Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Ravendale, Lincolnshire

West Ravendale 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
SMITH1322.413815.88
PROUD813.79312,666.67
HINCH46.89665,714.29
DOBBS35.1724769.23
STAVES35.172415,000.00
KETTLEWELL35.17241,666.67
GOODLEY35.17247,500.00
WHITE11.72415.36
BAINS11.7241714.29
SHELLEY11.7241222.22
NELL11.72412,000.00
HAXBY11.72412,000.00
BURTON11.724120.24
RICHARDSON11.724110.13
BIRKETT11.7241178.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAVES0.065815000.0000
GOODLEY0.06587500.0000
HINCH0.06585714.2857
PROUD0.06582666.6667
HAXBY0.06582000.0000
NELL0.06582000.0000
KETTLEWELL0.06581666.6667
DOBBS0.0658769.2308
BAINS0.0658714.2857
SHELLEY0.0658222.2222
BIRKETT0.0658178.5714
BURTON0.065820.2429
SMITH0.065815.8750
RICHARDSON0.065810.1317
WHITE0.06585.3648

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 58 people called STAVES in West Ravendale 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 15000.0000 in West Ravendale means that 15000.0000% of the people in West Ravendale 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 0.06 in West Ravendale means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAVES in West Ravendale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Ravendale in 1881

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

BAINS (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BURTON (1)  DOBBS (3)  GOODLEY (3)  HAXBY (1)  HINCH (4)  KETTLEWELL (3)  KILLICK (KILLACK) (2)  KILLACK (2)  KIRKE (8)  NELL (1)  POTTAGE (1)  PROUD (8)  RICHARDSON (1)  SHELLEY (1)  SMITH (13)  STAVES (3)  WHITE (1)