Top surnames from the 1881 census in Owmby, Lincolnshire

Owmby 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
BENNETT207.518845.75
BROWN155.63918.55
DENTON114.1353224.95
BREWER114.1353155.81
JOHNSON103.759411.19
KIRK103.759486.81
COULSON93.3835188.68
GOULDING83.0075307.69
GRUNDY72.6316128.44
PEACOCK62.255663.29
BOOTH62.255622.87
COX62.255614.88
SCARBOROUGH62.2556800.00
COOKE62.255640.87
ALLWOOD51.8797462.96
BAMFORD51.8797125.00
HOLMES51.879715.44
BRIGGS51.879734.60
MUMBY41.5038526.32
VESSEY41.5038888.89
THORPE41.503838.02
ROBINSON41.50384.72
BLANCHARD41.5038183.49
STORR31.1278326.09
CLIFTON31.127879.79
OAKES31.127877.92
COOK31.12785.68
CALVERT31.127855.35
COTTINGHAM31.1278422.54
CHANTRY31.1278789.47
LYON20.751935.91
HARRISON20.75193.39
FREAR20.7519689.66
HIGGINS20.751914.87
CODDINGTON20.7519769.23
MARSHALL20.75194.48
BUTLER20.75197.71
OATES20.751948.19
DICKINSON10.37598.80
ROWELL10.375943.10
CARR10.37595.21
DAUBNEY10.3759256.41
HOBDAY10.375993.46
MARTIN10.37591.53
SHARP10.37594.51
CLAPHAM10.375943.67
PAGE10.37594.70
TOYN10.37591,250.00
NEEDHAM10.375917.67
TAYLOR10.37590.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOYN0.272661250.0000
VESSEY0.27266888.8889
SCARBOROUGH0.27266800.0000
CHANTRY0.27266789.4737
CODDINGTON0.27266769.2308
FREAR0.27266689.6552
MUMBY0.27266526.3158
ALLWOOD0.27266462.9630
COTTINGHAM0.27266422.5352
STORR0.27266326.0870
GOULDING0.27266307.6923
DAUBNEY0.27266256.4103
TINDLE0.27266243.9024
DENTON0.27266224.9489
COULSON0.27266188.6792
BLANCHARD0.27266183.4862
BREWER0.27266155.8074
GRUNDY0.27266128.4404
BAMFORD0.27266125.0000
HOBDAY0.2726693.4579
KIRK0.2726686.8056
CLIFTON0.2726679.7872
OAKES0.2726677.9221
PEACOCK0.2726663.2911
CALVERT0.2726655.3506
FOUNTAIN0.2726654.6448
OATES0.2726648.1928
BENNETT0.2726645.7457
CLAPHAM0.2726643.6681
ROWELL0.2726643.1034
COOKE0.2726640.8719
THORPE0.2726638.0228
LYON0.2726635.9066
BRIGGS0.2726634.6021
BOOTH0.2726622.8659
COUSINS0.2726620.8768
HODSON0.2726618.1488
NEEDHAM0.2726617.6678
HOLMES0.2726615.4369
COX0.2726614.8846
HIGGINS0.2726614.8699
JOHNSON0.2726611.1894
DICKINSON0.272668.8028
BROWN0.272668.5543
BUTLER0.272667.7101
COOK0.272665.6775
CARR0.272665.2110
HAWKINS0.272665.1921
ROBINSON0.272664.7164
PAGE0.272664.7015

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 266 people called TOYN in Owmby 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 1250.0000 in Owmby means that 1250.0000% of the people in Owmby on census day were called TOYN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOYN 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 TOYN 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 TOYN 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 TOYN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Owmby means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOYN in Owmby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Owmby in 1881

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

ABLEWHITE (2)  AKRILL (2)  ALLWOOD (5)  ATKINSON (1)  BAMFORD (5)  BENNETT (20)  BLANCHARD (4)  BOOTH (6)  BREWER (11)  BRIGGS (5)  BROWN (15)  BUTLER (2)  CALVERT (3)  CARR (1)  CHANTRY (3)  CLAPHAM (1)  CLIFTON (3)  CLIXBY (2)  CODDINGTON (2)  COGGLE (1)  COOK (3)  COOKE (6)  COTTINGHAM (3)  COULSON (9)  COUSINS (1)  COX (6)  DAUBNEY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DENTON (11)  DICKINSON (1)  DOWLMAN (1)  FOUNTAIN (1)  FREAR (2)  GOULDING (8)  GOTHORPE (3)  GRUNDY (7)  HARRISON (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HATHER (5)  HIGGINS (2)  HOBDAY (1)  HODSON (1)  HOLMES (5)  JOHNSON (10)  JUBBS (3)  KING (1)  KIRK (10)  LAMMING (6)  LOULSON (1)  LYON (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (1)  MUMBY (4)  NEEDHAM (1)  NEWMARCH (3)  OAKES (3)  OATES (2)  PAGE (1)  PEACOCK (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROWELL (1)  SCARBOROUGH (6)  SHARP (1)  STORR (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THORPE (4)  TINDLE (1)  TOYN (1)  VESSEY (4)  WELPTON (6)  WHILINGHAM (1)  WOODFORTH (1)