Top surnames from the 1881 census in Conington, Cambridgeshire

Conington 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
POULTER2416.10742,162.16
BULL1610.7383253.97
PEET1510.06711,898.73
LAWSON85.369191.12
JOYCE74.6980191.26
DING53.35575,555.56
GREEN53.355711.92
CLARK42.68468.93
WILKIN42.6846487.80
LAW42.684659.35
LILLEY42.6846194.17
GARDENER42.6846149.81
SMART32.013444.25
SYMONDS32.0134166.67
MASON32.013414.98
GRUNDON21.34233,333.33
ASHFORD10.671168.03
SWEET10.671174.63
HOBBS10.671118.42
PRIOR10.671128.99
GRAVER10.6711526.32
NEWBERRY10.6711163.93
FORDHAM10.671183.33
MACE10.671176.34
GIBSON10.67115.53
MOY10.6711333.33
AVEY10.6711909.09
SHEPHERD10.67119.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DING0.151495555.5556
GRUNDON0.151493333.3333
POULTER0.151492162.1622
PEET0.151491898.7342
AVEY0.15149909.0909
GRAVER0.15149526.3158
WILKIN0.15149487.8049
MOY0.15149333.3333
BULL0.15149253.9683
LILLEY0.15149194.1748
JOYCE0.15149191.2568
SYMONDS0.15149166.6667
NEWBERRY0.15149163.9344
GARDENER0.15149149.8127
LAWSON0.1514991.1162
FORDHAM0.1514983.3333
MACE0.1514976.3359
SWEET0.1514974.6269
ASHFORD0.1514968.0272
LAW0.1514959.3472
SMART0.1514944.2478
PRIOR0.1514928.9855
HOBBS0.1514918.4162
MASON0.1514914.9775
GREEN0.1514911.9161
SHEPHERD0.151499.1575
CLARK0.151498.9326
GIBSON0.151495.5279

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called DING in Conington 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 5555.5556 in Conington means that 5555.5556% of the people in Conington on census day were called DING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DING 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 DING 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 DING 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 DING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Conington means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DING in Conington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Conington in 1881

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

ASHFORD (1)  AVEY (1)  BODGER (5)  BULL (16)  CALLAND (1)  CLARK (4)  DING (5)  FORDHAM (1)  GARDENER (4)  GATHARD (2)  GIBSON (1)  GRAVER (1)  GREEN (5)  GRUNDON (2)  HOBBS (1)  JOYCE (7)  LAW (4)  LAWSON (8)  LILLEY (4)  LOWINGS (8)  MASON (3)  MACE (1)  MOY (1)  MYSTION (1)  NEWBERRY (1)  PEET (15)  POUTER OR POULTER (8)  POULTER (24)  PRIOR (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SYMONDS (3)  SMART (3)  SOUTHEE (1)  SWEET (1)  WILKIN (4)