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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Denton, Lincolnshire

Denton 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
JOHNSON285.118815.23
LANE203.656353.05
TINKLER173.1079717.30
ROSE132.376632.04
WATSON112.01108.67
WARREN101.828227.34
CHAPMAN101.828212.87
TRIGG91.6453293.16
NEWMAN91.645322.13
BREWSTER91.6453169.81
HOLT81.462521.85
THURLBY81.46251,290.32
SHORT81.462537.44
WRIGHT71.27973.99
HILL71.27975.02
GREEN71.27974.54
SPENCER61.096912.01
BECK61.096946.91
KIME50.9141980.39
CLARK50.91413.04
CABORN50.91412,777.78
STREETON50.91411,111.11
FRISBY50.9141210.97
HOLMES50.91417.51
KIRTON50.9141200.00
WELBORN50.91411,666.67
INGLE50.9141224.22
TWEED50.9141393.70
BALL40.73138.85
PASHLEY40.7313199.01
HITCHCOCK40.731363.39
WINTER40.731320.62
HAWLEY40.731374.77
CURTISS40.7313481.93
JACKSON40.73132.62
BRAILSFORD40.7313207.25
FOSTER40.73135.47
CARTER40.73134.36
MORGAN30.54842.76
HACK30.5484157.07
MARTIN30.54842.23
CRAGG30.548486.46
LOWTHER30.548489.82
SIMPSON30.54843.14
FISHER30.54844.69
GREGORY30.54847.82
RICHARDSON30.54843.22
STARKEY30.548455.25
BLANKLEY30.5484638.30
WOODS20.36565.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TAUBER0.555475000.0000
CABORN0.555472777.7778
WELBORN0.555471666.6667
THURLBY0.555471290.3226
STREETON0.555471111.1111
KIME0.55547980.3922
TINKLER0.55547717.2996
BLANKLEY0.55547638.2979
CURTISS0.55547481.9277
TWEED0.55547393.7008
SERMON0.55547384.6154
BURREL0.55547333.3333
TRIGG0.55547293.1596
GOODLEY0.55547277.7778
LOWDER0.55547270.2703
EDLIN0.55547227.2727
INGLE0.55547224.2152
FRISBY0.55547210.9705
SHEPPERSON0.55547208.3333
BRAILSFORD0.55547207.2539
KIRTON0.55547200.0000
PASHLEY0.55547199.0050
BREWSTER0.55547169.8113
HACK0.55547157.0681
PATIENCE0.5554798.0392
MAPP0.5554795.2381
LOWTHER0.5554789.8204
PICKEN0.5554787.7193
CRAGG0.5554786.4553
HAWLEY0.5554774.7664
OPIE0.5554767.1141
HITCHCOCK0.5554763.3914
HUSBAND0.5554762.6959
REDSHAW0.5554761.3497
ROLLINGS0.5554758.8235
COUPLAND0.5554757.8035
STARKEY0.5554755.2486
LANE0.5554753.0504
DICKINS0.5554749.7512
BECK0.5554746.9116
CUNNINGTON0.5554744.4444
SHORT0.5554737.4357
ROSE0.5554732.0434
ACTON0.5554731.5457
TOWERS0.5554731.5457
MATHERS0.5554730.6748
EDMUNDS0.5554728.0505
WARREN0.5554727.3448
MEE0.5554724.0385
NEWMAN0.5554722.1293

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 547 people called TAUBER in Denton 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 5000.0000 in Denton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Denton on census day were called TAUBER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TAUBER 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 TAUBER 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 TAUBER 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 TAUBER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Denton means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TAUBER in Denton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Denton in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  ALLEN (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BALL (4)  BECK (6)  BELL (2)  BLANKLEY (3)  BOYAL (3)  BRAILSFORD (4)  BREWSTER (9)  BRAMLEY (1)  BROWN (1)  BULLIMORE (1)  BULLOCK (2)  BURGESS (2)  BURREL (1)  BURROWS (1)  BURSNALL (1)  BURTON (1)  CARTER (4)  CHAPMAN (10)  CLARK (5)  CLIFTON (1)  CABORN (5)  COLINGAM (3)  COUPLAND (2)  CRAGG (3)  CUNNINGTON (1)  CURTISS (4)  DOBNEY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DESBOROUGH (1)  DICKINS (1)  DRING (1)  DRURY (1)  AYTO (1)  EDLIN (1)  EDMUNDS (2)  ERTHERLY (1)  FISHER (3)  FOSTER (4)  FRISBY (5)  GEESON (9)  GOODBAND (3)  GOODLEY (1)  JORDAN (1)  GREEN (7)  GREGORY (3)  GROAH (1)  GROCOCK (6)  HACK (3)  HALL (2)  HAWLEY (4)  HAYNES (1)  HILL (7)  HITCHCOCK (4)  HOBSON (1)  HOLMES (5)  HOLT (8)  HOWELLS (1)  HUSBAND (2)  HUTCHINSON (2)  INGLE (5)  JACKSON (4)  JENKINSON (2)  JOHNSON (28)  KIME (5)  KINGIE (1)  KIRTON (5)  KNOWLES (1)  LANE (20)  LOWTHER (3)  LOWDER (1)  MAPP (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (3)  MATHERS (1)  MEE (1)  MEDWELL (1)  MORGAN (3)  NEWMAN (9)  OGDEN (1)  OPIE (1)  PALMER (1)  PASHLEY (4)  PATIENCE (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PICKEN (2)  PIPER (1)  POTCHETT (3)  RADFORD (1)  REDSHAW (1)  RIMMINGTON (7)  RICHARDSON (3)  RICHMOND (1)  ROSE (13)  ROLLINGS (1)  SALLABANKS (2)  SCOFFIELD (78)  SHEPPERSON (1)  SHILITO (5)  SHORT (8)  SIMPSON (3)  SMART (1)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (6)  SPIDGEN (5)  SPRIDGEON (3)  SPRIDGENS (2)  SQUINN (1)  STARKEY (3)  STREETON (5)  SERMON (1)  TAUBER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TAZUIR (1)  TEZUER (12)  TEZVER (1)  THURLBY (8)  TINDALE (3)  TINKLER (17)  TOWERS (2)  TRIGG (9)  TROYSTER (1)  TURGIS (1)  TWEED (5)  TYLER (1)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WARREN (10)  WATSON (11)  WELBORN (5)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (4)  WOODS (2)  WRIGHT (7)