Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire

Chippenham is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cambridgeshire

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
MOSS314.798877.85
LANGLEY304.6440211.71
NUNN284.3344247.57
TAYLOR274.17966.54
WESTLEY213.2508792.45
SCRIVENER213.2508742.05
COLE203.096033.98
FULLER192.941272.71
DRAKE192.9412100.96
SPARKES172.6316359.41
EDWARDS172.63169.44
DOWNING162.4768142.48
SEAL132.0124278.97
BUCK132.012493.86
GREEN121.85766.60
BANKS91.393227.16
SALE91.3932211.27
ADAMS81.23848.40
PLACE81.2384235.99
POOLEY81.2384153.26
LANGHORNE81.23842,162.16
HUNT81.23849.32
PLEDGER81.2384503.14
DOE71.0836226.54
SMALLEY71.0836119.66
HOBBS60.928825.49
BAILEY60.92886.17
KNOTT60.928846.84
RUST60.9288175.95
KENT60.928822.04
WRIGHT60.92882.90
WELLS60.928811.16
NEWMAN50.774010.41
BULLMAN50.7740806.45
SIER50.77402,173.91
AVEY50.77401,063.83
LISTER50.774027.14
NEALE40.619226.09
MANN40.619211.75
PETCH40.6192139.86
ROOK40.619290.70
BISHOP40.61928.86
DUFFIELD40.619271.43
TWEED30.4644200.00
WOODHOUSE30.464419.60
HUMPHREY30.464417.43
HOLMES30.46443.81
LEE30.46442.84
HALLS30.464458.71
HOLCOMB30.46441,153.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCARROW0.656462222.2222
SIER0.656462173.9130
LANGHORNE0.656462162.1622
HOLCOMB0.656461153.8462
AVEY0.656461063.8298
BULLMAN0.65646806.4516
WESTLEY0.65646792.4528
SCRIVENER0.65646742.0495
PLEDGER0.65646503.1447
SPARKES0.65646359.4080
SEAL0.65646278.9700
NUNN0.65646247.5685
PLACE0.65646235.9882
DOE0.65646226.5372
LANGLEY0.65646211.7149
SALE0.65646211.2676
TWEED0.65646200.0000
QUINCE0.65646185.1852
RUST0.65646175.9531
TRUNDLE0.65646161.2903
POOLEY0.65646153.2567
DOWNING0.65646142.4755
PETCH0.65646139.8601
LANGHORN0.65646121.9512
SMALLEY0.65646119.6581
DRAKE0.65646100.9564
BUCK0.6564693.8628
ROOK0.6564690.7029
MUNNS0.6564686.5801
MOSS0.6564677.8503
FULLER0.6564672.7134
DUFFIELD0.6564671.4286
HALLS0.6564658.7084
ELEY0.6564650.1253
KNOTT0.6564646.8384
CORNELL0.6564646.2963
CORBY0.6564644.2478
BAYNES0.6564639.2157
COLE0.6564633.9847
SPEAR0.6564632.8947
CLIFT0.6564628.3286
BANKS0.6564627.1575
LISTER0.6564627.1444
NEALE0.6564626.0926
HURRELL0.6564626.0417
HOBBS0.6564625.4885
WAGSTAFF0.6564624.8756
KENT0.6564622.0426
WOODHOUSE0.6564619.5950
WHITMORE0.6564617.6367

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 646 people called SCARROW in Chippenham 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 2222.2222 in Chippenham means that 2222.2222% of the people in Chippenham on census day were called SCARROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCARROW 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 SCARROW 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 SCARROW 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 SCARROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Chippenham means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCARROW in Chippenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chippenham in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  AVEY (5)  BAILEY (6)  BAYNES (1)  BANKS (9)  BARRETT (2)  BISHOP (4)  BLAYDEN (1)  BORLEY (7)  BUCK (13)  BULLMAN (5)  BUNN (1)  CLIFT (1)  COLE (20)  CORBY (1)  CORNELL (2)  DOCKING (1)  DOE (7)  DOWNING (16)  DRAKE (19)  DUFFIELD (4)  EDWARDS (17)  ELEY (2)  FITCHES (8)  FLETCHER (1)  FULLER (19)  FROST (2)  GOSLING (1)  GOTOBED (1)  GREEN (12)  HALLIDAY (2)  HALLS (3)  HART (2)  HAYWARD (1)  HILLS (2)  HOBBS (6)  HOLCOMB (3)  HOLMES (3)  HUMPHREY (3)  HUNT (8)  HURRELL (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KENT (6)  KIRKALDIE (3)  KNOTT (6)  LANGHORN (1)  LANGHORNE (8)  LANGLEY (30)  LAWS (1)  LEE (3)  LEWIS (2)  LISTER (5)  MANN (4)  MANNING (1)  MARSH (2)  MARTIN (1)  MENDHAM (1)  MIDDLEDITCH (4)  MYSON (1)  MOSS (31)  MUNNS (2)  MUSK (3)  NEALE (4)  NEWMAN (5)  NICKOLDS (4)  NUNN (28)  PALMER (1)  PEARMAIN (1)  PECK (1)  PETCH (4)  PLACE (8)  PLEDGER (8)  POULSTON (1)  POOLEY (8)  PURR (43)  QUINCE (1)  RAYMERTT (1)  ROOK (4)  RUDDERHAM (4)  RUSHBROOK (4)  RUST (6)  SEAL (13)  SALE (9)  SIER (5)  SCARROW (2)  SCRIVENER (21)  SMALLEY (7)  SMITH (1)  SPARKES (17)  SPEAR (1)  TAYLOR (27)  TOLWORTHY (7)  TRUNDLE (1)  TWEED (3)  WAGSTAFF (2)  WALLER (2)  WARD (1)  WARDLE (1)  WEBB (1)  WELLS (6)  WEST (2)  WESTLEY (21)  WHITE (1)  WHITMORE (1)  WOODHOUSE (3)  WOODRUFFE (2)  WOOLNOUGH (1)  WRIGHT (6) 

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