Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton, Lincolnshire

Newton 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
PORTER179.8266130.97
HODSON169.2486446.93
BUGG158.67051,923.08
DOUGHTY95.2023409.09
HOLDEN84.624384.39
WATSON74.046217.44
CHAMBERLAIN74.0462148.62
COOPER74.046216.64
SHARPE74.0462137.25
TODD63.468268.18
ELLIS52.890219.90
SWANN42.3121211.64
ROLLINGS42.3121740.74
FRANCES42.3121366.97
SHARP31.734120.80
ROOKE31.7341234.38
FOWLER31.734130.36
HOLMES31.734114.24
BELL21.15616.15
LYNN21.1561132.45
LAWRENCE21.156117.81
MEADOWS21.156182.64
LUNN21.156189.29
BARRATT10.578028.49
FOSTER10.57804.32
ARNOLD10.578010.72
MASSEY10.578022.62
TINKLER10.5780133.33
LINDSEY10.5780113.64
FRANCE10.578038.02
WILSON10.57801.26
BALDING10.5780312.50
NORRIS10.578013.46
EVERETT10.578032.15
WARD10.57802.65
SCARBORO10.57801,250.00
BAXTER10.57809.70
WHITE10.57801.80
BAKER10.57802.64
COCKING10.5780119.05
BRIGGS10.578010.64
SANDALL10.5780294.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUGG0.171731923.0769
SCARBORO0.171731250.0000
ROLLINGS0.17173740.7407
HODSON0.17173446.9274
DOUGHTY0.17173409.0909
FRANCES0.17173366.9725
BALDING0.17173312.5000
SANDALL0.17173294.1176
ROOKE0.17173234.3750
SWANN0.17173211.6402
CHAMBERLAIN0.17173148.6200
SHARPE0.17173137.2549
TINKLER0.17173133.3333
LYNN0.17173132.4503
PORTER0.17173130.9707
COCKING0.17173119.0476
LINDSEY0.17173113.6364
LUNN0.1717389.2857
HOLDEN0.1717384.3882
MEADOWS0.1717382.6446
TODD0.1717368.1818
FRANCE0.1717338.0228
EVERETT0.1717332.1543
FOWLER0.1717330.3644
BARRATT0.1717328.4900
MASSEY0.1717322.6244
SHARP0.1717320.8044
ELLIS0.1717319.9045
LAWRENCE0.1717317.8094
WATSON0.1717317.4433
COOPER0.1717316.6350
HOLMES0.1717314.2383
NORRIS0.1717313.4590
ARNOLD0.1717310.7181
BRIGGS0.1717310.6383
BAXTER0.171739.6993
BELL0.171736.1520
FOSTER0.171734.3234
WARD0.171732.6462
BAKER0.171732.6378
WHITE0.171731.7982
WILSON0.171731.2585

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 173 people called BUGG in Newton 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 1923.0769 in Newton means that 1923.0769% of the people in Newton on census day were called BUGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUGG 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 BUGG 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 BUGG 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 BUGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Newton means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUGG in Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton in 1881

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

ANNISS (2)  ARNOLD (1)  BAKER (1)  BALDING (1)  BARRATT (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BUGG (15)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  COCKING (1)  COOPER (7)  DOUGHTY (9)  ELLIS (5)  ELLISS (5)  EVERETT (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLER (3)  FRANCES (4)  FRANCE (1)  HODSON (16)  HOLDEN (8)  HOLMES (3)  LAWRENCE (2)  LAIT (6)  LINDSEY (1)  LUNN (2)  LYNN (2)  MAPLETOFT (2)  MASSEY (1)  MEADOWS (2)  NORRIS (1)  PORTER (17)  ROOKE (3)  ROLLINGS (4)  SANDALL (1)  SCARBORO (1)  SCOTCHBROOK (1)  SHARPE (7)  SHARP (3)  SWANN (4)  TINKLER (1)  TODD (6)  WARD (1)  WATSON (7)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (1)