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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willoughby, Lincolnshire

Willoughby 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
SYLVESTER243.88981,153.85
HOUGHTON193.079488.13
WHITE182.91739.08
BEMROSE152.43112,631.58
JACKSON132.10707.54
COUPLAND111.7828281.33
THORNDIKE111.78282,244.90
TAYLOR101.62072.53
HILL91.45875.73
FRANKLIN91.458743.92
PARKER91.45877.67
DAWSON81.296611.76
FRANCIS81.296621.76
BLADES81.2966228.57
GOODWIN81.296624.61
GRAVES71.134574.79
NEAL71.134538.34
BURTON71.134513.32
HILDRED71.1345897.44
ROBINSON71.13453.56
FROST71.134520.18
FAWCETT60.972450.29
HANES60.9724845.07
COVILL60.97241,111.11
BAINES60.972450.80
GRANT60.97249.80
LUFFMAN60.9724882.35
DAVIS60.97244.43
BROOMFIELD60.9724144.58
CLARK60.97243.24
GILBERT50.810414.23
COPPIN50.8104256.41
HARWOOD50.810430.27
CLARKE50.81044.00
CARTER50.81044.83
WELBURN50.8104413.22
BALDERSTON50.8104892.86
ARCHER50.810419.59
GRAYSON50.8104108.70
SANDERSON50.810419.62
BROOKS50.81048.29
VESSEY40.6483384.62
CHAPMAN40.64834.56
SHAW40.64833.53
RUCK40.6483253.16
BRADSHAW40.648315.79
ROBSON40.64839.85
WHITWORTH40.648338.80
STONES40.648354.50
MOODY40.648324.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEMROSE0.626172631.5789
THORNDIKE0.626172244.8980
SYLVESTER0.626171153.8462
COVILL0.626171111.1111
THORNDYKE0.62617967.7419
HILDRED0.62617897.4359
BALDERSTON0.62617892.8571
LUFFMAN0.62617882.3529
HANES0.62617845.0704
TOYN0.62617526.3158
WELBURN0.62617413.2231
DESFORGES0.62617400.0000
VESSEY0.62617384.6154
KEAL0.62617322.5806
COUPLAND0.62617281.3299
COPPIN0.62617256.4103
RUCK0.62617253.1646
BLADES0.62617228.5714
BARK0.62617212.7660
HOULTON0.62617151.5152
BROOMFIELD0.62617144.5783
BAINS0.62617130.7190
WESTERN0.62617115.3846
GRAYSON0.62617108.6957
LENTON0.6261797.4026
BELTON0.6261790.3614
BRUMBY0.6261790.0901
HOUGHTON0.6261788.1262
LILL0.6261783.3333
BEGG0.6261780.0000
GRAVES0.6261774.7863
RAYNOR0.6261770.0935
CLIFT0.6261759.3472
MALTBY0.6261756.6572
STONES0.6261754.4959
EYRE0.6261754.0541
BAINES0.6261750.8044
FAWCETT0.6261750.2934
STORR0.6261746.7290
FRANKLIN0.6261743.9239
WHITWORTH0.6261738.7973
NEAL0.6261738.3352
HARWOOD0.6261730.2663
KIRKBY0.6261728.6533
COULSON0.6261727.1003
FARROW0.6261725.9067
BOURNE0.6261725.0627
TYSON0.6261724.8756
MOODY0.6261724.8293
GOODWIN0.6261724.6078

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 617 people called BEMROSE in Willoughby 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 2631.5789 in Willoughby means that 2631.5789% of the people in Willoughby on census day were called BEMROSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEMROSE 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 BEMROSE 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 BEMROSE 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 BEMROSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Willoughby means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEMROSE in Willoughby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Willoughby in 1881

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

ALLETT (2)  ALLITT (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ARCHER (5)  BAINS (2)  BAINES (6)  BALDERSTON (5)  BALDUSTEN (1)  BARKER (2)  BAUMBER (1)  BEGG (3)  BELTON (3)  BEMROSE (15)  BERRY (2)  BETTS (2)  BARK (2)  BLADES (8)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOLTON (2)  BRADSHAW (4)  BROOKS (5)  BROOMFIELD (6)  BROWN (1)  BRUMBY (1)  BRUMPTON (1)  BOURNE (3)  BURTON (7)  BUSH (3)  CARR (1)  CARINGTON (1)  CARTER (5)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHEFFINGS (13)  CLARKE (5)  CLARK (6)  CLIFT (2)  CLOUGH (3)  COUPLAND (11)  COPPIN (5)  COULSON (3)  COVILL (6)  CROFT (1)  DAVIS (6)  DAWSON (8)  DERMETT (1)  DESFORGES (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DOWLMAN (18)  DRING (1)  EMPRINGHAM (2)  EPTON (1)  EVISON (1)  EYRE (4)  FARROW (3)  FAWCETT (6)  FRANCIS (8)  FRANKLIN (9)  FRESHNEY (7)  FROST (7)  GAMBLE (1)  GILBERT (5)  GOODHAND (8)  GOODWIN (8)  GRANT (6)  GRAYSON (5)  GRAVES (7)  GREBBY (5)  GREENFIELD (1)  GRESSWELL (6)  HARRISON (3)  HARWOOD (5)  HANES (6)  HENDERSON (2)  HILDRED (7)  HILL (9)  HOULTON (2)  HOUGHTON (19)  HEWIS (8)  IRELAND (1)  IRONMONGER (5)  JACKSON (13)  JOHNSON (1)  KEAL (3)  KING (1)  KIRKBY (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LAW (1)  LEARY (1)  LEE (1)  LILL (1)  LENTON (3)  LOWE (2)  LUFFMAN (6)  MACKRILL (8)  MALTBY (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MATTHEW (1)  MONKS (1)  MOODY (4)  MAWER (17)  NEAL (7)  PADLY (1)  PARKER (9)  PEACH (1)  PORTAS (1)  WRAY (1)  RAITHBY (1)  RAYNOR (3)  ROBINSON (7)  ROBSON (4)  RUCK (4)  SANDERSON (5)  SARGISSON (6)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (4)  SYLVESTER (24)  SMITH (2)  STAPLES (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STONES (4)  STORR (1)  STUBLEY (1)  SUTTON (2)  SWINN (1)  TAYLOR (10)  THORNDIKE (11)  THORNDYKE (3)  TOYN (1)  TURNER (4)  TYSON (2)  VESSEY (4)  WALKER (2)  WARD (3)  WARREN (2)  WELBURN (5)  WESTERN (3)  WHITE (18)  WHITWORTH (4)  WILLERTON (10)  WILLESTON (5)  WILLSON (1)  YOUNG (1)