Top surnames from the 1881 census in Twigmoor, Lincolnshire

Twigmoor 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
FORD712.5000128.44
CASTLE58.9286450.45
SERGEANT58.92861,851.85
MACHIN58.9286892.86
BANNISTER47.1429412.37
BOWERS47.1429392.16
NEAVE35.35711,153.85
MASSEY35.3571209.79
THOMPSON23.571411.92
BROWN11.78572.71
MARSHALL11.785710.65
SHARPE11.785760.61
MIDDLETON11.785734.01
MADDISON11.7857181.82
DENT11.785793.46
STAMP11.7857243.90
CARLINE11.78571,000.00
BARR11.785774.07
WILMOT11.7857270.27
CLARK11.78575.94
SLACK11.7857113.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SERGEANT0.06561851.8519
NEAVE0.06561153.8462
CARLINE0.06561000.0000
MACHIN0.0656892.8571
CASTLE0.0656450.4505
BANNISTER0.0656412.3711
BOWERS0.0656392.1569
WILMOT0.0656270.2703
STAMP0.0656243.9024
MASSEY0.0656209.7902
MADDISON0.0656181.8182
FORD0.0656128.4404
SLACK0.0656113.6364
DENT0.065693.4579
BARR0.065674.0741
SHARPE0.065660.6061
MIDDLETON0.065634.0136
THOMPSON0.065611.9190
MARSHALL0.065610.6496
CLARK0.06565.9418
BROWN0.06562.7086

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 56 people called SERGEANT in Twigmoor 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 1851.8519 in Twigmoor means that 1851.8519% of the people in Twigmoor on census day were called SERGEANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SERGEANT 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 SERGEANT 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 SERGEANT 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 SERGEANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Twigmoor means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SERGEANT in Twigmoor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Twigmoor in 1881

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

BANNISTER (4)  BARR (1)  BOWERS (4)  BROWN (1)  CARLINE (1)  CASTLE (5)  CLARK (1)  DENT (1)  DRIFFIELD (1)  FORD (7)  HOOKHAM (1)  MACHIN (5)  MADDISON (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MASSEY (3)  METHERINGHAM (4)  MIDDLETON (1)  NEAVE (3)  SERGEANT (5)  SHARPE (1)  SLACK (1)  STAMP (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WILMOT (1)