Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kelby, Lincolnshire

Kelby 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
COOK1010.101050.86
SANDY88.08082,352.94
LEESON77.07071,228.07
BRIGGS55.050592.94
NIXON44.0404132.45
DUFFIN33.0303810.81
WETHERILL33.03032,307.69
BROWN33.03034.60
TAYLOR33.03034.74
ROOK33.0303441.18
INGLETON22.02021,538.46
BAILY22.0202317.46
HEADLAND22.02021,333.33
FAULKNER11.010137.31
CLARKE11.01014.99
SUMMERFIELD11.0101156.25
BURRELL11.010177.52
BELL11.01015.38
CASWELL11.0101208.33
BATES11.010115.87
HARWOOD11.010137.74
BUTLER11.010110.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANDY0.10992352.9412
WETHERILL0.10992307.6923
INGLETON0.10991538.4615
HEADLAND0.10991333.3333
LEESON0.10991228.0702
DUFFIN0.1099810.8108
ROOK0.1099441.1765
BAILY0.1099317.4603
CASWELL0.1099208.3333
SUMMERFIELD0.1099156.2500
NIXON0.1099132.4503
BRIGGS0.109992.9368
BURRELL0.109977.5194
COOK0.109950.8647
HARWOOD0.109937.7358
FAULKNER0.109937.3134
BATES0.109915.8730
BUTLER0.109910.3627
BELL0.10995.3763
CLARKE0.10994.9850
TAYLOR0.10994.7386
BROWN0.10994.5970

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 99 people called SANDY in Kelby 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 2352.9412 in Kelby means that 2352.9412% of the people in Kelby on census day were called SANDY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kelby in 1881

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

BAILY (2)  BARRAND (3)  BATES (1)  BELL (1)  BRIGGS (5)  BROWN (3)  BURRELL (1)  BUTLER (1)  CAMPLIN (1)  CASWELL (1)  CLARKE (1)  COOK (10)  DUFFIN (3)  ASPLEN (8)  FAULKNER (1)  HEADLAND (2)  HARWOOD (1)  INGLETON (2)  LEESON (7)  MAPLETHORP (1)  NIXON (4)  NORTHING (7)  RASTALL (9)  RAWDEN (4)  ROOK (3)  SANDY (8)  SKERRITT (2)  SUMMERFIELD (1)  TAYLOR (3)  WETHERILL (3)