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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Bassingham 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
HOLMES364.965540.77
JOHNSON223.03459.03
NORTON212.896687.10
ROBINSON182.48287.79
MARTIN182.482810.08
ATKINSON162.206922.66
BUGG162.2069487.80
ROGERS141.931014.87
WAGSTAFF131.7931144.12
GARRATT121.6552163.27
GRAVES111.5172100.09
BARNES111.517212.60
DALTON111.517266.11
REYNOLDS101.379315.92
PADDISON101.3793925.93
WEIGHTMAN101.3793352.11
WILSON101.37933.00
KING101.37936.33
DONSON91.24142,250.00
FORD81.103411.33
WOOLHOUSE81.1034503.14
WINN81.1034113.64
HAMMOND81.103419.38
THOMPSON81.10343.68
MARSHALL81.10346.58
TAYLOR81.10341.73
BARBER81.103418.33
HEWSON70.9655118.24
TURNER70.96553.47
MOORE70.96554.83
WYSE70.9655833.33
HARRIS60.82763.26
SMART60.827618.18
EAST60.827653.24
CARR60.827611.47
KELLY60.82767.56
BATTERSBY60.8276117.19
NEWTON60.827610.80
HORTON60.827622.30
CAMPION60.8276118.11
BROWN60.82761.26
WRIGHT60.82762.58
GROSSE50.68971,428.57
BENNETT50.68974.20
WELLS50.68978.29
HEATON50.689728.82
HARVEY50.68976.46
HOUGH50.689740.06
READ50.689710.70
GENT50.689780.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DONSON0.737252250.0000
GROSSE0.737251428.5714
PADDISON0.73725925.9259
WYSE0.73725833.3333
WOOLHOUSE0.73725503.1447
BUGG0.73725487.8049
BOOLE0.73725384.6154
WEIGHTMAN0.73725352.1127
SAYLES0.73725185.1852
GARRATT0.73725163.2653
WAGSTAFF0.73725144.1242
HEWSON0.73725118.2432
CAMPION0.73725118.1102
BATTERSBY0.73725117.1875
WINN0.73725113.6364
LILEY0.73725102.0408
GRAVES0.73725100.0910
HUNTINGTON0.7372594.7867
TINDALL0.7372591.1162
NORTON0.7372587.1008
BROCKLESBY0.7372586.2069
COCKING0.7372585.2273
GENT0.7372580.3859
LEVERTON0.7372576.3359
WALDEN0.7372575.3296
BLOW0.7372573.8007
DALTON0.7372566.1058
WHITELY0.7372565.3595
GALL0.7372564.1026
LYNN0.7372563.1912
PETCH0.7372562.3053
LEARY0.7372561.0687
THEAKER0.7372559.1716
GARTON0.7372556.0224
EAST0.7372553.2387
MARSLAND0.7372547.3934
BUTTLER0.7372545.6621
SHERLOCK0.7372540.9836
HOLMES0.7372540.7747
HOUGH0.7372540.0641
HICKSON0.7372540.0000
OLDHAM0.7372539.2465
BRIDGEMAN0.7372537.5940
HERITAGE0.7372536.7647
WILFORD0.7372534.2466
BARTHOLOMEW0.7372534.0716
HOPKINSON0.7372533.7553
HAYS0.7372532.2581
DERRY0.7372531.2500
WILLEY0.7372530.6279

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 725 people called DONSON in Bassingham 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 2250.0000 in Bassingham means that 2250.0000% of the people in Bassingham on census day were called DONSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DONSON 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 DONSON 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 DONSON 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 DONSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Bassingham means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DONSON in Bassingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bassingham in 1881

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

AKRILL (5)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ASH (1)  ATKINSON (16)  BAGULEY (4)  BARBER (8)  BARNES (11)  BARTHOLOMEW (2)  BATTERSBY (6)  BEAUMONT (3)  BELL (2)  BELLAMY (1)  BENNETT (5)  BIRD (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLOW (2)  BOOLE (1)  BOOTH (2)  BRACKLEBANK (2)  BRAY (1)  BRIDGEMAN (1)  BROCKLESBY (1)  BROWN (6)  BUGG (16)  BUTTLER (1)  CAMAMILE (2)  CAMOMILE (1)  CARR (6)  CHALLENS (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  CAMPION (6)  CLARKE (1)  CLAY (1)  CLIPSHAM (2)  COCKING (3)  COLDRON (2)  COLLINGHAM (1)  COOLING (1)  COTTON (1)  CROW (1)  DALTON (11)  DAWSON (1)  DERRY (1)  DIXON (1)  DONSON (9)  EAST (6)  EDWARDS (3)  FANSOME (2)  FARMERY (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FORD (8)  FOX (4)  FREEMAN (3)  GALL (3)  GARRATT (12)  GARTON (2)  GENT (5)  GLOVER (2)  GRAVES (11)  GREEN (1)  GREENFIELD (1)  GROSSE (5)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (8)  HARRIS (6)  HART (3)  HARVEY (5)  HESLAM (4)  HAYS (1)  HEATH (1)  HEATON (5)  HENDERSON (2)  HERITAGE (1)  HEWSON (7)  HICKSON (2)  HITCHIN (1)  HOLMES (36)  HOPKINSON (4)  HORTON (6)  HOUGH (5)  HOWARD (2)  HUNTINGTON (2)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JACKSON (2)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (22)  JONES (2)  KELLY (6)  KEY (2)  KING (10)  LAMBERT (3)  LAWSON (1)  LEARY (4)  LEE (1)  LEVERTON (1)  LILEY (1)  LYLE (1)  LONG (1)  LYNN (4)  LYON (2)  MARFLEET (4)  MARLEY (1)  MARSHALL (8)  MARSLAND (2)  MARTIN (18)  MOORE (7)  NASH (1)  NEWTON (6)  NORTON (21)  OLDHAM (5)  OVERTON (1)  PACY (1)  PADDISON (10)  PETCH (2)  PHILLIPS (2)  PRESTON (1)  PROCTER (2)  READ (5)  REYNOLDS (10)  ROBINSON (18)  ROGERS (14)  ROUSE (1)  SAYLES (2)  SALMON (3)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SCATLIFFE (4)  SELLARS (1)  SEWARDS (13)  SHERLOCK (2)  SIBCY (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SINGLETON (2)  SKEPPER (2)  SLACK (1)  SMALLEY (1)  SMART (6)  SMITH (3)  SNELL (1)  SOUTH (1)  STEVENETT (3)  STUART (1)  STYLES (1)  TALBOT (1)  TONAR (1)  TAYLOR (8)  THACKER (1)  THEAKER (1)  THOMPSON (8)  TINDALL (4)  TODD (1)  TRIMMINGHAM (2)  TURNER (7)  WAGSTAFF (13)  WALDEN (4)  WALLHEAD (6)  WALTON (2)  WATKINS (3)  WEIGHTMAN (10)  WELBOURN (1)  WELLS (5)  WHITELY (1)  WILFORD (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIS (3)  WILSON (10)  WINN (8)  WYSE (7)  WOOD (1)  WOODHEAD (2)  WOOLHOUSE (8)  WORSDALL (6)  WRIGHT (6)  WILLEY (2)