Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swaby, Lincolnshire

Swaby 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
ELVIN174.10631,164.38
KIRKBY143.3816598.29
KEMP133.140156.62
ANDREWS133.140132.77
ROBINSON122.89869.09
RHOADES122.89861,791.04
BRANT112.6570654.76
WRIGHT112.65708.28
STONES102.4155203.25
WALTER92.1739141.96
NICHOLSON92.173930.59
BLACKBURN92.173957.66
JACKSON81.93246.91
OLIVER81.932427.09
TWIGG81.9324275.86
ASHLEY71.6908101.01
HOLDEN71.690830.86
FAWCETT61.449374.91
WARD61.44936.63
GILBERT61.449325.45
WILLSON51.2077107.76
GRAVES51.207779.62
TOWNSEND51.207728.43
BURNETT51.207743.67
BETTS51.207756.50
STEPHENSON51.207721.11
RUTLAND51.2077396.83
SIZER40.9662555.56
SPEED40.9662120.12
NEAL40.966232.65
BALDING40.9662519.48
FOSTER40.96627.23
CHAPMAN40.96626.80
STAMP30.724698.68
PATCHETT30.7246150.75
NORTH30.724621.87
BLAKEY30.724690.36
NEEDHAM20.483122.70
BINKS20.483181.97
WAITE20.483123.28
COOK20.48312.43
FRITH20.483148.43
HEWSON20.483159.17
VICKERS20.483118.81
TAYLOR20.48310.76
BROMFIELD20.4831206.19
BORRELL20.4831740.74
SMITH20.48310.34
DALES20.4831155.04
SYKES10.24155.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RHOADES0.414141791.0448
ELVIN0.414141164.3836
BORRELL0.41414740.7407
BRANT0.41414654.7619
KIRKBY0.41414598.2906
SIZER0.41414555.5556
BALDING0.41414519.4805
DANNATT0.41414476.1905
RUTLAND0.41414396.8254
HOSTLER0.41414370.3704
TWIGG0.41414275.8621
KELK0.41414263.1579
BROMFIELD0.41414206.1856
STONES0.41414203.2520
HILDRED0.41414192.3077
ENDERBY0.41414181.8182
PADDISON0.41414161.2903
DALES0.41414155.0388
PATCHETT0.41414150.7538
WALTER0.41414141.9558
HORSEY0.41414131.5789
SPEED0.41414120.1201
WILLSON0.41414107.7586
ASHLEY0.41414101.0101
STAMP0.4141498.6842
BONNETT0.4141495.2381
BLAKEY0.4141490.3614
BINKS0.4141481.9672
GRAVES0.4141479.6178
ELSEY0.4141478.7402
FAWCETT0.4141474.9064
HARGRAVES0.4141468.9655
HEWSON0.4141459.1716
BLACKBURN0.4141457.6553
KEMP0.4141456.6202
BETTS0.4141456.4972
FRITH0.4141448.4262
BURNETT0.4141443.6681
FIELDEN0.4141441.4938
ANDREWS0.4141432.7704
NEAL0.4141432.6531
HOLDEN0.4141430.8642
NICHOLSON0.4141430.5914
TOWNSEND0.4141428.4252
OLIVER0.4141427.0911
GILBERT0.4141425.4453
WAITE0.4141423.2829
NEEDHAM0.4141422.7015
NORTH0.4141421.8659
STEPHENSON0.4141421.1149

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 414 people called RHOADES in Swaby 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 1791.0448 in Swaby means that 1791.0448% of the people in Swaby on census day were called RHOADES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RHOADES 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 RHOADES 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 RHOADES 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 RHOADES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Swaby means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RHOADES in Swaby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swaby in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ODLIN (8)  ANDREWS (13)  ARCHER (1)  ASHLEY (7)  BALDING (4)  BARKER (1)  BARTON (1)  BAUMBER (8)  BETTS (5)  BINKS (2)  BISHELL (2)  BLACKBURN (9)  BLAKEY (3)  BONNETT (1)  BORRELL (2)  BRADLEY (1)  BRANT (11)  BROMFIELD (2)  BRUMPTON (11)  BURNETT (5)  BYCROFT (5)  CARTMAN (3)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARK (1)  COOK (2)  COULAM (2)  DALES (2)  DAVEY (1)  DANNATT (1)  DRURY (1)  ELDIN (1)  ELSEY (1)  ELVIN (17)  ENDERBY (1)  EVISON (2)  FAWCETT (6)  FIELDEN (1)  FOSTER (4)  FRITH (2)  FUSSEY (1)  GAMPLING (4)  GILBERT (6)  GRANT (1)  GRAVES (5)  GRESSWELL (1)  HANDSON (5)  HARGRAVES (1)  HEWSON (2)  HILDRED (1)  HODSON (1)  HOLDEN (7)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HORSEY (1)  HOSTLER (1)  INGAMELLS (8)  JACKSON (8)  JESNEY (3)  KELK (1)  KEMP (13)  KIDD (1)  KIRKBY (14)  KIRKE (3)  LAKING (8)  LARDER (2)  LAMMIN (4)  MARWOOD (2)  MOOR (1)  MYERS (1)  NEAL (4)  NEEDHAM (2)  NICHOLSON (9)  NORTH (3)  OLIVER (8)  PATCHETT (3)  PADDISON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PINNY (2)  RHOADES (12)  ROBINSON (12)  RUTLAND (5)  SAUNDERS (1)  SIZER (4)  SMITH (2)  SPEED (4)  STAMP (3)  STEPHENSON (5)  STONES (10)  SYKES (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TOWNSEND (5)  TWIGG (8)  VICKERS (2)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (1)  WALTER (9)  WARD (6)  WATSON (1)  WHEELHOUSE (7)  WILLSON (5)  WRIGHT (11)  WAITE (2)