1881 census place

Swavesey surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Swavesey, 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

55 surnames are listed for Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, covering 644 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Prior, with 43 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Swavesey

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	Prior	43	3.63%	156.65x
2	Mitham	36	3.04%	14400.00x
3	Dodson	34	2.87%	370.37x
4	Parish	34	2.87%	185.79x
5	Metcalfe	30	2.53%	110.78x
6	Stocker	30	2.53%	471.70x
7	Fromant	28	2.36%	6086.96x
8	Hepher	27	2.28%	8437.50x
9	Thorp	27	2.28%	167.91x
10	Wilderspin	27	2.28%	2571.43x
11	Kester	23	1.94%	4791.67x
12	Crisp	21	1.77%	127.43x
13	Eason	21	1.77%	413.39x
14	Rule	21	1.77%	258.30x
15	Coulson	18	1.52%	84.63x
16	Ding	18	1.52%	2647.06x
17	Trundley	18	1.52%	5000.00x
18	Prime	14	1.18%	301.08x
19	Carrier	13	1.10%	680.63x
20	Benton	11	0.930%	89.58x
21	Bridgeford	11	0.930%	1746.03x
22	Gilby	10	0.840%	226.24x
23	Boud	9	0.760%	3750.00x
24	Richman	9	0.760%	849.06x
25	Uttridge	9	0.760%	2368.42x
26	Brasher	8	0.670%	1269.84x
27	Covill	7	0.590%	679.61x
28	Daintree	7	0.590%	1944.44x
29	Daisley	7	0.590%	823.53x
30	Worboys	7	0.590%	346.53x
31	Loveland	6	0.510%	256.41x
32	Firman	5	0.420%	165.56x
33	Melbourn	5	0.420%	1041.67x
34	Bowd	4	0.340%	634.92x
35	Howlet	4	0.340%	363.64x
36	Linford	4	0.340%	127.39x
37	Mean	4	0.340%	487.80x
38	Stockbridge	4	0.340%	208.33x
39	Burling	3	0.250%	136.99x
40	Dilworth	3	0.250%	87.72x
41	Netherwood	3	0.250%	218.98x
42	Tebbit	3	0.250%	1000.00x
43	Bovill	2	0.170%	243.90x
44	Galer	2	0.170%	227.27x
45	Kidman	2	0.170%	83.68x
46	Pauley	2	0.170%	153.85x
47	Thurbon	2	0.170%	800.00x
48	Camps	1	0.080%	78.13x
49	Dawbarn	1	0.080%	312.50x
50	Docksey	1	0.080%	153.85x
51	Eastgate	1	0.080%	142.86x
52	Swannell	1	0.080%	78.74x
53	Tall	1	0.080%	58.14x
54	Wallman	1	0.080%	200.00x
55	Wooster	1	0.080%	56.50x