Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Steeping, Lincolnshire

Great Steeping 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
DAWSON249.022681.86
DRURY93.3835212.77
GOODRICH83.00751,454.55
BAKER72.631612.01
HARDY72.631643.94
SMALLEY72.6316290.46
HARRISON72.631611.85
VALES72.631623,333.33
DOUGHTY62.2556177.51
CLARKE62.255611.13
WARD62.255610.33
ARCHER62.255654.55
BROUGH62.2556184.62
MARSHALL62.255613.45
JOHNSON51.87975.59
MARR51.8797165.02
HOLMES51.879715.44
CONEY51.8797666.67
PARKER51.87979.88
WILLEY41.5038166.67
CLOUGH41.503867.34
SIMONS31.127885.47
PROCTER31.127886.96
CROFT31.127847.77
THOMPSON31.12783.76
MYERS31.127843.23
LUFFMAN31.12781,034.48
METCALF31.127855.66
LENTON20.7519150.38
ELEY20.7519121.95
PINCHBECK20.7519666.67
SIMPSON20.75194.30
BOOTH20.75197.62
SEMPER20.75191,538.46
LEACHMAN20.75192,222.22
ALLISON10.375913.23
WILKINSON10.37592.46
PANTON10.3759111.11
MEDCALF10.375996.15
GRAY10.37592.63
BRACKENBURY10.3759172.41
SHAW10.37592.05
ASHWORTH10.37599.43
LEEMAN10.3759256.41
YOUNG10.37591.75
DODDS10.375917.86
HALL10.37591.28
SYKES10.37597.84
CHAPMAN10.37592.65
MEARES10.3759909.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VALES0.2726623333.3333
LEACHMAN0.272662222.2222
SEMPER0.272661538.4615
GOODRICH0.272661454.5455
LUFFMAN0.272661034.4828
MEARES0.27266909.0909
PINCHBECK0.27266666.6667
CONEY0.27266666.6667
SMALLEY0.27266290.4564
LEEMAN0.27266256.4103
DRURY0.27266212.7660
BROUGH0.27266184.6154
DOUGHTY0.27266177.5148
BRACKENBURY0.27266172.4138
WILLEY0.27266166.6667
MARR0.27266165.0165
LENTON0.27266150.3759
ELEY0.27266121.9512
PANTON0.27266111.1111
MEDCALF0.2726696.1538
PROCTER0.2726686.9565
SIMONS0.2726685.4701
DAWSON0.2726681.8554
SPRING0.2726677.5194
CLOUGH0.2726667.3401
METCALF0.2726655.6586
ARCHER0.2726654.5455
CROFT0.2726647.7707
HARDY0.2726643.9422
MYERS0.2726643.2277
DODDS0.2726617.8571
HOLMES0.2726615.4369
MARSHALL0.2726613.4469
ALLISON0.2726613.2275
BAKER0.2726612.0110
HARRISON0.2726611.8544
CLARKE0.2726611.1317
WARD0.2726610.3252
PARKER0.272669.8834
ASHWORTH0.272669.4251
SYKES0.272667.8370
BOOTH0.272667.6220
FROST0.272666.6845
JOHNSON0.272665.5947
SIMPSON0.272664.2992
THOMPSON0.272663.7646
CHAPMAN0.272662.6469
GRAY0.272662.6330
WILKINSON0.272662.4637
SHAW0.272662.0467

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 266 people called VALES in Great Steeping 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 23333.3333 in Great Steeping means that 23333.3333% of the people in Great Steeping on census day were called VALES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VALES 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 VALES 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 VALES 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 VALES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Great Steeping means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VALES in Great Steeping than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Steeping in 1881

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

ODLING (6)  ALLISON (1)  ARCHER (6)  ASHWORTH (1)  BAKER (7)  BOOTH (2)  BRACKENBURY (1)  BROUGH (6)  CARROT (11)  CARROTT (11)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (6)  CLOUGH (4)  CONEY (5)  CROFT (3)  DAWSON (24)  DODDS (1)  DOUGHTY (6)  DRURY (9)  ELEY (2)  FROST (1)  GOODRICH (8)  GRASON (2)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (1)  GUNSON (2)  HALL (1)  HANDSLEY (6)  HARDY (7)  HARRISON (7)  HOLMES (5)  JOHNSON (5)  LEACHMAN (2)  LEEMAN (1)  LENTON (2)  LUFFMAN (3)  MARSHALL (6)  METCALF (3)  MEDCALF (1)  MILLNS (4)  MEERES (12)  MARR (5)  MYERS (3)  MEARES (1)  PANTON (1)  PARKER (5)  PARRINDER (3)  PINCHBECK (2)  PROCTER (3)  SCRIMSHAW (8)  SHAW (1)  SIMONS (3)  SEMPER (2)  SIMPSON (2)  SMALLEY (7)  SPRING (1)  SYKES (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TROWSDALE (3)  VALES (7)  WARD (6)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLEY (4)  YOUNG (1) 

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