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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langham, Rutland

Langham is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Rutland

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
SEWELL456.5982312.07
WILLIAMSON334.838753.97
HUBBARD253.6657150.78
MEADOWS243.5191251.57
HARRIS172.49279.81
GLENN162.3460747.66
CLARKE142.052810.13
ALMOND131.9062153.85
SMITH131.90621.35
TRIPP111.6129330.33
WRIGHT111.61295.03
THORPE111.612940.80
BETTS101.466368.59
WALKER101.46634.38
DALBY101.4663181.16
PALMER101.466312.44
MANTLE91.3196252.81
ROYCE81.1730677.97
STIMPSON81.1730261.44
SHARPE81.173039.80
FLETCHER81.173010.27
FOWLER71.026417.97
MUNDAY60.879875.19
SHERWIN60.8798163.49
TURNER60.87983.16
PRICE60.87985.03
PEET60.8798166.67
STEELE50.733127.40
TOMBLIN50.7331403.23
MANN50.733113.92
MARSHALL50.73314.37
CHAPMAN50.73315.16
BURTON50.73318.61
NEEDHAM50.733134.46
COX50.73314.84
JACKSON50.73312.62
EADES50.7331142.86
BOWN40.5865106.10
WOODS40.58659.30
HOOD40.586521.19
BAILEY40.58653.89
SHARMAN40.586542.60
BARTRAM40.5865118.34
HARDING30.43996.08
DARE30.4399102.04
GALE30.439914.68
SWINGLER30.4399234.38
BOYS30.4399111.94
WATKIN30.439950.25
RUDKIN30.4399111.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEASE0.686821666.6667
GLENN0.68682747.6636
ROYCE0.68682677.9661
TOMBLIN0.68682403.2258
HINMAN0.68682344.8276
TRIPP0.68682330.3303
SEWELL0.68682312.0666
STIMPSON0.68682261.4379
MANTLE0.68682252.8090
MEADOWS0.68682251.5723
MEWS0.68682238.0952
SWINGLER0.68682234.3750
DALBY0.68682181.1594
PEET0.68682166.6667
SHERWIN0.68682163.4877
ALMOND0.68682153.8462
HUBBARD0.68682150.7841
EADES0.68682142.8571
WIGGINTON0.68682131.5789
BARTRAM0.68682118.3432
DUNCOMBE0.68682116.9591
BOYS0.68682111.9403
RUDKIN0.68682111.5242
BOWN0.68682106.1008
DARE0.68682102.0408
LAXTON0.6868296.1538
MUNDAY0.6868275.1880
BETTS0.6868268.5871
PINNER0.6868259.1716
BERRIDGE0.6868255.8659
WILLIAMSON0.6868253.9745
WATKIN0.6868250.2513
BARWELL0.6868247.1698
SHARMAN0.6868242.5985
THORPE0.6868240.8012
SHARPE0.6868239.8010
NEEDHAM0.6868234.4590
STEELE0.6868227.3973
BELTON0.6868227.2480
PELL0.6868226.1097
KEY0.6868221.2540
HOOD0.6868221.1864
BURDETT0.6868220.7900
FOWLER0.6868217.9718
MAYES0.6868215.2207
ADCOCK0.6868214.8588
GALE0.6868214.6843
MANN0.6868213.9159
STAFFORD0.6868213.7836
CLOUGH0.6868213.1320

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 682 people called MEASE in Langham 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 1666.6667 in Langham means that 1666.6667% of the people in Langham on census day were called MEASE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Langham in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ADCOCK (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALMOND (13)  AWLEY (2)  BAILEY (4)  BAYLEY (1)  BALL (1)  BARTRAM (4)  BARWELL (1)  BELTON (1)  BERRIDGE (2)  BETTS (10)  BIGGS (1)  BLAND (1)  BOWN (4)  BOYS (3)  BOYFIELD (6)  BRUCE (1)  BIRDETT (27)  BURDETT (1)  BURTON (5)  BUTT (1)  CALLARD (1)  CASTERTON (3)  CAUNT (2)  CHAMBERS (2)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARKE (14)  CLOUGH (2)  CLOXTON (6)  COLE (2)  COLES (1)  COULSEY (7)  COX (5)  DALBY (10)  DARE (3)  DAVIS (1)  DUNCOMBE (2)  EADES (5)  EDGSON (7)  FLETCHER (8)  FORD (2)  FAWLKS (22)  FULLER (2)  FOWLER (7)  FRECK (7)  FRECKINGHAM (1)  FREESTON (1)  GALE (3)  GARLAND (1)  GLENN (16)  GOODWIN (1)  GRAHAM (1)  HADLEY (1)  HINMAN (1)  HARDING (3)  HARRIS (17)  HARTLEY (1)  HAYES (2)  HEALEY (1)  HILL (1)  HOOD (4)  HUBBARD (25)  IMPEY (1)  JACKSON (5)  JARVIS (1)  KEY (2)  KILLINGLEY (1)  KIRBY (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAXTON (2)  LEADENHAM (6)  LERSON (1)  LOWE (1)  MANN (5)  MANTLE (9)  MARSHALL (5)  MASON (1)  MEASE (1)  MAYES (1)  MC INTOSH (1)  MEADOWS (24)  MEWS (1)  MILLER (2)  MUNTON (1)  MUNDAY (6)  NEEDHAM (5)  NETTLESHIP (2)  NEWMAN (1)  PALMER (10)  PAPWORTH (1)  PARKER (1)  PARR (1)  PEET (6)  PELL (1)  PINNER (1)  PRICE (6)  QUICKFALL (2)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  ROYCE (8)  RUDKIN (3)  SCOTT (1)  SENSECALL (5)  SEWELL (45)  SHARMAN (4)  SHARPE (8)  SHARRAD (3)  SHERWIN (6)  SHUTTLEWOOD (10)  SYMONDS (1)  SMITH (13)  SPRECKLEY (1)  SPRINGTHORPE (2)  STAFFORD (2)  STEELE (5)  STEWART (1)  STIMPSON (8)  STIMPTON (9)  STOKES (2)  SWINGLER (3)  TAUNT OR TACONT (2)  VANE-TEMPEST (8)  VANE TEMPEST (4)  THORPE (11)  TILLEY (1)  TOMBLIN (5)  TRIPP (11)  TURNER (6)  WALKER (10)  WATKIN (3)  WEBB (1)  WEST (1)  WICKS (1)  WIGGINTON (1)  WILLIAMSON (33)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (4)  WORSDALE (10)  WRIGHT (11)