Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chesterton, Huntingdonshire

Chesterton 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
SMART137.5581166.03
GANDY126.97671,739.13
CORBETT95.2326267.06
MITCHELL84.651222.93
HULET74.069870,000.00
PLOWMAN74.0698795.45
JORDAN74.069892.11
HOWARD74.069841.47
CASE63.4884348.84
COLEMAN52.907058.34
CARTER52.907017.32
LEWIS42.32568.85
JINKS42.3256555.56
GRIFFEN42.3256714.29
GORE42.3256206.19
TALBOT31.744270.09
BARRETT31.744225.97
RATCLIFFE31.744263.16
WINTERS21.1628273.97
GIBBONS21.162836.17
ADAMS21.16287.89
SMITH21.16280.82
CLARK21.16283.87
SHEFFIELD21.1628222.22
SYMONDS21.162896.62
BURDETT10.581482.64
PALMER10.58144.93
WAKEHAM10.5814153.85
MOORE10.58142.91
COX10.58143.84
STAFFORD10.581427.32
SLATER10.58149.61
PYWELL10.5814476.19
WILSON10.58141.27
BROWN10.58140.88
PAINE10.581442.19
MONK10.581427.70
LANGDON10.581474.63
WOODARD10.5814270.27
BUTTERWORTH10.581416.18
WARNER10.581415.95
NIX10.5814227.27
DORRINGTON10.5814185.19
COOK10.58142.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HULET0.1717270000.0000
GANDY0.171721739.1304
PLOWMAN0.17172795.4545
GRIFFEN0.17172714.2857
JINKS0.17172555.5556
PYWELL0.17172476.1905
CASE0.17172348.8372
WINTERS0.17172273.9726
WOODARD0.17172270.2703
CORBETT0.17172267.0623
NIX0.17172227.2727
SHEFFIELD0.17172222.2222
GORE0.17172206.1856
DORRINGTON0.17172185.1852
SMART0.17172166.0281
WAKEHAM0.17172153.8462
SYMONDS0.1717296.6184
JORDAN0.1717292.1053
BURDETT0.1717282.6446
LANGDON0.1717274.6269
TALBOT0.1717270.0935
RATCLIFFE0.1717263.1579
COLEMAN0.1717258.3431
PAINE0.1717242.1941
HOWARD0.1717241.4692
GIBBONS0.1717236.1664
MONK0.1717227.7008
STAFFORD0.1717227.3224
BARRETT0.1717225.9740
MITCHELL0.1717222.9292
CARTER0.1717217.3190
BUTTERWORTH0.1717216.1812
WARNER0.1717215.9490
SLATER0.171729.6061
LEWIS0.171728.8456
ADAMS0.171727.8895
PALMER0.171724.9334
CLARK0.171723.8685
COX0.171723.8358
COOK0.171722.9274
MOORE0.171722.9078
WILSON0.171721.2658
BROWN0.171720.8820
SMITH0.171720.8236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 172 people called HULET in Chesterton 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 70000.0000 in Chesterton means that 70000.0000% of the people in Chesterton on census day were called HULET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HULET 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 HULET 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 HULET 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 HULET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Chesterton means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HULET in Chesterton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chesterton in 1881

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

ACHURCH (3)  ADAMS (2)  BARRETT (3)  BROWN (1)  BURCINELL (1)  BURDETT (1)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CARLIGON (1)  CARTER (5)  CLARK (2)  COLEMAN (5)  COOK (1)  CORBETT (9)  COX (1)  DALISON (1)  DORRINGTON (1)  GANDY (12)  GIBBONS (2)  JORDAN (7)  GORE (4)  GRIFFEN (4)  HEIGHTON (1)  HULET (7)  HOWARD (7)  HOTCHINS (1)  JINKS (4)  JULYAN (6)  CASE (6)  LANGDON (1)  LEWIS (4)  MITCHELL (8)  MONK (1)  MOORE (1)  NEWBON (4)  NIX (1)  NUTKINS (1)  PALMER (1)  PAINE (1)  PLOWMAN (7)  PYWELL (1)  RATCLIFFE (3)  SHEFFIELD (2)  SYMONDS (2)  SLATER (1)  SMART (13)  SMITH (2)  STAFFORD (1)  TALBOT (3)  THRIG (1)  TRAYLEN (8)  WAKEHAM (1)  WARNER (1)  WILSON (1)  WINTERS (2)  WOODARD (1) 

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