Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burmington, Warwickshire

Burmington is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
HUNT2815.3005115.18
STEEL2312.5683308.31
SLATTER179.28962,328.77
WALKER137.103821.22
KEMPSON105.46452,500.00
GARRETT94.9180216.87
CLARK94.918016.36
RANDALL84.3716139.62
STEELE63.2787122.45
PACKWOOD63.27871,621.62
SHELDON52.7322179.86
BAILEY52.732218.14
RATHBONE42.1858392.16
BRAIN42.1858204.08
WOODWARD42.185844.30
BARTLETT31.639337.45
HARRIS21.09294.30
FINCH21.092932.84
BENNETT10.54643.32
AUSTIN10.546411.19
SPICER10.546440.65
HAINES10.546423.58
DYER10.546414.10
PARKINSON10.546411.39
CASTLE10.546427.47
MILLER10.54643.05
HIATT10.5464588.24
DAVIES10.54641.07
TAYLOR10.54640.85
STANLEY10.546414.20
SIMMS10.546448.08
MUMFORD10.546456.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEMPSON2,500.00105.4645
SLATTER2,328.77179.2896
PACKWOOD1,621.6263.2787
HIATT588.2410.5464
RATHBONE392.1642.1858
STEEL308.312312.5683
GARRETT216.8794.9180
BRAIN204.0842.1858
SHELDON179.8652.7322
RANDALL139.6284.3716
STEELE122.4563.2787
HUNT115.182815.3005
MUMFORD56.5010.5464
SIMMS48.0810.5464
WOODWARD44.3042.1858
SPICER40.6510.5464
BARTLETT37.4531.6393
FINCH32.8421.0929
CASTLE27.4710.5464
HAINES23.5810.5464
WALKER21.22137.1038
BAILEY18.1452.7322
CLARK16.3694.9180
STANLEY14.2010.5464
DYER14.1010.5464
PARKINSON11.3910.5464
AUSTIN11.1910.5464
HARRIS4.3021.0929
BENNETT3.3210.5464
MILLER3.0510.5464
DAVIES1.0710.5464
TAYLOR0.8510.5464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called KEMPSON in Burmington 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 5.4645 in Burmington means that 5.4645% of the people in Burmington on census day were called KEMPSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEMPSON 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 KEMPSON 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 KEMPSON 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 KEMPSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Burmington means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEMPSON in Burmington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burmington in 1881

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

AUSTIN (1)  BAILEY (5)  BARTLETT (3)  BENNETT (1)  BLOXAM (1)  BRAIN (4)  CASTLE (1)  CHETWYND (1)  CLARK (9)  DAVIES (1)  DYER (1)  EDGINTON (4)  FINCH (2)  GARRETT (9)  HARRIS (2)  HAINES (1)  HOLTOM (1)  HUNT (28)  HIATT (1)  KEMPSON (10)  KEYTE (1)  MILLER (1)  MIROSKY (2)  MUMFORD (1)  PACKWOOD (6)  PARKINSON (1)  RANDALL (8)  RATHBONE (4)  SCARSBROOK (1)  SIMMS (1)  SHELDON (5)  SLATTER (17)  SPICER (1)  STANLEY (1)  STEEL (23)  STEELE (6)  TAYLOR (1)  WALKER (13)  WOODWARD (4)