Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harrington, Lincolnshire

Harrington 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
GANT108.13012,272.73
DAVEY86.5041158.10
HOWDEN54.0650806.45
WALKER43.25209.71
TOWLER43.2520727.27
CHANTRY43.25202,222.22
HARLAND32.4390291.26
BUTLER21.626016.68
HAW21.6260487.80
BRACKENBURY21.6260740.74
HILL21.62606.38
SMALLEY21.6260180.18
BELL10.81304.33
STREET10.813034.84
GRAHAM10.81307.08
ROOKS10.8130370.37
EVERITT10.813097.09
MIDDLETON10.813015.48
CHEESEMAN10.8130103.09
WILSON10.81301.77
HARTLEY10.813012.97
STONES10.813068.49
PARES10.81303,333.33
METCALF10.813040.16
WATSON10.81303.51
BOOTH10.81308.24
TAYLOR10.81301.27
FREEMAN10.813012.74
OLIVER10.813011.40
CRAM10.8130416.67
WOOD10.81302.55
LAMBERT10.813014.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARES0.121233333.3333
GANT0.121232272.7273
CHANTRY0.121232222.2222
HOWDEN0.12123806.4516
BRACKENBURY0.12123740.7407
TOWLER0.12123727.2727
HAW0.12123487.8049
CRAM0.12123416.6667
ROOKS0.12123370.3704
HARLAND0.12123291.2621
SMALLEY0.12123180.1802
DAVEY0.12123158.1028
CHEESEMAN0.12123103.0928
EVERITT0.1212397.0874
STONES0.1212368.4932
METCALF0.1212340.1606
STREET0.1212334.8432
BUTLER0.1212316.6806
MIDDLETON0.1212315.4799
LAMBERT0.1212314.9031
HARTLEY0.1212312.9702
FREEMAN0.1212312.7389
OLIVER0.1212311.4025
WALKER0.121239.7135
BOOTH0.121238.2440
GRAHAM0.121237.0822
HILL0.121236.3837
BELL0.121234.3271
WATSON0.121233.5051
WOOD0.121232.5517
WILSON0.121231.7702
TAYLOR0.121231.2713

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 123 people called PARES in Harrington 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 3333.3333 in Harrington means that 3333.3333% of the people in Harrington on census day were called PARES.

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

All the surnames recorded in Harrington in 1881

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

BAUMBER (7)  BELL (1)  BOOTH (1)  BRACKENBURY (2)  BUTLER (2)  CHANTRY (4)  CHEESEMAN (1)  CRACROFT (1)  CRAM (1)  DAVEY (8)  DINNIS (1)  DONNOR (3)  DRUSLEY (1)  EMPERINGHAM (5)  ESCRITT (1)  EVERITT (1)  FIDLING (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FROW (4)  GANT (10)  GRAHAM (1)  GREBY (7)  HANDSLEY (5)  HARLAND (3)  HARTLEY (1)  HAW (2)  HILL (2)  HOWDEN (5)  HUMBERSTONE (4)  LAMBERT (1)  MAIDMENT (4)  METCALF (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  OLIVER (1)  PARES (1)  POGSON (3)  ROOKS (1)  SENSICLE (1)  SMALLEY (2)  STANILAND (5)  STONES (1)  STREET (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TOWLER (4)  WALKER (4)  WATSON (1)  WILLERTON (2)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)