Top surnames from the 1881 census in Welchesdam, Cambridgeshire

Welchesdam 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
BROWN1912.666719.22
BOSWORTH149.33331,590.91
TAYLOR117.333311.47
PARSONS117.333396.49
KENT117.3333174.05
MERRY74.6667625.00
JARMAN64.0000419.58
SMART64.000087.85
RUSSELL53.333327.31
CLARK53.333311.09
BARNES42.666722.15
WINTERS32.0000468.75
SINCLAIR32.000038.76
ROBERTS32.00005.32
WATERS21.333333.17
WISEMAN21.333397.09
ATKIN10.666750.00
SAUNDERS10.66677.27
CLIFTON10.666747.17
PRENTICE10.666756.50
BROOKS10.66676.82
MOON10.666731.65
BIDWELL10.6667270.27
MASON10.66674.96
BARLEY10.6667120.48
HART10.66677.82
BRADSHAW10.666716.23
BARRET10.6667232.56
BALLS10.666752.08
GRIMWOOD10.6667161.29
OVERALL10.6667322.58
MEAD10.666728.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOSWORTH0.151501590.9091
MERRY0.15150625.0000
WINTERS0.15150468.7500
JARMAN0.15150419.5804
OVERALL0.15150322.5806
BIDWELL0.15150270.2703
BARRET0.15150232.5581
KENT0.15150174.0506
GRIMWOOD0.15150161.2903
BARLEY0.15150120.4819
WISEMAN0.1515097.0874
PARSONS0.1515096.4912
SMART0.1515087.8477
PRENTICE0.1515056.4972
BALLS0.1515052.0833
ATKIN0.1515050.0000
CLIFTON0.1515047.1698
SINCLAIR0.1515038.7597
WATERS0.1515033.1675
MOON0.1515031.6456
MEAD0.1515028.5714
RUSSELL0.1515027.3075
BARNES0.1515022.1484
BROWN0.1515019.2152
BRADSHAW0.1515016.2338
TAYLOR0.1515011.4679
CLARK0.1515011.0889
HART0.151507.8186
SAUNDERS0.151507.2674
BROOKS0.151506.8213
ROBERTS0.151505.3163
MASON0.151504.9579

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 150 people called BOSWORTH in Welchesdam 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 1590.9091 in Welchesdam means that 1590.9091% of the people in Welchesdam on census day were called BOSWORTH.

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

All the surnames recorded in Welchesdam in 1881

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

ATKIN (1)  BALLS (1)  BARLEY (1)  BARNES (4)  BARRET (1)  BIDWELL (1)  BONYON (1)  BOSWORTH (14)  BRADSHAW (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (19)  CLARK (5)  CLIFTON (1)  GOTOBED (1)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HART (1)  JARMAN (6)  KENT (11)  MASON (1)  MEAD (1)  MERRY (7)  MOON (1)  OVERALL (1)  PARSONS (11)  PRENTICE (1)  ROBERTS (3)  RUSSELL (5)  SAUNDERS (1)  SINCLAIR (3)  SMART (6)  STEWKINS (3)  TAYLOR (11)  THULBORN (14)  UNWIN (1)  WATERS (2)  WHITWILL (2)  WINTERS (3)  WISEMAN (2)