Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grasby, Lincolnshire

Grasby 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
KING286.812731.26
LACEY215.1095277.41
DIXON174.136337.75
HINCH143.40632,916.67
HOLLINGSWORTH133.1630477.94
TYSON122.9197223.88
BARRON112.6764172.96
BRANNAM102.433120,000.00
MIDDLETON102.433146.34
LAWE92.18984,736.84
URRY92.18981,250.00
WARDELL92.1898552.15
SMITH81.94651.38
MILSON81.9465898.88
LUSBY81.94651,739.13
FOSTER81.946514.56
DRAYTON71.7032482.76
HAND71.7032141.99
COUPLAND61.4599230.77
BRIGGS61.459926.88
BELL61.45997.77
GOOD61.4599117.42
THOMPSON61.45994.87
DANN51.2165193.05
MARKHAM51.2165102.25
KENDALL51.216556.50
CUTHBERT51.216584.60
SHEPHARD40.9732101.52
COULSON40.973254.27
CROSS40.973214.14
JOHNSON40.97322.90
FREAR30.7299681.82
PARROTT30.729964.24
ATKINSON30.72997.49
FISH30.729939.22
CLARKE30.72993.60
JACKSON30.72992.61
SWALLOW30.729972.46
WARD30.72993.34
BATES20.48667.65
DRURY20.486630.63
QUIRK20.4866102.04
CURTIS20.48668.58
PARROT20.4866425.53
EYRE20.486640.57
MOSS20.48667.90
SKELTON20.486633.44
HARRIS20.48661.91
RICHARDSON20.48662.86
KNIGHT20.48663.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRANNAM0.4141120000.0000
LAWE0.414114736.8421
HINCH0.414112916.6667
LUSBY0.414111739.1304
URRY0.414111250.0000
MILSON0.41411898.8764
FREAR0.41411681.8182
WARDELL0.41411552.1472
DRAYTON0.41411482.7586
HOLLINGSWORTH0.41411477.9412
PARROT0.41411425.5319
LACEY0.41411277.4108
COUPLAND0.41411230.7692
TYSON0.41411223.8806
WILMORE0.41411196.0784
DANN0.41411193.0502
BARRON0.41411172.9560
MILLSON0.41411172.4138
HAND0.41411141.9878
BRIGHTON0.41411137.9310
WINSHIP0.41411119.0476
GOOD0.41411117.4168
MARKHAM0.41411102.2495
QUIRK0.41411102.0408
RABY0.41411101.5228
SHEPHARD0.41411101.5228
MUMBY0.4141184.7458
CUTHBERT0.4141184.6024
SWALLOW0.4141172.4638
HINDS0.4141170.4225
TANSLEY0.4141165.7895
PARROTT0.4141164.2398
BERNARD0.4141158.8235
DANBY0.4141156.8182
KENDALL0.4141156.4972
COULSON0.4141154.2741
MIDDLETON0.4141146.3392
EYRE0.4141140.5680
FISH0.4141139.2157
DIXON0.4141137.7526
MOOR0.4141134.7222
SKELTON0.4141133.4448
KING0.4141131.2605
DRURY0.4141130.6279
BRIGGS0.4141126.8817
FRANCE0.4141116.0000
PARISH0.4141115.7729
FOSTER0.4141114.5587
CROSS0.4141114.1443
EATON0.414118.6881

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 411 people called BRANNAM in Grasby 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 Grasby means that 20000.0000% of the people in Grasby on census day were called BRANNAM.

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

All the surnames recorded in Grasby in 1881

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

ALLENBY (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BARKER (2)  BARKWORTH (5)  BERNARD (1)  BARRON (11)  BATES (2)  BAUMBY (4)  BELL (6)  BOOTH (2)  BRANNAM (10)  BRIGGS (6)  BRIGHTON (2)  BROWN (1)  BRUMPTON (7)  CLARKE (3)  CLIPSON (1)  COOK (2)  COUPLAND (6)  COULSON (4)  CREDLAND (2)  CROSS (4)  CURTIS (2)  CUTHBERT (5)  DANBY (1)  DANN (5)  DIXON (17)  DRAYTON (7)  DRURY (2)  EATON (1)  EYRE (2)  FISH (3)  FOSTER (8)  FRANKISH (15)  FRANCE (1)  FROW (2)  FREAR (3)  GILLIAT (1)  GOOD (6)  HAMMOND (1)  HAND (7)  HARRIS (2)  HINDS (2)  HINCH (14)  HOLLINGSWORTH (13)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (4)  KENDALL (5)  KING (28)  KNIGHT (2)  LACEY (21)  LAWE (9)  LUSBY (8)  MARKHAM (5)  MIDDLETON (10)  MILLSON (1)  MILSON (8)  MOOR (2)  MOSS (2)  MUMBY (1)  NEWMARCH (4)  NICHOLLSON (1)  ONSLOW (1)  OSGODBY (7)  PARISH (1)  PARROT (2)  PARROTT (3)  PIKE (1)  QUIRK (2)  RABY (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  RYSDALE (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEPHARD (4)  SKELTON (2)  SMITH (8)  SPLAYFORD (2)  STEPHENSON (1)  SWALLOW (3)  TANSLEY (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TYSON (12)  URRY (9)  WARD (3)  WARDELL (9)  WHEETHER (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITELAM (3)  WILMORE (1)  WINSHIP (1) 

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