Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkstead, Lincolnshire

Kirkstead 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
WEST119.6491100.18
HARRISON97.894735.56
BARTON97.8947146.10
JACKSON65.263218.83
BRETT65.2632277.78
SHARP54.386052.63
BRAY43.5088104.44
LEGGETT43.5088444.44
HOLLAND43.508849.26
DODD43.508886.21
PATCHETT43.5088727.27
BROOKS32.631626.93
SPALDING32.6316365.85
ATKINSON21.754418.02
OVERTON21.7544180.18
COPPING21.7544444.44
WARD21.75448.03
TAYLOR10.87721.37
CURTIS10.877215.46
BRACKENBURY10.8772400.00
FENTON10.877243.86
ROBERTS10.87722.33
NICHOLSON10.877212.35
SIMSON10.8772333.33
CLARKE10.87724.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PATCHETT0.11114727.2727
LEGGETT0.11114444.4444
COPPING0.11114444.4444
BRACKENBURY0.11114400.0000
SPALDING0.11114365.8537
SIMSON0.11114333.3333
BRETT0.11114277.7778
OVERTON0.11114180.1802
BARTON0.11114146.1039
BRAY0.11114104.4386
WEST0.11114100.1821
DODD0.1111486.2069
SHARP0.1111452.6316
HOLLAND0.1111449.2611
FENTON0.1111443.8596
HARRISON0.1111435.5591
BROOKS0.1111426.9300
JACKSON0.1111418.8324
ATKINSON0.1111418.0180
CURTIS0.1111415.4560
NICHOLSON0.1111412.3457
WARD0.111148.0321
CLARKE0.111144.3290
ROBERTS0.111142.3315
TAYLOR0.111141.3717

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 114 people called PATCHETT in Kirkstead 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 727.2727 in Kirkstead means that 727.2727% of the people in Kirkstead on census day were called PATCHETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PATCHETT 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 PATCHETT 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 PATCHETT 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 PATCHETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Kirkstead means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PATCHETT in Kirkstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkstead in 1881

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

ATKINSON (2)  BARTON (9)  BRACKENBURY (1)  BRAY (4)  BRETT (6)  BROOKS (3)  CLARKE (1)  COPPING (2)  CURTIS (1)  DODD (4)  DONNAR (1)  FENTON (1)  GUNNESS (1)  HARRISON (9)  HOLLAND (4)  HUCKNALL (10)  HUMBERSTON (2)  JACKSON (6)  LEGGETT (4)  MEANWELL (4)  NICHOLSON (1)  OVERTON (2)  PATCHETT (4)  ROBERTS (1)  ROSSINGTON (8)  SHARP (5)  SIMSON (1)  SPALDING (3)  TAYLOR (1)  WARD (2)  WEST (11) 

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