Top surnames from the 1881 census in Coveney, Cambridgeshire

Coveney 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
COX244.918032.45
HOUGHTON204.0984117.30
POOLE193.893480.82
FREEMAN173.483654.56
WALKER163.27879.79
MERRY153.0738410.96
MACER153.07383,488.37
HARRISON153.073813.85
MARTIN142.868911.65
CONSTABLE142.8689259.26
CHAMBERS122.459043.24
SANDFORD122.4590345.82
BAKER91.84438.42
RAYNER91.844373.95
MACON81.639316,000.00
DUFFIELD81.6393189.13
POWERS81.6393402.01
BARKER81.639312.53
NIX81.6393634.92
WALLIS81.639348.40
DING81.63932,857.14
DUNHAM81.6393322.58
LEACH81.639339.72
THOMPSON71.43444.79
ROBERTS71.43443.81
LUCAS71.434431.03
BARHAM71.4344231.79
SIMKINS61.2295397.35
HANDLEY61.229572.82
BENTON61.2295118.81
FULLER61.229530.40
THORPE51.024625.92
CHAPMAN51.02467.21
BRAND51.024669.44
RANSON51.0246207.47
HARE40.819753.12
BUTCHER40.819719.46
GIDDENS40.8197851.06
BARNES40.81976.81
DICKERSON40.8197201.01
THORN30.614841.15
GOODGER20.4098206.19
BLACKMAN20.409833.67
SYKES20.40988.54
SHARP20.40984.92
PORTER20.40985.46
ANDREWS20.40984.28
GREAVES20.409813.98
SMITH20.40980.29
MARSHALL20.40982.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACON0.4948816000.0000
MACER0.494883488.3721
DING0.494882857.1429
GIDDENS0.49488851.0638
NIX0.49488634.9206
MERRY0.49488410.9589
POWERS0.49488402.0101
SIMKINS0.49488397.3510
SANDFORD0.49488345.8213
DUNHAM0.49488322.5806
CONSTABLE0.49488259.2593
BARHAM0.49488231.7881
RANSON0.49488207.4689
GOODGER0.49488206.1856
DICKERSON0.49488201.0050
DUFFIELD0.49488189.1253
BENTON0.49488118.8119
HOUGHTON0.49488117.3021
FEW0.4948890.0901
POOLE0.4948880.8167
RAYNER0.4948873.9523
HANDLEY0.4948872.8155
BRAND0.4948869.4444
FREEMAN0.4948854.5571
HARE0.4948853.1208
WALLIS0.4948848.3969
MACE0.4948846.5116
CHAMBERS0.4948843.2432
THORN0.4948841.1523
LEACH0.4948839.7219
BRACE0.4948835.7143
BLACKMAN0.4948833.6700
COX0.4948832.4500
LUCAS0.4948831.0284
FULLER0.4948830.3951
THORPE0.4948825.9202
BUTCHER0.4948819.4553
ATKIN0.4948815.3374
CLIFTON0.4948814.4928
GREAVES0.4948813.9762
HARRISON0.4948813.8479
LESTER0.4948813.0208
BARKER0.4948812.5274
MARTIN0.4948811.6453
WALKER0.494889.7943
SYKES0.494888.5397
BAKER0.494888.4167
CHAPMAN0.494887.2140
BARNES0.494886.8097
PORTER0.494885.4615

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 488 people called MACON in Coveney 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 16000.0000 in Coveney means that 16000.0000% of the people in Coveney on census day were called MACON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACON 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 MACON 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 MACON 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 MACON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Coveney means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACON in Coveney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Coveney in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ATKIN (1)  BAKER (9)  BARCOCK (2)  BARHAM (7)  BARKER (8)  BARNES (4)  BENTON (6)  BLACKMAN (2)  BOWGEN (7)  BRACE (1)  BRAND (5)  BRANDFORD (16)  BUTCHER (4)  CHAMBERS (12)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLIFTON (1)  CONSTABLE (14)  COX (24)  DEWSBERRY (5)  DEWSBERY (3)  DICKERSON (4)  DING (8)  DUFFIELD (8)  DUNHAM (8)  EDGELEY (1)  FEW (1)  FULLER (6)  FREEMAN (17)  GALAND (4)  GIDDENS (4)  GOODGER (2)  GRAYHAM (6)  GREAVES (2)  HANDLEY (6)  HARE (4)  HARRISON (15)  HIAM (3)  HOUGHTON (20)  LEACH (8)  LESTER (1)  LUCAS (7)  MACON (8)  MALTPRESS (4)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (14)  MACE (2)  MERRY (15)  MACER (15)  MINETT (4)  MURIELL (3)  MOWL (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NIX (8)  PAPWORTH (9)  POOLE (19)  PORTER (2)  POWERS (8)  PURELL (3)  RANSON (5)  RAYNER (9)  ROBERTS (7)  SANDFORD (12)  SEYMOOR (5)  SHARP (2)  SIMKINS (6)  SMITH (2)  STUKENS (3)  SYDENHAM (1)  SYKES (2)  THOMPSON (7)  THORN (3)  THORPE (5)  WALKER (16)  WALLIS (8)  WHITEHAND (3)