Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornton, Lincolnshire

Thornton 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
MIDDLETON157.8125148.81
HUDSON157.812595.42
COOPER115.729223.55
GREENFIELD94.6875422.54
SHARP94.687556.25
WARD73.645816.69
LOVELY73.64587,777.78
PADDISON63.12502,068.97
HOPPS63.12502,307.69
SIMS52.604286.81
WELCH52.604274.07
BROOKS52.604226.64
HUGGINS42.0833246.91
LANES31.56251,875.00
FINES31.56253,000.00
OVERTON31.5625161.29
JACKSON31.56255.59
CUNNINGHAM31.562533.19
HUTTON31.562552.36
THOMPSON21.04173.48
WEST21.041710.82
HILL21.04174.09
TEDDER21.04171,176.47
WRIGHT21.04173.25
WALLER21.041741.32
TAYLOR21.04171.63
KIME21.04171,111.11
DIXON21.04179.51
WOOD10.52081.63
WARRENDER10.5208333.33
ADCOCK10.520852.63
HANSON10.520816.13
JOHNSON10.52081.55
DAVEY10.520812.67
ROBINSON10.52081.63
BULLEN10.520849.02
LANE10.52087.56
DUFFIN10.5208136.99
PARKER10.52082.74
MORRIS10.52082.34
HASE10.52081,250.00
LEWIS10.52081.98
GEORGE10.52088.87
ROOK10.520876.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOVELY0.191927777.7778
FINES0.191923000.0000
HOPPS0.191922307.6923
PADDISON0.191922068.9655
LANES0.191921875.0000
HASE0.191921250.0000
TEDDER0.191921176.4706
KIME0.191921111.1111
GREENFIELD0.19192422.5352
WARRENDER0.19192333.3333
HUGGINS0.19192246.9136
OVERTON0.19192161.2903
MIDDLETON0.19192148.8095
DUFFIN0.19192136.9863
HUDSON0.1919295.4198
SIMS0.1919286.8056
ROOK0.1919276.3359
WELCH0.1919274.0741
SHARP0.1919256.2500
ADCOCK0.1919252.6316
HUTTON0.1919252.3560
BULLEN0.1919249.0196
WALLER0.1919241.3223
CUNNINGHAM0.1919233.1858
BROOKS0.1919226.6383
COOPER0.1919223.5546
WARD0.1919216.6905
HANSON0.1919216.1290
DAVEY0.1919212.6743
WEST0.1919210.8167
DIXON0.191929.5057
GEORGE0.191928.8731
LANE0.191927.5586
JACKSON0.191925.5908
HILL0.191924.0900
THOMPSON0.191923.4771
WRIGHT0.191923.2473
PARKER0.191922.7382
MORRIS0.191922.3397
LEWIS0.191921.9810
WOOD0.191921.6345
ROBINSON0.191921.6335
TAYLOR0.191921.6289
JOHNSON0.191921.5501

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 192 people called LOVELY in Thornton 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 7777.7778 in Thornton means that 7777.7778% of the people in Thornton on census day were called LOVELY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOVELY 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 LOVELY 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 LOVELY 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 LOVELY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Thornton means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOVELY in Thornton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornton in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  BLYTON (2)  BROCKELSBY (1)  BROOKS (5)  BULLEN (1)  BYCROFT (2)  COOPER (11)  CUNNINGHAM (3)  DAVEY (1)  DIXON (2)  DUFFIN (1)  ESPIN (1)  FINES (3)  FIXTER (7)  FIXTURE (2)  GEORGE (1)  GREENFIELD (9)  HANSON (1)  HASE (1)  HILL (2)  HOPPS (6)  HUDSON (15)  HUGGINS (4)  HUTTON (3)  INGOLDMELLS (1)  IRONMONGER (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KIME (2)  LANE (1)  LANES (3)  LEWIS (1)  LOVELY (7)  MALTSON (9)  MIDDLETON (15)  MORRIS (1)  OVERTON (3)  PARKER (1)  PADDISON (6)  ROBINSON (1)  ROOK (1)  SHARP (9)  SIMS (5)  TAYLOR (2)  TEDDER (2)  THOMPSON (2)  TURNHILL (2)  WALLER (2)  WARD (7)  WARRENDER (1)  WATTAM (8)  WELCH (5)  WEST (2)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (2)