Top surnames from the 1881 census in Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Orwell 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
MILLER566.982539.02
GILL455.611079.30
PARCELL445.48636,984.13
PEARCE404.987554.30
BREED273.36661,956.52
SMITH253.11722.21
GENTLE232.8678871.21
HAYES202.493840.10
COLLINS172.119714.77
COLLIS141.7456168.88
MERRY131.6209217.03
WILLMOTT131.6209258.45
WILKINS131.620936.67
PRIME121.4963380.95
EVERITT111.3716163.69
GIDDINGS101.2469273.97
SCOTT101.24694.93
WARD101.24695.71
WRIGHT91.12223.50
MARSHALL91.12226.69
CHAPMAN91.12227.90
SELL91.1222370.37
KING91.12225.15
PALMER91.12229.52
SOLE91.1222483.87
MUNNS91.1222314.69
HAGGER80.9975337.55
WALDECK80.997510,000.00
JARMAN80.9975104.58
MATTHEWS80.997511.44
ROADS80.9975816.33
ARTHUR80.997545.77
SWAN80.997538.52
HUCKLE80.9975314.96
BAILEY70.87285.79
ASLIN70.87281,400.00
OSBORN70.872841.94
NEAVE70.8728185.68
KNIGHTS70.872899.57
CHARTER70.8728451.61
KNIGHT60.74816.07
CARTER60.74814.46
LAW60.748116.54
MULBERRY60.74812,727.27
HUDDLESTON60.7481267.86
WELCH60.748121.28
PELL60.7481133.33
JACKSON60.74812.68
WOOD60.74812.35
FLACK50.623488.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALDECK0.8080210000.0000
PARCELL0.808026984.1270
MULBERRY0.808022727.2727
BONING0.808022500.0000
BREED0.808021956.5217
ASLIN0.808021400.0000
SUMMERLIN0.808021111.1111
GENTLE0.80802871.2121
ROADS0.80802816.3265
LEETE0.80802508.4746
SOLE0.80802483.8710
CHARTER0.80802451.6129
STANDFORD0.80802400.0000
PRIME0.80802380.9524
CATO0.80802370.3704
SELL0.80802370.3704
BRACKETT0.80802344.8276
HAGGER0.80802337.5527
HUCKLE0.80802314.9606
MUNNS0.80802314.6853
GIDDINGS0.80802273.9726
HUDDLESTON0.80802267.8571
WILLMOTT0.80802258.4493
BESTER0.80802256.4103
WILKERSON0.80802243.9024
MERRY0.80802217.0284
NEAVE0.80802185.6764
WARBOYS0.80802169.4915
COLLIS0.80802168.8782
EVERITT0.80802163.6905
PELL0.80802133.3333
CAMPS0.80802116.2791
JARMAN0.80802104.5752
KNIGHTS0.8080299.5733
BONNETT0.8080299.0099
FLACK0.8080288.4956
TINGEY0.8080281.9672
GILL0.8080279.2952
HORNSBY0.8080276.7754
MEYER0.8080276.6284
TAYLER0.8080268.0272
PEARCE0.8080254.2962
PEDLEY0.8080249.2611
ARTHUR0.8080245.7666
OSBORN0.8080241.9413
LAXTON0.8080240.9836
HAYES0.8080240.1043
NEWELL0.8080239.4633
MILLER0.8080239.0244
SWAN0.8080238.5171

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 802 people called WALDECK in Orwell 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 10000.0000 in Orwell means that 10000.0000% of the people in Orwell on census day were called WALDECK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALDECK 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 WALDECK 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 WALDECK 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 WALDECK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in Orwell means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALDECK in Orwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Orwell in 1881

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

ANDERSON (4)  ARTHUR (8)  ASLIN (7)  BAILEY (7)  BARKER (4)  BARLOW (3)  BELCHER (1)  BESTER (1)  BLOWS (1)  BONING (4)  BONNETT (2)  BRACKETT (1)  BREED (27)  BULLEN (1)  CAMPS (1)  CARTER (6)  CHARTER (7)  CATO (4)  CHAPMAN (9)  CLARK (1)  COLLINS (17)  COLLIN (1)  COLLIS (14)  CONSTABLE (1)  DARLOW (1)  DAY (4)  DELLAR (2)  EVERITT (11)  FLACK (5)  FLOWES (1)  FRENCH (3)  GATWARD (3)  GENTLE (23)  GILL (45)  GIDDINGS (10)  HAGGER (8)  HARNSBY (2)  HAYES (20)  HEARNE (1)  HORNSBY (4)  HOTE (1)  HUCKLE (8)  HUDDLESTON (6)  HURST (1)  INGREY (8)  JACKSON (6)  JARMAN (8)  JOHNSON (4)  JUDD (3)  KING (9)  KNIGHTS (7)  KNIGHT (6)  LAW (6)  LAXTON (1)  LEETE (3)  MALE (3)  MARSHALL (9)  MARSTON (1)  MATTHEWS (8)  MERRY (13)  MILLER (56)  MILLS (1)  MORLEY (1)  MULBERRY (6)  MUNNS (9)  MEYER (2)  NEAVE (7)  NEVSCHAFFER (2)  NEWELL (5)  NORFIELD (1)  OLIVER (5)  OSBORN (7)  PALMER (9)  PARNWELL (2)  PARCELL (44)  PATEMAN (1)  PATRICK (4)  PAINE (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEARCE (40)  PEDLEY (2)  PELL (6)  PLOW (2)  POWELL (1)  PRESLENT (1)  PRESTON (3)  PRIME (12)  RAYNER (2)  REED (4)  ROADS (8)  ROLPH (1)  ROOKE (2)  ROSE (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SERJANT (1)  SCOTT (10)  SCRUBY (2)  SELL (9)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (25)  SOLE (9)  STANDFORD (1)  SUMMERLIN (2)  SWAN (8)  TAYLOR (1)  TAYLER (3)  TINGEY (1)  WAGGSTAFF (2)  WALDECK (8)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (3)  WARD (10)  WELSH (1)  WELCH (6)  WILKINS (13)  WILKERSON (2)  WILLMOTT (13)  WILSHER (13)  WOODS (1)  WOOD (6)  WARBOYS (1)  WRIGHT (9) 

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