Top surnames from the 1881 census in Benwick, Cambridgeshire

Benwick is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cambridgeshire

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
BEDFORD445.3988227.51
GERMAN384.66261,000.00
SHAW344.171822.71
SUTTON283.435653.96
SHEPPERSON283.43563,888.89
BARNES222.699422.43
FURNACE202.45404,444.44
RICHARDS192.331315.44
JONES172.08591.84
MALES172.08591,700.00
TINKLER141.7178396.60
FROST131.595128.37
BURBRIDGE131.5951462.63
READ121.472422.84
PETERS121.472441.99
MOORE121.47247.36
SAVAGE121.472438.33
STOKES121.472434.86
THACKER111.3497186.13
COULSON101.227068.40
HARPER91.104317.25
ANDERSON91.10435.59
OLIVER91.104315.48
ROWELL91.1043126.40
KING91.10435.07
REDDING91.1043262.39
FOUNTAIN80.9816142.86
PEARSON80.98168.45
MITCHEN80.981611,428.57
WHEAT80.9816416.67
SMITH80.98160.70
WOODS70.858913.62
STRATTON70.858999.15
MASSEY70.858933.59
NEVILLE70.858972.24
FRANKLIN60.736222.17
WARD60.73623.37
PERRY60.736210.01
GUY60.736233.63
BIRD60.73629.63
GARNER60.736223.29
FEARY50.61351,250.00
GREEN50.61352.18
DICKERSON50.6135150.15
STIMPSON50.6135136.99
BAND50.6135268.82
JOHNSON50.61351.83
HARDING50.61358.48
LAYTON50.613576.69
CLARKE50.61353.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MITCHEN0.8281511428.5714
FURNACE0.828154444.4444
SHEPPERSON0.828153888.8889
MITCHEM0.828151739.1304
MALES0.828151700.0000
LANTAFF0.828151666.6667
HEIGHT0.828151250.0000
FEARY0.828151250.0000
INFIELD0.828151111.1111
GERMAN0.828151000.0000
BURBRIDGE0.82815462.6335
WHEAT0.82815416.6667
TINKLER0.82815396.6006
PORCHER0.82815370.3704
REEK0.82815344.8276
BAND0.82815268.8172
REDDING0.82815262.3907
BEDFORD0.82815227.5078
THACKER0.82815186.1252
SEE0.82815163.9344
HARTLY0.82815156.2500
DICKERSON0.82815150.1502
FOUNTAIN0.82815142.8571
WAYMAN0.82815140.1869
STIMPSON0.82815136.9863
NEGUS0.82815129.3103
ROWELL0.82815126.4045
CORDELL0.82815112.9944
UPCHURCH0.82815112.3596
CORNEY0.82815110.2941
MAYCOCK0.82815105.8201
STRATTON0.8281599.1501
PEET0.8281592.8074
LAYTON0.8281576.6871
WHEATLY0.8281574.6269
NEVILLE0.8281572.2394
WATLING0.8281571.0900
MOULDS0.8281570.9220
COULSON0.8281568.3995
SOUTHWELL0.8281558.7084
SUTTON0.8281553.9603
WYLES0.8281548.5437
HOLLIS0.8281544.3262
GRANGE0.8281542.6439
PETERS0.8281541.9874
RANDS0.8281541.8410
SAVAGE0.8281538.3264
BURBIDGE0.8281536.1011
WYKES0.8281535.2113
STOKES0.8281534.8635

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 815 people called MITCHEN in Benwick 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 11428.5714 in Benwick means that 11428.5714% of the people in Benwick on census day were called MITCHEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MITCHEN 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 MITCHEN 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 MITCHEN 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 MITCHEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Benwick means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MITCHEN in Benwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Benwick in 1881

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

AUBERY (1)  ABBLETT (1)  ANDERSON (9)  ARNOLD (1)  AUCOTT (3)  BAND (5)  BARKER (2)  BARNES (22)  BEDFORD (44)  BIRD (6)  BOON (1)  BULLAMORE (1)  BURBRIDGE (13)  BURBIDGE (1)  BURT (1)  BYDON (1)  CARTER (3)  CHAPLIN (4)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (5)  COOK (1)  COOTE (1)  CORDELL (2)  CORNEY (3)  COULSON (10)  DENTON (3)  DESBOROUGH (1)  DICKERSON (5)  DOBSON (1)  DOWNS (2)  FEARY (5)  FOSTER (1)  FOUNTAIN (8)  FRANKLIN (6)  FRESHER (9)  FROST (13)  FURNACE (20)  GARNER (6)  GAVINS (6)  GERMAN (38)  GOODBURN (6)  GOODMAN (4)  GRANGE (2)  GRANGER (1)  GREEN (5)  GUY (6)  HARDING (5)  HARPER (9)  HARRUP (2)  HARTLY (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HARVEY (3)  HEMMENT (4)  HEWSON (1)  HIBBINS (6)  HOLLIS (5)  HOWES (3)  HUGHES (2)  HUNT (1)  HUTCHRAFT (5)  HEIGHT (3)  ILLETT (1)  INFIELD (2)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (2)  FITZJOHN (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (17)  KEIGHTLEY (6)  KING (9)  KNOWLES (3)  LANTAFF (2)  LAYTON (5)  LESTER (1)  LOCKTON (1)  MALES (17)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASSEY (7)  MAYCOCK (4)  MITCHEN (8)  MITCHEM (4)  MOORE (12)  MORLEY (2)  MOULDS (1)  NEGUS (3)  NEVILLE (7)  NIGHTINGALE (3)  OLINGSWORTH (3)  OLIVER (9)  OSBORNE (4)  PALMER (1)  PAPWORTH (2)  PARKER (1)  PARR (1)  PEARSON (8)  PEET (4)  PENDLEBERRY (1)  PEPPERDAY (1)  PERRY (6)  PETERS (12)  PORCHER (1)  REDDING (9)  REEK (1)  READ (12)  RANDS (1)  RICHARDS (19)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROWELL (9)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (12)  SEE (1)  SEARLE (3)  SHAW (34)  SHEPPERSON (28)  SISMEY (8)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHWELL (3)  STIMPSON (5)  STOKES (12)  STRATTON (7)  SUTTON (28)  THACKER (11)  THORN (3)  THORPE (2)  TINKER (1)  TINKLER (14)  TOWNSEND (1)  TREAVETT (1)  UPCHURCH (1)  VARLOW (5)  WARD (6)  WATLING (3)  WATSON (4)  WAYMAN (3)  WHEATLY (1)  WYKES (1)  WYLES (1)  WILMOT (1)  WILSON (3)  WOODS (7)  WOOD (1)  WHEAT (8)  YOULES (7)