Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ancaster, Lincolnshire

Ancaster is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lincolnshire

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
BOTTOMLEY203.0628183.99
WALTON203.062843.52
ASHER172.6034615.94
RICKETT131.9908659.90
SILLS121.8377585.37
LEAK121.8377476.19
PALMER111.684514.29
JOHNSON101.53144.56
TOWNS91.3783430.62
THURLBY91.37831,216.22
ANDREW81.225138.67
LAWSON81.225120.78
BAILEY81.22518.13
WATSON81.22515.28
BURTON81.225114.38
CRAGG71.0720169.08
ROWLETT71.0720729.17
DIXON71.07209.78
WARD71.07204.91
BROWN71.07201.63
CODLING71.0720305.68
JARVIS71.072023.88
DAVIS71.07204.88
PEACH60.918884.99
KITCHEN60.918853.96
MAUD60.9188408.16
HART60.918810.77
BRISTOW60.918867.87
STENNETT60.9188612.24
WING60.9188145.99
HALL60.91883.12
BELLAMY60.918863.03
WOOD50.76572.40
JACKSON50.76572.74
PLUMMER50.765757.34
SURRIDGE50.7657256.41
PARLETT50.7657806.45
DURANT50.7657220.26
RUDKIN50.7657193.80
HARRISON50.76573.45
BILLS50.7657287.36
NIXON50.765725.14
VICKERS40.612623.85
LEWIN40.612675.90
NIX40.6126236.69
THEAKER40.6126263.16
DAVEY40.612614.90
COY40.6126196.08
BENNETT40.61263.73
REYNOLDS40.61267.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLARKSTON0.656532000.0000
LEACHMAN0.656531304.3478
THURLBY0.656531216.2162
TOWE0.656531000.0000
PARLETT0.65653806.4516
ROWLETT0.65653729.1667
RICKETT0.65653659.8985
ASHER0.65653615.9420
STENNETT0.65653612.2449
SILLS0.65653585.3659
LEAK0.65653476.1905
HOUCHIN0.65653465.1163
TOWNS0.65653430.6220
MAUD0.65653408.1633
SUDBURY0.65653352.9412
HAREWOOD0.65653344.8276
HOFFMANN0.65653333.3333
CODLING0.65653305.6769
BILLS0.65653287.3563
THEAKER0.65653263.1579
GILLSON0.65653259.7403
SURRIDGE0.65653256.4103
NIX0.65653236.6864
DURANT0.65653220.2643
COY0.65653196.0784
RUDKIN0.65653193.7984
BOTTOMLEY0.65653183.9926
CRAGG0.65653169.0821
MILLHOUSE0.65653161.2903
WING0.65653145.9854
GRESHAM0.65653138.8889
JUDSON0.65653134.2282
KIND0.65653129.8701
HOWITT0.65653123.9669
PRIDMORE0.65653110.4972
MORRISS0.65653100.5025
LIND0.6565390.0901
PEACH0.6565384.9858
LEWIN0.6565375.9013
GADSBY0.6565374.9064
BRISTOW0.6565367.8733
BELLAMY0.6565363.0252
MAYFIELD0.6565359.8802
SLIGHT0.6565359.5238
PLUMMER0.6565357.3394
KITCHEN0.6565353.9568
FRANCES0.6565348.6618
CHAMBERLIN0.6565346.0829
BURBRIDGE0.6565344.4444
WALTON0.6565343.5161

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 653 people called CLARKSTON in Ancaster 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 2000.0000 in Ancaster means that 2000.0000% of the people in Ancaster on census day were called CLARKSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLARKSTON 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 CLARKSTON 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 CLARKSTON 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 CLARKSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Ancaster means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLARKSTON in Ancaster than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ancaster in 1881

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

ALLETT (8)  ANDREW (8)  ASHER (17)  BAILEY (8)  BAKER (3)  BAMBOROUGH (1)  BARBER (1)  BATES (1)  BATTY (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (3)  BELLAMY (6)  BENNETT (4)  BETTS (1)  BILLS (5)  BLACKBOURN (6)  BOTTOMLEY (20)  BRAITLING (1)  BREWSTER (2)  BRISTOW (6)  BROWN (7)  BUGG (1)  BURBRIDGE (1)  BURT (3)  BURTON (8)  CARRINGTON (2)  CASTLEDINE (5)  CASELDINE (1)  CHAMBERLIN (1)  CLARKSTON (2)  CLIPSHAM (3)  CODLING (7)  COOPER (2)  COX (1)  CRAGG (7)  CREASEY (1)  DABLE (1)  DAVIS (7)  DAVEY (4)  DAWMAN (1)  DAY (2)  DENNES (1)  DIXON (7)  DODD (3)  DURANT (5)  ELKINGTON (1)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELVIDGE (2)  FARBON (4)  FOSTER (1)  FRANCES (2)  FRENCH (3)  GADSBY (2)  GALE (1)  GARNER (1)  GILBERT (2)  GILLSON (2)  GRESHAM (1)  GUY (1)  HALL (6)  HARDY (1)  HAREWOOD (1)  HARMSTON (2)  HARRISON (5)  HART (6)  HAYWARD (1)  HEADWORTH (2)  HEATH (1)  HILL (1)  HIND (1)  HODSON (1)  HOFFMANN (1)  HAUSLEY (1)  HOWITT (3)  HOUCHIN (2)  HUMMELLIN (1)  HOTCHIN (6)  JACKSON (5)  JARVIS (7)  JENKINSON (3)  JOHNSON (10)  JUDSON (4)  COY (4)  KIND (1)  KING (1)  KIRK (1)  KITCHEN (6)  KNOWLES (1)  LEAK (12)  LAMP (LAMB) (4)  LONGLAND (2)  LAWSON (8)  LEACHMAN (3)  LAVER (1)  LEWIN (4)  LIND (1)  LYNE (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MATHEWS (4)  MAUD (6)  MAYFIELD (1)  MILLHOUSE (1)  MILLICHIP (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRISS (4)  MUXLOW (2)  NEWTON (4)  NIX (4)  NIXON (5)  OGDEN (2)  PALMER (11)  PARKIN (1)  PARLETT (5)  PARNHAM (14)  PEACH (6)  PERRIM (1)  PARREN (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PLUMMER (5)  PORTER (3)  PRIDMORE (2)  PROCTOR (2)  PULLEN (2)  RIMMINGTON (4)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICKETT (13)  RIGGALL (3)  ROBINSON (4)  ROUSE (3)  ROSSINGTON (2)  ROWLETT (7)  RUDKIN (5)  SCOFFIELD (9)  SCOLEY (8)  SCOTT (3)  SELLARS (1)  SHARPE (3)  SILLS (12)  SIMPSON (1)  SINGLETON (4)  SKELTON (1)  SLIGHT (1)  SMITH (2)  SPARSHOTT (9)  STEEL (1)  STENNETT (6)  STOREY (1)  SUDBURY (3)  SUMNER (4)  SURRIDGE (5)  TAYLOR (2)  TEAL (1)  TEWSON (5)  THEAKER (4)  THORPE (1)  THURLBY (9)  TINKLER (1)  TOWNS (9)  TOWE (2)  VICKERS (4)  WADDINGTON (3)  WAKERLEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WALPOLE (1)  WALTON (20)  WARD (7)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (8)  WEAVER (2)  WEST (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (1)  WING (6)  WINTER (1)  WOOLERTON (4)  WOOD (5)  WORMSLEY (3)  WORTHINGTON (4)