Top surnames from the 1881 census in Honington, Lincolnshire

Honington 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
HILL84.469317.55
NIX73.91061,521.74
FAULKNER73.9106144.33
HEADLAND73.91062,592.59
MELVILLE73.9106370.37
DOWSE63.3520983.61
GRAVES63.3520221.40
SANDERS63.352073.98
LANE52.793340.52
CHRISTIAN52.7933280.90
FARMER52.793389.45
STANHOPE52.79331,162.79
CUNNINGTON52.7933675.68
HAMMOND52.793349.07
REEK42.23466,666.67
WRIGHT42.23466.97
HORNSBY31.6760258.62
WELDON31.6760416.67
TAYLOR31.67602.62
BOND31.676031.68
BEESON21.1173277.78
STOCKDALE21.1173143.88
PALMER21.11739.48
BREWSTER21.1173115.61
DOLBY21.1173298.51
PHILPOTT21.1173145.99
HICKS21.117326.70
PHILLIPS21.11736.24
SLACK10.558735.46
BRITTAIN10.558772.46
SHIELDS10.558736.10
WILMOTT10.5587163.93
ROBINSON10.55871.75
HITCHCOCK10.558748.31
TURNER10.55872.01
CROSS10.55878.12
RABY10.5587116.28
HEWITT10.558711.47
SIMPSON10.55873.19
MORRISS10.558791.74
SHEFFIELD10.5587106.38
CLOW10.5587185.19
BULL10.558713.21
NORTH10.558716.86
FISHER10.55874.77
SHIPTON10.5587135.14
EXTON10.5587166.67
HOLLINGSWORTH10.558784.75
WADE10.558713.97
READING10.558772.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REEK0.181796666.6667
HEADLAND0.181792592.5926
NIX0.181791521.7391
STANHOPE0.181791162.7907
DOWSE0.18179983.6066
CUNNINGTON0.18179675.6757
WELDON0.18179416.6667
MELVILLE0.18179370.3704
DOLBY0.18179298.5075
CHRISTIAN0.18179280.8989
BEESON0.18179277.7778
HORNSBY0.18179258.6207
GRAVES0.18179221.4022
CLOW0.18179185.1852
EXTON0.18179166.6667
WILMOTT0.18179163.9344
PHILPOTT0.18179145.9854
FAULKNER0.18179144.3299
STOCKDALE0.18179143.8849
SHIPTON0.18179135.1351
RABY0.18179116.2791
BREWSTER0.18179115.6069
SHEFFIELD0.18179106.3830
MORRISS0.1817991.7431
FARMER0.1817989.4454
HOLLINGSWORTH0.1817984.7458
SANDERS0.1817973.9827
BRITTAIN0.1817972.4638
READING0.1817972.4638
TASKER0.1817952.6316
HAMMOND0.1817949.0677
HITCHCOCK0.1817948.3092
LANE0.1817940.5186
SHIELDS0.1817936.1011
SLACK0.1817935.4610
BOND0.1817931.6790
HICKS0.1817926.7023
HILL0.1817917.5477
NORTH0.1817916.8634
WADE0.1817913.9665
BULL0.1817913.2100
HEWITT0.1817911.4679
PALMER0.181799.4787
CROSS0.181798.1169
WRIGHT0.181796.9662
PHILLIPS0.181796.2441
FISHER0.181794.7733
SIMPSON0.181793.1939
TAYLOR0.181792.6208
TURNER0.181792.0068

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 179 people called REEK in Honington 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 6666.6667 in Honington means that 6666.6667% of the people in Honington on census day were called REEK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REEK 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 REEK 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 REEK 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 REEK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Honington means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REEK in Honington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Honington in 1881

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

BEMBRIDGE (2)  BEESON (2)  BOND (3)  BREWSTER (2)  BRITTAIN (1)  BULL (1)  CHRISTIAN (5)  CLARK (1)  CLOW (1)  CROSS (1)  CUNNINGTON (5)  DOLBY (2)  DOWSE (6)  EXTON (1)  FARMER (5)  FAULKNER (7)  FISHER (1)  FOYSTER (6)  GEESON (1)  GRAVES (6)  HEADLAND (7)  HALFPENNY (1)  HAMMOND (5)  HEWITT (1)  HICKS (2)  HILL (8)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HOLLINGSWORTH (1)  HORNSBY (3)  PEARPOINT-HUNTER (4)  KISBY (4)  LANE (5)  MELVILLE (7)  MONTEM (1)  MORRISS (1)  NIX (7)  NORTH (1)  PALMER (2)  PHILLIPS (2)  PHILPOTT (2)  RABY (1)  READING (1)  REEK (4)  RIMMINGTON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RILETT (4)  SANDERS (6)  SENTANCE (1)  SHEFFIELD (1)  SHIELDS (1)  SHIPTON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SLACK (1)  STANHOPE (5)  STANLAND (2)  STOCKDALE (2)  STOPPER (1)  TASKER (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TURNER (1)  WADE (1)  WADKIN (6)  WELDON (3)  WILMOTT (1)  WRATH (1)  WRIGHT (4) 

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