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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Welton, Lincolnshire

Welton 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
STORR213.0792889.83
BALDWIN192.785965.34
SCOTT192.785911.01
WILSON182.63935.75
SMITH152.19941.56
COTTINGHAM152.1994824.18
DADY142.05282,372.88
HACKNEY121.7595404.04
WRIGHT121.75955.48
KEMP111.612929.08
ROE111.612982.77
DAWSON111.612914.63
COTTAM101.4663240.96
CONEY91.3196463.92
DICKINSON91.319630.90
CLARKE81.17305.79
HILL81.17304.61
WASS81.1730216.22
BROCKLESBY71.0264636.36
RICHARDS71.02646.80
GRANT71.026410.34
TOYNE71.0264875.00
WEBSTER60.879810.12
GOULDING60.879890.09
HARDWICK60.879857.53
DRAYTON60.8798250.00
SMART60.879819.32
KING60.87984.04
COULSON60.879849.06
BOOTH50.73317.43
RANDS50.7331250.00
DAWBER50.7331331.13
NAYLOR50.733119.46
LEARY50.733181.17
BUTLER50.73317.52
RICHARDSON50.73314.31
BOULTON50.733140.68
GILBERT50.733112.87
BATES40.58659.22
PARKER40.58653.08
MORRIS40.58652.63
JEFFREY40.586531.72
GRUNDY40.586528.65
HOPE40.586517.23
HEATH40.586511.81
CLAYTON40.586510.79
BROWN40.58650.89
CHAPMAN40.58654.13
SIMPSON40.58653.35
LYON40.586527.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DADY0.686822372.8814
HULLETT0.686821000.0000
STORR0.68682889.8305
TOYNE0.68682875.0000
BURWELL0.68682833.3333
COTTINGHAM0.68682824.1758
MATKIN0.68682789.4737
BROCKLESBY0.68682636.3636
MOUNTCASTLE0.68682500.0000
STAVES0.68682476.1905
CONEY0.68682463.9175
HACKNEY0.68682404.0404
DAWBER0.68682331.1258
RANDS0.68682250.0000
DRAYTON0.68682250.0000
COTTAM0.68682240.9639
WASS0.68682216.2162
RUSSON0.68682210.5263
STARMER0.68682185.1852
BURKITT0.68682149.2537
BROWNLOW0.68682145.6311
HARSTON0.68682142.8571
BURMAN0.68682110.7011
NEAVE0.6868293.7500
COCKING0.6868290.6344
GOULDING0.6868290.0901
CHAMBERLIN0.6868288.1057
VESSEY0.6868286.9565
ROE0.6868282.7690
LEARY0.6868281.1688
GRANGE0.6868276.5306
PALIN0.6868268.4932
CRAFT0.6868266.2252
CARDEN0.6868266.2252
BALDWIN0.6868265.3370
ROOK0.6868264.3777
DOE0.6868261.3497
CATER0.6868261.1621
OTTER0.6868258.1395
HARDWICK0.6868257.5264
MATHERS0.6868249.2611
COULSON0.6868249.0597
BOULTON0.6868240.6835
RAWSON0.6868240.3226
BLOW0.6868239.2157
PACEY0.6868237.5940
PROCTER0.6868233.8983
JEFFREY0.6868231.7209
VINE0.6868231.5457
DICKINSON0.6868230.8960

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 682 people called DADY in Welton 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 2372.8814 in Welton means that 2372.8814% of the people in Welton on census day were called DADY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DADY 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 DADY 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 DADY 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 DADY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Welton means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DADY in Welton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Welton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALBONES (3)  ANSWER (7)  ATTERBY (1)  BALDWIN (19)  BARTHOLOMEW (1)  BATES (4)  BECK (2)  BIRD (1)  BURKITT (2)  BLANSHARD (11)  BLOW (1)  BOULTON (5)  BOMAER (5)  BONNER (1)  BONTOFT (1)  BOOTH (5)  BRADLEY (1)  BROCKLESBY (7)  BROWN (4)  BROWNLOW (3)  BROXHOLME (3)  BURMAN (3)  BURR (1)  BURWELL (4)  BUTLER (5)  CARDEN (1)  CARTER (2)  CATER (2)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHILD (1)  CLARKE (8)  CLAYTON (4)  CABOURN (4)  COCKING (3)  COLLINGHAM (1)  COLLISHAW (2)  CONEY (9)  COTTAM (10)  COTTINGHAM (15)  COULSON (6)  CRAFT (1)  CROSS (1)  CUBOWM (4)  DADY (14)  DAWBNEY (1)  DAWBER (5)  DAWSON (11)  DICKINSON (9)  DOUGHTY (1)  DOVE (1)  DOE (2)  DOWMAN (8)  DRAYTON (6)  EDDISON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELSOM (2)  ESPIN (1)  FOSTER (2)  FRANKISH (2)  FREEBOROUGH (2)  FREEMAN (2)  GILBERT (5)  GLOSSOP (10)  GOULDING (6)  GOODWIN (3)  GRANGE (3)  GRANT (7)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (1)  GRUNDY (4)  HACKNEY (12)  HAMMOND (3)  HARDWICK (6)  HARSTON (1)  HEATH (4)  HILL (8)  HOBSON (1)  HODSON (3)  HOLDSWORTH (2)  HOLMES (3)  HOPE (4)  HULLETT (2)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFREY (4)  KEMP (11)  KEMSHALL (1)  KING (6)  KINGSWOOD (5)  KIRK (3)  KNOWLES (4)  LEARY (5)  LINTON (1)  LYON (4)  MATKIN (3)  MAGUIRE (1)  MARSDEN (2)  MARTIN (1)  MATHERS (2)  MATHIN (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  METCALFE (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MOODY (3)  MAWER (4)  MORRIS (4)  MOUNTCASTLE (1)  NAYLOR (5)  NEAVE (3)  NEEDHAM (2)  NEWMAN (1)  OTTER (1)  PACEY (1)  PALIN (2)  PARKER (4)  PASK (1)  PEPPERDINE (1)  PINDAR (1)  PICKSLEY (3)  POLLARD (3)  PRIESTLEY (3)  PROCTER (3)  PROCTOR (1)  RANNARD (1)  ROLLINSON (1)  RAWSON (3)  RANDS (5)  RHODES (1)  RICHARDS (7)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIPPINGALE (6)  ROBINSON (2)  ROOK (3)  ROPER (2)  ROE (11)  ROWSTON (1)  RUSSON (2)  SAWYER (3)  SCOTT (19)  SELLARS (1)  SHAW (1)  SHIRCLIFF (1)  SIMPSON (4)  SMART (6)  SMITH (15)  SNOWDEN (1)  SPENCER (1)  STARMER (2)  STAVES (1)  STEVENSON (2)  STORR (21)  STOVIN (5)  STRAWSON (1)  THISTLEWOOD (2)  THOMPSON (3)  TINKER (1)  TOYNE (7)  TUXFORD (11)  TWELL (2)  TYLER (1)  VARSEY (1)  VESSEY (1)  VICKERS (3)  VINE (2)  WABY (5)  WALSHAM (2)  WALSHUM (1)  WASS (8)  WEBB (1)  WEBSTER (6)  WILLERTON (2)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILSON (18)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (1)  WOULD (3)  WRIGHT (12)  WAITE (2)