1881 census place

Gainsborough surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

599 surnames are listed for Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, covering 3,911 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bingham, with 57 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gainsborough

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Bingham	57	0.520%	35.24x
2	Parkinson	47	0.430%	8.90x
3	Forrest	43	0.390%	15.15x
4	Croft	39	0.350%	14.99x
5	Layne	35	0.320%	943.40x
6	Everatt	34	0.310%	326.61x
7	Otter	32	0.290%	115.44x
8	Parkin	32	0.290%	10.81x
9	Vickers	32	0.290%	11.32x
10	Button	30	0.270%	22.96x
11	Clixby	29	0.260%	522.52x
12	Dowman	29	0.260%	224.63x
13	Cave	28	0.250%	17.72x
14	Jubb	27	0.250%	48.98x
15	Milner	27	0.250%	10.69x
16	Stainton	27	0.250%	74.85x
17	Woodhead	27	0.250%	13.08x
18	Stothard	25	0.230%	102.54x
19	Lobley	24	0.220%	108.94x
20	Needham	24	0.220%	10.24x
21	Sissons	24	0.220%	70.63x
22	Smithson	24	0.220%	22.73x
23	Askew	23	0.210%	18.49x
24	Hewson	23	0.210%	25.59x
25	Lockwood	23	0.210%	9.46x
26	Bee	22	0.200%	35.42x
27	Benson	22	0.200%	7.37x
28	Northedge	22	0.200%	1067.96x
29	Shipley	22	0.200%	22.59x
30	Farrow	21	0.190%	10.16x
31	Hodgkinson	21	0.190%	11.10x
32	Tate	21	0.190%	9.87x
33	Thornhill	21	0.190%	30.51x
34	Bradbury	20	0.180%	6.29x
35	Clough	20	0.180%	8.14x
36	Cuckson	20	0.180%	214.13x
37	Doughty	20	0.180%	14.28x
38	Wain	20	0.180%	21.65x
39	Hollingsworth	19	0.170%	26.08x
40	Pygott	18	0.160%	904.52x
41	Revill	18	0.160%	36.56x
42	Staniland	18	0.160%	93.07x
43	Auckland	17	0.150%	109.54x
44	Baines	17	0.150%	8.06x
45	Kirkby	17	0.150%	27.26x
46	Oxley	17	0.150%	11.02x
47	Brumby	16	0.150%	80.44x
48	Burrell	16	0.150%	11.15x
49	Crosby	16	0.150%	12.28x
50	Hind	16	0.150%	11.51x
51	Rawson	16	0.150%	13.31x
52	Slingsby	16	0.150%	51.86x
53	Aistrop	15	0.140%	657.89x
54	Clifton	15	0.140%	9.63x
55	Frow	15	0.140%	129.98x
56	Gamble	15	0.140%	9.52x
57	Lindley	15	0.140%	13.78x
58	Markham	15	0.140%	11.44x
59	Melbourne	15	0.140%	66.99x
60	Pinder	15	0.140%	11.31x
61	Sleight	15	0.140%	65.79x
62	Troop	15	0.140%	141.11x
63	Ballance	14	0.130%	154.70x
64	Brian	14	0.130%	27.23x
65	Cobb	14	0.130%	8.94x
66	Drayton	14	0.130%	36.16x
67	Keyworth	14	0.130%	55.42x
68	Laughton	14	0.130%	26.15x
69	Radley	14	0.130%	22.07x
70	Stocks	14	0.130%	11.68x
71	Tall	14	0.130%	87.55x
72	Wheeldon	14	0.130%	25.78x
73	Clapham	13	0.120%	13.70x
74	Collitt	13	0.120%	738.64x
75	Evison	13	0.120%	37.26x
76	Golland	13	0.120%	170.83x
77	Good	13	0.120%	9.49x
78	Goulding	13	0.120%	12.09x
79	Howlett	13	0.120%	8.80x
80	Moxon	13	0.120%	21.06x
81	Neville	13	0.120%	9.93x
82	Slight	13	0.120%	45.92x
83	Sowden	13	0.120%	20.88x
84	Spicer	13	0.120%	8.78x
85	Audas	12	0.110%	459.77x
86	Fillingham	12	0.110%	52.72x
87	Frith	12	0.110%	10.92x
88	Howitt	12	0.110%	29.46x
89	Keightley	12	0.110%	47.10x
90	Shipham	12	0.110%	472.44x
91	Surfleet	12	0.110%	202.70x
92	Tindall	12	0.110%	18.00x
93	Turtle	12	0.110%	55.97x
94	Walls	12	0.110%	9.06x
95	Winn	12	0.110%	11.22x
96	Adcock	11	0.100%	10.12x
97	Bilham	11	0.100%	82.89x
98	Bown	11	0.100%	18.07x
99	Cattle	11	0.100%	40.20x
100	Cowling	11	0.100%	11.35x