Top surnames from the 1881 census in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire

Skellingthorpe 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
TAYLOR314.29366.71
GRAHAM192.631622.92
BAKER192.631612.01
WRIGHT192.63168.20
BARNES182.493120.71
GREEN172.35468.36
WARRINER141.9391660.38
OVERTON121.6620171.18
SCARBORO121.66203,636.36
TURNER121.66205.97
ARDEN111.5235632.18
SCOTT111.52356.02
CLARKE111.52357.52
ROBINSON101.38504.34
WILKINSON101.38509.08
HOLMES101.385011.37
SNELL101.385073.15
RUDKIN101.3850350.88
CLAY91.246560.73
WELLS91.246514.98
SMITH91.24650.88
BLAKEY81.1080138.17
TAGG81.1080289.86
MERRYWEATHER81.1080493.83
STURDY81.1080349.35
LETTS70.9695283.40
HERRICK70.9695666.67
SIMONS70.969573.45
BEAN70.969574.95
JOHNSON60.83102.47
PALMER60.83107.05
KNIGHT60.83106.74
ROWLAND60.831029.24
RILEY60.831010.50
SHORT60.831021.28
OGDEN60.831029.40
STANFIELD60.8310295.57
MILLS60.83106.41
DRURY60.831052.31
KIRK60.831019.19
PRATT50.692512.05
COUPLAND50.6925109.41
HARRISON50.69253.12
FOSTER50.69255.18
INGHAM50.692527.84
BEE50.6925122.85
BOOTH50.69257.02
PROCTOR50.692528.17
COCKING40.5540114.29
DOVE40.554048.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCARBORO0.727223636.3636
CLAWSON0.727221764.7059
GRUBER0.727221250.0000
EMMONS0.72722740.7407
HERRICK0.72722666.6667
WARRINER0.72722660.3774
ARDEN0.72722632.1839
MERRYWEATHER0.72722493.8272
PASKE0.72722434.7826
RUDKIN0.72722350.8772
STURDY0.72722349.3450
STANFIELD0.72722295.5665
TAGG0.72722289.8551
LETTS0.72722283.4008
PALEY0.72722232.5581
RAWDING0.72722181.8182
OVERTON0.72722171.1840
BLAKEY0.72722138.1693
RAINES0.72722137.9310
KITCHIN0.72722129.0323
DERRY0.72722125.7862
HURD0.72722123.4568
BEE0.72722122.8501
PINCHBECK0.72722121.9512
SAXBY0.72722116.9591
COCKING0.72722114.2857
COUPLAND0.72722109.4092
PACEY0.72722106.7616
BURNHAM0.7272290.0901
BEAN0.7272274.9465
VEASEY0.7272274.0741
SIMONS0.7272273.4523
SNELL0.7272273.1529
LILLY0.7272268.3371
LINTON0.7272267.4536
GASH0.7272267.1141
CROOKES0.7272263.4921
CLAY0.7272260.7287
PATCHETT0.7272257.8035
DRURY0.7272252.3104
DOVE0.7272248.4262
TYE0.7272248.0769
BRINE0.7272245.4545
HOLROYD0.7272237.3599
HACKNEY0.7272231.7460
CHAPPEL0.7272231.4465
KEY0.7272230.1205
PEPPER0.7272229.5567
OGDEN0.7272229.3974
ROWLAND0.7272229.2398

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 722 people called SCARBORO in Skellingthorpe 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 3636.3636 in Skellingthorpe means that 3636.3636% of the people in Skellingthorpe on census day were called SCARBORO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCARBORO 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 SCARBORO 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 SCARBORO 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 SCARBORO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Skellingthorpe means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCARBORO in Skellingthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Skellingthorpe in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (1)  ALMOND (1)  ANDREW (1)  ARDEN (11)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BAALAM (1)  BAINES (1)  BAKER (19)  BARNES (18)  BEAN (7)  BEE (5)  BELL (1)  BELLAMY (1)  BINGHAM (2)  BISHELL (4)  BLAKEY (8)  BLISSITT (3)  BOOTH (5)  BRIDGWAY (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BRINE (1)  BROWN (2)  BURNHAM (4)  BUTLER (1)  CHAPPEL (1)  CHILD (1)  CLARKE (11)  CLAWSON (3)  CLAY (9)  CLAYTON (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  COCKING (4)  COOPER (4)  COUPLAND (5)  COPNALL (1)  CROOKES (2)  CROPPER (1)  CURTIS (2)  DABB (2)  DAWSON (1)  DERRY (4)  DOVE (4)  DRURY (6)  ELSON (1)  EMMONS (2)  ESPIN (6)  FENTON (1)  FLINTHAM (1)  FOSTER (5)  FOTHERBY (2)  FRANKLIN (1)  GARNER (1)  GASH (1)  GASK (5)  GEORGE (1)  GINEVIR (2)  GOULD (1)  GRAHAM (19)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (17)  GRUBER (1)  GURNHILL (1)  HACKNEY (1)  HALES (1)  HALE (3)  HARDY (2)  HARRISON (5)  HARESIGN (5)  HARWOOD (1)  HURD (4)  HEATH (1)  HERRICK (7)  HERRINGS (4)  HIND (1)  HOLLIS (2)  HOLMES (10)  HOLROYD (3)  HOULTBY (7)  HOPKINSON (1)  HUNT (1)  INGHAM (5)  JOHNSON (6)  KEMP (3)  KETTLEBORO (1)  KEY (3)  KIRK (6)  KITCHIN (2)  KNIGHT (6)  LAMB (1)  LASCELLES (2)  LEE (1)  LETTS (7)  LEALAND (3)  LILLY (3)  LINTON (4)  MARSHALL (3)  MASON (1)  MELLOWS (2)  MERRYWEATHER (8)  MILES (4)  MILLS (6)  MILNER (1)  MITCHEL (2)  NEVILLE (1)  NEWBOROUGH (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NORTON (3)  OGDEN (6)  OVERTON (12)  PACEY (3)  PALEY (4)  PALMER (6)  PARKER (1)  PARRINDER (3)  PASKE (1)  PATCHETT (2)  PEPPER (3)  PINCHBECK (1)  POGSON (1)  POTTER (1)  POTTS (4)  PRATT (5)  PROCTOR (5)  QUIBLE (5)  RADSDALE (7)  RAINES (2)  RAWDING (1)  ROLLINSON (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RILEY (6)  ROBINSON (10)  ROWLAND (6)  RUDKIN (10)  RUSHTON (2)  SAMPSON (1)  SARGISON (1)  SAXBY (4)  SCARBORO (12)  SCATLIFF (1)  SCOTT (11)  SEWARDS (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHORT (6)  SHUTTLEWORTH (2)  SIBSEY (1)  SIMONS (7)  SIMS (1)  SKINS (1)  SMITH (9)  SNELL (10)  SOUTH (1)  SPENCER (1)  STANDILE (1)  STANFIELD (6)  STEWART (1)  STURDY (8)  SUTTON (4)  TAGG (8)  TAYLOR (31)  THISTLEWOOD (2)  THOMPSON (3)  THORPE (2)  TINKER (1)  TINSLEY (1)  TOPLEY (1)  TURNER (12)  TYE (2)  VASER (1)  VEASEY (1)  VICKERS (1)  VINE (1)  WABY (1)  WAINFIER (3)  WALLHEAD (9)  WARRINER (14)  WASS (1)  WELBOURN (3)  WELBOURNE (1)  WELLS (9)  WILKINSON (10)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (19)