Top surnames from the 1881 census in Orton Waterville, Huntingdonshire

Orton Waterville 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
BARBER216.7961112.90
MITCHELL165.178025.53
FRISBY154.85441,119.40
COOKE144.530782.11
CHAMBERS134.207173.99
ADAMS134.207128.55
ALLEN113.559918.85
IRESON103.23621,587.30
AUSTIN92.912659.60
HILLIARD82.5890952.38
MARRIOTT82.5890115.61
MAXWELL72.265495.37
SMART72.265449.75
NEGUS72.2654795.45
WILSON61.94174.23
DEXTER61.9417264.32
KILLINGWORTH61.94175,000.00
ALDERMAN51.6181413.22
CROSS51.618123.52
HILL51.61816.35
BUTLER51.618116.59
LAVENDER51.6181257.73
TODD41.294525.45
CLARKE41.29456.39
RAWLINGS41.294588.50
BRITTON41.294573.13
LAXTON41.2945425.53
WILLIAMS41.29451.80
CRICK41.2945216.22
HOLLEY30.9709263.16
BURTON30.970911.40
HOLMES30.97097.97
MILLS30.97097.49
ROBINSON30.97093.05
BROWN30.97091.47
LIMBERT20.6472571.43
DICKINSON20.647215.15
DENNIS20.647221.88
PALMER20.64725.49
MONK10.323615.41
ADAM10.323618.83
HARRIS10.32361.27
KINGSTON10.323634.72
DALE10.32367.66
OLDFIELD10.323619.57
WALLMAN10.3236769.23
COULSON10.323618.05
THOMPSON10.32361.08
SERGEANT10.323668.03
BURNHAM10.323652.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KILLINGWORTH0.313095000.0000
BEVER0.313092000.0000
IRESON0.313091587.3016
FRISBY0.313091119.4030
HILLIARD0.31309952.3810
NEGUS0.31309795.4545
WALLMAN0.31309769.2308
LIMBERT0.31309571.4286
LAXTON0.31309425.5319
ALDERMAN0.31309413.2231
DEXTER0.31309264.3172
HOLLEY0.31309263.1579
LAVENDER0.31309257.7320
CRICK0.31309216.2162
MACKLEY0.31309208.3333
MARRIOTT0.31309115.6069
BARBER0.31309112.9032
MAXWELL0.3130995.3678
RAWLINGS0.3130988.4956
COOKE0.3130982.1114
CHAMBERS0.3130973.9898
BRITTON0.3130973.1261
SERGEANT0.3130968.0272
PLOWMAN0.3130963.2911
AUSTIN0.3130959.6026
BURNHAM0.3130952.6316
SMART0.3130949.7512
KINGSTON0.3130934.7222
ADAMS0.3130928.5463
MITCHELL0.3130925.5265
TODD0.3130925.4453
TUCK0.3130925.1889
CROSS0.3130923.5183
DENNIS0.3130921.8818
OLDFIELD0.3130919.5695
ALLEN0.3130918.8453
ADAM0.3130918.8324
COULSON0.3130918.0505
BOWER0.3130917.6678
BUTLER0.3130916.5948
MONK0.3130915.4083
DICKINSON0.3130915.1515
BURTON0.3130911.3982
HOLMES0.313097.9724
DALE0.313097.6570
MILLS0.313097.4869
CLARKE0.313096.3888
HILL0.313096.3532
PALMER0.313095.4915
WATKINS0.313095.3390

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 309 people called KILLINGWORTH in Orton Waterville 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 5000.0000 in Orton Waterville means that 5000.0000% of the people in Orton Waterville on census day were called KILLINGWORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KILLINGWORTH 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 KILLINGWORTH 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 KILLINGWORTH 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 KILLINGWORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Orton Waterville means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KILLINGWORTH in Orton Waterville than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Orton Waterville in 1881

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

ADAMS (13)  ADAM (1)  ALDERMAN (5)  ALLEN (11)  AUSTIN (9)  BARBER (21)  BARFORD (1)  BEVER (1)  BODGER (6)  BOWER (1)  BRITTON (4)  BROWN (3)  BURNHAM (1)  BURTON (3)  BUTLER (5)  CHAMBERS (13)  CLARKE (4)  MACKLEY (1)  COOKE (14)  COULSON (1)  CRICK (4)  CROP (1)  CROSS (5)  DALE (1)  DENNIS (2)  DEXTER (6)  DICKINSON (2)  ELLIOTT (1)  FRISBY (15)  GANDERTON (4)  HOLDICH (4)  HALLOW (1)  HARRIS (1)  HIBBINS (2)  HILL (5)  HILLIARD (8)  HOLLEY (3)  HOLMES (3)  IRESON (10)  KILLINGWORTH (6)  KING (1)  KINGSTON (1)  LADDS (4)  LAVENDER (5)  LAXTON (4)  LIMBERT (2)  MARRIOTT (8)  MAXWELL (7)  MILLS (3)  MITCHELL (16)  MONK (1)  NEGUS (7)  OLDFIELD (1)  PALMER (2)  PLOWMAN (1)  ROBINSON (3)  RAWLINGS (4)  SERGEANT (1)  SMART (7)  SMITH (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (4)  TRAYLEN (5)  TUCK (1)  TURRALL (3)  WALLMAN (1)  WALTHAM (2)  WATKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILSON (6) 

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