Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire

Woodhurst 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
MURDEN206.04233,571.43
COOPER195.740223.60
EMERY175.1360235.13
GURRY154.531715,000.00
WOODS133.927562.29
CHAPMAN123.625425.53
FURNISS123.6254816.33
BECK92.7190116.28
CARTER92.719016.20
HALL82.41698.22
MERRILL82.4169842.11
AUBREY82.4169860.22
HART82.416928.34
ALLGOOD82.41693,076.92
HARROP82.4169212.77
WEST82.416925.10
STOKES72.114850.07
RAVEN72.1148251.80
WILSON61.81273.95
WHITE61.81275.64
FEARY51.51063,125.00
DARRINGTON51.51061,785.71
BENNETT51.51069.19
WALES41.2085149.25
BARTON41.208522.37
EKINS41.2085714.29
BARBER30.906315.06
SHADWELL30.9063789.47
SHELTON30.906377.12
WRIGHT30.90632.83
REYNOLDS30.906310.46
COX20.60423.99
ADAMS20.60424.10
REY20.60421,538.46
GALE20.604220.16
WARREN20.60429.04
PAGE20.60427.56
STEVENS20.60425.79
LEVERTON20.6042333.33
CROWE20.604260.61
COOKE20.604210.95
GREEN20.60422.15
BURGESS20.60428.70
SMITH10.30210.21
JACKSON10.30211.08
BROWN10.30210.46
PEEKS10.30212,000.00
SELBY10.302125.32
REVELL10.302152.36
SHANKS10.302139.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GURRY0.3333115000.0000
MURDEN0.333313571.4286
FEARY0.333313125.0000
ALLGOOD0.333313076.9231
PEEKS0.333312000.0000
DARRINGTON0.333311785.7143
REY0.333311538.4615
AUBREY0.33331860.2151
MERRILL0.33331842.1053
FURNISS0.33331816.3265
SHADWELL0.33331789.4737
EKINS0.33331714.2857
LEVERTON0.33331333.3333
RAVEN0.33331251.7986
EMERY0.33331235.1314
HARROP0.33331212.7660
WALES0.33331149.2537
BECK0.33331116.2791
SHELTON0.3333177.1208
WOODS0.3333162.2904
CROWE0.3333160.6061
BELTON0.3333156.1798
REVELL0.3333152.3560
STOKES0.3333150.0715
THEOBALD0.3333147.3934
SHANKS0.3333139.6825
HART0.3333128.3386
CHAPMAN0.3333125.5265
SELBY0.3333125.3165
WEST0.3333125.1020
COOPER0.3333123.5966
BARTON0.3333122.3714
GALE0.3333120.1613
CARTER0.3333116.1987
BARBER0.3333115.0602
COOKE0.3333110.9469
REYNOLDS0.3333110.4639
BENNETT0.333319.1912
WARREN0.333319.0375
BURGESS0.333318.6994
HALL0.333318.2152
PAGE0.333317.5586
STEVENS0.333315.7887
WHITE0.333315.6391
ADAMS0.333314.1000
COX0.333313.9864
WILSON0.333313.9468
WRIGHT0.333312.8251
FLETCHER0.333312.6462
GREEN0.333312.1457

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 331 people called GURRY in Woodhurst 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 15000.0000 in Woodhurst means that 15000.0000% of the people in Woodhurst on census day were called GURRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GURRY 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 GURRY 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 GURRY 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 GURRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Woodhurst means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GURRY in Woodhurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodhurst in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLGOOD (8)  ANNISS (6)  AUBREY (8)  BARBER (3)  BARTON (4)  BECK (9)  BELTON (1)  BENNETT (5)  BRIDGSTOCK (3)  BROWN (1)  BURGESS (2)  CARTER (9)  CHAPMAN (12)  COOKE (2)  COOPER (19)  COX (2)  CROWE (2)  DARRINGTON (5)  DRING (1)  EKINS (4)  ELSOME (2)  EMERY (17)  FEARY (5)  FLETCHER (1)  FURNISS (12)  GALE (2)  GAUTRY (1)  GREEN (2)  GURRY (15)  HALL (8)  HARROP (8)  HART (8)  HOBBES (2)  JACKSON (1)  JAKENS (2)  LEVERTON (2)  MURDEN (20)  MERRILL (8)  PAGE (2)  PAYTEN (1)  PEEKS (1)  REY (2)  RELTON (9)  RAVEN (7)  REVELL (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  ROWALL (7)  SADDINGTON (7)  SEEKINGS (6)  SELBY (1)  SHADWELL (3)  SHANKS (1)  SHELTON (3)  SMITH (1)  STEVENS (2)  STOKES (7)  THEOBALD (1)  WALES (4)  WARREN (2)  WEST (8)  WHITE (6)  WILSON (6)  WOODS (13)  WRIGHT (3) 

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