Top surnames from the 1881 census in Legbourne, Lincolnshire

Legbourne 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
GRAVES255.2521346.26
DAVEY245.0420122.64
WOOD132.73118.57
BOYERS132.73114,642.86
BARTON122.521046.66
OSBORNE112.310948.42
SMITH102.10081.49
CLARK91.89086.29
PICKERING91.890852.42
JACKSON91.89086.77
ARCHER81.680740.63
HICKSON81.6807243.16
PARR81.680767.28
BRUMMITT71.47062,333.33
SHAW71.47068.01
WILKINSON71.47069.64
DANN61.2605200.00
TWIGG61.2605180.18
HOLLOWAY61.260541.15
FLETCHER61.260511.04
TOWLE61.2605476.19
NICHOLSON51.050414.78
WHITE51.05043.27
STANLEY51.050427.32
DAY51.050411.16
FOSTER51.05047.86
APPLEBY51.050464.35
HODSON51.050450.76
MAW51.0504287.36
CARTWRIGHT51.050427.56
MORTON40.840315.72
HILL40.84033.30
MARSHALL40.84035.01
DOBBS40.8403124.22
SEWELL40.840339.76
COOK40.84034.23
OVERTON30.630364.94
ANDREWS30.63036.58
HEWITT30.630312.94
PARKER30.63033.31
HALL30.63032.14
CHAPMAN30.63034.44
HEWINS30.6303576.92
ATKINSON30.63036.47
LAKIN30.6303107.53
BROWN30.63030.96
BARKER30.63034.82
MAKEY30.6303937.50
HURST20.420211.76
MASON20.42023.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOYERS0.484764642.8571
BRUMMITT0.484762333.3333
MAKEY0.48476937.5000
HEWINS0.48476576.9231
TOWLE0.48476476.1905
HAITH0.48476400.0000
GRAVES0.48476346.2604
MAW0.48476287.3563
HICKSON0.48476243.1611
DANN0.48476200.0000
DREWERY0.48476198.0198
TWIGG0.48476180.1802
BROCKLEBANK0.48476172.4138
WHITWELL0.48476141.8440
LOWERY0.48476129.0323
DOBBS0.48476124.2236
DAVEY0.48476122.6367
HEWARD0.48476109.8901
LAKIN0.48476107.5269
MILSON0.4847697.0874
BULLIVANT0.4847681.3008
JACKLIN0.4847678.1250
ERRINGTON0.4847675.4717
TREVOR0.4847667.5676
PARR0.4847667.2834
OVERTON0.4847664.9351
APPLEBY0.4847664.3501
BROGDEN0.4847663.6943
BLOOM0.4847662.1118
ROOK0.4847661.5385
PICKERING0.4847652.4170
HODSON0.4847650.7614
OSBORNE0.4847648.4155
BARTON0.4847646.6563
KIRTON0.4847646.0829
FIELDS0.4847643.6681
HOLLOWAY0.4847641.1523
ARCHER0.4847640.6298
SEWELL0.4847639.7614
BLADES0.4847637.0370
NEVILLE0.4847635.3357
SPALDING0.4847629.3255
CARTWRIGHT0.4847627.5634
STANLEY0.4847627.3224
FAWCETT0.4847621.7391
NEEDHAM0.4847619.7433
PLANT0.4847619.0114
SANDS0.4847618.7617
ASKEW0.4847618.5874
MORTON0.4847615.7233

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 476 people called BOYERS in Legbourne 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 4642.8571 in Legbourne means that 4642.8571% of the people in Legbourne on census day were called BOYERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOYERS 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 BOYERS 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 BOYERS 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 BOYERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Legbourne means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOYERS in Legbourne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Legbourne in 1881

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

ANDREWS (3)  APPLEBY (5)  ARCHER (8)  ASKEW (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BALDWIN (1)  BARKER (3)  BARNES (1)  BARTON (12)  BEMBROSE (1)  BETT (7)  BIRKINSHAW (4)  BLADES (1)  BLOOM (1)  BOLDINSON (1)  BOYERS (13)  BRATLEY (3)  BRIGGS (1)  BROCKLEBANK (2)  BROGDEN (1)  BROWN (3)  BROXHOLM (1)  BRUMLETT (1)  BRUMMITT (7)  BUCKLEY (1)  BULLIVANT (1)  BURNETT (1)  CARRITT (1)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLARK (9)  COOK (4)  COULAM (3)  COX (1)  DANN (6)  DAVEY (24)  DAY (5)  DICKINSON (1)  DOBBS (4)  DREWERY (2)  DUNINGTON (2)  ERRINGTON (2)  FAWCETT (2)  FIELDS (1)  FLESHBOURNE (1)  FLETCHER (6)  FOSTER (5)  FRYER (1)  GARFIT (3)  GOODWIN (1)  GRAVES (25)  GREAVES (1)  GREETHAM (2)  HALL (3)  HATCLIFFE (4)  HAITH (1)  HEWARD (1)  HEWINS (3)  HEWITT (3)  HICKSON (8)  HILL (4)  HODSON (5)  HODGSON (1)  HOLLOWAYS (7)  HOLLOWAY (6)  HORSEWOOD (2)  HUMBERSTONE (4)  HURST (2)  JACKLIN (1)  JACKSON (9)  KEIFGHTLEY (1)  KEIGHTLEY (7)  KINGSWOOD (8)  KIRTON (1)  LAKIN (3)  LAKING (1)  LOWERY (2)  LOUGHTON (1)  LOCKING (2)  MARSHALL (4)  MASON (2)  MAUNDERS (1)  MAW (5)  MAKEY (3)  MILSON (1)  MORTON (4)  MURGATROYD (9)  NEEDHAM (2)  NEVILLE (2)  NICHOLSON (5)  NORTH (1)  OSBORNE (11)  OVERTON (3)  OWEN (1)  PARKER (3)  PARR (8)  PAYNE (1)  PICKERING (9)  PLANT (2)  PRESTON (1)  WRAY (1)  RAINTHORPE (8)  RHODES (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIGGALL (1)  ROOK (2)  SANDS (1)  SEWELL (4)  SHAW (7)  SHEENS (1)  SMITH (10)  SPALDING (1)  STANLEY (5)  SWINDALE (4)  TOWLE (6)  TOWNHEND (2)  TOWNEND (2)  TREVOR (1)  TUXWORTH (4)  TWIGG (6)  WADKIN (1)  WARD (2)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (5)  WHITWELL (2)  WILKINSON (7)  WOOD (13)  WOODWARD (1)  YOUNG (1)