Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mere, Lincolnshire

Mere 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
GILBERT1412.8440225.44
PEARS1311.92662,600.00
REYNOLDS76.422074.15
SMALL65.5046216.61
BEECROFT65.50461,304.35
HINKLEY54.58722,500.00
DICKINSON54.5872107.30
GRESHAM32.75232,500.00
PYE32.7523184.05
WOOD21.83495.76
WARD21.83498.40
JONES21.83491.62
BEMROSE10.91741,000.00
GREEN10.91743.26
BAMFORD10.917460.98
PRATT10.917415.97
ELKINGTON10.9174243.90
YARNALL10.91742,000.00
PARKS10.917488.50
DARCY10.9174333.33
THACKER10.9174126.58
HOLMES10.91747.54
BULLARD10.9174303.03
HACKNEY10.9174208.33
REED10.917412.56
GOODWIN10.917417.42
PHILLIPSON10.9174250.00
DODSON10.9174119.05
MACKINDER10.91741,111.11
CHAMBERS10.917416.13
STEPHEN10.917452.36
BROWN10.91741.39
SANDERSON10.917422.22
BEARD10.917434.84
BUTLER10.91749.41
SMITH10.91740.65
HINDLEY10.9174111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEARS0.111092600.0000
GRESHAM0.111092500.0000
HINKLEY0.111092500.0000
YARNALL0.111092000.0000
BEECROFT0.111091304.3478
MACKINDER0.111091111.1111
BEMROSE0.111091000.0000
DARCY0.11109333.3333
BULLARD0.11109303.0303
PHILLIPSON0.11109250.0000
ELKINGTON0.11109243.9024
GILBERT0.11109225.4428
SMALL0.11109216.6065
HACKNEY0.11109208.3333
PYE0.11109184.0491
THACKER0.11109126.5823
DODSON0.11109119.0476
HINDLEY0.11109111.1111
DICKINSON0.11109107.2961
PARKS0.1110988.4956
REYNOLDS0.1110974.1525
BAMFORD0.1110960.9756
STEPHEN0.1110952.3560
BEARD0.1110934.8432
SANDERSON0.1110922.2222
GOODWIN0.1110917.4216
CHAMBERS0.1110916.1290
PRATT0.1110915.9744
REED0.1110912.5628
BUTLER0.111099.4073
WARD0.111098.3998
HOLMES0.111097.5358
WOOD0.111095.7587
GREEN0.111093.2584
JONES0.111091.6201
BROWN0.111091.3918
SMITH0.111090.6498

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 109 people called PEARS in Mere 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 2600.0000 in Mere means that 2600.0000% of the people in Mere on census day were called PEARS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEARS 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 PEARS 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 PEARS 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 PEARS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Mere means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEARS in Mere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mere in 1881

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

BAMFORD (1)  BEARD (1)  BEECROFT (6)  BEMROSE (1)  BROWN (1)  BULLARD (1)  BUTLER (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  DARCY (1)  DICKINSON (5)  DODSON (1)  ELKINGTON (1)  GILBERT (14)  GOODWIN (1)  GREEN (1)  GRESHAM (3)  HACKNEY (1)  HURWORD OR HURWOOD (2)  HINDLEY (1)  HINKLEY (5)  HOLMES (1)  HORSEWOOD (4)  JONES (2)  MACKINDER (1)  PACY (1)  PANLGER OR PAULGER (2)  PARKS (1)  PEARS (13)  PHILLIPSON (1)  PYHKITT (7)  PRATT (1)  PYE (3)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (7)  SANDERSON (1)  SMALL (6)  SMITH (1)  STEPHEN (1)  THACKER (1)  WARD (2)  WOOD (2)  YARNALL (1)