Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boulton, Derbyshire

Boulton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Derbyshire

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
SHERWIN3115.19612,818.18
WOODWARD167.8431159.05
HARRISON125.882426.50
RILEY115.392268.15
GARNER94.4118139.53
HEATHCOTE73.4314424.24
AULT62.94121,276.60
SHAW62.941216.01
SMITH62.94122.08
NEWBOLD62.9412402.68
GREGORY62.941241.93
PIGGS62.941230,000.00
HARDY52.451040.92
FOSTER41.960814.66
THORPE31.470637.17
SPICER31.4706109.49
MORRIS31.47066.61
MILLS31.470611.34
COOPER31.47066.05
ORGILL20.98041,052.63
WHEATLEY20.980448.08
HOUSE20.980475.47
PAULSON20.9804869.57
TAYLOR20.98041.53
HOLLIS20.980470.92
BOULTON10.490227.17
PARKER10.49022.58
WILSON10.49021.07
LEES10.490211.06
WILLIAMS10.49020.68
CROWE10.490249.02
RICHARDSON10.49022.88
KERRY10.490272.46
WALL10.490214.03
BUXTON10.490232.68
PEYTON10.4902416.67
HEWLETT10.490278.74
THOMPSON10.49021.64
BETTLE10.49021,000.00
WILLS10.490216.39
SHARP10.49025.88
LANE10.49027.11
REDSHAW10.4902163.93
TURNER10.49021.76
BURN10.490236.36
BAXTER10.49028.22
LOCKE10.490254.64
WILLIAMSON10.49025.47
DOLEMAN10.4902625.00
KNIGHT10.49023.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PIGGS0.2020430000.0000
SHERWIN0.202042818.1818
AULT0.202041276.5957
ORGILL0.202041052.6316
BETTLE0.202041000.0000
PAULSON0.20204869.5652
DOLEMAN0.20204625.0000
HEATHCOTE0.20204424.2424
PEYTON0.20204416.6667
NEWBOLD0.20204402.6846
WHEAT0.20204208.3333
REDSHAW0.20204163.9344
WOODWARD0.20204159.0457
GARNER0.20204139.5349
SPICER0.20204109.4891
HEWLETT0.2020478.7402
HOUSE0.2020475.4717
KERRY0.2020472.4638
HOLLIS0.2020470.9220
RILEY0.2020468.1537
LOCKE0.2020454.6448
CROWE0.2020449.0196
WHEATLEY0.2020448.0769
GREGORY0.2020441.9287
HARDY0.2020440.9165
THORPE0.2020437.1747
BURN0.2020436.3636
BUXTON0.2020432.6797
BOULTON0.2020427.1739
HARRISON0.2020426.5018
WILLS0.2020416.3934
SHAW0.2020416.0128
FOSTER0.2020414.6628
WALL0.2020414.0252
MILLS0.2020411.3379
LEES0.2020411.0619
BAXTER0.202048.2237
LANE0.202047.1124
CARR0.202046.7935
MORRIS0.202046.6065
COOPER0.202046.0459
SHARP0.202045.8824
WILLIAMSON0.202045.4675
KNIGHT0.202043.9761
RICHARDSON0.202042.8794
PARKER0.202042.5773
SMITH0.202042.0830
TURNER0.202041.7609
THOMPSON0.202041.6364
TAYLOR0.202041.5330

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 204 people called PIGGS in Boulton 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 30000.0000 in Boulton means that 30000.0000% of the people in Boulton on census day were called PIGGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PIGGS 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 PIGGS 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 PIGGS 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 PIGGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Boulton means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PIGGS in Boulton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boulton in 1881

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

APPLERY (1)  AULT (6)  BEMBRIDGE (5)  BAXTER (1)  BETTLE (1)  BOULTON (1)  BURN (1)  BUXTON (1)  CARR (1)  COOPER (3)  CROWE (1)  DOLEMAN (1)  FODEN (1)  FOSTER (4)  FREARSON (1)  GAMSON (1)  GARNER (9)  GODALL (1)  GREGORY (6)  HANDSWORTH (1)  HARDY (5)  HARRISON (12)  HEATHCOTE (7)  HEWLETT (1)  HOLLIS (2)  HOUSE (2)  KERRY (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LANE (1)  LEES (1)  LETTEY (2)  LOCKE (1)  LOWLEY (1)  MILLS (3)  MORRIS (3)  NEWBOLD (6)  ORDISH (3)  ORGILL (2)  PARKER (1)  PAVERS (1)  PEYTON (1)  PETERDAY (1)  PIGGS (6)  PAULSON (2)  REDSHAW (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RILEY (11)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (6)  SHERWIN (31)  SMITH (6)  SPICER (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (3)  TURNER (1)  WALL (1)  WHEATLEY (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILLS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODWARD (16)  WHEAT (1)