Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe By Water, Rutland

Thorpe By Water 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
WHITE812.698439.51
BREWSTER69.5238983.61
ATKINS57.9365211.86
LUCK57.9365961.54
DEACON34.7619280.37
GOODWIN34.761990.36
SMITH34.76193.37
COLWELL23.17461,000.00
KIRBY23.174683.68
GREEN11.58735.64
HOLMES11.587313.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COLWELL0.06631000.0000
BREWSTER0.0663983.6066
LUCK0.0663961.5385
DEACON0.0663280.3738
ATKINS0.0663211.8644
GOODWIN0.066390.3614
KIRBY0.066383.6820
WHITE0.066339.5062
HOLMES0.066313.0378
GREEN0.06635.6370
SMITH0.06633.3727

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 63 people called COLWELL in Thorpe By Water 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 1000.0000 in Thorpe By Water means that 1000.0000% of the people in Thorpe By Water on census day were called COLWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COLWELL 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 COLWELL 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 COLWELL 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 COLWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Thorpe By Water means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COLWELL in Thorpe By Water than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe By Water in 1881

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

ATKINS (5)  BILSDON (3)  BREWSTER (6)  BROWETT (8)  COLWELL (2)  DEACON (3)  GOODWIN (3)  GREEN (1)  HOLMES (1)  KIRBY (2)  LUCK (5)  MUNTON (4)  MUGGLETON (8)  SMITH (3)  WHITE (8)  WIGNELL (1)