Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Witham, Lincolnshire

South Witham 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
DUNMORE338.04884,285.71
MARRIOTT163.9024174.29
CRAVEN102.4390126.42
ALMOND102.4390196.85
SCARBOROUGH92.1951775.86
TYLER92.195174.38
MAYES92.1951227.85
SMITH92.19511.55
CLARK81.95126.49
TATE81.9512101.01
ADCOCK71.7073172.84
LEESON71.7073294.12
KEW71.7073583.33
BAILEY71.707311.33
COOPER71.70737.02
GLENN61.4634465.12
LOCK61.463451.41
PEARSON61.463412.60
BRISTOW61.4634108.11
SELBY61.4634122.45
WATSON61.46346.31
WRIGHT51.21953.80
BURROUGHS51.2195381.68
TAPLIN51.2195349.65
POWELL51.21959.78
WINHAM51.21956,250.00
HALFORD51.2195163.93
LILLEY51.219588.03
SCOTT40.97563.86
PERRY40.975613.27
LANK40.97564,000.00
WIGGINGTON40.97568,000.00
PARKINSON40.975620.34
YATES40.975614.19
NAILER40.97562,105.26
TALTON30.73173,750.00
BATTY30.731747.92
PRESTON30.731714.65
WOODS30.731711.61
HUDSON30.73178.94
RAWLINSON30.731761.35
WOOTTON30.731780.65
FRISBY30.7317169.49
KNOTT30.731736.90
RUDKIN30.7317185.19
POLLARD20.487813.38
BROUGHTON20.487826.14
WHYMAN20.4878181.82
NOON20.487867.80
MANTLE20.487893.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WIGGINGTON0.414108000.0000
WINHAM0.414106250.0000
DUNMORE0.414104285.7143
LANK0.414104000.0000
TALTON0.414103750.0000
PERRILL0.414103333.3333
NAILER0.414102105.2632
SCARBOROUGH0.41410775.8621
MERIDETH0.41410769.2308
KEW0.41410583.3333
GLENN0.41410465.1163
BURROUGHS0.41410381.6794
TAPLIN0.41410349.6503
LEESON0.41410294.1176
MAYES0.41410227.8481
ALMOND0.41410196.8504
RUDKIN0.41410185.1852
WHYMAN0.41410181.8182
MARRIOTT0.41410174.2919
ADCOCK0.41410172.8395
FRISBY0.41410169.4915
HALFORD0.41410163.9344
LONGFORD0.41410144.9275
ROYCE0.41410140.8451
CRAVEN0.41410126.4223
SELBY0.41410122.4490
BEECROFT0.41410115.6069
BRISTOW0.41410108.1081
TATE0.41410101.0101
SPRIGGS0.4141098.0392
MANTLE0.4141093.4579
LILLEY0.4141088.0282
WOOTTON0.4141080.6452
TYLER0.4141074.3802
NOON0.4141067.7966
RAWLINSON0.4141061.3497
LOCK0.4141051.4139
BATTY0.4141047.9233
COLLIN0.4141046.7290
WILDMAN0.4141039.8406
KNOTT0.4141036.9004
BOLT0.4141033.7838
FLINT0.4141027.1739
BROUGHTON0.4141026.1438
MACHIN0.4141024.3309
BULLEN0.4141022.9885
PARKINSON0.4141020.3355
HUBBARD0.4141020.0602
PEPPER0.4141017.3310
SHARPE0.4141016.5563

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 410 people called WIGGINGTON in South Witham 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 8000.0000 in South Witham means that 8000.0000% of the people in South Witham on census day were called WIGGINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WIGGINGTON 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 WIGGINGTON 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 WIGGINGTON 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 WIGGINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in South Witham means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WIGGINGTON in South Witham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Witham in 1881

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

ADCOCK (7)  ALLEN (2)  ALMOND (10)  ATKINSON (1)  BAILEY (7)  BATTY (3)  BEECROFT (2)  BENSON (1)  BOLT (1)  BORDING (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRANSTON (10)  BRISTOW (6)  BROUGHTON (2)  BULLEN (1)  BULLIMORE (3)  BURROUGHS (5)  CAMPIAN (2)  CLAPTON (4)  CLARK (8)  KEW (7)  COLE (1)  COLLIN (1)  COOPER (7)  COSFFEL ? (1)  COUSS (7)  COVELEY (2)  CRABTREE (1)  CRAVEN (10)  DRINE ? (1)  DRING (3)  DEWES (1)  DUNMORE (33)  FLINT (2)  FOWLER (1)  FRISBY (3)  GALLINGS (1)  GARNER (1)  GLENN (6)  HALFORD (5)  HARRIOD (2)  HENFREY (5)  HICKS (1)  HIFFIELD (1)  HILL (1)  HILTON (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HUBBARD (2)  HUDSON (3)  KNOTT (3)  LANK (4)  LASON ? (1)  LEESON (7)  LILLEY (5)  LOCK (6)  LONGFORD (1)  MACHIN (1)  MANTLE (2)  MARRIOTT (16)  MAYES (9)  MERIDETH (1)  MITCHELSON (8)  MOLDS (1)  NAILER (4)  NEWTON (1)  NOON (2)  PARKINSON (4)  PEARSON (6)  PEPPER (1)  PERRILL (1)  PERRY (4)  POLLARD (2)  POWELL (5)  PRESTON (3)  PRIESTMAN (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  RAWLINSON (3)  ROYCE (1)  RUDKIN (3)  SCARBOROUGH (9)  SCOTT (4)  SELBY (6)  SENESCALL (2)  SHARPE (2)  SHILCOCK (7)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (9)  SPRIGGS (2)  TATE (8)  TALTON (3)  TAPLIN (5)  TOLLEMACHE (7)  TOWNSEND (2)  TYLER (9)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (6)  WESTON (2)  WINHAM (5)  WHYMAN (2)  WIGGINGTON (4)  WILDMAN (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WOODS (3)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOTTON (3)  WRIGHT (5)  YATES (4) 

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