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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Baston, Lincolnshire

Baston 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
BOOR253.23003,906.25
COOK222.842414.31
COLE192.454826.95
FRISBY172.1964507.46
ALLAN151.938030.87
STEEL141.808844.37
PARKER131.67968.83
SMITH121.55041.10
STANTON101.292064.81
CLARE91.162880.36
WYLES91.1628461.54
PICK91.1628182.19
CAVE91.162881.08
HILL91.16284.57
MORRISS91.1628190.68
TILLEY91.162888.58
CLARK91.16283.87
CLOW81.0336341.88
BROWN81.03361.57
ROUSE81.033672.07
WELSH81.033626.11
CLUFF81.03361,454.55
LOVE81.033643.60
GHENT81.03362,105.26
COLLINS70.90446.30
HODSON70.904443.70
HEATH70.904418.21
ALTER70.904411,666.67
BARNETT70.904420.05
KING70.90444.15
DENT70.904447.49
GOODACRE70.9044282.26
SHARP60.77529.30
PICKERING60.775221.48
HULL60.775237.08
MOSS60.775212.58
BAXTER60.775213.01
FOWLER60.775213.57
HADDON60.7752115.83
BELTON60.7752144.23
LETTS60.7752227.27
MARSH60.775210.87
STANGER60.7752307.69
BOWMAN50.646024.73
MARRIOTT50.646028.84
ROBINSON50.64602.03
CUNNINGTON50.6460156.74
SANDS50.646057.67
STEVENSON50.64609.21
LUFF50.6460100.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALTER0.7777411666.6667
BOOR0.777743906.2500
GHENT0.777742105.2632
CLUFF0.777741454.5455
ELVIS0.777741363.6364
REATH0.777741000.0000
FRISBY0.77774507.4627
MICHELSON0.77774476.1905
WYLES0.77774461.5385
CLOW0.77774341.8803
THURLBY0.77774340.9091
HOWETT0.77774333.3333
STANGER0.77774307.6923
EDIS0.77774288.4615
GOODACRE0.77774282.2581
RINGHAM0.77774273.9726
SANDALL0.77774263.1579
HOWATT0.77774232.5581
LETTS0.77774227.2727
MORRISS0.77774190.6780
TRACY0.77774187.7934
PICK0.77774182.1862
WINTERTON0.77774169.4915
BRIGHTMAN0.77774162.1622
WARDE0.77774158.7302
CUNNINGTON0.77774156.7398
HACK0.77774147.6015
BELTON0.77774144.2308
HADDON0.77774115.8301
LUFF0.77774100.2004
TILLEY0.7777488.5827
GLENN0.7777482.3045
CAVE0.7777481.0811
RABY0.7777480.8625
CLARE0.7777480.3571
ROUSE0.7777472.0721
KENDAL0.7777466.2252
STANTON0.7777464.8088
SANDS0.7777457.6701
WILLCOX0.7777447.9616
DENT0.7777447.4898
SWANN0.7777447.3373
HOLGATE0.7777446.7290
STEEL0.7777444.3740
HODSON0.7777443.6954
LOVE0.7777443.5967
TIMSON0.7777441.4938
BOLLAND0.7777438.9105
HULL0.7777437.0828
CAMPION0.7777436.9004

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 774 people called ALTER in Baston 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 11666.6667 in Baston means that 11666.6667% of the people in Baston on census day were called ALTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALTER 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 ALTER 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 ALTER 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 ALTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Baston means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALTER in Baston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Baston in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAN (15)  ALTER (7)  ELVIS (3)  ANDREWS (3)  BARNETT (7)  BAXTER (6)  BELL (3)  BELLARS (1)  BELTON (6)  BLAND (3)  BOLLAND (1)  BOWMAN (5)  BRADFORD (2)  BRANT (1)  BREWIN (6)  BRIGHTMAN (3)  BROUGHTON (5)  BROWN (8)  BRUDENALL (7)  BRYAN (4)  BOOR (25)  BUTCHER (4)  CARPENTER (2)  CASSWELL (4)  CAVE (9)  CAMPION (2)  CLARE (9)  CLARK (9)  CLARKE (4)  CLUFF (8)  CLOW (8)  COLE (19)  COLLINS (7)  COOK (22)  COPE (1)  COULSON (1)  COX (3)  CUNNINGTON (5)  DALE (1)  DAWES (1)  DAWSON (1)  DENT (7)  DRING (8)  EDIS (3)  FISHER (2)  FLATTERS (1)  FOWLER (6)  FOYSTER (4)  FRANCIS (4)  FRISBY (17)  GARFILT (1)  GARFITT (8)  GEE (1)  GHENT (8)  GIBBONS (4)  GLENN (2)  GOODACRE (7)  GOTT (1)  GRAY (4)  GREETHAM (3)  HACK (4)  HARRISON (1)  HARVEY (3)  HADDON (6)  HEATH (7)  HIGGINS (5)  HILL (9)  HODSON (7)  HOLGATE (3)  HOLMES (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWETT (3)  HOWATT (1)  HULL (6)  INGLE (1)  KENDALL (4)  KENDAL (2)  KING (7)  LANGLEY (1)  LAWBLEY (1)  LEY (1)  LETTS (6)  LENTON (1)  LOVE (8)  LUFF (5)  MAKSINGS (3)  MARRIOTT (5)  MARSH (6)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (1)  MC INTYRE (3)  MILLS (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MICHELSON (1)  MORRISS (9)  MOSS (6)  MUNTON (5)  NEALE (3)  PARKER (13)  PARTON (1)  PATEMAN (6)  PAUL (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEARSON (4)  PEASGOOD (8)  PERCIVAL (4)  PICKERING (6)  PICK (9)  POPE (4)  PRESTON (2)  PRIOR (1)  RABY (3)  REEDMAN (1)  REATH (1)  RINGHAM (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (5)  ROGERS (5)  ROSHE (3)  ROSLING (4)  ROW (1)  ROUSE (8)  RUMBELLOW (2)  SANDALL (4)  SANDS (5)  SHARP (6)  SHOTLIFF (13)  SIMMING (1)  SMITH (12)  SNART (4)  STAFFORD (2)  STANGER (6)  STANTON (10)  STARSMORE (11)  STEEL (14)  STEPHENS (1)  STEVENSON (5)  STORRY (2)  STUBLEY (9)  SWANN (4)  SWAN (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THURLBY (3)  TILLEY (9)  TIMSON (1)  TRACY (4)  TURNER (5)  TYERS (16)  WARU (6)  VERNOM (1)  VERNON (1)  WALL (1)  WALLIS (3)  WALTON (2)  WARDE (1)  WASS (1)  WATSON (1)  WELSH (8)  WHALTOFF (7)  WILLCOX (2)  WYLES (9)  WINTERTON (3)  WORBY (2)  WRIGHT (2)