1881 census place

Louth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Louth, 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

549 surnames are listed for Louth, Lincolnshire, covering 4,429 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dales, with 76 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Louth

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	Dales	76	0.710%	227.61x
2	Larder	56	0.520%	332.54x
3	Paddison	48	0.450%	301.70x
4	Emerson	46	0.430%	62.02x
5	Vickers	46	0.430%	16.74x
6	Ashton	45	0.420%	8.58x
7	Mawer	45	0.420%	140.80x
8	Atkin	39	0.360%	27.26x
9	Sutton	39	0.360%	5.72x
10	Sharpley	38	0.360%	277.57x
11	Fell	37	0.350%	24.60x
12	North	36	0.340%	10.15x
13	Graves	34	0.320%	20.95x
14	Swaby	34	0.320%	173.91x
15	Meanwell	31	0.290%	421.20x
16	Strawson	31	0.290%	305.42x
17	Forman	30	0.280%	54.43x
18	Boswell	29	0.270%	28.85x
19	Bourne	29	0.270%	13.97x
20	Allison	28	0.260%	9.20x
21	Grantham	28	0.260%	42.48x
22	Appleby	27	0.250%	15.44x
23	Croft	27	0.250%	10.68x
24	Pridgeon	27	0.250%	351.11x
25	Brant	26	0.240%	59.81x
26	Cawkwell	26	0.240%	206.68x
27	Hewson	25	0.230%	28.62x
28	Shearsmith	25	0.230%	339.67x
29	Storr	25	0.230%	67.44x
30	Towle	25	0.230%	88.43x
31	Stamp	24	0.220%	30.49x
32	Veal	24	0.220%	36.67x
33	Burnett	23	0.210%	7.77x
34	Dobbs	23	0.210%	31.81x
35	Arliss	22	0.210%	526.32x
36	Crow	22	0.210%	13.62x
37	Markham	22	0.210%	17.26x
38	Patrick	22	0.210%	10.31x
39	Proctor	22	0.210%	8.36x
40	Simons	22	0.210%	15.58x
41	Bywater	21	0.200%	38.96x
42	Fytche	21	0.200%	1088.08x
43	Gresswell	21	0.200%	274.51x
44	Jacklin	21	0.200%	73.07x
45	Smalley	21	0.200%	21.68x
46	Snowden	21	0.200%	22.03x
47	Willey	21	0.200%	21.78x
48	Birkett	20	0.190%	19.36x
49	Brocklebank	20	0.190%	76.66x
50	Colbeck	20	0.190%	83.13x
51	Corrigan	20	0.190%	41.69x
52	East	20	0.190%	12.01x
53	Ellett	20	0.190%	187.79x
54	Grundy	20	0.190%	9.13x
55	Keal	20	0.190%	124.07x
56	Trevor	20	0.190%	60.22x
57	Overton	19	0.180%	18.29x
58	Smedley	19	0.180%	21.69x
59	Waumsley	19	0.180%	739.30x
60	Bellamy	18	0.170%	11.53x
61	Burman	18	0.170%	42.24x
62	Colam	18	0.170%	671.64x
63	Dring	18	0.170%	37.75x
64	Oakes	18	0.170%	11.61x
65	Waite	18	0.170%	8.10x
66	Browning	17	0.160%	7.80x
67	Dickenson	17	0.160%	10.48x
68	Jenney	17	0.160%	377.78x
69	Lingard	17	0.160%	25.03x
70	Milson	17	0.160%	73.28x
71	Moncaster	17	0.160%	365.59x
72	Otley	17	0.160%	94.18x
73	Plumpton	17	0.160%	87.58x
74	Stainton	17	0.160%	48.47x
75	Topliss	17	0.160%	97.65x
76	Bee	16	0.150%	26.50x
77	Brackenbury	16	0.150%	68.23x
78	Brumpton	16	0.150%	96.27x
79	Dowse	16	0.150%	43.54x
80	Horsewood	16	0.150%	613.03x
81	Nell	16	0.150%	192.08x
82	Sowter	16	0.150%	68.97x
83	Butters	15	0.140%	28.53x
84	Emmerson	15	0.140%	14.19x
85	Hickling	15	0.140%	26.11x
86	Lill	15	0.140%	72.22x
87	Luck	15	0.140%	16.97x
88	Riggall	15	0.140%	119.52x
89	Ryley	15	0.140%	54.21x
90	Tuxworth	15	0.140%	289.58x
91	Wray	15	0.140%	10.43x
92	Blanchard	14	0.130%	15.95x
93	Corden	14	0.130%	79.28x
94	Elvin	14	0.130%	37.13x
95	Goy	14	0.130%	100.43x
96	Halligan	14	0.130%	109.72x
97	Kew	14	0.130%	44.56x
98	Kime	14	0.130%	139.44x
99	Maltby	14	0.130%	22.84x
100	Maxey	14	0.130%	129.75x