Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dowsby, Lincolnshire

Dowsby 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
COOPER1710.429442.88
TAYLOR159.202514.39
WYLES106.13502,439.02
ALLEN95.521529.23
EXTON84.90801,454.55
SCALES63.6810618.56
GIBBONS63.6810114.50
LOUTH63.68103,157.89
FOSTER53.067522.95
HOLMES53.067525.19
PELL53.0675549.45
PARKER53.067516.13
DEAN53.067544.17
PRIDMORE53.06751,111.11
HACK53.0675877.19
WOOTTON42.4540270.27
WILLOUGHBY42.4540281.69
SMITH31.84051.30
EMPSON31.8405857.14
DOVE21.2270107.53
BARWELL21.2270392.16
NIX21.2270476.19
JACKSON21.22704.39
PEARSON21.227010.57
OSBORN21.227059.00
GRICE21.2270119.05
BERRIDGE10.6135116.28
PAYNE10.61356.82
WATSON10.61352.64
OLDHAM10.613534.97
STANTON10.613530.77
KETTLE10.613569.93
BOLTON10.613514.25
THURLBY10.6135526.32
COOK10.61353.09
BILLS10.6135232.56
FOWLER10.613510.74
BAILEY10.61354.07
CROWSON10.6135285.71
SEWELL10.613528.99
HUBBARD10.613525.25
BRYAN10.613524.69
POLLARD10.613516.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOUTH0.161633157.8947
WYLES0.161632439.0244
EXTON0.161631454.5455
PRIDMORE0.161631111.1111
HACK0.16163877.1930
EMPSON0.16163857.1429
SCALES0.16163618.5567
PELL0.16163549.4505
THURLBY0.16163526.3158
NIX0.16163476.1905
BARWELL0.16163392.1569
CROWSON0.16163285.7143
WILLOUGHBY0.16163281.6901
WOOTTON0.16163270.2703
BILLS0.16163232.5581
GRICE0.16163119.0476
BERRIDGE0.16163116.2791
GIBBONS0.16163114.5038
DOVE0.16163107.5269
KETTLE0.1616369.9301
OSBORN0.1616358.9971
DEAN0.1616344.1696
COOPER0.1616342.8752
OLDHAM0.1616334.9650
STANTON0.1616330.7692
ALLEN0.1616329.2303
SEWELL0.1616328.9855
HUBBARD0.1616325.2525
HOLMES0.1616325.1889
BRYAN0.1616324.6914
FOSTER0.1616322.9463
POLLARD0.1616316.8350
PARKER0.1616316.1290
TAYLOR0.1616314.3899
BOLTON0.1616314.2450
FOWLER0.1616310.7411
PEARSON0.1616310.5652
PAYNE0.161636.8166
JACKSON0.161634.3908
BAILEY0.161634.0733
COOK0.161633.0883
WATSON0.161632.6448
SMITH0.161631.3035

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 163 people called LOUTH in Dowsby 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 3157.8947 in Dowsby means that 3157.8947% of the people in Dowsby on census day were called LOUTH.

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

All the surnames recorded in Dowsby in 1881

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

ALLEN (9)  BAILEY (1)  BARWELL (2)  BERRIDGE (1)  BILLS (1)  BLUNDY (1)  BOLTON (1)  BOYFIELD (2)  BRYAN (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (17)  CROWSON (1)  DEAN (5)  DOVE (2)  EMPSON (3)  EXTON (8)  FOSTER (5)  FOWLER (1)  GIBBONS (6)  GILBY (1)  GRICE (2)  GRUMMITT (1)  HACK (5)  HOLMES (5)  HUBBARD (1)  JACKSON (2)  KETTLE (1)  LOUTH (6)  NIX (2)  OLDHAM (1)  OSBORN (2)  PARKER (5)  PAYNE (1)  PEARSON (2)  PELL (5)  POLLARD (1)  PRIDMORE (5)  SEWELL (1)  SCALES (6)  SMITH (3)  STANTON (1)  TAYLOR (15)  THISTLETON (1)  THURLBY (1)  WATSON (1)  WYLES (10)  WILLOUGHBY (4)  WOOTTON (4)