Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bourn, Cambridgeshire

Bourn 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
CLARK313.817712.70
HALL293.571412.14
DAWSON253.078827.93
HOUGHTON232.832581.07
LITCHFIELD232.8325690.69
WEBB192.339917.26
BAKER192.339910.68
HAYNES182.216762.13
LEADER182.2167487.80
DENNIS172.093670.77
SMITH172.09361.48
MARSHALL161.970411.75
ASHFORD151.8473186.80
CARTER141.724110.27
WILLSON131.6010142.70
RADFORD131.601084.42
SANDERS121.477832.60
REUBEN121.47787,058.82
ANABLE101.23157,692.31
HULL101.231558.93
PORTER91.108414.77
WILSON91.10842.41
GRANT91.108411.17
SEWELL91.108452.42
KIMPTON91.1084409.09
MACER91.10841,267.61
HAGGER91.1084375.00
FAIREY91.1084769.23
FORDHAM80.9852122.51
JOYCE80.985240.12
PETTIT80.9852124.61
THORP80.985272.66
INGLE80.9852240.96
PICK80.9852154.44
RULE70.8621125.67
HUBBARD70.862135.46
HOLMES70.86217.08
NEWMAN70.862111.60
CHAPMAN60.73895.20
WIGGINTON60.7389659.34
TWIDDY60.7389967.74
WAKEFIELD60.738941.27
KEEP60.7389202.70
HARRADINE60.7389526.32
HODGSON50.61588.89
WYERS50.61581,515.15
REED50.61588.44
LAW50.615813.61
MILLER40.49262.75
KING40.49262.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANABLE0.818127692.3077
REUBEN0.818127058.8235
WYERS0.818121515.1515
MACER0.818121267.6056
TWIDDY0.81812967.7419
FAIREY0.81812769.2308
LITCHFIELD0.81812690.6907
WIGGINTON0.81812659.3407
HOLBEN0.81812588.2353
HARRADINE0.81812526.3158
LEADER0.81812487.8049
KIMPTON0.81812409.0909
HAGGER0.81812375.0000
RIDGLEY0.81812294.1176
THROSSELL0.81812243.9024
INGLE0.81812240.9639
KEEP0.81812202.7027
JEWETT0.81812196.0784
CHARTER0.81812191.0828
ASHFORD0.81812186.7995
CADE0.81812158.1028
PICK0.81812154.4402
CHURCHMAN0.81812144.9275
WILLSON0.81812142.7003
PETT0.81812134.5291
DELLER0.81812125.7862
RULE0.81812125.6732
PETTIT0.81812124.6106
WHITTET0.81812123.4568
FORDHAM0.81812122.5115
LAXTON0.81812121.4575
CUSTANCE0.81812102.0408
CHEW0.8181296.8523
RADFORD0.8181284.4156
HOUGHTON0.8181281.0716
THORP0.8181272.6612
HAUGHTON0.8181272.6392
DENNIS0.8181270.7744
HAYNES0.8181262.1332
HULL0.8181258.9275
KITCHIN0.8181257.1429
SEWELL0.8181252.4170
HOLMS0.8181243.6681
LARKINS0.8181241.3223
WAKEFIELD0.8181241.2655
JOYCE0.8181240.1204
LILLEY0.8181235.5872
HUBBARD0.8181235.4610
SANDERS0.8181232.5998
PARISH0.8181231.9234

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 812 people called ANABLE in Bourn 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 7692.3077 in Bourn means that 7692.3077% of the people in Bourn on census day were called ANABLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ANABLE 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 ANABLE 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 ANABLE 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 ANABLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Bourn means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ANABLE in Bourn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bourn in 1881

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

ANABLE (10)  ASHFORD (15)  BAKER (19)  BARKER (3)  BARRANCE (2)  BAVISTER (3)  BELDAM (5)  BIRCH (1)  BLAND (1)  BLOWS (7)  BRIGHT (4)  BUNBURY (1)  BURMAN (1)  CADE (4)  CARRINGTON (2)  CARTER (14)  CHARTER (3)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHEW (4)  CHILDS (1)  CHURCHMAN (3)  CLARK (31)  COOPER (1)  COXALL (27)  CUSTANCE (1)  CUTLER (1)  DACWRA OR RADFORD (12)  DARLOW (11)  DAWSON (25)  DELLER (2)  DENNIS (17)  DOCWRA (4)  EASTWELL (1)  FAIREY (9)  FARDELL (1)  FARRINGTON (2)  FORDHAM (8)  FOX (4)  FRANCIS (1)  FRANKHAM (1)  FULSTON (1)  GATWARD (2)  GAUGE (9)  GILBERT (1)  GRANGER (2)  GRANT (9)  GRAVES (1)  HAGGER (9)  HALL (29)  HARRADINE (6)  HARVEY (1)  HAYNES (18)  HODSON (4)  HODGSON (5)  HOLBEN (1)  HOLMES (7)  HOLMS (1)  HORREY (1)  HOUGHTON (23)  HAUGHTON (3)  HOTEN (3)  HUBBARD (7)  HUGHES (4)  HULL (10)  INGLE (8)  JACKSON (2)  JEWETT (1)  JOYCE (8)  KEEP (6)  KIMPTON (9)  KING (4)  KITCHIN (1)  LARKINS (1)  LAW (5)  LAWSON (2)  LAXTON (3)  LEADER (18)  LEWIS (1)  LILLEY (4)  LITCHFIELD (23)  MARSH (4)  MARSHALL (16)  MERRY (1)  MACER (9)  MILLER (4)  NEWMAN (7)  NORTH (3)  PAPWORTH (4)  PARISH (4)  PAINE (1)  PAIN (2)  PECK (4)  PETHICK (1)  PETT (3)  PETTIT (8)  PICKEN (1)  PICK (8)  PORTER (9)  PRATT (4)  PRYOR (1)  PULLEN (1)  RADFORD (13)  REED (5)  READ (1)  REUBEN (12)  RIDGLEY (3)  RISELEY (3)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWELL (1)  RULE (7)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTTER (1)  SANDERS (12)  SAUNDERS (3)  SEWELL (9)  SIMPSON (1)  SKILLETER (1)  SMITH (17)  SQUIRES (1)  SWANN (1)  THOMAS (1)  THORP (8)  THROSSELL (1)  TWIDDY (6)  UNWIN (11)  VALENTINE (1)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WATSON (4)  WEBB (19)  WYERS (5)  WHICHELLO (9)  WHITTET (1)  WIGGINTON (6)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (9)  WILLSON (13)  WORBOYS (1)