Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roxholme, Lincolnshire

Roxholme 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
FOSTER97.500056.11
CURTIS65.000088.11
HUMPHREY65.0000187.50
ROLLINS65.00002,307.69
THOMPSON54.166713.91
THACKER54.1667574.71
NEWCOMB54.16671,785.71
ROBERTS43.33338.86
RIPPON43.3333952.38
POUCHER43.33335,714.29
PICK32.5000389.61
CORTON32.50007,500.00
JACKSON21.66675.96
STOKES21.666739.45
SMITH21.66671.18
YOUNGER21.6667307.69
DEAN21.666724.01
THORPE21.666742.19
COPELAND10.833387.72
SUMNER10.833351.55
BELLAMY10.833357.14
SAXTON10.8333140.85
FRANKLIN10.833325.13
ELMORE10.8333588.24
WHITE10.83332.59
MELTON10.8333238.10
CLAY10.833340.65
SANFORD10.8333454.55
DOVE10.833372.99
WALTON10.833311.83
PEARSON10.83337.17
LINDSAY10.833325.58
BRISTOW10.833361.73
HOUSLEY10.8333344.83
EVERETT10.833346.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORTON0.121207500.0000
POUCHER0.121205714.2857
ROLLINS0.121202307.6923
NEWCOMB0.121201785.7143
RIPPON0.12120952.3810
ELMORE0.12120588.2353
THACKER0.12120574.7126
SANFORD0.12120454.5455
PICK0.12120389.6104
HOUSLEY0.12120344.8276
YOUNGER0.12120307.6923
MELTON0.12120238.0952
HUMPHREY0.12120187.5000
SAXTON0.12120140.8451
CURTIS0.1212088.1057
COPELAND0.1212087.7193
DOVE0.1212072.9927
BRISTOW0.1212061.7284
BELLAMY0.1212057.1429
FOSTER0.1212056.1097
SUMNER0.1212051.5464
EVERETT0.1212046.5116
THORPE0.1212042.1941
CLAY0.1212040.6504
STOKES0.1212039.4477
LINDSAY0.1212025.5754
FRANKLIN0.1212025.1256
DEAN0.1212024.0096
THOMPSON0.1212013.9082
WALTON0.1212011.8343
ROBERTS0.121208.8594
PEARSON0.121207.1736
JACKSON0.121205.9630
WHITE0.121202.5927
SMITH0.121201.1804

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 120 people called CORTON in Roxholme 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 7500.0000 in Roxholme means that 7500.0000% of the people in Roxholme on census day were called CORTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CORTON 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 CORTON 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 CORTON 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 CORTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Roxholme means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CORTON in Roxholme than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Roxholme in 1881

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

BELLAMY (1)  BLACKBOURN (3)  BRISTOW (1)  BUCKBERRY (8)  CHEVIN (1)  CLAY (1)  COPELAND (1)  CUBLEY (4)  CURTIS (6)  DEAN (2)  DOVE (1)  ELMORE (1)  EVERETT (1)  FLATTERS (1)  FOSTER (9)  FRANKLIN (1)  HOUSLEY (1)  HUMPHREY (6)  JACKSON (2)  KETTLEBROUGH (3)  CORTON (3)  LINDSAY (1)  MELTON (1)  NEWCOMB (5)  OXBY (4)  PEARSON (1)  PICK (3)  POUCHER (4)  RELTON (1)  RIPPON (4)  ROBERTS (4)  ROLLINS (6)  SANFORD (1)  SAXTON (1)  SHELBOURN (1)  SMITH (2)  STOKES (2)  SUMNER (1)  THACKER (5)  THOMPSON (5)  THORPE (2)  WADDINGHAM (3)  WALTON (1)  WHITE (1)  WYAN (2)  YOUNGER (2) 

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