Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scothern, Lincolnshire

Scothern 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
VICKERS163.2323125.89
FOSTER153.030322.67
BROWN132.62633.98
FOX122.424226.11
JOHNSON112.22226.61
JESSUP112.2222797.10
ALLIS102.02023,030.30
MOTTRAM102.0202373.13
TAYLOR102.02023.16
DICKINSON91.818242.57
PHILLIPSON81.6162434.78
BUTLER81.616216.58
HODSON81.616278.13
SHUTTLEWORTH81.6162136.29
HILL81.61626.35
KIRK81.616237.33
GREEN71.41415.02
FEATHERSTONE71.4141157.30
SEMPER71.41412,800.00
SLEAFORD71.41413,684.21
BOOTH61.212112.29
NEWTON61.212115.82
JEFFREY61.212165.57
DAWKINS61.2121167.13
CROWDER61.2121304.57
DOUGHTY61.212195.24
BALDWIN61.212128.42
CREASEY51.0101251.26
STAPLES51.0101105.49
LUSBY51.0101909.09
PRIESTLEY51.010159.67
MILLS40.80816.23
COOK40.80814.07
DENTON40.808143.96
CAVE40.808156.34
GRIMES40.808169.93
SMITH30.60610.43
BIRD30.60617.93
SIMPSON30.60613.47
TILLSON30.60611,000.00
RICHARDSON30.60613.56
SMALL30.606123.89
PARISH30.606139.27
BARRY30.606133.52
ATKINSON30.60616.22
ROE30.606131.12
APPLETON30.606138.66
COATES30.606116.26
WARD30.60612.77
CURTIS30.606110.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SLEAFORD0.504953684.2105
ALLIS0.504953030.3030
SEMPER0.504952800.0000
TILLSON0.504951000.0000
LUSBY0.50495909.0909
GOODIN0.50495800.0000
JESSUP0.50495797.1014
SHORES0.50495476.1905
PHILLIPSON0.50495434.7826
CRAIN0.50495434.7826
MOTTRAM0.50495373.1343
GAUL0.50495350.8772
CROWDER0.50495304.5685
CREASEY0.50495251.2563
DAWKINS0.50495167.1309
FEATHERSTONE0.50495157.3034
GOY0.50495156.2500
SHUTTLEWORTH0.50495136.2862
VICKERS0.50495125.8851
STORR0.50495116.9591
STAPLES0.50495105.4852
SHEARMAN0.5049598.5222
DOUGHTY0.5049595.2381
MUSSON0.5049581.6327
HODSON0.5049578.1250
GRIMES0.5049569.9301
JEFFREY0.5049565.5738
BLOOM0.5049559.8802
PRIESTLEY0.5049559.6659
SPALDING0.5049556.4972
CAVE0.5049556.3380
TOWLER0.5049545.2489
DENTON0.5049543.9560
DICKINSON0.5049542.5733
CROWE0.5049540.4858
PARISH0.5049539.2670
APPLETON0.5049538.6598
BELTON0.5049537.5940
KIRK0.5049537.3308
BEE0.5049535.8423
JESSOP0.5049534.0136
BARRY0.5049533.5196
MUSGRAVE0.5049533.4448
ROE0.5049531.1203
BALDWIN0.5049528.4225
FOX0.5049526.1097
SMALL0.5049523.8854
FOSTER0.5049522.6655
LING0.5049521.3675
HENSON0.5049517.2414

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 495 people called SLEAFORD in Scothern 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 3684.2105 in Scothern means that 3684.2105% of the people in Scothern on census day were called SLEAFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SLEAFORD 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 SLEAFORD 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 SLEAFORD 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 SLEAFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Scothern means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SLEAFORD in Scothern than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scothern in 1881

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

ACKRILL (1)  ALLINSON (1)  ALLIS (10)  APPLETON (3)  ARNOLD (1)  ATKIN (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BAILEY (1)  BALDWIN (6)  BALMAN (4)  BEE (1)  BELTON (1)  BENNETT (1)  BARRY (3)  BIRD (3)  BURKIT (1)  BISHELL (5)  BLACKBOURN (2)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLOOM (1)  BOOTH (6)  BRADLEY (1)  BROWN (13)  BOURNE (1)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (8)  CATLEY (1)  CAVE (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CLARKE (1)  COATES (3)  CABOURN (4)  COGGLE (4)  COOK (4)  COX (2)  CRAIN (2)  CREASEY (5)  CROFT (1)  CROWE (2)  CROWDER (6)  CURTIS (3)  DAWKINS (6)  DAWSON (1)  DENNIS (2)  DENTON (4)  DICKINSON (9)  DOUGHTY (6)  ELPIN (3)  FEATHERSTONE (7)  FOSTER (15)  FOX (12)  GAUL (2)  GOODIN (2)  GOY (1)  GREEN (7)  GRIMES (4)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HARDWICK (1)  HAWKINS (2)  HENSON (1)  HERRINGSHAW (7)  HILL (8)  HODSON (8)  HOULDEN (3)  HOLLAND (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOWSHAM (2)  JEFFREY (6)  JESSOP (2)  JESSUP (11)  JOHNSON (11)  KIRK (8)  KITCHEN (1)  LAUNDERS (2)  LANE (1)  LARDER (7)  LING (1)  LINTIN (2)  LUSBY (5)  LYON (1)  MAY (2)  MILLS (4)  MOORE (2)  MOTTRAM (10)  MUSGRAVE (1)  MUSSON (2)  NEALE (1)  NEWTON (6)  OLIVANT (20)  OLIVER (1)  PARISH (3)  PAULGER (13)  PHILLIPSON (8)  PICKWELL (1)  PRIESTLEY (5)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROE (3)  ROWE (1)  RUSLING (2)  SANDERSON (1)  SETTERINGTON (1)  SHEARMAN (2)  SHORES (1)  SHURES (3)  SHUTTLEWORTH (8)  SEMPER (7)  SIMPSON (3)  SLEAFORD (7)  SMALL (3)  SMITH (3)  SPALDING (2)  STAINFIELD (1)  STAPLES (5)  STEELS (1)  STORR (2)  TAYLOR (10)  TILLSON (3)  TOWLER (1)  VICKERS (16)  WABY (15)  WALKER (1)  WARD (3)  WILLOWS (6)