Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swallow, Lincolnshire

Swallow 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
ROBINSON166.722721.08
WILKINSON114.621830.29
PLASKETT104.20175,555.56
TAYLOR104.20176.57
BORMAN93.78152,812.50
BELL83.361317.89
WILSON72.94126.40
WILKIN72.9412538.46
COLLINS62.521017.57
SMITH62.52101.79
LUSBY62.52102,222.22
BINGHAM62.5210171.43
LOFT62.5210983.61
DIXON62.521023.02
HOBSON52.100881.04
COOPER52.10088.64
MUMBY52.1008735.29
BUCKNELL52.1008833.33
ANDREWS41.680717.54
TRAFFORD41.6807421.05
BROWN41.68072.55
TYSON31.260596.77
GIBBONS31.260539.22
JOHNSON31.26053.75
BIRMAN31.260515,000.00
MASON20.84036.25
DRINKALL20.8403800.00
HUTSON20.8403212.77
RICHARDSON20.84034.94
TOMLINSON20.840318.21
WOOD20.84032.64
FARROW20.840344.74
ROLLINSON20.8403156.25
HILL10.42021.65
NEWTON10.42025.48
BURKITT10.4202212.77
DUDLEY10.420228.01
WHITWORTH10.420225.13
DAWSON10.42023.81
VICKERS10.420216.37
PARSON10.420293.46
BARKER10.42023.21
HAMMOND10.42027.38
CAREY10.420222.27
FRANCE10.420227.62
SWAN10.420216.23
SHAW10.42022.29
BLYTH10.420226.67
WHITTON10.420268.49
DAVY10.420234.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIRMAN0.2423815000.0000
PLASKETT0.242385555.5556
BORMAN0.242382812.5000
LUSBY0.242382222.2222
LOFT0.24238983.6066
BUCKNELL0.24238833.3333
DRINKALL0.24238800.0000
MUMBY0.24238735.2941
WILKIN0.24238538.4615
TRAFFORD0.24238421.0526
VESSEY0.24238250.0000
BLANCH0.24238217.3913
BURKITT0.24238212.7660
HUTSON0.24238212.7660
ORMOND0.24238196.0784
MONDAY0.24238175.4386
BINGHAM0.24238171.4286
ROLLINSON0.24238156.2500
TYSON0.2423896.7742
PARSON0.2423893.4579
HOBSON0.2423881.0373
SOWERBY0.2423878.1250
WHITTON0.2423868.4932
FARROW0.2423844.7427
GIBBONS0.2423839.2157
DAVY0.2423834.1297
WILKINSON0.2423830.2863
DUDLEY0.2423828.0112
FRANCE0.2423827.6243
BLYTH0.2423826.6667
WHITWORTH0.2423825.1256
CULLEN0.2423823.9808
CANNON0.2423823.2019
DIXON0.2423823.0150
CAREY0.2423822.2717
HORNER0.2423822.0751
ROBINSON0.2423821.0831
TOMLINSON0.2423818.2149
BELL0.2423817.8891
COLLINS0.2423817.5695
ANDREWS0.2423817.5439
VICKERS0.2423816.3666
SWAN0.2423816.2338
HILTON0.2423812.2249
COOPER0.242388.6371
ASHTON0.242388.5763
HAMMOND0.242387.3801
TAYLOR0.242386.5703
WILSON0.242386.4038
MASON0.242386.2500

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 238 people called BIRMAN in Swallow 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 15000.0000 in Swallow means that 15000.0000% of the people in Swallow on census day were called BIRMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIRMAN 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 BIRMAN 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 BIRMAN 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 BIRMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Swallow means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIRMAN in Swallow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swallow in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  ASHTON (1)  BARKER (1)  BECAN (3)  BELL (8)  BINGHAM (6)  BIRKET (7)  BURKITT (1)  BLANCH (1)  BLYTH (1)  BORMAN (9)  BROXAM (1)  BROWN (4)  BUCKNELL (5)  BIRMAN (3)  CAMMOCK (1)  CANNON (1)  CAREY (1)  COLLINS (6)  COOK (1)  COOPER (5)  CULLEN (1)  DAVY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (6)  DOBS (1)  DRINKALL (2)  DUDLEY (1)  FARROW (2)  FRANCE (1)  GIBBONS (3)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HEETLEY (1)  HILL (1)  HILTON (1)  HOBSON (5)  HOCKNEY (7)  HORNER (1)  HUTSON (2)  JOHNSON (3)  LOFAS (1)  LOFT (6)  LUSBY (6)  MACKRILL (5)  MASON (2)  MOWFORTH (1)  MUMBY (5)  MONDAY (1)  NEWTON (1)  ORMOND (1)  PARSON (1)  PLASKETT (10)  ROLLINSON (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (16)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (6)  SOWERBY (1)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (10)  TOMLINSON (2)  TRAFFORD (4)  TUPLIN (1)  TUPLING (1)  TYSON (3)  VESSEY (1)  VICKERS (1)  WATTS (1)  WHITTON (1)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILKIN (7)  WILKINSON (11)  WILLOWS (4)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (2)