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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cowbit, Lincolnshire

Cowbit 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
PEARSON243.767732.43
SMITH203.13972.22
PICKERING203.139787.03
HODSON121.883891.05
TYRRELL121.8838255.86
REYNOLDS121.883821.75
DAVIS111.72687.86
FRENCH111.726835.37
BRADLEY101.569919.55
HARRISON91.41296.36
BAINES91.412973.77
ROBERTS91.41293.76
WEST91.412914.67
SHERRARD91.41292,250.00
FLOWERS81.2559155.04
HOGG81.255934.77
DALTON71.098947.88
OLIVE71.0989305.68
HUFTON71.0989945.95
BRIGHTON71.0989311.11
KENDALL71.098951.06
TURNER71.09893.95
PEAKE71.0989114.01
BISHOP71.098915.73
AVERY60.941956.13
DESCAMPS60.941960,000.00
WARRINER60.9419320.86
KING60.94194.32
CREMER60.94191,666.67
LAMING60.9419458.02
BROWN60.94191.43
SWIFT50.784925.42
GOLDING50.784944.52
CHESTERFIELD50.7849847.46
PARKINS50.7849145.77
GOODYEAR50.7849148.37
COATES50.784921.05
BEAN50.784960.68
DUNMORE50.7849420.17
PACEY50.7849201.61
TURNBULL50.784918.62
GOSS50.784990.09
DRURY40.627939.53
PEPPER40.627944.64
LUCK40.627976.05
FOSTER40.62794.70
PINDER40.627952.15
CHAPMAN40.62794.42
SEELEY40.6279204.08
WILLSON40.627955.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DESCAMPS0.6463760000.0000
SHERRARD0.646372250.0000
HOTCHKIN0.646371764.7059
CREMER0.646371666.6667
BRUMLEY0.646371538.4615
HESSON0.646371428.5714
HUFTON0.64637945.9459
CHESTERFIELD0.64637847.4576
CAMPAIN0.64637833.3333
BURWELL0.64637666.6667
SALTON0.64637483.8710
LAMING0.64637458.0153
DUNMORE0.64637420.1681
WARRINER0.64637320.8556
BRIGHTON0.64637311.1111
OLIVE0.64637305.6769
BUNNING0.64637298.5075
TYRRELL0.64637255.8635
HURRY0.64637225.5639
SEELEY0.64637204.0816
PACEY0.64637201.6129
CREAMER0.64637192.3077
FLOWERS0.64637155.0388
GOODYEAR0.64637148.3680
PARKINS0.64637145.7726
DOLBY0.64637126.5823
WHITTING0.64637119.0476
ELAM0.64637116.2791
PEAKE0.64637114.0065
HODSON0.6463791.0470
GOSS0.6463790.0901
PICKERING0.6463787.0322
BALDERSON0.6463782.6446
LUCK0.6463776.0456
BAINES0.6463773.7705
FEAR0.6463770.9220
BOW0.6463767.1141
MEARS0.6463766.6667
CRANFIELD0.6463764.1026
BEAN0.6463760.6796
AVERY0.6463756.1272
WILLSON0.6463755.9441
LEESON0.6463754.2005
LYNN0.6463753.9568
PINDER0.6463752.1512
KENDALL0.6463751.0576
LUMB0.6463749.9168
MADDISON0.6463748.0769
DALTON0.6463747.8796
PEPPER0.6463744.6429

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 637 people called DESCAMPS in Cowbit 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 60000.0000 in Cowbit means that 60000.0000% of the people in Cowbit on census day were called DESCAMPS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DESCAMPS 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 DESCAMPS 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 DESCAMPS 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 DESCAMPS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Cowbit means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DESCAMPS in Cowbit than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cowbit in 1881

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

ADCOCK (2)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ATKIN (3)  AVERY (6)  BEEKEN (4)  BAILEY (1)  BAINES (9)  BALDERSON (1)  BARBER (2)  BATTERHAM (19)  BAXTER (1)  BEAL (1)  BEAN (5)  BETON (1)  BERRY (1)  BISHOP (7)  BOW (1)  BRADLEY (10)  BRADY (1)  BRAYBROOK (2)  BRIGHTON (7)  BROWN (6)  BRUMLEY (2)  BUNNING (2)  BURGESS (4)  BURSDELL (3)  BURWELL (3)  BUSTON (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CAMPAIN (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHESTERFIELD (5)  CLARKE (4)  COATES (5)  COLEMAN (2)  COLLINGWOOD (1)  COOK (2)  COOLING (4)  COOPER (3)  CORDLEY (2)  COWDELL (2)  CRAMPTON (1)  CRANFIELD (1)  CREMER (6)  CREAMER (2)  CREDLAND (5)  DALTON (7)  DANCE (1)  DARLOW (2)  DAVIS (11)  DESCAMPS (6)  DOLBY (3)  DOVE (3)  DRURY (4)  DUNMORE (5)  DYSON (1)  EEDY (2)  EASON (1)  ELIVES (8)  ELAM (1)  ELWES (7)  ELSOM (7)  ELVIDGE (7)  FEAR (2)  FLOWERS (8)  FOSTER (4)  FRENCH (11)  GARWELL (2)  GIBSON (1)  GOLDING (5)  GOODMAN (1)  GOODISON (1)  GOODYEAR (5)  GOSS (5)  GOTT (1)  GUY (1)  HALL (2)  HARPER (2)  HARRISON (9)  HARTLEY (3)  HESSON (3)  HODSON (12)  HOGG (8)  HOLLAND (1)  HOTCHKIN (3)  HOUGHTON (1)  HUFTON (7)  HUNT (2)  ENGLISH (1)  IRELAND (2)  JACKSON (3)  KENDALL (7)  KENERELL (1)  KING (6)  LAMING (6)  LAMMIMAN (1)  LEESON (2)  LUCK (4)  LUMB (3)  LYNN (3)  MADDISON (3)  MARRIOTT (3)  MASON (3)  MACKMAN (5)  MIDDLETON (1)  MEARS (4)  OLIVE (7)  PACEY (5)  PARKER (1)  PARKINS (5)  PARTNER (1)  PEAKE (7)  PEARSON (24)  PEPPER (4)  PICKERING (20)  PINDER (4)  PRUDENCE (2)  REEDMAN (2)  REYNOLDS (12)  RIDLINGTON (5)  ROBERTS (9)  ROSLING (1)  SALTON (3)  SAWYER (1)  SCOTNEY (2)  SEELEY (4)  SEWELL (2)  SHERRARD (9)  SKELLS (4)  SKETCHER (4)  SMITH (20)  SNELL (1)  SOLOMON (1)  STAINSBY (4)  SUTTON (1)  SWIFT (5)  TABINER (5)  TAYLOR (3)  TEGERDINE (2)  TEGGERDINE (1)  THORNLEY (3)  TROLLEY (2)  TUNNARD (1)  TURNBULL (5)  TURNER (7)  TYRRELL (12)  HURRY (3)  VICKERS (2)  VOIZEY (2)  WALDERGRAVE (1)  WARD (3)  WARRINER (6)  WEST (9)  WHITTING (1)  WHITING (1)  WILLSON (4)  WORTH (1)