Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holywell Cum Needingworth, Huntingdonshire

Holywell Cum Needingworth 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
AYRES273.7139267.59
MANSFIELD263.5763190.48
EASTON223.0261199.46
COOPER212.888611.87
PRIOR192.6135112.89
NORMAN172.338450.46
SANDIFER152.063311,538.46
GRAY141.925713.49
REYNOLDS131.788220.64
HARVEY121.650615.46
PRIME121.6506421.05
WEBSTER121.650618.98
TURNER111.51315.44
METCALF111.513174.73
WORLEY101.3755309.60
MEEKS101.3755800.00
BUTCHER101.375532.64
CROWSON91.2380573.25
WILLSON91.2380110.29
SMITH91.23800.88
GODFREY91.238041.74
ATTWOOD91.2380125.00
HARPER91.238019.34
COY81.1004352.42
MARRIOTT81.100449.14
MACE81.1004124.81
DAY81.100411.69
MAILE70.9629714.29
SQUIRES70.962967.96
ASHBY60.825349.18
SPENCER60.82539.04
GOODGER60.8253416.67
HAYES60.825313.27
BEAUMONT60.825327.84
HOWARD60.82538.41
WALTON60.825311.73
BRIGHT60.825340.82
NEWMAN60.825311.10
WHITTEMORE50.68781,612.90
MARSHALL50.68784.10
WEST50.68787.14
SHARP50.68788.25
PARISH50.687844.56
EDWARDS50.68782.47
THACKER50.687894.88
CARTER50.68784.10
CRANFIELD50.6878280.90
PYATT50.6878362.32
TOPPER50.68781,219.51
HUNT50.68785.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANDIFER0.7372711538.4615
HOSKYNS0.737274000.0000
WHITTEMORE0.737271612.9032
TOPPER0.737271219.5122
MEEKS0.73727800.0000
MAILE0.73727714.2857
DESFORGES0.73727689.6552
BONAS0.73727588.2353
CROWSON0.73727573.2484
PRIME0.73727421.0526
GOODGER0.73727416.6667
PYATT0.73727362.3188
COY0.73727352.4229
WORLEY0.73727309.5975
CRANFIELD0.73727280.8989
AYRES0.73727267.5917
PLAYLE0.73727243.9024
EDIS0.73727206.1856
EASTON0.73727199.4560
MANSFIELD0.73727190.4762
SEYMORE0.73727128.2051
ATTWOOD0.73727125.0000
MACE0.73727124.8050
PRIOR0.73727112.8936
BIDWELL0.73727111.7318
WILLSON0.73727110.2941
DUNHAM0.73727108.1081
THACKER0.7372794.8767
COVELL0.7372785.4701
BARNS0.7372785.2878
COLBERT0.7372783.3333
CORNEY0.7372782.3045
METCALF0.7372774.7283
SQUIRES0.7372767.9612
GAUNT0.7372755.8659
DODSON0.7372753.2860
SISSON0.7372752.3560
NORMAN0.7372750.4601
ASHBY0.7372749.1803
MARRIOTT0.7372749.1400
VIDLER0.7372745.6621
PARISH0.7372744.5633
GODFREY0.7372741.7440
BRIGHT0.7372740.8163
SANSOM0.7372740.8163
HACKER0.7372736.7647
BUTCHER0.7372732.6371
FLOOD0.7372731.3480
STIMPSON0.7372730.6748
CANNON0.7372730.3951

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 727 people called SANDIFER in Holywell Cum Needingworth 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 11538.4615 in Holywell Cum Needingworth means that 11538.4615% of the people in Holywell Cum Needingworth on census day were called SANDIFER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANDIFER 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 SANDIFER 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 SANDIFER 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 SANDIFER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Holywell Cum Needingworth means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANDIFER in Holywell Cum Needingworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holywell Cum Needingworth in 1881

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

ABYSS (1)  ASHBY (6)  ATTWOOD (9)  BARNS (4)  BEAUMONT (6)  BENICK (2)  BENNETT (1)  BIDWELL (2)  BONAS (2)  BRAND (1)  BRIGHT (6)  MC BRINE (2)  BUNNETT (4)  BUTCHER (10)  BUTLER (2)  CANNON (4)  CARTER (5)  CHAMBERS (4)  CIRCAS (20)  CLARKE (3)  CLIFTON (1)  COLLOP (7)  COOPER (21)  CORNEY (2)  COUSINS (3)  COVELL (1)  CRANE (1)  CRANFIELD (5)  CRICK (1)  CROW (1)  CROWSON (9)  COLBERT (1)  DAVISON (2)  DAY (8)  DESFORGES (2)  DODSON (3)  DUNHAM (4)  EASTON (22)  EDIS (2)  EDE (1)  EDWARDS (5)  AYRES (27)  FARBY (4)  FISHER (1)  FLOOD (2)  FURNLEY (2)  GAME (2)  GAUNT (4)  GODFREY (9)  GOODGER (6)  GRAY (14)  HACKER (1)  HALL (1)  HARPER (9)  HART (1)  HARVEY (12)  HAYES (6)  HAYDON (1)  HEPHER (15)  HEMMINGTON (4)  HEWETT (2)  HILL (3)  HOSKYNS (4)  HOUGHTON (4)  HOWARD (6)  HULL (1)  HUNT (5)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (1)  COY (8)  KIDMAN (3)  KIRBY (3)  LEE (2)  LENTON (1)  LONG (2)  MAILE (7)  MANSFIELD (26)  MARIBLE (1)  MARRIOTT (8)  MARSHALL (5)  MASON (1)  MACE (8)  MEEKS (10)  METCALF (11)  MITCHELL (1)  MOAREY (1)  MOODY (1)  MORTLOCK (11)  NETHERWOOD (5)  NEWMAN (6)  NORMAN (17)  PAPWORTH (4)  PARISH (5)  PEACE (1)  PHIPPS (2)  PLAYLE (3)  POTTER (3)  POULTEY (1)  PRIME (12)  PRIOR (19)  PYATT (5)  REYNOLDS (13)  RICHFORD (4)  ROSE (2)  RUSSELL (3)  SANDIFER (15)  SANSOM (2)  SEEKINGS (11)  SEYMORE (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHARP (5)  THORPE OR SHARPE (2)  SISSON (1)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (9)  SPENCER (6)  SQUIRES (7)  STICKINGS (1)  STIMPSON (1)  STUKINGS (1)  TANSOM (1)  TURBOTT (1)  THACKER (5)  TABBITT (26)  TOPPER (5)  TURNER (11)  TUTTHILL (2)  VIDLER (1)  WALTON (6)  WEBSTER (12)  WEST (5)  WHITE (1)  WHITING (1)  WHITTEMORE (5)  WILDERSPIN (1)  WILLSON (9)  WORLEY (10)