Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Owersby, Lincolnshire

North Owersby 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
SMITH113.20702.27
WEST102.915530.28
DIXON102.915526.61
WRIGHT102.91559.09
EMPSON92.62391,216.22
HORTON92.623970.70
BERRIDGE82.3324444.44
BROWN82.33243.54
STORR82.3324672.27
WHITWELL82.3324792.08
OGG72.0408642.20
COOK72.040810.27
VESSEY72.04081,206.90
BLYTHE61.7493229.89
CHAPMAN61.749312.32
HUNTER61.749317.04
SCHOFIELD61.749332.28
RAYNER61.749370.09
DAVY61.7493141.84
BARNABY51.4577735.29
WILSON51.45773.17
NEAVE51.4577310.56
MARTIN51.45775.92
CARTWRIGHT51.457738.26
GREENWOOD51.457718.77
DANNATT51.45772,777.78
DENT51.457776.57
COX41.16627.70
WALKER41.16623.48
DOLBY41.1662312.50
SPRATT41.1662209.42
TINKER41.1662231.21
DRURY41.166273.39
HOLLOWAY30.874628.54
LINGARD30.8746137.61
COTTRILL30.8746434.78
HANDLEY30.874651.81
DAWSON30.87467.93
ORAM30.8746112.36
BEDFORD30.874636.86
RUSSEL30.8746126.58
TOMLINSON30.874618.96
GRUNDY30.874642.74
SELLERS20.583175.76
ROBINSON20.58311.83
HARE20.583137.81
BONNETT20.5831229.89
GRIFFITHS20.58313.56
DAVEY20.583114.18
FOWLER20.583110.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DANNATT0.343432777.7778
EMPSON0.343431216.2162
VESSEY0.343431206.8966
LIMON0.343431111.1111
WHITWELL0.34343792.0792
BARNABY0.34343735.2941
STORR0.34343672.2689
OGG0.34343642.2018
BERRIDGE0.34343444.4444
COTTRILL0.34343434.7826
VEAR0.34343333.3333
DOLBY0.34343312.5000
NEAVE0.34343310.5590
TINKER0.34343231.2139
BLYTHE0.34343229.8851
BONNETT0.34343229.8851
SPRATT0.34343209.4241
LOWRY0.34343144.9275
MELBOURNE0.34343142.8571
DAVY0.34343141.8440
LINGARD0.34343137.6147
HOUSEMAN0.34343126.5823
RUSSEL0.34343126.5823
ORAM0.34343112.3596
DENT0.3434376.5697
SELLERS0.3434375.7576
DRURY0.3434373.3945
HORTON0.3434370.6991
RAYNER0.3434370.0935
PARSON0.3434364.9351
SERGEANT0.3434361.3497
PATCHETT0.3434360.9756
HANDLEY0.3434351.8135
SIMON0.3434344.2478
GRUNDY0.3434342.7350
PRESCOTT0.3434341.3223
HERD0.3434339.6825
CARTWRIGHT0.3434338.2555
HARE0.3434337.8072
BEDFORD0.3434336.8550
SCHOFIELD0.3434332.2754
WEST0.3434330.2847
HOLLOWAY0.3434328.5442
DIXON0.3434326.6099
JESSOP0.3434324.5700
RAWLINSON0.3434324.4499
SKELTON0.3434320.0401
WALTER0.3434319.0476
TOMLINSON0.3434318.9633
GREENWOOD0.3434318.7688

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 343 people called DANNATT in North Owersby 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 2777.7778 in North Owersby means that 2777.7778% of the people in North Owersby on census day were called DANNATT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DANNATT 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 DANNATT 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 DANNATT 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 DANNATT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in North Owersby means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DANNATT in North Owersby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in North Owersby in 1881

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

BARNABY (5)  BEDFORD (3)  BEACROFT (1)  BERRIDGE (8)  BLYTHE (6)  BOLTON (1)  BONNETT (2)  BROWN (8)  BRUMPTON (5)  BUST (5)  CANDLIN (1)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLARKE (1)  COLE (2)  COOK (7)  COTTON (1)  COTTRILL (3)  COX (4)  DAVY (6)  DAVEY (2)  DAWSON (3)  DANNATT (5)  DENNESS (7)  DENNISS (1)  DENNIS (1)  DENT (5)  DIXON (10)  DOLBY (4)  DOWMAN (4)  DRURY (4)  EMPSON (9)  EVERETT (1)  FANTHORPE (4)  FLETCHER (2)  FOWLER (2)  FRENCH (1)  GILLIATT (1)  GREENWOOD (5)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GRUNDY (3)  HANDLEY (3)  HARE (2)  HARRISON (1)  HERD (1)  OGG (7)  HOLLOWAY (3)  HORTON (9)  HOUSEMAN (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNT (1)  HUNTER (6)  JESSOP (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KENT (1)  KIRK (2)  LOWRY (2)  LAVERICK (1)  LIMON (1)  LIDGETT (5)  LINGARD (3)  MARTIN (5)  MACGUINESS (1)  MELBOURNE (1)  MILLER (1)  NEAVE (5)  ORAM (3)  OSGODBY (3)  PARSON (1)  PATCHETT (1)  PEDGE (1)  PRESCOTT (2)  RAWLINSON (1)  RAYNER (6)  RICHARDSON (2)  RILATTE (1)  ROBINSON (2)  RUSSEL (3)  SERGEANT (1)  SCHOFIELD (6)  SELLERS (2)  SENESCALL (1)  SIMON (1)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (11)  SPRATT (4)  STANILAND (1)  STORR (8)  TINKER (4)  TODD (1)  TOMLINSON (3)  UPTON (1)  VESSEY (7)  VEAR (1)  VICKERS (1)  WABY (1)  WALKER (4)  WALTER (1)  WEST (10)  WHITWELL (8)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (5)  WRIGHT (10)