Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Catworth, Huntingdonshire

Great Catworth 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
HEWITT365.9900122.99
BAKER284.658921.26
BERRIDGE233.8270730.16
KING203.327815.27
DICKENS152.4958238.47
GREEN142.32958.27
PETITT132.16313,170.73
FAIRY132.16313,714.29
HAILS121.99671,621.62
FREEMAN121.996731.27
CLARKE111.83039.03
PEACOCK111.830351.35
HUNT111.830313.78
JEFFREY101.663990.01
FOX101.663917.92
MASON101.663912.37
BROWN101.66392.52
MARTIN101.66396.75
JEFFERY101.663976.63
NORMAN91.497532.32
HOWELL91.497535.53
EATON91.497553.48
HALL91.49755.09
BARLEY91.4975269.46
CLARK81.33114.43
PLOWMAN71.1647227.27
GRAY71.16478.16
BUTTON71.164798.18
ROBINSON71.16473.65
BOSWELL71.1647124.11
SPRING71.1647239.73
BULL71.164727.55
HALE60.998327.82
WILLIAMSON60.998311.14
BARKER60.99837.63
LEWIS60.99833.80
SALSBURY50.8319510.20
COOKE50.831915.07
JEFFERIES50.831975.19
DURRANT50.831953.14
THURLOW50.8319172.41
CHRISTIE40.665620.52
IVES40.665656.82
BURR40.665682.82
COX40.66564.39
SMITH30.49920.35
NICHOLSON30.49927.03
HOLMES30.49924.10
BARNARD30.499220.11
SWANN30.499245.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FAIRY0.606013714.2857
PETITT0.606013170.7317
HAILS0.606011621.6216
BERRIDGE0.60601730.1587
SALSBURY0.60601510.2041
ASBRIDGE0.60601454.5455
BARLEY0.60601269.4611
SPRING0.60601239.7260
DICKENS0.60601238.4738
PLOWMAN0.60601227.2727
BASON0.60601227.2727
HANKINS0.60601173.9130
THURLOW0.60601172.4138
HITCH0.60601125.7862
BOSWELL0.60601124.1135
HEWITT0.60601122.9928
HANKINSON0.60601101.5228
WOODHAM0.6060199.0099
BUTTON0.6060198.1767
JEFFREY0.6060190.0090
JEFFERYS0.6060188.4956
BURR0.6060182.8157
LOVEDAY0.6060181.7439
JEFFERY0.6060176.6284
JEFFERIES0.6060175.1880
BEESLEY0.6060162.1118
IVES0.6060156.8182
EATON0.6060153.4759
DURRANT0.6060153.1350
PEACOCK0.6060151.3539
SWANN0.6060145.7317
HOWELL0.6060135.5310
HALES0.6060134.7625
NORMAN0.6060132.3160
FREEMAN0.6060131.2663
BANNISTER0.6060128.9017
HALE0.6060127.8164
BULL0.6060127.5482
BRIDGE0.6060124.6508
SEED0.6060123.0415
BAKER0.6060121.2621
CHRISTIE0.6060120.5233
BARNARD0.6060120.1072
DENTON0.6060118.1159
FOX0.6060117.9211
ABRAHAM0.6060116.8634
KING0.6060115.2695
COOKE0.6060115.0739
HUNT0.6060113.7810
BOWLER0.6060113.6240

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 601 people called FAIRY in Great Catworth 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 3714.2857 in Great Catworth means that 3714.2857% of the people in Great Catworth on census day were called FAIRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FAIRY 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 FAIRY 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 FAIRY 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 FAIRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Great Catworth means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FAIRY in Great Catworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Catworth in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ABRAHAM (1)  ARMSBY (3)  ASBRIDGE (1)  BAKER (28)  BANNISTER (3)  BARKER (6)  BARLEY (9)  BARNARD (3)  BASON (2)  BEESLEY (3)  BUGBY (15)  BELLAMY (1)  BERRIDGE (23)  BIRD (1)  BOSWELL (7)  BOWLER (1)  BRAYBROOK (1)  BRIDGE (3)  BROWN (10)  BULL (7)  BURR (4)  BUTTON (7)  CHANDLER (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHATTELL (17)  CHRISTIE (4)  CLARK (8)  CLARKE (11)  COOKE (5)  COX (4)  DEATH (1)  DENTON (2)  DICKENS (15)  DURRANT (5)  EATON (9)  ELLIS (1)  FAIRY (13)  FOX (10)  FREEMAN (12)  GLOVER (2)  GRAY (7)  GREEN (14)  GRUNNELL (1)  HAILS (12)  HALE (6)  HALES (3)  HALL (9)  HANKINS (2)  HANKINSON (2)  HEIRS (1)  HAXLEY (1)  HEWITT (36)  HITCH (2)  HOLMES (3)  HOWELL (9)  HUNT (11)  IVES (4)  JEFFERIES (5)  JEFFERY (10)  JEFFREY (10)  JEFFERYS (1)  KING (20)  KINGSWELL (1)  LEWIS (6)  LOVEDAY (3)  LUMBERS (5)  MARTIN (10)  MASON (10)  MEASURES (1)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  NORMAN (9)  PARROTS (1)  PASHLER (21)  PEACOCK (11)  PETITT (13)  PLOWMAN (7)  PRYKE (7)  PUNLEY (6)  REED (1)  ROBINSON (7)  SALSBURY (5)  SHOWLER (1)  SEED (1)  SMITH (3)  SMITH OR SNEETH (8)  SPRING (7)  SWANN (3)  SWANNELL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THURLOW (5)  WATTS (2)  WHIMPERIS (1)  WHYBERG (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WOODHAM (2)  WORTMANN (1)