Top surnames from the 1881 census in Comberton, Cambridgeshire

Comberton 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
CHAPMAN417.118150.12
SEARLE284.8611241.80
BROWN264.51396.85
MARSHALL233.993123.81
BAKER223.819417.43
BEAUMONT203.4722117.10
CREEK162.77781,509.43
ELLWOOD162.7778501.57
HINDES152.60422,542.37
MATTHEWS132.256925.88
HART132.256926.46
HUMPHRY111.9097614.53
POOLE101.736136.04
CLARK91.56255.20
UPCHURCH91.56251,428.57
WOOTTEN81.3889588.24
DAY81.388914.75
HUCKLE81.3889437.16
DEBENHAM81.3889747.66
BOND71.215322.96
BUTLER71.215312.46
WHITING71.215363.12
PIKE71.215341.79
MASSEY61.041740.73
READ61.041716.16
PAINE61.041775.66
GARNER61.041732.95
CUSTANCE61.0417857.14
WARBOYS61.04171,395.35
KEEP61.0417285.71
ELWOOD61.0417560.75
BUCK50.868140.49
SHEARMAN50.8681211.86
BENNETT40.69444.23
HARPER40.694410.85
WARD40.69443.18
PATMAN40.6944579.71
BROWNE40.694437.91
ELLIS40.69444.78
SAUNDERS40.69447.57
HEARN30.520839.37
LOOKER30.5208176.47
MANN30.52089.89
RUST20.347265.79
WEBB20.34722.56
WALLIS20.347210.25
GILBERT20.34726.10
PICKEN20.347283.33
HOPSON20.3472131.58
HAYNES20.34729.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HINDES0.585762542.3729
CREEK0.585761509.4340
UPCHURCH0.585761428.5714
WARBOYS0.585761395.3488
CUSTANCE0.58576857.1429
DEBENHAM0.58576747.6636
HUMPHRY0.58576614.5251
WOOTTEN0.58576588.2353
PATMAN0.58576579.7101
ELWOOD0.58576560.7477
ELLWOOD0.58576501.5674
NEVES0.58576454.5455
HUCKLE0.58576437.1585
BARRINGER0.58576344.8276
KEEP0.58576285.7143
SEARLE0.58576241.7962
SHEARMAN0.58576211.8644
LOOKER0.58576176.4706
LEEDER0.58576161.2903
HOPSON0.58576131.5789
BEAUMONT0.58576117.0960
NEAVES0.58576114.9425
PICKEN0.5857683.3333
PAINE0.5857675.6620
RUST0.5857665.7895
WHITING0.5857663.1199
BUTTLER0.5857657.4713
CHAPMAN0.5857650.1161
PIKE0.5857641.7910
MASSEY0.5857640.7332
BUCK0.5857640.4858
HEARN0.5857639.3701
BROWNE0.5857637.9147
POOLE0.5857636.0360
WOLFE0.5857633.3333
GARNER0.5857632.9489
HART0.5857626.4604
MATTHEWS0.5857625.8758
MARSHALL0.5857623.8071
BOND0.5857622.9583
PARISH0.5857622.4972
BAKER0.5857617.4313
BULLEN0.5857616.3666
READ0.5857616.1594
DAY0.5857614.7520
GOODE0.5857613.4228
BUTLER0.5857612.4644
HARPER0.5857610.8460
WALLIS0.5857610.2512
MANN0.585769.8879

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 576 people called HINDES in Comberton 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 2542.3729 in Comberton means that 2542.3729% of the people in Comberton on census day were called HINDES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HINDES 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 HINDES 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 HINDES 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 HINDES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Comberton means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HINDES in Comberton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Comberton in 1881

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

BAKER (22)  BARRINGER (2)  BEAUMONT (20)  BELDAM (8)  BELDEM (4)  BENNETT (4)  BENTLEY (1)  BINGE (1)  BOND (7)  BROWN (26)  BROWNE (4)  BUCK (5)  BULLEN (1)  BUTLER (7)  BUTTLER (1)  CHAPMAN (41)  CLARK (9)  CREEK (16)  CUSTANCE (6)  CUSTERSON (6)  DAY (8)  DEBENHAM (8)  ELDRICK (4)  ELLIS (4)  ELLWOOD (16)  ELWOOD (6)  GARNER (6)  GAUGE (9)  GILBERT (2)  GODFREY (1)  GOODE (1)  AMPS (2)  HARPER (4)  HART (13)  HAYNES (2)  HEARN (3)  HINDES (15)  HOPSON (2)  HUCKLE (8)  HUMPHRY (11)  INGREY (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KEEP (6)  LEEDER (2)  LOOKER (3)  MANN (3)  MARSHALL (23)  MASSEY (6)  MATTHEWS (13)  MALLOWS (23)  MILLS (1)  MOULE (2)  NEVES (1)  NEAVES (1)  PAPWORTH (8)  PARISH (2)  PATMAN (4)  PAINE (6)  PEPPERCORN (7)  PICKEN (2)  PIGGOT (2)  PIKE (7)  POOLE (10)  READ (6)  REED (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RUST (2)  SAUNDERS (4)  SEARLE (28)  SHEARMAN (5)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (1)  THORPE (2)  THURLBOURN (7)  THURLBOURNE (9)  TILLBROOK (1)  TEBBIT (7)  TWINN (1)  UPCHURCH (9)  WALLIS (2)  WARD (4)  WEBB (2)  WHITING (7)  WILLIMOTT (2)  WOLFE (1)  WOOTTEN (8)  WARBOYS (6)  WORBOYS (3)