Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stilton, Huntingdonshire

Stilton 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
WOOD223.384610.62
THOMPSON192.92319.76
WRIGHT172.61548.15
BUSBY152.3077218.98
FREEMAN152.307736.14
MARKLEY142.15384,666.67
CAVE121.8462128.76
YARROW121.8462944.88
EVANS121.84624.22
WEBSTER111.692319.46
HOUGHTON101.538544.03
SPRIGGS101.5385309.60
GRIFFEN91.3846424.53
WOOLLEY91.384669.77
HUGHES91.38464.94
PHILIPS81.230866.45
CURTISS81.2308808.08
LAURANCE81.2308467.84
COX81.23088.12
WOODBRIDGE81.2308294.12
CUMBLIDGE81.230820,000.00
MITCHEL81.2308125.98
WILES71.0769124.33
NOBLE71.076925.94
HUNT71.07698.11
BUCKMASTER71.0769853.66
SOUTH60.923197.88
CROW60.923161.16
RUFF60.9231285.71
AYRES60.923166.52
SMITH60.92310.65
CARTER60.92315.50
BATES60.923114.51
SOUTHWELL60.9231147.42
IRESON60.9231454.55
WADE60.923123.06
DAVIES60.92311.81
COLLINSON60.923178.64
HILLS60.923133.37
COLES50.769222.08
BAXTER50.769212.91
MAYS50.7692134.41
OLDFIELD50.769246.55
HOLMES50.76926.32
WELLS50.76929.25
SAVAGE50.769220.02
WILKINS50.769217.40
CLIFTON50.769254.41
ADAMS40.61544.18
STOREY40.615424.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CUMBLIDGE0.6565020000.0000
ROBINETT0.656505714.2857
MARKLEY0.656504666.6667
GARR0.656501000.0000
FRYAR0.65650952.3810
YARROW0.65650944.8819
BUCKMASTER0.65650853.6585
CURTISS0.65650808.0808
LAURANCE0.65650467.8363
IRESON0.65650454.5455
GRIFFEN0.65650424.5283
SPRIGGS0.65650309.5975
WOODBRIDGE0.65650294.1176
RUFF0.65650285.7143
TAILOR0.65650263.1579
BUSBY0.65650218.9781
ELDERKIN0.65650212.7660
SHEPPERSON0.65650172.4138
TRUNDLE0.65650161.2903
SOUTHWELL0.65650147.4201
MAYS0.65650134.4086
CAVE0.65650128.7554
MITCHEL0.65650125.9843
WILES0.65650124.3339
WYLES0.65650121.9512
WALPOLE0.65650117.1875
QUINCEY0.65650106.3830
LAXTON0.65650101.0101
DEER0.6565098.0392
SOUTH0.6565097.8793
WESTGATE0.6565090.9091
LIGGINS0.6565088.4956
GANT0.6565085.4701
KERSEY0.6565080.6452
DRAGE0.6565079.6813
COLLINSON0.6565078.6370
DICKERSON0.6565075.4717
LAWRANCE0.6565070.7547
WOOLLEY0.6565069.7674
AYRES0.6565066.5188
PHILIPS0.6565066.4452
CROW0.6565061.1621
CLIFTON0.6565054.4070
OLDFIELD0.6565046.5549
TARRY0.6565046.0829
HOOTON0.6565044.6429
HOUGHTON0.6565044.0335
BRITTEN0.6565038.6100
CUNNINGTON0.6565037.3134
PEAK0.6565036.7647

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 650 people called CUMBLIDGE in Stilton 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 20000.0000 in Stilton means that 20000.0000% of the people in Stilton on census day were called CUMBLIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CUMBLIDGE 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 CUMBLIDGE 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 CUMBLIDGE 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 CUMBLIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Stilton means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CUMBLIDGE in Stilton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stilton in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALLEN (1)  BAKER (1)  BATES (6)  BAXTER (5)  BEETON (1)  BELLAMY (1)  BETTLES (2)  BLACKMAN (2)  BRAINS (6)  BRITTEN (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKMASTER (7)  BULLIMORE (2)  BUSBY (15)  BUTTER (1)  CARESS (3)  CARTER (6)  CAVE (12)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLAY (1)  CLIFTON (5)  COBB (1)  COLES (5)  COLLINSON (6)  COX (8)  COCK (1)  CROOKHORN (1)  CROW (6)  CUMBLIDGE (8)  CUNNINGTON (1)  CURTISS (8)  DARTNELL (5)  DAVIES (6)  DICKERSON (2)  DRAGE (2)  DEER (1)  EAST (1)  ELDERKIN (1)  EVANS (12)  AYRES (6)  FREEMAN (15)  FRYER (1)  FRYAR (2)  GARR (1)  GANT (2)  GOODMAN (2)  GREEN (2)  GREGORY (2)  GRIFFEN (9)  GROCOCK (1)  GROOM (2)  HART (1)  HEIGHTON (6)  HERCOCK (3)  HEWERDINE (1)  HILLIER (1)  HILLS (6)  HOLMES (5)  HOOTON (1)  HOUGHTON (10)  HOWES (3)  HUDSON (3)  HUGHES (9)  HUNT (7)  HUTTON (3)  IRESON (6)  ISLIP (7)  JACKSON (4)  JARVIS (1)  KERSEY (1)  KING (2)  KNIGHT (4)  LAWRANCE (3)  LAURANCE (8)  LAXTON (2)  LEE (2)  LIGGINS (1)  LOW (2)  LYON (1)  MEADWELL (6)  MARKLEY (14)  MARTIN (1)  MAYS (5)  MITCHEL (8)  MORE (1)  MOSSENDEW (1)  MOSENDEW (1)  MOYSES (2)  MOYSER (6)  NEAIL (7)  NEATE (2)  NEATH (8)  NOBLE (7)  NUNN (3)  OLDFIELD (5)  PAPWORTH (8)  PASHLER (3)  PEACOCK (1)  PEAK (1)  PERKINS (2)  PETTIFER (14)  PHILIPS (8)  PRATT (1)  PRIOR (4)  QUINCEY (1)  RATE (1)  REED (1)  RICE (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINETT (4)  RUFF (6)  SAVAGE (5)  SCOTNEY (3)  SEATON (1)  SHEPPERSON (1)  SMALLEY (2)  SMITH (6)  SOUTH (6)  SOUTHWELL (6)  SPENCER (4)  SPRIGGS (10)  STANYON (3)  STOKES (3)  STOREY (4)  STRATTON (2)  STRICKSON (3)  STUBLEY (1)  TARRY (1)  TAILOR (3)  TESLOFF (6)  THOMPSON (19)  TRUMAN (1)  TRUNDLE (1)  UMINES (1)  WADE (6)  WALPOLE (3)  WELLS (5)  WEBSTER (11)  WEST (1)  WESTGATE (1)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILKINS (5)  WYLES (2)  WILES (7)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (22)  WOODBRIDGE (8)  WOOLLEY (9)  WRIGHT (17)  YARROW (12)  YEARDYE (1) 

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