Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bonby, Lincolnshire

Bonby is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lincolnshire

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
WALKER143.448310.30
CURTIS133.202056.42
WILSON133.20206.97
BEEDHAM102.46312,272.73
BROWN92.21673.36
GRAY92.216715.53
ATKINSON81.970420.23
HAVERCROFT81.97042,666.67
SEWELL81.970493.24
PIKE71.724159.32
CLAYTON71.724131.72
LING71.7241182.29
TAYLOR71.72412.70
LAWE61.47783,157.89
HUDSON61.477818.05
MORLEY61.477836.97
HOLLINGSWORTH61.4778223.05
HERBERT61.477839.55
HOWELL61.477835.07
ELLIS61.477810.18
GIBSON61.477812.18
WEST61.477815.35
WINN51.2315126.90
KENDALL51.231557.21
GLOVER51.231528.89
MARSHALL51.23157.34
RILEY51.231515.57
EAST51.231579.24
GRANT40.98529.93
PARKINSON40.985220.54
SKIPWORTH40.98521,052.63
WARDLE40.985250.89
BOLTON40.985222.88
TOMLINSON40.985221.37
MITCHELL40.98524.86
OSBORNE40.985220.64
FREEMAN30.738911.57
ROBERTS30.73891.96
BAKER30.73893.37
DRAYTON30.7389209.79
BILTON30.7389174.42
PEART30.7389129.87
JOHNSON30.73892.20
COOK30.73893.72
WILLIAMSON30.73898.24
FOSTER30.73895.53
MARRIS30.7389526.32
MASON20.49263.66
DRINKWATER20.492650.00
SMITH20.49260.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAWE0.414063157.8947
HAVERCROFT0.414062666.6667
BEEDHAM0.414062272.7273
SKIPWORTH0.414061052.6316
MARRIS0.41406526.3158
VESSEY0.41406289.8551
HOLLINGSWORTH0.41406223.0483
DRAYTON0.41406209.7902
LING0.41406182.2917
BILTON0.41406174.4186
PEART0.41406129.8701
WINN0.41406126.9036
EMPSON0.41406114.9425
SEWELL0.4140693.2401
EAST0.4140679.2393
PIKE0.4140659.3220
KENDALL0.4140657.2082
CURTIS0.4140656.4236
WARDLE0.4140650.8906
DRINKWATER0.4140650.0000
HERBERT0.4140639.5517
CLIFFE0.4140639.2157
COUPLAND0.4140638.9105
MORLEY0.4140636.9686
HOWELL0.4140635.0672
STAMP0.4140633.4448
CLAYTON0.4140631.7173
WITHERS0.4140630.0300
BRICE0.4140629.8507
GLOVER0.4140628.8850
DENT0.4140625.8732
STARKEY0.4140624.8139
BOLTON0.4140622.8833
TOMLINSON0.4140621.3675
OSBORNE0.4140620.6398
PARKINSON0.4140620.5444
ATKINSON0.4140620.2327
MAJOR0.4140618.2482
HUDSON0.4140618.0505
BROMLEY0.4140616.0000
RILEY0.4140615.5666
GRAY0.4140615.5280
WEST0.4140615.3492
GIBSON0.4140612.1753
HODSON0.4140611.9048
FREEMAN0.4140611.5696
WALKER0.4140610.3009
ELLIS0.4140610.1764
GRANT0.414069.9280
FOWLER0.414068.6244

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 406 people called LAWE in Bonby 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 3157.8947 in Bonby means that 3157.8947% of the people in Bonby on census day were called LAWE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAWE 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 LAWE 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 LAWE 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 LAWE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Bonby means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAWE in Bonby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bonby in 1881

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

ATKINSON (8)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (3)  BEACOCK (16)  BEEDHAM (10)  BILTON (3)  BOLTON (4)  BROMLEY (1)  BROWN (9)  BRICE (1)  CAMPLIN (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLAYTON (7)  CLIFFE (1)  COOK (3)  COUPLAND (1)  CUMMINGWORTH (2)  CURTIS (13)  DAY (2)  DEAN (1)  DENT (2)  DRAYTON (3)  DRIFFIELD (2)  DRINKWATER (2)  DUFFILL (1)  EAST (5)  ELLIS (6)  EMPSON (1)  EVERATT (7)  FIELDSEND (4)  FOSTER (3)  FOWLER (2)  FREEMAN (3)  FROGGATT (2)  GANSON (2)  GIBSON (6)  GILLIATT (1)  GLOVER (5)  GOODHAND (4)  GOULTON (1)  GRANT (4)  GRAY (9)  GREEN (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARSLEY (2)  HAVERCROFT (8)  HERBERT (6)  HILL (1)  HODSON (1)  HOGGARTH (6)  HOLLINGSWORTH (6)  HOLMES (2)  HOLTBY (1)  HOOKHAM (3)  HOWELL (6)  HUDSON (6)  JOHNSON (3)  KENDALL (5)  LAWE (6)  LING (7)  MAJOR (1)  MARRIS (3)  MARSHALL (5)  MASON (2)  MATTHEWS (2)  MITCHELL (4)  MORLEY (6)  OSBORNE (4)  PAGE (1)  PARKINSON (4)  PEART (3)  PIKE (7)  RICHARDSON (2)  RILEY (5)  ROBERTS (3)  RUSLING (5)  SINDERSON (3)  SEWELL (8)  SHARP (1)  SHEARSMITH (9)  SKIPWORTH (4)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (2)  STAMFORD (1)  STAMP (1)  STARKEY (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STEVENSON (1)  TAYLOR (7)  THOROGOOD (1)  TOMLINSON (4)  TOWNEND (1)  TRIPPITT (4)  TROUGHT (6)  UPPLEBY (5)  VESSEY (2)  WADDINGHAM (3)  WALKER (14)  WARDLE (4)  WEST (6)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILSON (13)  WINN (5)  WITHERS (2) 

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