Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holme, Lincolnshire

Holme 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
POOL79.5890823.53
NIXON68.2192270.27
CLARK68.219227.35
BELL56.849336.44
SWANN56.8493625.00
HAVERCROFT56.849310,000.00
INGRAM45.4795179.37
NEEDHAM45.4795258.06
LOWDER45.47958,000.00
TAYLOR34.10966.43
STAMP22.7397370.37
COWLING11.3699156.25
SMITH11.36990.97
GREEN11.36994.86
WATTS11.369916.34
DRAYTON11.3699384.62
BROWN11.36992.08
PARKER11.36997.20
HALL11.36994.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAVERCROFT0.077310000.0000
LOWDER0.07738000.0000
POOL0.0773823.5294
SWANN0.0773625.0000
DRAYTON0.0773384.6154
STAMP0.0773370.3704
NIXON0.0773270.2703
NEEDHAM0.0773258.0645
INGRAM0.0773179.3722
COWLING0.0773156.2500
BELL0.077336.4431
CLARK0.077327.3473
WATTS0.077316.3399
PARKER0.07737.2046
TAYLOR0.07736.4267
GREEN0.07734.8638
HALL0.07734.6555
BROWN0.07732.0781
SMITH0.07730.9702

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 73 people called HAVERCROFT in Holme 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 10000.0000 in Holme means that 10000.0000% of the people in Holme on census day were called HAVERCROFT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAVERCROFT 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 HAVERCROFT 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 HAVERCROFT 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 HAVERCROFT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Holme means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAVERCROFT in Holme than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holme in 1881

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

BELL (5)  BROWN (1)  CLARK (6)  COWLING (1)  DRAYTON (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIMOLBY (3)  HALL (1)  HAVERCROFT (5)  INGRAM (4)  LOWDER (4)  NEEDHAM (4)  NEWBURT (2)  NIXON (6)  PARKER (1)  POOL (7)  SHERRIFF (1)  SMITH (1)  STAMFORD (3)  STAMP (2)  STANILAND (5)  SWANN (5)  TAYLOR (3)  WATTS (1) 

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