Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shingay, Cambridgeshire

Shingay 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
CHAPMAN2022.2222156.49
JANEWAY1921.111195,000.00
ARMSTRONG88.8889116.28
STARR88.88891,818.18
RAYNOR77.77781,129.03
HUNT55.555641.84
THOMPSON33.333311.13
MARSH33.333346.73
PARRIS33.33331,250.00
DICKASON11.11113,333.33
TOPHAM11.1111151.52
ROWLAND11.111139.06
MOSS11.111118.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JANEWAY0.099095000.0000
DICKASON0.09903333.3333
STARR0.09901818.1818
PARRIS0.09901250.0000
RAYNOR0.09901129.0323
CHAPMAN0.0990156.4945
TOPHAM0.0990151.5152
ARMSTRONG0.0990116.2791
MARSH0.099046.7290
HUNT0.099041.8410
ROWLAND0.099039.0625
MOSS0.099018.0180
THOMPSON0.099011.1276

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 90 people called JANEWAY in Shingay 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 95000.0000 in Shingay means that 95000.0000% of the people in Shingay on census day were called JANEWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JANEWAY 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 JANEWAY 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 JANEWAY 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 JANEWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Shingay means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JANEWAY in Shingay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shingay in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (8)  CHAPMAN (20)  DICKASON (1)  HUNT (5)  INGREY (1)  JANEWAY (19)  LOUGHTON (6)  MARSH (3)  MOSS (1)  PARRIS (3)  RAYMENT (1)  RAYNOR (7)  RORKE (1)  ROWLAND (1)  STARR (8)  THOMPSON (3)  TOPHAM (1)  WILDERSPIN (1)