Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burwell, Lincolnshire

Burwell is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lincolnshire

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
WARD95.660425.91
MERCER63.7736143.88
BARTON63.773669.85
HORN63.7736166.21
ELLIS53.144721.65
WATSON53.144713.56
SMITH53.14472.23
BRIGGS42.515746.30
YOUNG42.515711.71
COX42.515716.60
WALLER42.515799.75
CARTER42.515714.99
KIRK31.886843.60
CLARK31.88686.28
JOHNSON31.88685.62
DEWHURST21.2579105.82
HEADLAND21.2579833.33
WELCH21.257935.78
DOBBS21.2579186.92
WEIGHTMAN21.2579322.58
MARSHALL21.25797.50
BOURNE10.628932.47
SKIPWORTH10.6289666.67
WRIGHT10.62891.96
ASHLEY10.628937.59
LLOYD10.62895.39
CLARKSON10.628923.70
TWIGG10.628990.09
HYDE10.628920.45
BROWN10.62890.95
SPENCE10.628919.01
BEVILLE10.62895,000.00
OVERTON10.628964.94
DYAS10.6289526.32
MASON10.62894.68
DAWSON10.62895.70
TRAFFORD10.6289156.25
HUTTON10.628921.05
HANDLEY10.628937.31
NORTH10.628918.98
SUTTON10.62899.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEVILLE0.161595000.0000
HEADLAND0.16159833.3333
SKIPWORTH0.16159666.6667
DYAS0.16159526.3158
WEIGHTMAN0.16159322.5806
DOBBS0.16159186.9159
HORN0.16159166.2050
TRAFFORD0.16159156.2500
MERCER0.16159143.8849
DEWHURST0.16159105.8201
WALLER0.1615999.7506
TWIGG0.1615990.0901
BARTON0.1615969.8487
OVERTON0.1615964.9351
BRIGGS0.1615946.2963
KIRK0.1615943.6047
ASHLEY0.1615937.5940
HANDLEY0.1615937.3134
WELCH0.1615935.7782
BOURNE0.1615932.4675
WARD0.1615925.9142
CLARKSON0.1615923.6967
ELLIS0.1615921.6544
HUTTON0.1615921.0526
HYDE0.1615920.4499
SPENCE0.1615919.0114
NORTH0.1615918.9753
COX0.1615916.5975
CARTER0.1615914.9869
WATSON0.1615913.5575
YOUNG0.1615911.7096
SUTTON0.161599.8814
MARSHALL0.161597.4991
CLARK0.161596.2775
DAWSON0.161595.7045
JOHNSON0.161595.6159
LLOYD0.161595.3850
MASON0.161594.6773
SMITH0.161592.2272
WRIGHT0.161591.9604
BROWN0.161590.9541

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 159 people called BEVILLE in Burwell 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 5000.0000 in Burwell means that 5000.0000% of the people in Burwell on census day were called BEVILLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEVILLE 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 BEVILLE 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 BEVILLE 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 BEVILLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Burwell means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEVILLE in Burwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burwell in 1881

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

ODLING (5)  ASHLEY (1)  BANTOFT (1)  BARTON (6)  BEVILLE (1)  BRAIDER (1)  BRIGGS (4)  BROWN (1)  BOURNE (1)  BYCROFT (9)  CAMPLING (2)  CARTER (4)  CLARK (3)  CLARKSON (1)  COX (4)  DAWSON (1)  DEWHURST (2)  DOBBS (2)  DRING (1)  DYAS (1)  ELLIS (5)  FAKES (2)  FRESHNEY (2)  GASCOYNE (1)  GOODHAND (2)  HEADLAND (2)  HADLAT (6)  HANDLEY (1)  HEWEARD (1)  HOLTBY (2)  HOODLESS (1)  HORN (6)  HUMBERSTONE (6)  HUTTON (1)  HYDE (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KIRK (3)  LLOYD (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MASON (1)  MERCER (6)  NORTH (1)  OVERTON (1)  PICKWELL (1)  SCORER (5)  SKIPWORTH (1)  SMITH (5)  SPENCE (1)  STANDALOFTE (1)  SUTTON (1)  TRAFFORD (1)  TWIGG (1)  WALLER (4)  WARD (9)  WATSON (5)  WEIGHTMAN (2)  WELCH (2)  WELHAM (7)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (4)