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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Potter Hanworth, Lincolnshire

Potter Hanworth 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
SMITH173.90802.77
ROBINSON163.678211.54
ATKIN112.5287189.33
BRIGGS102.298942.32
PATTINSON92.0690231.36
CLARKE92.069010.21
COWLEY81.8391100.00
SALTER81.839180.40
HEATHERSHAW81.839116,000.00
PARTRIDGE81.839170.42
BAKER81.83918.39
TURNER71.60925.78
HALL71.60925.47
PERRY71.609221.88
DAY61.379314.65
BACON61.379354.89
HUMPHREY61.379351.77
ATKINSON61.379314.16
FOX61.379314.86
DOUSE61.37931,132.08
REYNOLDS51.149413.27
SAXE51.149410,000.00
HASTINGS51.149490.25
SPALDING51.1494160.77
MASON51.14948.55
SANDS51.1494102.67
WILLEY51.1494127.55
BATTLE51.1494375.94
POUCHER51.14941,923.08
SEATON51.1494135.87
MARRIOTT40.919541.07
WALKER40.91952.75
COULSON40.919551.28
SKELTON40.919563.19
HEADLAND30.6897461.54
BRODELL30.689715,000.00
FIELDING30.689730.90
SPRAY30.6897230.77
ENGLISH30.689736.67
BELL30.68973.67
CURTIS30.689712.15
BUTLER30.68977.07
COOKE30.689712.49
TAYLOR30.68971.08
WOOLDRIDGE20.459884.03
WHITE20.45981.43
POOLE20.45989.54
GOY20.4598350.88
THORPE20.459811.63
WOOD20.45981.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEATHERSHAW0.4443516000.0000
BRODELL0.4443515000.0000
SAXE0.4443510000.0000
POUCHER0.444351923.0769
DOUSE0.444351132.0755
PRESTWOOD0.444351052.6316
BASH0.44435909.0909
HEIGHT0.44435769.2308
EALAND0.44435666.6667
HARBEN0.44435555.5556
HEADLAND0.44435461.5385
BATTLE0.44435375.9398
GOY0.44435350.8772
MOTE0.44435344.8276
RAWDING0.44435303.0303
CHAPELL0.44435285.7143
PATTINSON0.44435231.3625
SPRAY0.44435230.7692
ATKIN0.44435189.3287
PENSON0.44435161.2903
SPALDING0.44435160.7717
BRODERICK0.44435138.8889
SEATON0.44435135.8696
WILLEY0.44435127.5510
GASH0.44435112.3596
BRACKENBURY0.44435105.2632
SANDS0.44435102.6694
COWLEY0.44435100.0000
HASTINGS0.4443590.2527
BULLIVANT0.4443589.2857
JACKLIN0.4443585.4701
WOOLDRIDGE0.4443584.0336
SALTER0.4443580.4020
ELSON0.4443573.5294
CAMM0.4443571.9424
LOWERY0.4443570.4225
PARTRIDGE0.4443570.4225
BALDOCK0.4443565.7895
SKELTON0.4443563.1912
MEDLEY0.4443562.1118
CREASEY0.4443557.1429
BACON0.4443554.8948
HUMPHREY0.4443551.7688
COULSON0.4443551.2821
KIRTON0.4443550.2513
COCKING0.4443547.3934
TURPIN0.4443542.9185
BRIGGS0.4443542.3191
MARRIOTT0.4443541.0678
ENGLISH0.4443536.6748

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 435 people called HEATHERSHAW in Potter Hanworth 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 16000.0000 in Potter Hanworth means that 16000.0000% of the people in Potter Hanworth on census day were called HEATHERSHAW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEATHERSHAW 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 HEATHERSHAW 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 HEATHERSHAW 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 HEATHERSHAW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Potter Hanworth means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEATHERSHAW in Potter Hanworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Potter Hanworth in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  EALAND (1)  ALLEN (1)  ASHFORD (1)  ATKIN (11)  ATKINSON (6)  BACON (6)  BASH (1)  BAKER (8)  BALDOCK (2)  BARRAND (3)  BELL (3)  BATTLE (5)  BRACKENBURY (1)  BRIGGS (10)  BRITTON (1)  BRODELL (3)  BRODERICK (2)  BROWN (1)  BRUNDITT (1)  BULLIVANT (1)  BUTLER (3)  CAMM (1)  CARTER (1)  CATTLE (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHAPELL (1)  CLARKE (9)  COCKING (1)  COLE (1)  COOKE (3)  COULSON (4)  COWLEY (8)  CREASEY (1)  CREDLAND (1)  CROFTS (1)  CROFT (1)  CRUIT (1)  CURTIS (3)  DAYKINS (12)  DAY (6)  DOVE (1)  DOUSE (6)  DUCKMANTON (2)  ELSON (2)  ELSHAM (1)  FIELDING (3)  FLOWITT (1)  FOX (6)  FRY (1)  GASH (1)  GEEMAN (1)  GILES (1)  GOY (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (1)  HEADLAND (3)  HALL (7)  HARBEN (1)  HARRIS (1)  HASTINGS (5)  HEATHERSHAW (8)  HEWIT (3)  HOLMES (1)  HUMPHREY (6)  HEIGHT (1)  ENGLISH (3)  INGALL (3)  JACKLIN (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOSK (1)  KENNERSLEY (1)  KING (2)  KIRTON (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGLEY (1)  LOWERY (1)  LINTIN (10)  LOVELEE (7)  LUFF (1)  MARLOW (1)  MARRIOTT (4)  MASON (5)  MASSINGHAM (1)  MEDLEY (1)  MELBOURN (8)  MILLER (1)  MOTE (1)  MULLINS (1)  NEWTON (1)  NORTH (2)  PARKINSON (1)  PARTRIDGE (8)  PATTINSON (9)  PEACOCK (1)  PENSON (1)  PERRIN (1)  PERRY (7)  PHILLIPS (2)  POOLE (2)  POUCHER (5)  PRESTWOOD (2)  PRICE (1)  RADDISH (1)  RAWDING (1)  REID (1)  REYNOLDS (5)  ROBINSON (16)  ROBSON (1)  RILOTT (1)  SAXE (5)  SALTER (8)  SANDS (5)  SAYKES (1)  SCOTCHBROOK (2)  SEATON (5)  SKELTON (4)  SKEPPER (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (17)  SPALDING (5)  SPRAY (3)  SWIN (1)  TATAM (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TETHER (8)  THORPE (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOOB (3)  TOWNHILL (3)  TUCKER (1)  TURNER (7)  TURPIN (1)  VICKERS (2)  WALKER (4)  WARNER (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLOWS (3)  WOOD (2)  WOOLDRIDGE (2)  WRIGHT (2)  WILLEY (5)