Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire

Fen Ditton 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
HANCOCK345.0898111.88
PEACHEY253.7425932.84
NEWMAN233.443146.31
TURNER223.293411.83
BAILEY202.994019.88
WILKIN162.3952437.16
MARTIN152.24559.12
HART152.245526.33
MORLEY142.095852.43
BANKS131.946137.95
PALMER121.796415.24
SKINNER111.646732.44
REEVE111.646770.42
WARD101.49706.85
FEW91.3473592.11
EDWARDS91.34734.83
ROBINSON91.34734.23
BURLING91.3473731.71
SHIPP91.3473430.62
BURTON81.197614.06
PARKER81.19766.30
NICHOLS71.047932.17
SYMONDS71.047986.96
BUCK71.047948.88
NICHOLLS71.047920.06
SUMMERTON71.0479721.65
CULLUM71.0479267.18
CAIN60.898243.26
PINNEY60.8982645.16
MILLER60.89825.02
DEAN60.898212.94
CRICK60.8982150.38
MERRY60.8982120.24
CORNWELL60.8982155.84
TODD60.898217.65
GREEN60.89823.19
KENT60.898221.32
WESLEY60.8982230.77
BENNET60.898265.08
LORD60.898219.48
REEVES60.898221.93
COURSE50.7485476.19
EDWARD50.748580.65
JAMES50.74853.81
PETERS40.598817.07
FLACK40.598885.11
SMITH40.59880.42
PLUMB40.598874.07
FORDHAM40.598874.49
SARGENT40.598838.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAVINDER0.676681666.6667
CASBURN0.676681481.4815
PEACHEY0.67668932.8358
BURLING0.67668731.7073
SUMMERTON0.67668721.6495
MAZE0.67668666.6667
PINNEY0.67668645.1613
FEW0.67668592.1053
COURSE0.67668476.1905
WILKIN0.67668437.1585
FILBEY0.67668434.7826
SHIPP0.67668430.6220
ALLGOOD0.67668384.6154
GILLSON0.67668384.6154
KNIGHTLY0.67668357.1429
GOODIN0.67668294.1176
PAMPLIN0.67668270.2703
CULLUM0.67668267.1756
WESLEY0.67668230.7692
SAMMONS0.67668194.1748
JELLIS0.67668166.6667
SKEELS0.67668156.2500
CORNWELL0.67668155.8442
CRICK0.67668150.3759
WOOLLARD0.67668127.6596
PATMAN0.67668125.0000
BENDALL0.67668123.4568
MERRY0.67668120.2405
HANCOCK0.67668111.8789
NEGUS0.67668105.2632
SYMONDS0.6766886.9565
FLACK0.6766885.1064
CANDY0.6766884.0336
ARCH0.6766881.3008
EDWARD0.6766880.6452
FORDHAM0.6766874.4879
PLUMB0.6766874.0741
REEVE0.6766870.4225
PRYOR0.6766867.2646
BENNET0.6766865.0759
MORLEY0.6766852.4345
BUCK0.6766848.8827
NEWMAN0.6766846.3056
HOLLINGSWORTH0.6766845.2489
CAIN0.6766843.2588
SARGENT0.6766838.8727
BANKS0.6766837.9451
SKINNER0.6766832.4388
NICHOLS0.6766832.1691
POND0.6766830.8642

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 668 people called LAVINDER in Fen Ditton 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 1666.6667 in Fen Ditton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Fen Ditton on census day were called LAVINDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAVINDER 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 LAVINDER 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 LAVINDER 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 LAVINDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Fen Ditton means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAVINDER in Fen Ditton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fen Ditton in 1881

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

ALLGOOD (2)  ARCH (1)  BAILEY (20)  BANKS (13)  BANYARD (9)  BARNS (1)  BEAMONT (6)  BELSHAM (7)  BENDALL (3)  BENNETS (6)  BENNET (6)  BENSTEAD (5)  BLACKWELL (2)  BREWER (1)  BROOKS (3)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (7)  BURLING (9)  BURTON (8)  BUTTRISS (2)  CAIN (6)  CANDY (2)  CARTER (3)  CASBURN (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  COLLETT (1)  COLLIER (2)  CORNWELL (6)  COURSE (5)  COX (2)  CRICK (6)  CRISP (1)  DEAN (6)  DEATH (3)  DICKENSON (1)  DRAW (6)  EDWARDS (9)  EDWARD (5)  EVANS (3)  EVERITT (1)  FARINGTON (8)  FEW (9)  FILBEY (1)  FLACK (4)  FORD (1)  FORDHAM (4)  FISON (3)  JELLIS (1)  GILLSON (3)  GOODIN (1)  GOOSE (9)  GREEN (6)  GUNTON (7)  HANCOCK (34)  HANDLEY (1)  HART (15)  HARVEY (3)  HAYHOW (7)  HILL (2)  HOLLINGSWORTH (2)  HOLMES (2)  JAMES (5)  KEMP (1)  KENT (6)  KIDMAN (3)  KNIGHTLY (1)  LAVINDER (1)  LEWIS (2)  LONG (2)  LORD (6)  MARTIN (15)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAZE (1)  CULLUM (7)  MALLION (18)  MALING (1)  MERRY (6)  MILLER (6)  MILLS (1)  MORLEY (14)  MUGGLETON (2)  NEGUS (2)  NEWMAN (23)  NICHOLLS (7)  NICHOLS (7)  NORMAN (1)  PALMER (12)  PAMPLIN (2)  PAMPLING (8)  PARKER (8)  PATMAN (1)  PEACHEY (25)  PINNEY (6)  PETERS (4)  PLUMB (4)  POND (1)  PRATS (1)  PRYOR (3)  REEVE (11)  REEVES (6)  RICKET (2)  ROBINSON (9)  RUNHAM (2)  SAMMONS (2)  SARGENT (4)  SEYMOUR (1)  SHARP (1)  SKEELS (1)  SHIPP (9)  SYMONDS (7)  SKINNER (11)  SMITH (4)  SUMMERLIE (1)  SUMMERTON (7)  TODD (6)  TURNER (22)  WARD (10)  WATKINS (1)  WEBB (3)  WESLEY (6)  WHITE (1)  WILKIN (16)  WOOLLARD (3) 

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