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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Marsh Chapel, Lincolnshire

Marsh Chapel 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
JOHNSON396.782620.19
BURGESS193.304347.58
KIRTON183.1304687.02
SUTTON152.608740.97
PRIDGEON142.43483,414.63
BLYTHE142.4348320.37
SARGENT132.2609146.73
BARKER132.260917.28
VICKERS111.913074.53
RHODES101.739137.45
LEAK101.7391450.45
NEAL101.739158.79
CAPES101.7391813.01
TAYLOR101.73912.72
WHITE91.56524.87
GARRICK91.56521,034.48
DANBY81.3913325.20
HANSON81.391343.10
OSBOURNE81.3913377.36
JARVIS71.217427.12
BARTON71.217422.54
ROBINSON71.21743.82
WHITEHEAD71.217418.01
LOWERY61.0435320.86
SILVESTER61.0435135.14
PARKER61.04355.49
NICHOLSON61.043514.68
SERGENT50.8696819.67
TACY50.86963,846.15
WRIGHT50.86962.71
PERKIN50.8696161.29
KIRKBY50.8696153.37
MORLEY40.695717.41
DREWERY40.6957327.87
WRAY40.695751.75
MUMBY40.6957242.42
BROWN40.69571.06
SHEPHERD40.69579.49
BELLAMY40.695747.73
GRAY30.52173.65
HORTON30.521714.06
CLARK30.52171.74
HEWITT30.521710.71
YOUNGER30.521796.46
VICARS30.5217303.03
SARGEANT30.521766.23
CODD30.5217121.46
HASTINGS30.521740.98
WILSON30.52171.14
SWABY20.3478190.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TACY0.585753846.1538
PRIDGEON0.585753414.6341
GARRICK0.585751034.4828
SERGENT0.58575819.6721
CAPES0.58575813.0081
KIRTON0.58575687.0229
LUCUS0.58575454.5455
LEAK0.58575450.4505
OSBOURNE0.58575377.3585
DREWERY0.58575327.8689
DANBY0.58575325.2033
LOWERY0.58575320.8556
BLYTHE0.58575320.3661
TIMM0.58575312.5000
VICARS0.58575303.0303
TINDELL0.58575277.7778
MUMBY0.58575242.4242
TACEY0.58575212.7660
SWABY0.58575190.4762
WILMER0.58575178.5714
PERKIN0.58575161.2903
KIRKBY0.58575153.3742
SARGENT0.58575146.7269
COLEBROOK0.58575140.8451
SILVESTER0.58575135.1351
CODD0.58575121.4575
PADDISON0.58575117.6471
VESSEY0.58575103.0928
YOUNGER0.5857596.4630
VICKERS0.5857574.5257
FORMAN0.5857567.5676
SARGEANT0.5857566.2252
COVERDALE0.5857563.6943
NEAL0.5857558.7889
DALES0.5857555.8659
COPPIN0.5857555.2486
WRAY0.5857551.7464
BELLAMY0.5857547.7327
BURGESS0.5857547.5833
HANSON0.5857543.1034
HEWSON0.5857542.6439
HASTINGS0.5857540.9836
SUTTON0.5857540.9724
RHODES0.5857537.4532
WAIT0.5857534.4828
DUNHAM0.5857534.1297
SPRATT0.5857531.2500
PEART0.5857530.5810
GRANTHAM0.5857528.2486
JARVIS0.5857527.1213

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 575 people called TACY in Marsh Chapel 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 3846.1538 in Marsh Chapel means that 3846.1538% of the people in Marsh Chapel on census day were called TACY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TACY 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 TACY 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 TACY 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 TACY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Marsh Chapel means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TACY in Marsh Chapel than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Marsh Chapel in 1881

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

ODLING (1)  AISTROPE (4)  ASCOUGH (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (13)  BARNETT (1)  BARTON (7)  BASSITT (4)  BEAUMONT (1)  BELLAMY (4)  BLYTHE (14)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRAMHILL (4)  BRATLEY (3)  BROCKLEBAND (1)  BROWN (4)  BURGESS (19)  CAPES (10)  CAMPION (1)  CLARK (3)  CLAYDON (4)  CLIFTON (1)  CODD (3)  COLEBROOK (1)  COOLING (1)  COOT (1)  COPPIN (1)  COTTON (2)  COVERDALE (1)  CROFT (2)  DALES (1)  DANBY (8)  DARNILL (7)  DICKINSON (1)  DOBBS (1)  DREWERY (4)  DUNHAM (1)  EASTON (1)  EVISON (27)  FARROW (1)  FLOYER (1)  FORMAN (2)  FOSTER (1)  GALYEARD (1)  GARRICK (9)  GIDDY (9)  GRANTHAM (1)  GRAY (3)  HALL (1)  HANSON (8)  HARRISON (2)  HASTINGS (3)  HEWITT (3)  HEWSON (2)  HILL (1)  HOLTBY (1)  HORTON (3)  JARVIS (7)  JOHNSON (39)  KIRK (1)  KIRKBY (5)  KIRTON (18)  LEAK (10)  LAKING (1)  LOWERY (6)  LEARY (1)  LIDGARD (3)  LOCKING (5)  LUCUS (1)  MARSH (2)  MILLARD (1)  MORLEY (4)  MOTSON (1)  MOTTEY (6)  MUMBY (4)  NEAL (10)  NICHOLSON (6)  NUNDY (1)  OSBOURNE (8)  PARKER (6)  PADDISON (1)  PADISON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PEART (1)  PERKIN (5)  PERKINGS (1)  PRIDGEON (14)  WRAY (4)  RHODES (10)  RIGGAL (3)  ROBINSON (7)  ROWE (1)  ROSS (1)  RUSHBY (5)  SERGENT (5)  SARGENT (13)  SARGEANT (3)  SCOFFIN (2)  SCOTT (1)  SELLERS (1)  SHEPHERD (4)  SILVESTER (6)  SPAWFORTH (3)  SPRATT (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOTHARDS (7)  SURFLEET (1)  SUTTON (15)  SWABY (2)  TACY (5)  TACEY (1)  TAYLOR (10)  TEMPE (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TIMM (1)  TINDELL (1)  TOWNEND (7)  TOWRISS (5)  TYSON (2)  VESSEY (1)  VICARS (3)  VICKERS (11)  WARE (1)  WATSON (1)  WELSH (1)  WESTMARLAND (1)  WHARRIE (3)  WHITE (9)  WHITEHEAD (7)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLERTON (1)  WILERTON (1)  WILMER (1)  WILSON (3)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WRIGHT (5)  WAIT (1)  YOUNGER (3)