1881 census place

Swaffham Prior surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire 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

44 surnames are listed for Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, covering 276 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Benstead, with 32 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Swaffham Prior

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	Benstead	32	3.94%	1523.81x
2	Heffer	19	2.34%	1328.67x
3	Danby	15	1.85%	432.28x
4	Pamenter	15	1.85%	10000.00x
5	Badcock	13	1.60%	278.97x
6	Crisp	13	1.60%	115.04x
7	Stinson	12	1.48%	1363.64x
8	Bye	11	1.35%	268.95x
9	Hatley	10	1.23%	909.09x
10	Gilson	9	1.11%	357.14x
11	Aldhous	8	0.980%	5333.33x
12	Gillson	8	0.980%	842.11x
13	Sheldrick	8	0.980%	490.80x
14	Iverson	7	0.860%	1666.67x
15	Greenhill	6	0.740%	170.94x
16	Haslop	6	0.740%	1034.48x
17	Whyatt	6	0.740%	295.57x
18	Aves	5	0.620%	364.96x
19	Braddy	5	0.620%	1351.35x
20	Casburn	5	0.620%	1515.15x
21	Galley	5	0.620%	172.41x
22	Hazelwood	5	0.620%	373.13x
23	Housden	5	0.620%	276.24x
24	Isaacson	5	0.620%	531.91x
25	Churchman	4	0.490%	193.24x
26	Ison	4	0.490%	168.07x
27	Pamplin	4	0.490%	444.44x
28	Parmenter	4	0.490%	185.19x
29	Gautrey	3	0.370%	1578.95x
30	Weight	3	0.370%	162.16x
31	Woolsey	3	0.370%	306.12x
32	Bradman	2	0.250%	540.54x
33	Feast	2	0.250%	155.04x
34	Goodrick	2	0.250%	180.18x
35	Pollendine	2	0.250%	3333.33x
36	Scotcher	2	0.250%	222.22x
37	Allgood	1	0.120%	156.25x
38	Blaydon	1	0.120%	263.16x
39	Eversden	1	0.120%	454.55x
40	Feist	1	0.120%	208.33x
41	Marrott	1	0.120%	476.19x
42	Redgewell	1	0.120%	454.55x
43	Thoroughgood	1	0.120%	232.56x
44	Wye	1	0.120%	135.14x