Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hamerton, Huntingdonshire

Hamerton 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
HALFORD136.9892935.25
WRIGHT115.914018.43
JARVIS115.9140131.74
HUFFORD105.376350,000.00
KNIGHT94.838739.25
COLES94.8387138.89
SMITH84.30113.05
EVANS73.76348.61
MURPHY73.763447.11
THOMAS73.76349.12
EVERITT63.2258384.62
BRAWN63.22581,764.71
ROWE63.225856.82
CASTLE63.2258162.60
STAPLETON52.6882267.38
HAINES52.6882116.01
HERN42.15051,176.47
MITCHELL42.150510.60
KNIGHTON42.1505615.38
FARRINGTON42.1505250.00
DEW42.1505370.37
GORHAM31.6129810.81
FLINT31.612989.82
CHESTER31.6129131.58
MARRIOTT21.075347.96
LEE21.07536.58
WALLIS21.075331.75
MILLWARD21.075395.69
BELL10.53762.86
ADAMS10.53763.65
ROLLS10.5376120.48
BRIGGS10.53769.90
BAXTER10.53769.03
JOLLEY10.5376102.04
HEAD10.537622.08
GRANT10.53765.42
AGNEW10.537695.24
JELLIS10.5376588.24
HERRING10.537652.36
MOLE10.537669.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUFFORD0.1918650000.0000
BRAWN0.191861764.7059
HERN0.191861176.4706
HALFORD0.19186935.2518
GORHAM0.19186810.8108
KNIGHTON0.19186615.3846
JELLIS0.19186588.2353
EVERITT0.19186384.6154
DEW0.19186370.3704
STAPLETON0.19186267.3797
FARRINGTON0.19186250.0000
CASTLE0.19186162.6016
COLES0.19186138.8889
JARVIS0.19186131.7365
CHESTER0.19186131.5789
ROLLS0.19186120.4819
HAINES0.19186116.0093
JOLLEY0.19186102.0408
MILLWARD0.1918695.6938
AGNEW0.1918695.2381
FLINT0.1918689.8204
MOLE0.1918669.4444
ROWE0.1918656.8182
HERRING0.1918652.3560
MARRIOTT0.1918647.9616
MURPHY0.1918647.1063
KNIGHT0.1918639.2499
WALLIS0.1918631.7460
HEAD0.1918622.0751
WRIGHT0.1918618.4347
MITCHELL0.1918610.6016
BRIGGS0.191869.9010
THOMAS0.191869.1205
BAXTER0.191869.0253
EVANS0.191868.6122
LEE0.191866.5789
GRANT0.191865.4171
ADAMS0.191863.6483
SMITH0.191863.0462
BELL0.191862.8612

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 186 people called HUFFORD in Hamerton 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 50000.0000 in Hamerton means that 50000.0000% of the people in Hamerton on census day were called HUFFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUFFORD 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 HUFFORD 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 HUFFORD 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 HUFFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Hamerton means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUFFORD in Hamerton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hamerton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AGNEW (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (1)  BRAWN (6)  BRIGGS (1)  CASTLE (6)  CHESTER (3)  COLES (9)  DEW (4)  EVANS (7)  EVERITT (6)  FARRINGTON (4)  FLINT (3)  JELLIS (1)  GORHAM (3)  GRANT (1)  HALFORD (13)  HAINES (5)  HEAD (1)  HERN (4)  HERRING (1)  HOLLICK (1)  HUFFORD (10)  JARVIS (11)  JOLLEY (1)  KNIGHT (9)  KNIGHTON (4)  LEE (2)  MARRIOTT (2)  MEASURES (1)  MILLWARD (2)  MITCHELL (4)  MOLE (1)  MURPHY (7)  PESTELL (9)  ROWE (6)  ROLLS (1)  SMITH (8)  STAPLETON (5)  THOMAS (7)  WALLIS (2)  WRIGHT (11)