Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walesby, Lincolnshire

Walesby 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
NORTON134.0498121.84
COOPER123.738315.37
CLARKE113.426816.91
CORDER113.42681,964.29
LUSBY92.80372,500.00
ABRAHAM82.4922252.37
SPENCER82.492227.29
BRADLEY72.180727.16
WAIGHT72.18071,400.00
DOLBY72.1807583.33
LAURENCE72.1807153.51
NEWTON72.180728.46
DIXON61.869217.06
PAGE61.869223.38
BROWN61.86922.84
BRIGGS61.869234.42
VICKERS61.869272.82
TOMLINSON61.869240.54
CONEY61.8692659.34
DRURY61.8692117.65
THORNHILL51.5576248.76
MUSGRAVE51.5576257.73
CLARK51.55765.18
ASKEW51.5576137.74
STAVES51.55765,000.00
TYSON51.5576119.62
STANCER41.24612,500.00
COUPLAND41.2461197.04
WILKINSON41.24618.16
GASH41.2461606.06
LONGDEN41.2461270.27
CORDELL30.9346428.57
DESFORGES30.93462,307.69
WATKINSON30.934679.79
GILBERT30.934616.41
BURKE30.934631.75
RAWLINSON30.934678.33
LACY20.623195.69
WHITELY20.6231294.12
MARSHALL20.62313.71
FIRTH20.623118.76
TYNDALL20.6231769.23
PETCH20.6231140.85
CARTWRIGHT20.623116.34
WOODCOCK20.623121.83
WEIGHTMAN20.6231158.73
BLANCHARD20.623176.05
MEDLEY20.6231169.49
CHAMBERLIN20.6231186.92
BALDWIN10.31157.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAVES0.323215000.0000
LUSBY0.323212500.0000
STANCER0.323212500.0000
DESFORGES0.323212307.6923
CORDER0.323211964.2857
WAIGHT0.323211400.0000
TYNDALL0.32321769.2308
CONEY0.32321659.3407
GASH0.32321606.0606
DOLBY0.32321583.3333
CORDELL0.32321428.5714
PLASKETT0.32321416.6667
BEVERLY0.32321370.3704
WHITELY0.32321294.1176
LONGDEN0.32321270.2703
MUSGRAVE0.32321257.7320
ABRAHAM0.32321252.3659
THORNHILL0.32321248.7562
KEAL0.32321208.3333
COUPLAND0.32321197.0443
CHAMBERLIN0.32321186.9159
MEDLEY0.32321169.4915
LILL0.32321161.2903
WEIGHTMAN0.32321158.7302
BURKITT0.32321158.7302
LAURENCE0.32321153.5088
PETCH0.32321140.8451
ASKEW0.32321137.7410
NORTON0.32321121.8369
TYSON0.32321119.6172
DRURY0.32321117.6471
RANDS0.32321106.3830
LACY0.3232195.6938
BURNET0.3232185.4701
WATKINSON0.3232179.7872
RAWLINSON0.3232178.3290
BLANCHARD0.3232176.0456
VICKERS0.3232172.8155
SOUTHWELL0.3232149.7512
DOBBS0.3232146.0829
TOMLINSON0.3232140.5405
BRIGGS0.3232134.4234
BURKE0.3232131.7460
PETTY0.3232131.4465
NEWTON0.3232128.4553
SPENCER0.3232127.2944
BRADLEY0.3232127.1634
FENWICK0.3232123.7530
PAGE0.3232123.3827
WOODCOCK0.3232121.8341

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 321 people called STAVES in Walesby 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 5000.0000 in Walesby means that 5000.0000% of the people in Walesby on census day were called STAVES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STAVES 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 STAVES 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 STAVES 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 STAVES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Walesby means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAVES in Walesby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walesby in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (8)  ASKEW (5)  BAILEY (1)  BALDWIN (1)  BARR (1)  BEST (1)  BEVERLY (1)  BURKE (3)  BURKITT (1)  BLANCHARD (2)  BONTOFT (2)  BRADLEY (7)  BRATTLEY (1)  BRAY (1)  BRIGGS (6)  BROWN (6)  BURNET (1)  BURROWS (1)  BYCROFT (1)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CLARKE (11)  CLARK (5)  CONEY (6)  COOPER (12)  COUPLAND (4)  CORDELL (3)  CORDER (11)  COTTON (1)  DENNIS (1)  DESFORGES (3)  DIXON (6)  DOBBS (1)  DOLBY (7)  DRURY (6)  FENWICK (1)  FIRTH (2)  FLINTHAM (1)  FRESHNEY (4)  GASH (4)  GILBERT (3)  JOLLANDS (5)  GREEN (1)  GUNSON (1)  HARDY (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HEADDING (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HORSWOOD (5)  HOUSHAM (1)  KEAL (1)  KIRMAN (1)  LACY (2)  LARDER (1)  LAURENCE (7)  LOUGHTON (1)  LILL (1)  LONGDEN (4)  LUSBY (9)  MARSHALL (2)  MEDLEY (2)  MILLS (1)  MUSGRAVE (5)  NEWTON (7)  NORTON (13)  PAGE (6)  PERCIVAL (1)  PETCH (2)  PETTY (1)  PYKETT (1)  PLASKITT (9)  PLASKET (1)  PLASKETT (1)  RANBY (1)  RAWLINSON (3)  RANDS (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHWELL (1)  SPENCER (8)  STANCER (4)  STAVES (5)  STEPHENSON (1)  SUTTY (2)  THORNHILL (5)  TYNDALL (2)  TOMLINSON (6)  TUTTY (2)  TREVER (1)  TYSON (5)  VICKERS (6)  WATERS (1)  WATKINSON (3)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (1)  WEIGHTMAN (2)  WHITELY (2)  WILKINSON (4)  WOODCOCK (2)  WAIGHT (7)