Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunsby, Lincolnshire

Dunsby 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
WELLS135.829670.08
WILSON104.48439.76
PULLING94.03592,432.43
BURTON94.035947.37
MIDDLETON94.035976.86
BROWN83.58745.44
MEADOWS83.5874256.41
HOPKINS83.587459.57
GEE83.5874140.60
HUNT83.587427.01
THORPE83.587490.70
BATES73.139049.33
GREEN73.139011.15
MORLEY62.690667.34
ADCOCK52.2422227.27
NICHOLS52.242268.78
LONGSTAFF52.2422318.47
HARTLEY52.242235.77
JOHNSON41.79375.34
BILLS41.7937677.97
SANDALL31.3453681.82
PRITCHARD31.345324.98
MARTIN31.34535.46
SANDFORD31.3453188.68
ALLAM31.34531,071.43
LAWRENCE20.896913.81
HORRY20.89691,538.46
HARDY20.896914.97
REVELL20.8969155.04
PARKER20.89694.72
SMITH10.44840.32
MARCH10.448441.67
DEXTER10.448460.98
CORTON10.44841,428.57
WEST10.44844.66
CARR10.44846.22
STEVENS10.44844.30
SANSON10.4484357.14
AMOS10.448427.32
MANSFIELD10.448423.87
DAVEY10.448410.91
COLLINS10.44843.13
HANSARD10.44841,428.57
STEELE10.448416.75
COX10.44842.96
QUINCEY10.4484312.50
COFFEY10.4484147.06
BULLOCK10.448413.79
HALIFAX10.4484526.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PULLING0.222232432.4324
HORRY0.222231538.4615
CORTON0.222231428.5714
HANSARD0.222231428.5714
ALLAM0.222231071.4286
SANDALL0.22223681.8182
BILLS0.22223677.9661
HALIFAX0.22223526.3158
SANSON0.22223357.1429
LONGSTAFF0.22223318.4713
QUINCEY0.22223312.5000
MEADOWS0.22223256.4103
ADCOCK0.22223227.2727
SANDFORD0.22223188.6792
REVELL0.22223155.0388
COFFEY0.22223147.0588
GEE0.22223140.5975
THORPE0.2222390.7029
MIDDLETON0.2222376.8574
WELLS0.2222370.0809
NICHOLS0.2222368.7758
MORLEY0.2222367.3401
DEXTER0.2222360.9756
HOPKINS0.2222359.5681
BATES0.2222349.3305
BURTON0.2222347.3684
MARCH0.2222341.6667
HARTLEY0.2222335.7654
AMOS0.2222327.3224
HUNT0.2222327.0088
PRITCHARD0.2222324.9792
MANSFIELD0.2222323.8663
STEELE0.2222316.7504
HARDY0.2222314.9701
LAWRENCE0.2222313.8122
BULLOCK0.2222313.7931
GREEN0.2222311.1465
DAVEY0.2222310.9051
WILSON0.222239.7637
CARR0.222236.2150
MARTIN0.222235.4615
BROWN0.222235.4422
JOHNSON0.222235.3383
PARKER0.222234.7159
WEST0.222234.6577
STEVENS0.222234.2955
COLLINS0.222233.1250
COX0.222232.9586
SMITH0.222230.3176

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 223 people called PULLING in Dunsby 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 2432.4324 in Dunsby means that 2432.4324% of the people in Dunsby on census day were called PULLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PULLING 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 PULLING 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 PULLING 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 PULLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Dunsby means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PULLING in Dunsby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunsby in 1881

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

ADCOCK (5)  ALLAM (3)  AMOS (1)  BATES (7)  BILLS (4)  BROWN (8)  BULLOCK (1)  BURTON (9)  CARR (1)  CASSWELL (6)  COFFEY (1)  COLLINS (1)  COX (1)  DAVEY (1)  DEXTER (1)  GEBREITS (1)  GEE (8)  GREEN (7)  HALIFAX (1)  HANSARD (1)  HARDY (2)  HARTLEY (5)  HOPKINS (8)  HORRY (2)  HUNT (8)  JOHNSON (4)  CORTEN (7)  CORTON (1)  LAWRENCE (2)  LONGSTAFF (5)  LOUND (1)  MANSFIELD (1)  MARCH (1)  MARTIN (3)  MEADOWS (8)  MIDDLETON (9)  MORLEY (6)  NICHOLS (5)  PARKER (2)  PRENTICES (2)  PRITCHARD (3)  PULLING (9)  QUINCEY (1)  REESON (6)  REVELL (2)  SANDALL (3)  SANDFORD (3)  SANSON (1)  SENSICLE (4)  SMITH (1)  STEELE (1)  STEVENS (1)  THORPE (8)  WADSLEY (5)  WELLS (13)  WEST (1)  WILSON (10)  WOODTHORPE (1) 

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