Top surnames from the 1881 census in Digby, Lincolnshire

Digby 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
SUMNER247.8947487.80
JOHNSON113.618410.77
GRAVES113.6184238.61
OGDEN103.2895116.41
UPTON103.2895172.71
UNDERWOOD92.9605109.76
COOKE92.960553.64
HUNT72.302617.34
BAKER72.302610.51
HODSON72.3026111.29
BROWN61.97372.99
DAWSON61.973717.91
THORPE61.973749.92
CLARK61.97376.57
BEAUMONT61.973766.59
CHAPMAN61.973713.90
WEST51.644717.08
BEARD51.644762.50
BOWLES51.6447100.60
RAWDON51.64473,125.00
BARLOW41.315824.36
SNOWDEN41.3158147.60
ASHBY41.315878.43
PIKE41.315845.25
PINDER41.3158109.29
MACKINDER30.98681,153.85
PACEY30.9868254.24
FOSTER30.98687.38
CORBY30.9868283.02
ROOKE30.9868133.93
BLOW30.9868263.16
GILL30.986813.95
EAST30.986863.42
PEACH20.657960.79
MOORE20.65793.29
RICHMAN20.6579740.74
BODDY20.6579119.05
TAYLOR20.65791.03
SHARPE20.657922.32
BRISTOW20.657948.66
MILTON20.657947.73
WALKER20.65791.97
PEGG20.657967.11
BARNES20.65795.47
SEARLE20.657932.73
KING20.65793.02
GALL10.328951.02
SCARBORO10.3289714.29
BOYCE10.328921.98
TINDALL10.328954.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAWDON0.303043125.0000
MACKINDER0.303041153.8462
BRICKLES0.303041000.0000
RICHMAN0.30304740.7407
SCARBORO0.30304714.2857
SUMNER0.30304487.8049
CODDINGTON0.30304344.8276
CORBY0.30304283.0189
WESTMORLAND0.30304263.1579
BLOW0.30304263.1579
PACEY0.30304254.2373
GRAVES0.30304238.6117
BARKS0.30304238.0952
UPTON0.30304172.7116
SNOWDEN0.30304147.6015
ROOKE0.30304133.9286
BODDY0.30304119.0476
OGDEN0.30304116.4144
HODSON0.30304111.2878
UNDERWOOD0.30304109.7561
PINDER0.30304109.2896
BOWLES0.30304100.6036
BOLLAND0.3030499.0099
TOOLEY0.3030495.2381
COPPING0.3030482.6446
ASHBY0.3030478.4314
PEGG0.3030467.1141
BEAUMONT0.3030466.5927
EAST0.3030463.4249
BEARD0.3030462.5000
PEACH0.3030460.7903
TINDALL0.3030454.3478
COOKE0.3030453.6353
GALL0.3030451.0204
THORPE0.3030449.9168
BRISTOW0.3030448.6618
MILTON0.3030447.7327
PIKE0.3030445.2489
SEARLE0.3030432.7332
BARLOW0.3030424.3605
SHARPE0.3030422.3214
BOYCE0.3030421.9780
DAWSON0.3030417.9051
HUNT0.3030417.3353
WEST0.3030417.0823
CLAY0.3030416.0256
BUCK0.3030415.3374
GILL0.3030413.9470
CHAPMAN0.3030413.8953
WOODCOCK0.3030411.5207

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 304 people called RAWDON in Digby 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 3125.0000 in Digby means that 3125.0000% of the people in Digby on census day were called RAWDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAWDON 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 RAWDON 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 RAWDON 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 RAWDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Digby means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAWDON in Digby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Digby in 1881

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

ASHBY (4)  BAKER (7)  BARLOW (4)  BARNES (2)  BAUMBER (22)  BEARD (5)  BEAUMONT (6)  BARKS (1)  BLOW (3)  BODDY (2)  BOLLAND (1)  BOWLES (5)  BOYCE (1)  BRICKLES (1)  BRISTOW (2)  BROWN (6)  BUCK (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLARK (6)  CLAY (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CODDINGTON (1)  COOKE (9)  COOLING (1)  COPPING (1)  CORBY (3)  DAWSON (6)  EAST (3)  FOSTER (3)  GALL (1)  GILL (3)  GRAVES (11)  GRESWELL (4)  HODSON (7)  HUNT (7)  JOHNSON (11)  KING (2)  LAW (1)  LEEDALE (8)  MAPLETHORPE (5)  MACKINDER (3)  MILLS (1)  MILTON (2)  MOORE (2)  OGDEN (10)  PACEY (3)  PASK (1)  PEACH (2)  PEGG (2)  PIKE (4)  PINDER (4)  PORTAS (1)  POTTERTON (2)  RAWDON (5)  RECKITT (1)  RICHMAN (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROOKE (3)  SARDESON (1)  SCARBORO (1)  SEARLE (2)  SHARPE (2)  SNOWDEN (4)  SUMNER (24)  TAYLOR (2)  TEBB (6)  THORNTON (1)  THORPE (6)  TINDALL (1)  TOOLEY (1)  TYLER (1)  UNDERWOOD (9)  UPTON (10)  WALKER (2)  WEST (5)  WESTMORLAND (1)  WOODCOCK (1)