Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Ashby, Lincolnshire

West Ashby 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
GRIFFEN123.0612937.50
FLETCHER112.806124.58
LUNN112.8061216.96
SLEIGHT112.80611,358.02
WILLIAMS102.55103.55
TODD102.551050.13
BELL92.295912.22
SQUIRES92.2959162.16
LANGLEY82.040893.02
BRADLEY82.040825.42
CARTER82.040812.16
SHARPLEY82.04081,600.00
PROCTER71.7857137.52
ROBINSON71.78575.60
MARSHALL61.53069.13
WEST61.530615.90
DIXSON61.53061,666.67
INMAN51.2755187.27
BROWN41.02041.55
STOREY41.020440.16
CLARKE41.02045.04
EVANS41.02042.34
SHARMAN41.020474.07
DALTON41.020444.44
SEWELL41.020448.25
BOOTH41.020410.34
SHARP30.76539.18
ROBSON30.765311.63
MILLER30.76534.28
SMITH30.76530.54
STUBBS30.765328.99
STORY30.7653123.46
HARRIS30.76533.01
SKIPWORTH20.5102540.54
NORTH20.510215.40
BINGLEY20.5102186.92
WRIGHT20.51021.59
BANKS20.51029.95
GIBSON20.51024.20
WILDE20.510235.03
LAKE20.510223.02
PRESTON20.510210.21
COOKE20.51029.25
FRANKLIN20.510215.36
PANTON20.5102151.52
LINCOLN20.510267.80
ELVIN20.5102144.93
SMYTH10.255127.32
GOY10.2551196.08
PEARSON10.25512.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DIXSON0.393921666.6667
SHARPLEY0.393921600.0000
SLEIGHT0.393921358.0247
GRIFFEN0.39392937.5000
SKIPWORTH0.39392540.5405
MAIDENS0.39392303.0303
LUNN0.39392216.9625
GOY0.39392196.0784
INMAN0.39392187.2659
BINGLEY0.39392186.9159
DAUBNEY0.39392172.4138
SQUIRES0.39392162.1622
ELLERBY0.39392156.2500
PANTON0.39392151.5152
ELVIN0.39392144.9275
PROCTER0.39392137.5246
STORY0.39392123.4568
MILSON0.39392117.6471
LANGLEY0.3939293.0233
SHARMAN0.3939274.0741
DRAYTON0.3939272.4638
LINCOLN0.3939267.7966
BURMAN0.3939264.1026
TODD0.3939250.1253
SEWELL0.3939248.2509
BELTON0.3939247.3934
DALTON0.3939244.4444
JOBSON0.3939243.4783
STOREY0.3939240.1606
WILDE0.3939235.0263
STUBBS0.3939228.9855
SMYTH0.3939227.3224
BRADLEY0.3939225.4210
MOSES0.3939224.9377
FLETCHER0.3939224.5810
MAHONEY0.3939223.8663
LAKE0.3939223.0150
BURN0.3939218.9394
ALCOCK0.3939217.6678
CORNISH0.3939217.6678
WALTER0.3939216.6389
MAYNARD0.3939216.6113
WEST0.3939215.8983
NORTH0.3939215.3965
FRANKLIN0.3939215.3610
BELL0.3939212.2183
CARTER0.3939212.1581
ROBSON0.3939211.6279
BOOTH0.3939210.3439
PRESTON0.3939210.2145

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 392 people called DIXSON in West Ashby 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 1666.6667 in West Ashby means that 1666.6667% of the people in West Ashby on census day were called DIXSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DIXSON 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 DIXSON 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 DIXSON 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 DIXSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in West Ashby means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DIXSON in West Ashby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Ashby in 1881

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

ADDELSEE (4)  ALCOCK (1)  ANDERSON (1)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BANKS (2)  BELL (9)  BELTON (1)  BINGLEY (2)  BOOTH (4)  BORRIL (1)  BRACKENBORO (4)  BRADLEY (8)  BREAR (2)  BROWN (4)  BURMAN (1)  BURN (1)  BUTCHER (1)  BYCROFT (2)  CAMPLING (7)  CARROTT (6)  CARTER (8)  CHALONS (1)  CHESELDINE (3)  CLARKE (4)  COLE (1)  COOKE (2)  CORNISH (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DALTON (4)  DAUBNEY (1)  DIXSON (6)  DRAYTON (1)  DRUERY (3)  ELLERBY (1)  ELMHIRST (5)  ELVIN (2)  EPTON (2)  EVANS (4)  EVISON (5)  FARBON OR FARTON (12)  FANTHORPE (4)  FARMERY (2)  FLETCHER (11)  FRANKLIN (2)  GIBSON (2)  GOY (1)  GRIFFEN (12)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (3)  HORBY (3)  HUNDLEBY (9)  HOTCHIN (1)  INMAN (5)  JAKLING (1)  JAMES (1)  JOBSON (1)  LAKE (2)  LANGLEY (8)  LEA OR LEU (2)  LEESING (1)  LETTISS (6)  LADLEY (2)  LINCOLN (2)  LOWDEL (1)  LUNN (11)  MAHONEY (1)  MAIDENS (1)  MANNING (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MAYNARD (1)  MEANWELL (9)  MILLER (3)  MILSON (1)  MORLEY (1)  MOSES (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORRIS (1)  NORTH (2)  NUNDY (1)  PANTON (2)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (1)  PLUMT (1)  PLUMTREE (4)  PORTERS (1)  PRESTON (2)  PROCTER (7)  RAITHBY (6)  RANYARD (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RISDALE (1)  ROBINSON (7)  ROBSON (3)  ROSLING (1)  SURR (2)  SCARBORA (4)  SEWELL (4)  SHARMAN (4)  SHARP (3)  SHARPLEY (8)  SIPPER (1)  SKIPWORTH (2)  SLEIGHT (11)  SMITH (3)  SMYTH (1)  SQUIRES (9)  STORY (3)  STOREY (4)  STUBBS (3)  TASCAR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TODD (10)  WADE (1)  WALTER (1)  WATTAM (2)  WEST (6)  WILDE (2)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILLS (1)  WRIGHT (2) 

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