Top surnames from the 1881 census in Legsby, Lincolnshire

Legsby 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
ROBINSON4112.166238.16
SMITH144.15432.94
CLARKE133.857619.04
CHAPMAN133.857627.16
ELLIS102.967420.43
MARSHALL102.967417.69
RANDS92.6706909.09
BROWN82.37393.60
PRESCOTT72.0772147.37
BURWELL72.07722,916.67
OTTER72.0772823.53
ADAMS72.077214.10
BOCOCK72.07721,707.32
NEAVE61.7804379.75
WOODFORD61.7804256.41
TINDALL61.7804294.12
WHITWORTH51.483788.81
RICHARDSON51.48378.72
CLAYTON51.483727.29
BARKER41.18699.07
PICKERING41.186932.89
BOARDMAN41.186973.94
RHOADES41.1869740.74
ARMSTRONG30.890211.65
WILSON30.89021.94
VALLEY30.89024,285.71
WHITTAKER30.890218.80
HARRISON20.59352.67
SIMONS20.593544.94
MOSS20.59359.63
RHODES20.593512.78
GANT20.5935165.29
CRAWSHAW20.593576.34
SKELTON20.593540.73
WOOD20.59351.86
JESSUP20.5935212.77
SNOWDEN10.296733.33
FOSTER10.29672.22
DAVISON10.29678.30
BINGHAM10.296720.20
LUMLEY10.296748.78
JESSOP10.296725.00
STONES10.296724.94
BUTT10.296722.99
ARDEN10.2967123.46
BRUMBY10.2967163.93
MILLER10.29671.66
BELL10.29671.58
LORD10.29676.44
PRIESTLEY10.296717.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VALLEY0.343374285.7143
BURWELL0.343372916.6667
BOCOCK0.343371707.3171
MOUNTCASTLE0.343371000.0000
RANDS0.34337909.0909
OTTER0.34337823.5294
RHOADES0.34337740.7407
NEAVE0.34337379.7468
TINDALL0.34337294.1176
WOODFORD0.34337256.4103
JESSUP0.34337212.7660
GANT0.34337165.2893
BRUMBY0.34337163.9344
PRESCOTT0.34337147.3684
ARDEN0.34337123.4568
WHITWORTH0.3433788.8099
CRAWSHAW0.3433776.3359
BOARDMAN0.3433773.9372
LUMLEY0.3433748.7805
SIMONS0.3433744.9438
BIRKS0.3433744.8430
FOUNTAIN0.3433743.2900
SKELTON0.3433740.7332
ROBINSON0.3433738.1573
SNOWDEN0.3433733.3333
PICKERING0.3433732.8947
CLAYTON0.3433727.2926
CHAPMAN0.3433727.1626
JESSOP0.3433725.0000
STONES0.3433724.9377
BUTT0.3433722.9885
ELLIS0.3433720.4332
BINGHAM0.3433720.2020
PARISH0.3433719.2308
CLARKE0.3433719.0365
WHITTAKER0.3433718.7970
ASHLEY0.3433717.7305
MARSHALL0.3433717.6929
PRIESTLEY0.3433717.5439
ADAMS0.3433714.0959
RHODES0.3433712.7796
BUSH0.3433712.0192
ARMSTRONG0.3433711.6460
MOSS0.343379.6293
CHANDLER0.343379.2336
BARKER0.343379.0703
RICHARDSON0.343378.7154
DAVISON0.343378.2988
DOBSON0.343376.7249
LORD0.343376.4350

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 337 people called VALLEY in Legsby 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 4285.7143 in Legsby means that 4285.7143% of the people in Legsby on census day were called VALLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VALLEY 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 VALLEY 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 VALLEY 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 VALLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Legsby means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VALLEY in Legsby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Legsby in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ANDREWS (1)  ARDEN (1)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ASHLEY (1)  BARKER (4)  BAXTER (1)  BEETON (1)  BELL (1)  BINGHAM (1)  BIRKS (1)  BOARDMAN (4)  BOCOCK (7)  BROWN (8)  BRUMBY (1)  BURWELL (7)  BUSH (1)  BUTT (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CHAPMAN (13)  CLARKE (13)  CLAYTON (5)  COULBECK (8)  CRAGGS (4)  CRAWSHAW (2)  CUNDILL (4)  DAVISON (1)  DOBSON (1)  ELLIS (10)  FARMARY (8)  FARNSBY (1)  FIDLIN (1)  FIELDSEND (8)  FOSTER (1)  FOUNTAIN (1)  GANT (2)  HARRISON (2)  JACKSON (1)  JESSUP (2)  JESSOP (1)  KINGSWOOD (5)  LORD (1)  LUMLEY (1)  MARSHALL (10)  MALAM (2)  MILLER (1)  MAWER (1)  MOSS (2)  MOUNTCASTLE (1)  NEAVE (6)  OTTER (7)  OXBY (3)  PARISH (1)  PICKERING (4)  PORTERGILL (5)  PRESCOTT (7)  PRIESTLEY (1)  PUTTERGILL (7)  RASPIN (2)  REFF (1)  RANDS (9)  RHODES (2)  RHOADES (4)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBINSON (41)  ROSSOM (1)  RUSHBY (3)  SIMONS (2)  SKELTON (2)  SMITH (14)  SNOWDEN (1)  SPENCER (1)  STANDLAND (1)  STAINTON (4)  STONES (1)  STRAWSON (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TINDALL (6)  TOIN (5)  VALLEY (3)  WESTOBY (2)  WHITTAKER (3)  WHITWORTH (5)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (2)  WOODFORD (6)