Top surnames from the 1881 census in Graffham, Huntingdonshire

Graffham 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
CHANDLER216.1947192.84
ELLIS205.899740.63
WHITE195.604717.44
ARMSTRONG154.424857.89
SHARMAN133.8348278.37
COOK133.834819.31
BROWN123.53985.37
PARROTT113.2448285.71
SMITH113.24482.30
JEFFS92.6549339.62
LAYTON92.6549332.10
CASE82.3599235.99
JOHNSON82.35997.02
COX72.064913.62
SAWYER72.0649112.00
LOFTHOUSE72.0649276.68
DEIGHTON61.7699352.94
FROST61.769931.48
RAYMOND51.4749255.10
HODSON51.474971.23
BADGER41.1799204.08
SAUNDERS41.179912.87
ASHFORD41.1799119.40
WALKER41.17993.52
NEWMAN41.179915.87
EKINS41.1799689.66
BORNE41.17993,076.92
INGLE41.1799289.86
WOODHAM41.1799350.88
PRATT41.179920.53
DRAKE41.179940.49
INGRAM30.885028.99
CADE30.8850283.02
RICKSON30.88501,764.71
ARCHER20.590014.27
CHILDS20.590032.10
MARRIOTT20.590026.35
ROBINSON10.29500.93
GAMMONS10.2950625.00
BRANSON10.295082.64
ROBERTS10.29500.78
CORN10.2950400.00
PURSER10.295080.00
GODFREY10.29509.95
CHAPMAN10.29502.08
MAGGS10.295044.05
SADLER10.295012.52
CROSS10.29504.29
GAUNT10.295029.94
WAKEFIELD10.295016.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BORNE0.343393076.9231
RICKSON0.343391764.7059
EKINS0.34339689.6552
GAMMONS0.34339625.0000
CORN0.34339400.0000
DEIGHTON0.34339352.9412
WOODHAM0.34339350.8772
JEFFS0.34339339.6226
LAYTON0.34339332.1033
INGLE0.34339289.8551
PARROTT0.34339285.7143
CADE0.34339283.0189
SHARMAN0.34339278.3726
LOFTHOUSE0.34339276.6798
RAYMOND0.34339255.1020
CASE0.34339235.9882
BADGER0.34339204.0816
CHANDLER0.34339192.8375
ASHFORD0.34339119.4030
SAWYER0.34339112.0000
BRANSON0.3433982.6446
PURSER0.3433980.0000
HODSON0.3433971.2251
ARMSTRONG0.3433957.8927
MAGGS0.3433944.0529
ELLIS0.3433940.6256
DRAKE0.3433940.4858
CHILDS0.3433932.1027
FROST0.3433931.4795
GAUNT0.3433929.9401
INGRAM0.3433928.9855
MARRIOTT0.3433926.3505
PRATT0.3433920.5339
COOK0.3433919.3050
WHITE0.3433917.4360
WAKEFIELD0.3433916.4745
NEWMAN0.3433915.8667
ARCHER0.3433914.2653
COX0.3433913.6240
SAUNDERS0.3433912.8659
SADLER0.3433912.5156
GODFREY0.343399.9502
JOHNSON0.343397.0237
BROWN0.343395.3698
CROSS0.343394.2863
WALKER0.343393.5249
FOX0.343393.1766
SMITH0.343392.2981
CHAPMAN0.343392.0768
MARTIN0.343391.1975

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 339 people called BORNE in Graffham 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 3076.9231 in Graffham means that 3076.9231% of the people in Graffham on census day were called BORNE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BORNE 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 BORNE 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 BORNE 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 BORNE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Graffham means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BORNE in Graffham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Graffham in 1881

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

ARCHER (2)  ARMSTRONG (15)  ASHFORD (4)  ATTWATERS (10)  BADGER (4)  BORNE (4)  BRANSON (1)  BROWN (12)  CADE (3)  CHANDLER (21)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHILDS (2)  COALES (1)  COOK (13)  CORN (1)  COX (7)  CROSS (1)  DEIGHTON (6)  DORKS (5)  DORKES (4)  DORK (1)  DRAKE (4)  EKINS (4)  ELLIS (20)  FENSOME (7)  FOX (1)  FROST (6)  GAMMONS (1)  GAUNT (1)  GAVINS (8)  GODFREY (1)  GOODAY (4)  HODSON (5)  INGLESBY (1)  INGLE (4)  INGRAM (3)  JEFFS (9)  JOHNSON (8)  CASE (8)  LAYTON (9)  LOFTHOUSE (7)  MARRIOTT (2)  MARTIN (1)  MAGGS (1)  NEWMAN (4)  PARROTT (11)  PRATT (4)  PUCKLE (4)  PURSER (1)  RAYMOND (5)  RIGNAL (1)  RICKSON (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SADLER (1)  SAUNDERS (4)  SAWYER (7)  SHARMAN (13)  SMITH (11)  TATTMAN (4)  UPEX (3)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALKER (4)  WHITE (19)  WOODHAM (4) 

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