2020299.0099
SAVAGE0.2020277.3196
SANSOM0.2020273.5294
LEWIN0.2020261.3497
HEYWOOD0.2020249.7512
SYKES0.2020241.2797
OLDHAM0.2020228.1690
ADAMS0.2020226.8727
BURTON0.2020223.2423
PRESTON0.2020219.8216
JACKSON0.2020217.7148
BAKER0.2020211.2969
COX0.202029.8007
HOLDEN0.202029.0416
FREEMAN0.202027.7519
COLE0.202025.4348
MILLS0.202023.8168
PARKER0.202022.6028
HALL0.202021.6827
SMITH0.202021.0519

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 202 people called ROLLERSON in Folksworth 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 40000.0000 in Folksworth means that 40000.0000% of the people in Folksworth on census day were called ROLLERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROLLERSON 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 ROLLERSON 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 ROLLERSON 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 ROLLERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Folksworth means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROLLERSON in Folksworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Folksworth in 1881

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

GOOD ACRE (2)  ADAMS (8)  BAKER (5)  BEDDING (2)  BRAYBROOKS (4)  BURDETT (4)  BURTON (4)  BUSBY (14)  BYFIELD (1)  CAMBS (1)  CARESS (7)  COLE (1)  COX (3)  CUNNINGTON (4)  EYLES (5)  FREEMAN (1)  GASKELL (4)  GEE (13)  HALL (1)  HEYWOOD (2)  HODGKINSON (6)  HOLDEN (1)  JACKSON (10)  JINKS (10)  LEWIN (1)  LENTON (1)  MILLS (1)  NEWBON (5)  OLDHAM (1)  PARKER (1)  PEAT (6)  PLOWMAN (3)  POLL (1)  PRESTON (2)  PRIOR (8)  PYWELL (1)  RAYFIELD (4)  ROLLERSON (8)  ROWELL (3)  SANSOM (1)  SAVAGE (6)  SHORT (10)  SMITH (3)  SPEECHLEY (4)  SYKES (4)  TIPLOW (1)  WILKINS (11)  WYLES (3)