Top surnames from the 1881 census in Covington, Huntingdonshire

Covington 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
NICHOLSON4026.8456377.71
MAYES2013.42281,388.89
BRADSHAW1510.0671245.10
GREEN85.369119.07
HEWITT74.698096.42
MANTLE74.6980897.44
TAYLOR53.35575.25
PETTIT53.3557423.73
HARDWICK53.3557219.30
WATSON53.355714.47
BARBER42.684644.59
CHAMBERLIN42.6846800.00
FAIRY32.01343,333.33
SMITH21.34230.95
RAWLINGS21.342391.74
BAKER10.67113.06
BUXTON10.671144.64
BASELEY10.6711833.33
WEBB10.67114.95
COLEMAN10.671113.46
BROWN10.67111.02
LINES10.671163.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FAIRY0.151493333.3333
MAYES0.151491388.8889
MANTLE0.15149897.4359
BASELEY0.15149833.3333
CHAMBERLIN0.15149800.0000
PETTIT0.15149423.7288
NICHOLSON0.15149377.7148
BRADSHAW0.15149245.0980
HARDWICK0.15149219.2982
HEWITT0.1514996.4187
RAWLINGS0.1514991.7431
LINES0.1514963.2911
BUXTON0.1514944.6429
BARBER0.1514944.5931
GREEN0.1514919.0658
WATSON0.1514914.4676
COLEMAN0.1514913.4590
TAYLOR0.151495.2471
WEBB0.151494.9505
BAKER0.151493.0628
BROWN0.151491.0181
SMITH0.151490.9507

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called FAIRY in Covington 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 3333.3333 in Covington means that 3333.3333% of the people in Covington on census day were called FAIRY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Covington in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BARBER (4)  BASELEY (1)  BRADSHAW (15)  BROWN (1)  BUXTON (1)  CHAMBERLIN (4)  COLEMAN (1)  FAIRY (3)  FLINTHAM (5)  GREEN (8)  HARDWICK (5)  HEWITT (7)  LINES (1)  MANTLE (7)  MAYES (20)  NICHOLSON (40)  PETTIT (5)  RAWLINGS (2)  SABEY (2)  SHADBOLT (1)  SMITH (2)  TAYLOR (5)  TWELVETREE (2)  WATSON (5)  WEBB (1)