Top surnames from the 1881 census in Somersby, Lincolnshire

Somersby 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
LOWE613.9535186.34
MARSHALL511.627969.35
BAGLEY36.9767937.50
BURTON36.976781.97
BROOKS24.651247.62
BARRATT24.6512229.89
BARK24.65122,857.14
SLEIGHT24.65122,222.22
WELDEN12.325610,000.00
JACKLIN12.3256833.33
WEBB12.325617.15
LANGLEY12.3256106.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WELDEN0.044310000.0000
BARK0.04432857.1429
SLEIGHT0.04432222.2222
BAGLEY0.0443937.5000
JACKLIN0.0443833.3333
BARRATT0.0443229.8851
LOWE0.0443186.3354
LANGLEY0.0443106.3830
BURTON0.044381.9672
MARSHALL0.044369.3481
BROOKS0.044347.6190
WEBB0.044317.1527

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 43 people called WELDEN in Somersby 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 10000.0000 in Somersby means that 10000.0000% of the people in Somersby on census day were called WELDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WELDEN 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 WELDEN 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 WELDEN 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 WELDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Somersby means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WELDEN in Somersby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Somersby in 1881

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

BAGLEY (3)  BARRATT (2)  BARK (2)  BROCKELBANK (1)  BROOKS (2)  BURTON (3)  ESPIN (5)  HEBBLEWHITE (4)  HOULDEN (3)  HUMBERSTON (1)  JACKLIN (1)  LANGLEY (1)  LOWE (6)  MARSHALL (5)  SLEIGHT (2)  WEBB (1)  WELDEN (1)