Top surnames from the 1881 census in Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire

Abbotsley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Huntingdonshire

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
CADE367.80912,500.00
PEACOCK326.9414194.77
WEBB316.724549.61
HARPER194.121564.39
CANNON173.6876203.59
MITCHELL173.687618.18
JEFFS122.6030332.41
BARRINGER112.38612,391.30
STOREY102.169285.40
LINCOLN102.1692288.18
CROFTS91.9523241.29
CHAPMAN91.952313.75
CHILDS81.735494.45
SANFORD81.7354930.23
WRIGHT81.73545.41
GILBERT81.735430.46
JAKES71.5184804.60
HAYNES61.301536.47
HOLMES51.08468.91
WATSON51.08464.68
SMITH51.08460.77
SANDFORD51.0846152.44
WOODHAM51.0846322.58
ALLEN40.86774.59
HAWKES40.867753.76
BATTY40.867756.82
MILTON40.867762.99
WARBOYS40.86771,176.47
STOKES40.867720.54
MARTIN40.86773.52
GIBSON40.86777.15
BEAL30.650869.28
LENTON30.6508130.43
PARISH30.650842.19
BOSTON30.6508142.18
THORPE30.650816.46
SEYMOUR20.433821.23
CROW20.433828.74
ROSS20.43383.97
TOWSEND20.43381,000.00
STEARN20.4338208.33
MANN20.43388.24
GALE20.433814.48
QUINCE20.4338526.32
HARLOW20.433879.37
TAYLOR10.21690.34
HALL10.21690.74
BOSWORTH10.216936.76
WILLIAMS10.21690.30
ROSAMOND10.2169625.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CADE0.464612500.0000
BARRINGER0.464612391.3043
WARBOYS0.464611176.4706
TOWSEND0.464611000.0000
SANFORD0.46461930.2326
JAKES0.46461804.5977
ROSAMOND0.46461625.0000
QUINCE0.46461526.3158
JEFFS0.46461332.4100
WOODHAM0.46461322.5806
LINCOLN0.46461288.1844
CROFTS0.46461241.2869
STEARN0.46461208.3333
CANNON0.46461203.5928
PEACOCK0.46461194.7657
SANDFORD0.46461152.4390
BOSTON0.46461142.1801
LENTON0.46461130.4348
CHILDS0.4646194.4510
STOREY0.4646185.3971
HARLOW0.4646179.3651
BEAL0.4646169.2841
HARPER0.4646164.3850
MILTON0.4646162.9921
BATTY0.4646156.8182
WHITBREAD0.4646154.3478
HAWKES0.4646153.7634
WEBB0.4646149.6079
PARISH0.4646142.1941
BOSWORTH0.4646136.7647
HAYNES0.4646136.4742
GILBERT0.4646130.4646
CROW0.4646128.7356
COPELAND0.4646122.9358
FOOT0.4646121.8818
SEYMOUR0.4646121.2314
STOKES0.4646120.5444
MITCHELL0.4646118.1779
THORPE0.4646116.4564
GALE0.4646114.4823
CHAPMAN0.4646113.7468
HOLMES0.464618.9063
MANN0.464618.2372
GIBSON0.464617.1480
CARTWRIGHT0.464615.6915
WRIGHT0.464615.4094
TOWNSEND0.464615.1073
WATSON0.464614.6755
ALLEN0.464614.5935
ROSS0.464613.9698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 461 people called CADE in Abbotsley 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 2500.0000 in Abbotsley means that 2500.0000% of the people in Abbotsley on census day were called CADE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CADE 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 CADE 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 CADE 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 CADE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Abbotsley means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CADE in Abbotsley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Abbotsley in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  BARFORD (1)  BARRINGER (11)  BATTY (4)  BEAL (3)  BOSTON (3)  BOSWORTH (1)  BROWN (1)  CADE (36)  CANMON (1)  CANNON (17)  CANT (5)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CCCANNON (1)  CHAPMAN (9)  CHILDS (8)  COPELAND (1)  M CORD (3)  CROFTS (9)  CROW (2)  FOOT (1)  GALE (2)  GIBSON (4)  GILBERT (8)  GOODLIFFE (4)  HALL (1)  HARLOW (2)  HARPER (19)  HAWKES (4)  HEYLOCK (1)  HAYNES (6)  HILL (1)  HOLMES (5)  HOUSEDEN (1)  JAKES (7)  JAIKES (3)  JAIKENS (8)  JEFFS (12)  LINCOLN (10)  LENTON (3)  LOWINGS (6)  MANN (2)  MARTIN (4)  MILTON (4)  MITCHELL (17)  PAGE (1)  PARISH (3)  PEACOCK (32)  QUINCE (2)  REINOLD (3)  RISELEY (7)  ROSAMOND (1)  ROSS (2)  SANFORD (8)  SANDFORD (5)  SEYMOUR (2)  SMITH (5)  SNITCH (5)  STAUGHTON (36)  STEARN (2)  STOKES (4)  STOREY (10)  TASSEL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THORPE (3)  TOWNSEND (1)  TOWSEND (2)  WATSON (5)  WEBB (31)  WHITBREAD (1)  WIGWELL (8)  WILLIAMS (1)  WISSON (5)  WOODHAM (5)  WARBOYS (4)  WORSHIP (1)  WRIGHT (8)