Top surnames from the 1881 census in Greetwell, Lincolnshire

Greetwell 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
JOHNSON910.465131.14
MANDERS89.30234,705.88
HARRISON89.302341.91
PERRIN78.1395795.45
DAWSON66.976763.29
BATES66.9767109.69
RAMSDEN66.9767382.17
BAKER55.814026.54
HODSON55.8140280.90
SMITH44.65123.29
HODGSON33.488450.34
ROOK22.3256338.98
MARIS11.16282,000.00
WRIGHT11.16283.62
LAMBERT11.162821.32
WALTON11.162816.53
HARPER11.162818.15
BRISTOW11.162886.21
WILLSON11.1628104.17
WALKER11.16283.47
FRYER11.162862.50
OGDEN11.162841.15
MADDISON11.1628119.05
WATES11.16282,500.00
HOLMES11.16289.55
TOWNSEND11.162827.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANDERS0.09864705.8824
WATES0.09862500.0000
MARIS0.09862000.0000
PERRIN0.0986795.4545
RAMSDEN0.0986382.1656
ROOK0.0986338.9831
HODSON0.0986280.8989
MADDISON0.0986119.0476
BATES0.0986109.6892
WILLSON0.0986104.1667
BRISTOW0.098686.2069
DAWSON0.098663.2911
FRYER0.098662.5000
HODGSON0.098650.3356
HARRISON0.098641.9068
OGDEN0.098641.1523
JOHNSON0.098631.1419
TOWNSEND0.098627.3973
BAKER0.098626.5393
LAMBERT0.098621.3220
HARPER0.098618.1488
WALTON0.098616.5289
HOLMES0.09869.5511
WRIGHT0.09863.6245
WALKER0.09863.4734
SMITH0.09863.2941

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 86 people called MANDERS in Greetwell 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 4705.8824 in Greetwell means that 4705.8824% of the people in Greetwell on census day were called MANDERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANDERS 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 MANDERS 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 MANDERS 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 MANDERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Greetwell means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANDERS in Greetwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Greetwell in 1881

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

BAKER (5)  BATES (6)  BRISTOW (1)  DAWSON (6)  DEARLOVE (1)  DRIFFILL (1)  FRYER (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (8)  HODSON (5)  HODGSON (3)  HOLMES (1)  JOHNSON (9)  LAMBERT (1)  MADDISON (1)  MARIS (1)  MANDERS (8)  MINKLEY (1)  OGDEN (1)  PERRIN (7)  RAMSDEN (6)  ROOK (2)  SMITH (4)  TOWNSEND (1)  WALKER (1)  WALTON (1)  WILLSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WATES (1) 

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