Top surnames from the 1881 census in Greetham, Lincolnshire

Greetham 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
BUTLER138.843590.72
SANDALL96.12243,103.45
JOHNSON85.442216.20
NEAVE74.76191,014.49
WOOD74.761914.94
HEATH64.081682.19
PANTON64.08161,200.00
ASHTON53.401469.44
TRAVES53.40145,555.56
TODD53.401466.84
GILBERT42.721147.79
KENRICK42.72112,666.67
BROOKS42.721127.84
HOLLINGWORTH42.7211336.13
MOORE32.040810.20
DENNIS32.040868.97
TAYLOR32.04083.19
HUTSON32.0408517.24
RUTLAND21.3605444.44
BARLOW21.360525.19
HARNESS21.36051,111.11
OVERTON21.3605139.86
TROLLOPE21.3605645.16
KIRK21.360531.45
DALTON21.360559.35
BROWN10.68031.03
HILL10.68032.67
PARKER10.68033.58
WRIGHT10.68032.12
DICKSON10.680318.38
BUTTON10.680357.47
STEPHENSON10.680311.89
HOWLETT10.680350.76
GEORGE10.680311.59
SCOTT10.68032.69
ROSS10.68036.22
EDWARDS10.68032.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRAVES0.151475555.5556
SANDALL0.151473103.4483
KENRICK0.151472666.6667
PANTON0.151471200.0000
HARNESS0.151471111.1111
NEAVE0.151471014.4928
TROLLOPE0.15147645.1613
HUTSON0.15147517.2414
RUTLAND0.15147444.4444
HOLLINGWORTH0.15147336.1345
OVERTON0.15147139.8601
BUTLER0.1514790.7188
HEATH0.1514782.1918
ASHTON0.1514769.4444
DENNIS0.1514768.9655
TODD0.1514766.8449
DALTON0.1514759.3472
BUTTON0.1514757.4713
HOWLETT0.1514750.7614
GILBERT0.1514747.7897
KIRK0.1514731.4465
BROOKS0.1514727.8358
BARLOW0.1514725.1889
DICKSON0.1514718.3824
JOHNSON0.1514716.1976
WOOD0.1514714.9445
STEPHENSON0.1514711.8906
GEORGE0.1514711.5875
MOORE0.1514710.2041
ROSS0.151476.2228
PARKER0.151473.5765
TAYLOR0.151473.1911
SCOTT0.151472.6889
HILL0.151472.6709
EDWARDS0.151472.4408
WRIGHT0.151472.1204
BROWN0.151471.0320

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 147 people called TRAVES in Greetham 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 5555.5556 in Greetham means that 5555.5556% of the people in Greetham on census day were called TRAVES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRAVES 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 TRAVES 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 TRAVES 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 TRAVES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Greetham means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRAVES in Greetham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Greetham in 1881

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

ASHTON (5)  BARLOW (2)  BAUMBER (1)  BROOKS (4)  BROWN (1)  BRUMPTON (1)  BUTLER (13)  BUTTON (1)  CHALLANCE (1)  DALTON (2)  DENNIS (3)  DICKSON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FANTHORPE (2)  GEORGE (1)  GILBERT (4)  HARNESS (2)  HEATH (6)  HILL (1)  HOLLINGWORTH (4)  HOLTBY (3)  HOWLETT (1)  HUTSON (3)  JOHNSON (8)  KENRICK (4)  KIRK (2)  MAWER (9)  MOORE (3)  NEAVE (7)  OVERTON (2)  PANTON (6)  PARKER (1)  PAYLING (4)  PHILLPSON (1)  ROSS (1)  RUTLAND (2)  SANDALL (9)  SCOTT (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TODD (5)  TRAVES (5)  TROLLOPE (2)  WOOD (7)  WRIGHT (1) 

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