Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westville, Lincolnshire

Westville 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
WILSON107.874017.14
SMITH107.87405.58
ATKIN97.0866529.41
CARTER75.511832.83
DAFT64.72441,935.48
KING64.724421.68
BLADES43.1496555.56
JOHNSON43.14969.37
BRADLEY43.149639.22
GREENFIELD43.1496283.69
TAYLOR32.36223.69
TIMSON32.3622750.00
BARTRAM21.5748317.46
WALKER21.57484.70
THORNLEY21.5748141.84
ROBERTS21.57484.19
BETTS21.574873.53
CLARK21.57485.24
WARD21.57487.21
LOWE21.574821.01
SANDS10.787470.42
ARMSTRONG10.787410.30
MANNING10.787424.75
CHESTER10.787464.10
BROWN10.78741.19
HINSON10.7874322.58
FOUNTAIN10.7874114.94
BARBER10.787413.09
CLAY10.787438.31
WHITWORTH10.787447.17
MADDISON10.787480.65
VICKERS10.787430.67
SCHOFIELD10.787414.53
ELLIS10.78745.42
WOODS10.787412.48
PARKER10.78744.14
CARRY10.78741,000.00
HOLMES10.78746.46
BLANCHARD10.787496.15
STOKES10.787418.66
GREEN10.78742.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAFT0.131271935.4839
CARRY0.131271000.0000
TIMSON0.13127750.0000
BLADES0.13127555.5556
ATKIN0.13127529.4118
HINSON0.13127322.5806
BARTRAM0.13127317.4603
GREENFIELD0.13127283.6879
THORNLEY0.13127141.8440
FOUNTAIN0.13127114.9425
BLANCHARD0.1312796.1538
MADDISON0.1312780.6452
BETTS0.1312773.5294
SANDS0.1312770.4225
CHESTER0.1312764.1026
WHITWORTH0.1312747.1698
BRADLEY0.1312739.2157
CLAY0.1312738.3142
CARTER0.1312732.8330
VICKERS0.1312730.6748
MANNING0.1312724.7525
KING0.1312721.6763
LOWE0.1312721.0084
STOKES0.1312718.6567
WILSON0.1312717.1438
SCHOFIELD0.1312714.5349
BARBER0.1312713.0890
WOODS0.1312712.4844
ARMSTRONG0.1312710.2987
JOHNSON0.131279.3743
WARD0.131277.2098
HOLMES0.131276.4641
SMITH0.131275.5766
ELLIS0.131275.4230
CLARK0.131275.2397
WALKER0.131274.7048
ROBERTS0.131274.1859
PARKER0.131274.1408
TAYLOR0.131273.6937
GREEN0.131272.7964
BROWN0.131271.1945

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 127 people called DAFT in Westville 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 1935.4839 in Westville means that 1935.4839% of the people in Westville on census day were called DAFT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAFT 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 DAFT 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 DAFT 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 DAFT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Westville means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAFT in Westville than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westville in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKIN (9)  BARBER (1)  BARTRAM (2)  BETTS (2)  BLADES (4)  BLANCHARD (1)  BRADLEY (4)  BROWN (1)  CAHISON (1)  CARRY (1)  CARTER (7)  CHESTER (1)  CLARK (2)  CLAY (1)  DAFT (6)  ELLIS (1)  FOUNTAIN (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENFIELD (4)  HINSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KING (6)  LOWE (2)  MADDISON (1)  MANNING (1)  MARTING (3)  MACKFALL (3)  PARKER (1)  ROBERTS (2)  SANDS (1)  SERGANT (3)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SMITH (10)  SPEACHLEY (1)  STOKES (1)  SUTHERALL (6)  TAYLOR (3)  THORNLEY (2)  TIMSON (3)  TOPLER (1)  TUNNARD (1)  VICKERS (1)  WALKER (2)  WARD (2)  WELDUCK (1)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILSON (10)  WOODS (1)