Top surnames from the 1881 census in Washingley, Huntingdonshire

Washingley 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
JACKSON2020.618673.77
BAKER1212.371156.47
SAMS66.18562,857.14
BATES55.154681.04
WESTON55.1546126.26
GLOVER44.123796.62
SETCHELL44.12374,000.00
POPPLE33.09281,764.71
GIRLING33.0928483.87
WICKS22.0619145.99
COPLEY11.0309133.33
WATSON11.03094.44
CURTIS11.030918.18
CLIFTON11.030972.99
HEMSWORTH11.0309666.67
WAITE11.030949.75
COWLING11.0309117.65
SAUNDERS11.030911.24
MANNING11.030932.47
HANSON11.030931.95
GILL11.030914.58
SHIPLEY11.0309116.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SETCHELL0.10974000.0000
SAMS0.10972857.1429
POPPLE0.10971764.7059
HEMSWORTH0.1097666.6667
GIRLING0.1097483.8710
WICKS0.1097145.9854
COPLEY0.1097133.3333
WESTON0.1097126.2626
COWLING0.1097117.6471
SHIPLEY0.1097116.2791
GLOVER0.109796.6184
BATES0.109781.0373
JACKSON0.109773.7735
CLIFTON0.109772.9927
BAKER0.109756.4706
WAITE0.109749.7512
MANNING0.109732.4675
HANSON0.109731.9489
CURTIS0.109718.1818
GILL0.109714.5773
SAUNDERS0.109711.2360
WATSON0.10974.4444

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 97 people called SETCHELL in Washingley 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 4000.0000 in Washingley means that 4000.0000% of the people in Washingley on census day were called SETCHELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SETCHELL 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 SETCHELL 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 SETCHELL 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 SETCHELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Washingley means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SETCHELL in Washingley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Washingley in 1881

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

BAKER (12)  BATES (5)  BODGER (1)  CLIFTON (1)  COPLEY (1)  COWLING (1)  CURTIS (1)  GILL (1)  GIRLING (3)  GLOVER (4)  HADMAN (14)  HANDBURY (1)  HANSON (1)  HEMSWORTH (1)  JACKSON (20)  LIMMAGE (2)  MANNING (1)  PLOUGHMAN (1)  POPPLE (3)  SAMS (6)  SANSOME (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SETCHELL (4)  SHERAID (1)  SHIPLEY (1)  WATSON (1)  WESTON (5)  WICKS (2)  WAITE (1)