Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harpswell, Lincolnshire

Harpswell 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
HUNTER108.000077.88
DRURY75.6000351.76
KIRBY75.6000147.68
WALLER64.8000190.48
BELLAMY64.8000329.67
SANDERSON64.8000116.28
BROWN64.80007.28
TURNER54.000014.37
PARR43.2000128.21
COULSON43.2000178.57
CLARKE43.200015.79
REDHEAD32.4000441.18
SPEED32.4000300.00
OGLESBY32.40002,000.00
COTTON32.4000100.67
WAINWRIGHT21.600075.76
WELTON21.6000444.44
BRIGG10.8000500.00
SNELL10.800042.19
APPLEWHITE10.80001,666.67
CROPPER10.8000133.33
MANN10.800015.20
COOK10.80004.03
JESSOP10.800067.57
CARTER10.80004.77
STEPHENSON10.800013.99
HEATH10.800016.10
DENMAN10.8000178.57
LANES10.80001,000.00
THOM10.800089.29
ELLIS10.80005.51
BELL10.80004.26
ROBSON10.800012.15
CURTIS10.800014.10
TYSON10.800061.35
CLARK10.80002.66
STOKES10.800018.94
HOLLAND10.800011.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OGLESBY0.131252000.0000
APPLEWHITE0.131251666.6667
LANES0.131251000.0000
BRIGG0.13125500.0000
WELTON0.13125444.4444
REDHEAD0.13125441.1765
DRURY0.13125351.7588
BELLAMY0.13125329.6703
SPEED0.13125300.0000
WALLER0.13125190.4762
COULSON0.13125178.5714
DENMAN0.13125178.5714
KIRBY0.13125147.6793
CROPPER0.13125133.3333
PARR0.13125128.2051
SANDERSON0.13125116.2791
COTTON0.13125100.6711
THOM0.1312589.2857
HUNTER0.1312577.8816
WAINWRIGHT0.1312575.7576
JESSOP0.1312567.5676
TYSON0.1312561.3497
SNELL0.1312542.1941
STOKES0.1312518.9394
HEATH0.1312516.1031
CLARKE0.1312515.7916
MANN0.1312515.1976
TURNER0.1312514.3678
CURTIS0.1312514.1044
STEPHENSON0.1312513.9860
ROBSON0.1312512.1507
HOLLAND0.1312511.2360
BROWN0.131257.2816
ELLIS0.131255.5096
CARTER0.131254.7664
BELL0.131254.2571
COOK0.131254.0274
CLARK0.131252.6617

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 125 people called OGLESBY in Harpswell 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 2000.0000 in Harpswell means that 2000.0000% of the people in Harpswell on census day were called OGLESBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OGLESBY 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 OGLESBY 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 OGLESBY 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 OGLESBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Harpswell means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OGLESBY in Harpswell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harpswell in 1881

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

APPLEWHITE (1)  BELL (1)  BELLAMY (6)  BIRKITT (4)  BREADBAND (1)  BRIGG (1)  BROWN (6)  CARTER (1)  CASSWELL (5)  CLARKE (4)  CLARK (1)  COOK (1)  COTTON (3)  COULSON (4)  CROPPER (1)  CURTIS (1)  DENMAN (1)  DRURY (7)  ELLIS (1)  FARMERY (1)  FREEBURY (1)  HALEISON (1)  HEATH (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HUNTER (10)  JESSOP (1)  KIRBY (7)  LANES (1)  MANN (1)  OGLESBY (3)  PARR (4)  REDHEAD (3)  ROBSON (1)  RUSHLY (1)  SANDERSON (6)  SNELL (1)  SPEED (3)  STEEPER (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOKES (1)  TATANE (2)  TATAM (5)  THIRKET (1)  THOM (1)  TURNER (5)  TYSON (1)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WALLER (6)  WELTON (2)