Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wistow, Huntingdonshire

Wistow 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
ELMORE246.10694,285.71
MOULDS184.58022,647.06
GARTON184.5802932.64
BURTON174.325750.78
BUDDLE133.30792,765.96
SAUNDERS133.307936.07
COOKE123.053455.33
RICHARDSON112.799016.44
PAYNE112.799031.10
SHEPPERSON102.54452,857.14
PEACH102.5445235.29
CLARKE92.290111.30
PHILLIPS92.290112.80
COWLING82.0356231.21
PICKARD82.0356145.99
HODSON82.035698.40
HARDING71.781224.61
WILLS71.781259.57
BEDFORD71.781275.03
BIRD61.526719.98
COPE61.526767.57
FOREMAN61.5267116.73
GODBY61.52672,142.86
RABY61.5267317.46
DICKERSON61.5267375.00
DORRINGTON51.2723403.23
MEADOWS51.272390.91
MACER51.27231,428.57
MASON41.01787.57
CREEK41.0178555.56
GREENWOOD41.017813.11
FLETCHER41.01788.92
FULLARD30.7634909.09
HAWKES30.763447.32
SQUIRES30.763453.86
BUTLER30.76347.83
CRAFT30.7634344.83
PEACOCK20.508914.28
BROWN20.50890.77
TAYLOR20.50890.80
ATKINS20.508913.57
GIFFORD20.508958.48
WOODRUFF20.5089108.11
MARTIN20.50892.07
COLES10.25457.30
ROSS10.25452.33
CARTER10.25451.52
JONES10.25450.22
WILKINSON10.25451.67
BULL10.25456.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELMORE0.393934285.7143
SHEPPERSON0.393932857.1429
BUDDLE0.393932765.9574
MOULDS0.393932647.0588
GODBY0.393932142.8571
MACER0.393931428.5714
GARTON0.39393932.6425
FULLARD0.39393909.0909
TEAT0.39393769.2308
CREEK0.39393555.5556
DORRINGTON0.39393403.2258
DICKERSON0.39393375.0000
CRAFT0.39393344.8276
RABY0.39393317.4603
PEACH0.39393235.2941
COWLING0.39393231.2139
PICKARD0.39393145.9854
FOREMAN0.39393116.7315
WOODRUFF0.39393108.1081
HODSON0.3939398.4010
MEADOWS0.3939390.9091
BEDFORD0.3939375.0268
COPE0.3939367.5676
GADSBY0.3939362.1118
WILLS0.3939359.5745
GIFFORD0.3939358.4795
COOKE0.3939355.3250
SQUIRES0.3939353.8600
BURTON0.3939350.7766
HAWKES0.3939347.3186
WHITEMAN0.3939339.3701
SAUNDERS0.3939336.0710
PAYNE0.3939331.0998
SEATON0.3939330.1205
WILLOUGHBY0.3939329.2398
HARDING0.3939324.6132
BIRD0.3939319.9800
RICHARDSON0.3939316.4425
PEACOCK0.3939314.2755
ATKINS0.3939313.5685
GREENWOOD0.3939313.1062
PHILLIPS0.3939312.7986
CLARKE0.3939311.3023
FLETCHER0.393938.9166
BUTLER0.393937.8288
MASON0.393937.5700
COLES0.393937.3046
HUMPHREYS0.393937.2254
BULL0.393936.0205
WHITEHEAD0.393933.7651

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 393 people called ELMORE in Wistow 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 4285.7143 in Wistow means that 4285.7143% of the people in Wistow on census day were called ELMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELMORE 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 ELMORE 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 ELMORE 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 ELMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Wistow means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELMORE in Wistow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wistow in 1881

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

ALLPRESS (4)  ATKINS (2)  BEDFORD (7)  BEHAGUE (2)  BIRD (6)  BISHOPS (1)  BROWN (2)  BUDDLE (13)  BULL (1)  BURTON (17)  BUTLER (3)  CAWCUTT (3)  CARTER (1)  CLARKE (9)  CLARK (1)  COLES (1)  COOKE (12)  COPE (6)  COWLING (8)  CRAFT (3)  CREEK (4)  CRANLEY (6)  CUMBLEDGE (2)  DICKERSON (6)  DORRINGTON (5)  ELMORE (24)  FLETCHER (4)  FOREMAN (6)  FOTHERBY (4)  FULLARD (3)  FURNELL (9)  GADSBY (1)  GARTON (18)  GIFFORD (2)  JILLINGS (1)  GODBY (6)  GOODES (6)  GREENWOOD (4)  HARDING (7)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKES (3)  HODSON (8)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JONES (1)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (4)  MEADOWS (5)  MACER (5)  MIDDLEDICH (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MOULDS (18)  PAYNE (11)  PEACH (10)  PEACOCK (2)  PEPPERCORN (2)  PHILLIPS (9)  PICKARD (8)  RABY (6)  RICHARDSON (11)  ROSS (1)  SAMWORTH (7)  SANSUM (4)  SAUNDERS (13)  SEATON (1)  SHEPPERSON (10)  SMITH (1)  SQUIRES (3)  TEAT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TROUGHTON (2)  WAGHORN (2)  WALLACE (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITEMAN (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WILLS (7)  WOODRUFF (2)