Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alconbury, Huntingdonshire

Alconbury is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Huntingdonshire

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
DEW273.9187673.32
SMITH213.04792.16
CROW192.7576182.69
JOHNSON192.75768.21
ABBOTT182.612559.23
CHILDS182.6125142.18
ALLEN172.467313.06
CRICK162.3222388.35
THOMPSON142.03196.78
PALMER142.031917.24
BARNARD142.031981.87
COOPER142.03198.35
ALBAN142.03197,777.78
FOSTER142.031915.20
BRIGGS131.886834.74
HORNER131.886899.16
KNIGHTON121.7417495.87
TOWNSEND111.596537.58
LOW91.306261.64
EAST91.306284.03
YATES81.161116.90
CORN81.16111,568.63
PEEK81.1611439.56
GARRETT81.161151.15
GROOM71.016072.46
TAYLOR71.01601.59
STURMAN71.0160457.52
PARKER60.87084.58
GALE60.870829.07
HALL60.87082.96
CADE60.8708279.07
GRAY60.87086.10
SWALES60.8708124.48
JARVIS60.870819.40
BENNETT60.87085.30
PRENTICE50.725761.65
LENTON50.7257145.35
DURANT50.7257209.21
WRIGHT50.72572.26
WHITE50.72572.26
WARBOYS50.7257980.39
HOLDING50.725781.83
ELLIOTT50.72578.55
THOMSON50.72575.43
HOWES40.580633.22
BECK40.580624.83
LEE40.58063.55
NEGUS40.5806204.08
FAULKNER30.435416.07
WAGSTAFF30.435435.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALBAN0.696897777.7778
GROOMS0.696892307.6923
CORN0.696891568.6275
WARBOYS0.69689980.3922
CURRINGTON0.69689833.3333
DEW0.69689673.3167
KNIGHTON0.69689495.8678
STURMAN0.69689457.5163
PEEK0.69689439.5604
CRICK0.69689388.3495
WEEKLY0.69689370.3704
BARD0.69689350.8772
CADE0.69689279.0698
MINNEY0.69689277.7778
DURANT0.69689209.2050
NEGUS0.69689204.0816
CROW0.69689182.6923
BRAWN0.69689160.0000
LENTON0.69689145.3488
CHILDS0.69689142.1801
ROLLINGS0.69689140.1869
DILLEY0.69689137.6147
SWALES0.69689124.4813
FLANDERS0.69689118.3432
HARRADINE0.69689104.1667
HORNER0.6968999.1609
RANDS0.6968999.0099
RICKETT0.6968996.1538
EAST0.6968984.0336
BARNARD0.6968981.8713
HOLDING0.6968981.8331
ROWLING0.6968973.5294
GROOM0.6968972.4638
WORLEY0.6968965.3595
PRENTICE0.6968961.6523
LOW0.6968961.6438
ABBOTT0.6968959.2300
DOGGETT0.6968956.1798
RUST0.6968954.9451
GARRETT0.6968951.1509
PARNELL0.6968945.0450
LACK0.6968942.5532
TOWNSEND0.6968937.5811
MARKHAM0.6968936.5854
POOLEY0.6968935.9712
WAGSTAFF0.6968935.0058
BRIGGS0.6968934.7408
HOWES0.6968933.2226
MACE0.6968932.9489
GALE0.6968929.0698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 689 people called ALBAN in Alconbury 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 7777.7778 in Alconbury means that 7777.7778% of the people in Alconbury on census day were called ALBAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALBAN 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 ALBAN 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 ALBAN 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 ALBAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.69 in Alconbury means that you are 0.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALBAN in Alconbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alconbury in 1881

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

ABBOTT (18)  ALBAN (14)  ALLEN (17)  BARD (2)  BARNARD (14)  BASIEL (1)  BATTRAM (1)  BECK (4)  BEEBY (2)  BENNETT (6)  BINGE (7)  BRAWN (2)  BRIGGS (13)  BROMHEAD (2)  BRUDNELL (6)  BUTCHER (1)  BOUTALL (5)  CADE (6)  CALDER (2)  CHILDS (18)  CLARK (2)  CONWAY (3)  COOPER (14)  CORN (8)  COX (1)  CRICK (16)  CROW (19)  CURRINGTON (2)  DEATH (8)  DEW (27)  DILLEY (3)  DOGGETT (1)  DUNKLEYS (4)  DURANT (5)  EAST (9)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELLISON (1)  IVETT (7)  FAULKNER (3)  FLANDERS (2)  FORSTER (3)  FOSTER (14)  FREEMAN (1)  GALE (6)  GARRETT (8)  GOODLIFFE (2)  GRAY (6)  GROOMS (3)  GROOM (7)  HALL (6)  HARLOCK (1)  HARRADINE (1)  HODBY (3)  HOLDING (5)  HORNER (13)  HOWES (4)  IRELAND (1)  JAMES (1)  JARVIS (6)  JOHNSON (19)  JUDD (2)  KNIGHTON (12)  LACK (1)  LEACH (3)  LEE (4)  LENTON (5)  LOW (9)  MARKHAM (3)  MARSHALL (3)  MACE (2)  MIDLETON (6)  MINNEY (2)  MORRIS (3)  NEGUS (4)  NORTHILL (4)  PALMER (14)  PAPWORTH (14)  PARKER (6)  PARNELL (3)  PEACH (2)  PEACOCK (2)  PEEK (8)  PECK (2)  PELL (1)  POOLEY (2)  POTTLES (3)  POWNEY (8)  PRENTICE (5)  RANDS (2)  RICKETT (2)  RINGROW (8)  ROBINSON (2)  ROSE (3)  ROLLINGS (3)  ROWLING (1)  RUSSELL (3)  RUST (2)  SAUNDERS (2)  SCOTT (3)  SCUFFHAM (1)  SHARP (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SLADE (2)  SLOW (1)  SMITH (21)  SPLUVINGS (11)  SPLUVINS (1)  STEVENS (1)  STUBBINGS (2)  STURMAN (7)  SUMMERS (1)  SWALES (6)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMPSON (14)  THOMSON (5)  TIDY (1)  TOWNSEND (11)  TRUNDLER (1)  WAGSTAFF (3)  WARSOP (1)  WATKINS (1)  WEEKLY (1)  WHITE (5)  WILLS (2)  WIMPRESS (3)  WORBOYS (1)  WARBOYS (5)  WORLEY (2)  WRIGHT (5)  YATES (8)  YOUNG (2) 

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