Top surnames from the 1881 census in Histon, Cambridgeshire

Histon 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
SMITH394.02062.85
PECK343.5052207.44
CORNELL323.2990493.83
DIVER313.19591,722.22
STEAD242.4742120.97
WILLSON232.3711211.40
MUNCEY222.26802,391.30
CARTER212.164912.90
CHIVERS191.9588221.96
CHARLES171.752684.79
KNIGHTLY161.64953,902.44
BIGGS161.649587.53
MOORE151.54647.73
FOSTER151.546411.57
BRETT141.443376.00
PETTIT141.4433182.53
ADAMS131.34029.09
CHRISTMAS131.3402248.57
WATERS121.237130.79
PAULEY121.23711,132.08
WAKEFIELD111.134063.33
PEACOCK111.134031.81
PRYOR111.1340170.02
PONT111.13401,235.96
GOLDING101.030958.48
BURKETT101.0309510.20
WOLFE101.0309198.02
BROWN90.92781.41
WINDERS90.9278978.26
TIBBIT90.92785,000.00
CRANE90.927843.99
WATSON80.82473.56
FISK80.8247156.25
MANSFIELD80.824743.93
TODD80.824716.21
NELSON80.824717.03
STEARN80.8247398.01
LEET80.82471,739.13
TAYLOR80.82471.29
CHAPMAN80.82475.81
BARKER70.72165.51
SAUNDERS70.72167.87
COE70.721644.42
THOMPSON70.72162.41
OSBORNE60.618612.96
MONEY60.6186103.45
HANDLEY60.618636.65
YOUNGMAN60.6186212.01
WARRINGTON60.618675.47
HOBSON60.618623.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TIBBIT0.979705000.0000
KNIGHTLY0.979703902.4390
MUNCEY0.979702391.3043
LEET0.979701739.1304
DIVER0.979701722.2222
PONT0.979701235.9551
PAULEY0.979701132.0755
WINDERS0.97970978.2609
PEED0.97970800.0000
ANGIER0.97970750.0000
BETSON0.97970588.2353
BURKETT0.97970510.2041
CORNELL0.97970493.8272
UPCHURCH0.97970471.6981
STEARN0.97970398.0100
PEGGS0.97970392.1569
WOLF0.97970265.9574
CHRISTMAS0.97970248.5660
CHIVERS0.97970221.9626
YOUNGMAN0.97970212.0141
WILLSON0.97970211.3971
PECK0.97970207.4436
WOLFE0.97970198.0198
COURSE0.97970196.0784
KIMPTON0.97970190.1141
PETTIT0.97970182.5293
DILLY0.97970172.4138
PRYOR0.97970170.0155
DOGGETT0.97970160.0000
FISK0.97970156.2500
STEAD0.97970120.9677
MONEY0.97970103.4483
CAMPS0.9797095.2381
BIGGS0.9797087.5274
CHARLES0.9797084.7880
BRETT0.9797076.0043
WARRINGTON0.9797075.4717
ELLWOOD0.9797074.4879
WAKEFIELD0.9797063.3276
WALDOCK0.9797061.7284
GOLDING0.9797058.4795
WENTWORTH0.9797054.6448
LUMB0.9797054.5852
COE0.9797044.4162
CRANE0.9797043.9883
MANSFIELD0.9797043.9319
SYMONDS0.9797042.7716
WAYMAN0.9797039.2157
STAINES0.9797037.3134
HANDLEY0.9797036.6524

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 970 people called TIBBIT in Histon 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 5000.0000 in Histon means that 5000.0000% of the people in Histon on census day were called TIBBIT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TIBBIT 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 TIBBIT 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 TIBBIT 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 TIBBIT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Histon means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TIBBIT in Histon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Histon in 1881

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

ABLETT (3)  ADAMS (13)  AYLETT (1)  ANGIER (3)  ASHTON (5)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILEY (2)  BARKER (7)  BAXTER (1)  BEAUMONT (1)  BETSON (3)  BIGGS (16)  BURKETT (10)  BOWERS (1)  BRABROOK (1)  BRAINES (1)  BRETT (14)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (9)  BUNYAN (1)  BUTLER (3)  CAMPS (1)  CARRINGTON (2)  CARTER (21)  CHAPMAN (8)  CHARLES (17)  CHILDS (1)  CHIVERS (19)  CHRISTMAS (13)  CLARK (4)  COE (7)  COGLAN (1)  CORNELL (32)  COTTAGE (1)  COURSE (3)  CRANE (9)  CREAM (2)  DILLY (1)  DIVER (31)  DODDS (1)  DOGGETT (4)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (4)  ELLWOOD (4)  EVERITT (2)  FIELD (4)  FISK (8)  FOSTER (15)  FREEMAN (3)  FRANKS (3)  GAGE (1)  GARDNER (2)  GAWTHROP (25)  GAWTHROUP (17)  JEEPS (8)  GIRLING (1)  GOLDING (10)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAINGER (3)  HANDLEY (6)  HASELDINE (3)  HEARD (1)  HILSDON (2)  HOBSON (6)  HOLDER (3)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOW (1)  KIDMAN (4)  KIMPTON (5)  KING (1)  KNIGHTLY (16)  LAGDON (1)  LEECH (4)  LEE (3)  LEELAND (4)  LEET (8)  LINGWOOD (3)  LOW (2)  LUCAS (6)  LUMB (5)  MANSFIELD (8)  MATHEWS (1)  MISSEN (1)  MONEY (6)  MOORE (15)  MUNCEY (22)  MOUNTSEIR (1)  NELSON (8)  NORMAN (3)  NORTH (4)  ORPHEN (3)  OSBORNE (6)  PIDDOCK (1)  PAPWORTH (31)  PAULEY (12)  PEACOCK (11)  PEED (2)  PECK (34)  PEGGS (4)  PERCIVAL (1)  PERRY (1)  PETTIT (14)  PONT (11)  PRYOR (11)  ROAD (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROWLEY (5)  SAUNDERS (7)  SHARP (4)  SYMONDS (5)  SMITH (39)  SPALDING (1)  STAINES (2)  STEAD (24)  STEARN (8)  TAYLOR (8)  TENNANT (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TIBBIT (9)  TOATES (11)  TODD (8)  TOLLIDAY (23)  UNDERWOOD (5)  UPCHURCH (5)  WARRINGTON (6)  WAKEFIELD (11)  WALDOCK (1)  WALLIS (5)  WARD (5)  WATERS (12)  WATSON (8)  WATTS (1)  WAYMAN (1)  WENTWORTH (1)  WHEELER (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WYBROW (1)  WILLSON (23)  WINDERS (9)  WOLFE (10)  WOLF (5)  WADHAM (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (2)  YOUNGMAN (6)