Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire

Thornton Curtis 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
WEST163.397035.28
TAYLOR153.18474.98
LACEY132.7601149.77
COUPLAND122.5478402.68
CLAYTON122.547846.86
BURMAN112.3355588.24
HEATH112.335547.03
ELLERBY102.12311,298.70
SERGEANT102.1231446.43
WILSON81.69853.70
FIDELL81.69858,888.89
THOMPSON81.69855.67
RUSSELL81.698513.91
MUNDY81.6985229.23
HEWSON71.4862182.29
BRUMBY71.4862823.53
CAVILL61.2739400.00
WILKINSON61.27398.35
HOLMES61.273910.46
BELL61.27396.78
PARKER61.27396.70
NOTTINGHAM61.2739476.19
SLIGHT51.0616413.22
HOGG51.061629.38
ARNOLD51.061619.69
BRUMFIELD51.06165,000.00
PORTER51.061614.15
WINN51.0616109.17
SMITH51.06160.75
HOBSON51.061640.92
THORNDIKE51.06161,315.79
ASHTON40.849317.33
TURNER40.84933.05
OAKS40.8493470.59
HOLLAND40.849311.93
PADMORE30.6369416.67
ROBERTS30.63691.69
STEPHENSON30.636911.14
POWERS30.6369156.25
GILDER30.6369243.90
KENDALL30.636929.59
MAW30.6369174.42
ENGLAND30.636930.93
JOHNSON30.63691.90
SIMPSON30.63693.64
BUTTERS20.424686.58
ABRAHAM20.424643.01
DIXON20.42463.88
GREEN20.42461.51
MILLS20.42463.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FIDELL0.474718888.8889
BRUMFIELD0.474715000.0000
WESTABY0.474711428.5714
THORNDIKE0.474711315.7895
ELLERBY0.474711298.7013
LOCKINGTON0.47471909.0909
BRUMBY0.47471823.5294
BURMAN0.47471588.2353
NOTTINGHAM0.47471476.1905
OAKS0.47471470.5882
SERGEANT0.47471446.4286
PADMORE0.47471416.6667
SLIGHT0.47471413.2231
COUPLAND0.47471402.6846
CAVILL0.47471400.0000
GIBBINGS0.47471303.0303
HAVERCROFT0.47471285.7143
GILDER0.47471243.9024
GRINDLE0.47471232.5581
MUNDY0.47471229.2264
DRAKES0.47471227.2727
BEEDHAM0.47471196.0784
HEWSON0.47471182.2917
MAW0.47471174.4186
CRESSEY0.47471158.7302
POWERS0.47471156.2500
LACEY0.47471149.7696
VESSEY0.47471125.0000
STRAW0.47471121.9512
WINN0.47471109.1703
STOW0.4747196.1538
BUTTERS0.4747186.5801
WELTON0.4747158.8235
PHILLIPSON0.4747157.1429
BEECROFT0.4747150.5051
HEATH0.4747147.0286
CLAYTON0.4747146.8567
TRIPP0.4747143.4783
ABRAHAM0.4747143.0108
HOBSON0.4747140.9165
PICKERSGILL0.4747140.3226
WEST0.4747135.2811
HOWSON0.4747134.0136
LACY0.4747132.5733
ENGLAND0.4747130.9278
KENDALL0.4747129.5858
HOGG0.4747129.3772
EAST0.4747127.3224
PEAT0.4747126.5957
CHAPPELL0.4747125.1889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 471 people called FIDELL in Thornton Curtis 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 8888.8889 in Thornton Curtis means that 8888.8889% of the people in Thornton Curtis on census day were called FIDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FIDELL 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 FIDELL 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 FIDELL 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 FIDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Thornton Curtis means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FIDELL in Thornton Curtis than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornton Curtis in 1881

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

ABEY (12)  ABRAHAM (2)  ADAMSON (1)  ALTOFT (10)  ARNOLD (5)  ASHTON (4)  AUTOFT (2)  BARNARD (1)  BARNETBY (4)  BARNHAM (1)  BEACOCK (1)  BEECROFT (1)  BEEDHAM (1)  BELL (6)  BLYTEN (1)  BONTOFT (2)  BROOKS (1)  BRUMFIELD (5)  BRUMBY (7)  BURMAN (11)  BURRELL (1)  BURTON (1)  BUTTERS (2)  CA... (1)  CARTER (1)  CAVILL (6)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHAPPELL (2)  CLARK (2)  CLAYTON (12)  COUPLAND (12)  COUPLAN (1)  CAULSON (5)  CRESSEY (1)  DAVEY (2)  DENT (1)  DEPLEDGE (1)  DIXON (2)  DRAKES (1)  EAST (2)  ELLERBY (10)  ENGLAND (3)  FIDELL (8)  GILDER (3)  GIBBINGS (2)  GIBSON (1)  GLOVER (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (2)  GRIMBOLDBY (5)  GRIMOLDBY (1)  GRINDLE (1)  HAGGITT (4)  HARDY (2)  HARRISON (1)  HATCLIFF (2)  HAVERCROFT (1)  HEATH (11)  HEGGARD (1)  HEWITT (1)  HEWSON (7)  HILL (1)  HOBSON (5)  HOCKNEY (1)  HODSON (1)  HOGG (5)  HOLLAND (4)  HOLMES (6)  HOOKHAM (2)  HOWSON (1)  JARWON (1)  JEWITT (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KENDALL (3)  KING (1)  KITCHEN (2)  LACEY (13)  LACY (1)  LAMMING (6)  LATHAM (1)  LOCKINGTON (1)  MARCHINSON (1)  MARRAS (5)  MASON (2)  MAW (3)  MILLS (2)  MUNDY (8)  NEALTHERSON (1)  NEILSON (1)  NEWMARCH (6)  NICHOLSON (1)  NOTTINGHAM (6)  OAKS (4)  OSGERBY (1)  PADMORE (3)  PARKER (6)  PARKINSON (1)  PARR (1)  PEAT (1)  PHILLIPSON (1)  PICKERSGILL (1)  PORTER (5)  POWERS (3)  PROCTOR (2)  PUDDLING (1)  R...HOLSIN (1)  RAMSTON (1)  RASPIN (4)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWSTON (4)  RUSSELLS (1)  RUSSELL (8)  SANDERSON (2)  SERGEANT (10)  SELLORS (4)  SHAW (2)  SHEARSMITH (1)  SIMISSONS (1)  SYMONS (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SKINNER (2)  SLIGHT (5)  SMITH (5)  SNOBB (1)  SPENCER (1)  STAMFORD (1)  STEPHENSON (3)  STOW (2)  STRAW (2)  SUDDABY (1)  TAYLOR (15)  THOMPSON (8)  THORNDIKE (5)  TRIMMINGHAM (1)  TRIPP (1)  TURNER (4)  VESSEY (1)  WELTON (1)  WEST (16)  WESTABY (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (8)  WINN (5)