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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Hale, Lincolnshire

Great Hale 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
WARD324.519820.69
WOODS243.389853.76
WILKINSON192.683617.59
BURKS152.11861,724.14
HESSEL141.977410,769.23
COX131.836212.12
WILSON121.69493.69
FAULKNER111.553757.35
JOHNSON111.55374.62
WINTER111.553743.81
WALTON101.412420.07
WOOD101.41244.43
HUTSON101.4124359.71
MARSHALL101.41248.42
BELL101.41247.52
CALLOW101.4124227.79
GREEN91.27124.51
BROWN91.27121.93
COCKS91.2712191.49
REDFORD91.2712235.60
SELLARS81.1299182.23
READ81.129917.53
WISE81.129954.20
SUMMERFIELD81.1299174.29
FENTON81.129956.62
BODDY81.1299204.08
MIDDLEBROOK81.1299615.38
PELL81.1299201.51
KEY70.988771.65
GAMBLE70.988769.10
BONNER70.9887112.54
GASH70.9887479.45
NEWTON70.988712.90
EVERITT60.8475101.01
MOULDS60.8475487.80
PENN60.847593.90
MASON60.84756.30
THORNTON50.706214.04
BARKS50.7062510.20
MONEY50.7062118.20
LUNN50.706254.59
WILCOX50.706237.48
SIZER50.7062403.23
WRENCH50.7062211.86
HILTON50.706220.54
WILLIAMS50.70620.98
LANGSTAFF50.7062568.18
CARLTON50.7062137.74
HARRIS50.70622.78
JACKSON50.70622.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HESSEL0.7170810769.2308
BURKS0.717081724.1379
OVERSON0.71708869.5652
REAR0.71708769.2308
MIDDLEBROOK0.71708615.3846
FEARY0.71708571.4286
LANGSTAFF0.71708568.1818
PORTWOOD0.71708526.3158
BARKS0.71708510.2041
MOULDS0.71708487.8049
GASH0.71708479.4521
SIZER0.71708403.2258
HUTSON0.71708359.7122
MAKINS0.71708277.7778
REDFORD0.71708235.6021
CALLOW0.71708227.7904
WRENCH0.71708211.8644
BODDY0.71708204.0816
PELL0.71708201.5113
COCKS0.71708191.4894
SELLARS0.71708182.2323
SUMMERFIELD0.71708174.2919
EXTON0.71708168.7764
COVILL0.71708163.9344
CARLTON0.71708137.7410
WINTERS0.71708133.3333
BOTHWELL0.71708128.2051
HARROD0.71708126.0504
THURLBY0.71708123.4568
MONEY0.71708118.2033
SCOFIELD0.71708114.9425
ELKINGTON0.71708112.7820
BONNER0.71708112.5402
EVERITT0.71708101.0101
POCKLINGTON0.7170898.0392
PENN0.7170893.8967
WINTON0.7170875.4717
KEY0.7170871.6479
CREASEY0.7170870.1754
GAMBLE0.7170869.1017
HOUSLEY0.7170858.1395
FAULKNER0.7170857.3514
FENTON0.7170856.6171
LUNN0.7170854.5852
WISE0.7170854.2005
WOODS0.7170853.7634
HEAL0.7170853.0504
CHATTERTON0.7170849.7512
GLENN0.7170845.0450
WING0.7170844.9438

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 708 people called HESSEL in Great Hale 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 10769.2308 in Great Hale means that 10769.2308% of the people in Great Hale on census day were called HESSEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HESSEL 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 HESSEL 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 HESSEL 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 HESSEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Great Hale means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HESSEL in Great Hale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Hale in 1881

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

ATKINSON (3)  BEEKEN (3)  BACON (1)  BAKER (1)  BARCOCK (3)  BARNARD (2)  BARNETT (1)  BARRACKS (8)  BEE (1)  BELL (10)  BERRISFORD (5)  BILLSDON (5)  BURKS (15)  BARKS (5)  BLAND (1)  BODDY (8)  BONNER (7)  BOOLS (13)  BOTHWELL (1)  BOYER (1)  BRAIN (1)  BROWN (9)  BULLEN (1)  BULLOCK (2)  CALLOW (10)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARLTON (5)  CHATTERTON (2)  CHILD (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (3)  COVILL (1)  COX (13)  COCKS (9)  CRAGG (2)  CRAVEN (1)  CREASEY (2)  DOBRAH (6)  DRING (8)  ELDER (1)  ELKINGTON (3)  EVERITT (6)  EXTON (4)  FEARY (2)  FAULKNER (11)  FENTON (8)  FORHILL (5)  FORTILL (5)  GABBITAS (7)  GAMBLE (7)  GARLANT (6)  GARTON (1)  GASH (7)  GLENN (1)  GREEN (9)  HALL (1)  HARDSTAFF (1)  HARDY (1)  HARMSTON (2)  HARRIS (5)  HARRISON (1)  HARROD (3)  HESSEL (14)  HEAL (2)  HEATH (1)  HILTON (5)  HOLMES (1)  HORNER (1)  HOUSLEY (1)  HUTSON (10)  INGALL (4)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (11)  KEY (7)  KING (2)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOTT (2)  LANBLEY (1)  LANGSTAFF (5)  LUNN (5)  MAKINS (2)  MARKHAM (3)  MARSHALL (10)  MARTIN (3)  MASON (6)  MESSHAM (7)  MIDDLEBROOK (8)  MELTON (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MONEY (5)  MORRIS (1)  MOULDS (6)  NEAL (2)  NEWTON (7)  OGDEN (2)  OVERSON (2)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PATTISON (1)  PELL (8)  PENN (6)  PICK (2)  PINDER (3)  POCKLINGTON (1)  PORTWOOD (1)  WINTON (2)  REDFORD (9)  RAWSON (2)  REAR (2)  READ (8)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIDDINGTON (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWE (3)  ROSE (3)  RUTTER (1)  SACKSTON (1)  SCARRY (1)  SCOFIELD (1)  SELLARS (8)  SINGLETON (2)  SIZER (5)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (3)  SPICER (1)  STOREY (3)  SUMMERFIELD (8)  TALES (8)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNTON (5)  THORPE (2)  THURLBY (1)  TOFT (1)  TONIGHT (9)  VACEY (1)  WALKER (2)  WALTON (10)  WARD (32)  WAKON (2)  WHEATMAN (11)  WILCOX (5)  WILKINSON (19)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (12)  WENSOR (3)  WING (2)  WINTER (11)  WINTERS (4)  WISE (8)  WOODS (24)  WOOD (10)  WRENCH (5)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (1)