Top surnames from the 1881 census in Water Newton, Huntingdonshire

Water Newton 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
HADDON97.69231,153.85
NEWMAN97.6923103.45
HAINES97.6923332.10
WOODWARD86.8376138.65
AMOS65.1282312.50
BROWN65.12827.78
WATSON54.273518.42
HOME54.27351,724.14
FRENCH54.273587.57
HILL43.418813.42
RANDALL43.4188109.29
MORRELL32.5641272.73
SAMPSON32.5641150.00
MOULD32.5641300.00
OAKLEY32.5641120.97
CORNWALL21.7094400.00
MARSHALL21.709410.19
ROSE21.709423.04
PERKINS21.709438.02
CHAPMAN10.85476.02
SMITH10.85470.61
HOLMES10.85477.02
ROBINSON10.85472.68
PEACH10.854778.74
GARRETT10.854737.59
PAYNE10.85479.50
COOPER10.85473.51
BAINES10.854744.64
STOREY10.854733.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOME0.121171724.1379
HADDON0.121171153.8462
CORNWALL0.12117400.0000
HAINES0.12117332.1033
AMOS0.12117312.5000
MOULD0.12117300.0000
MORRELL0.12117272.7273
SAMPSON0.12117150.0000
WOODWARD0.12117138.6482
OAKLEY0.12117120.9677
RANDALL0.12117109.2896
NEWMAN0.12117103.4483
FRENCH0.1211787.5657
PEACH0.1211778.7402
BAINES0.1211744.6429
PERKINS0.1211738.0228
GARRETT0.1211737.5940
STOREY0.1211733.6700
ROSE0.1211723.0415
WATSON0.1211718.4230
HILL0.1211713.4228
MARSHALL0.1211710.1937
PAYNE0.121179.4967
BROWN0.121177.7791
HOLMES0.121177.0175
CHAPMAN0.121176.0168
COOPER0.121173.5137
ROBINSON0.121172.6802
SMITH0.121170.6053

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 117 people called HOME in Water Newton 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 1724.1379 in Water Newton means that 1724.1379% of the people in Water Newton on census day were called HOME.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOME 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 HOME 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 HOME 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 HOME here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Water Newton means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOME in Water Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Water Newton in 1881

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

AMOS (6)  BAINES (1)  BROWN (6)  BUCKNALL (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  COOPER (1)  COUPAR (1)  CORNWALL (2)  DESBOROUGH (6)  FRENCH (5)  GARRETT (1)  HADDON (9)  HAINES (9)  HILL (4)  HOLMES (1)  HOME (5)  MARSHALL (2)  MORRELL (3)  MOULD (3)  NEWBORN OR NEWTON (2)  NEWMAN (9)  OAKLEY (3)  PAYNE (1)  PEACH (1)  PERKINS (2)  RANDALL (4)  ROBINSON (1)  ROSE (2)  SADDINGTON (3)  SAMPSON (3)  SCOTNEY (2)  SMITH (1)  STOREY (1)  WADWELL (2)  WATSON (5)  WOODWARD (8)