Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swarkeston, Derbyshire

Swarkeston 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
BENTLEY2210.5263248.87
HEATH167.6555154.14
FOSTER157.177053.69
SMITH146.69864.74
FISHER104.784740.88
HOLT94.306264.33
PARKES83.8278186.92
ELEY83.8278620.16
POYSER83.82781,428.57
BAILEY73.349322.24
NEWBOLD52.3923328.95
BATES41.913930.08
WOOD41.91396.01
TOMLINSON41.913941.49
WOOLLEY31.435472.29
DILKS31.4354937.50
ROBOTHAM31.4354769.23
RITCHIE31.435441.55
GOODWIN31.435427.25
NICHOLSON31.435420.20
BULLOCK20.956929.41
GREAVES20.956932.63
BRIDGER20.9569113.64
BALES20.9569256.41
HOWE20.956924.36
CAMP20.9569166.67
POTTS20.956928.65
BROOMHEAD20.9569215.05
SPENCER10.47855.24
MEE10.478562.89
ARTON10.47851,428.57
HULL10.478522.88
WILKINS10.478510.82
CORBIT10.47855,000.00
POXON10.4785263.16
WARD10.47852.19
THOMPSON10.47851.60
MACKIE10.478522.37
WOODWARD10.47859.70
DAY10.47855.08
WHITTAKER10.478510.10
UPTON10.478525.13
BUCK10.478522.32
PARKER10.47852.52
SQUIRE10.478540.32
MURPHY10.47855.99
WRIGHT10.47851.49
SHARP10.47855.74
LAWLER10.4785106.38
DAVIES10.47850.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORBIT0.212095000.0000
HOON0.212091666.6667
ARTON0.212091428.5714
POYSER0.212091428.5714
DILKS0.21209937.5000
ROBOTHAM0.21209769.2308
ELEY0.21209620.1550
NEWBOLD0.21209328.9474
POXON0.21209263.1579
BALES0.21209256.4103
BENTLEY0.21209248.8688
BROOMHEAD0.21209215.0538
PARKES0.21209186.9159
CAMP0.21209166.6667
HEATH0.21209154.1426
BRIDGER0.21209113.6364
LAWLER0.21209106.3830
WOOLLEY0.2120972.2892
HOLT0.2120964.3317
MEE0.2120962.8931
FOSTER0.2120953.6865
PARKS0.2120946.0829
RITCHIE0.2120941.5512
TOMLINSON0.2120941.4938
FISHER0.2120940.8831
SQUIRE0.2120940.3226
BUTT0.2120937.0370
GREAVES0.2120932.6264
BATES0.2120930.0752
BULLOCK0.2120929.4118
POTTS0.2120928.6533
GOODWIN0.2120927.2480
UPTON0.2120925.1256
WARDLE0.2120924.7525
HOWE0.2120924.3605
HULL0.2120922.8833
MACKIE0.2120922.3714
BUCK0.2120922.3214
BAILEY0.2120922.2363
NICHOLSON0.2120920.2020
HAYNES0.2120913.4048
WILKINS0.2120910.8225
WHITTAKER0.2120910.1010
WOODWARD0.212099.6993
WOOD0.212096.0069
MURPHY0.212095.9880
SHARP0.212095.7405
SPENCER0.212095.2411
DAY0.212095.0813
SMITH0.212094.7442

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 209 people called CORBIT in Swarkeston 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 5000.0000 in Swarkeston means that 5000.0000% of the people in Swarkeston on census day were called CORBIT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CORBIT 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 CORBIT 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 CORBIT 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 CORBIT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Swarkeston means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CORBIT in Swarkeston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swarkeston in 1881

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

ADLINGTON (1)  ARTON (1)  BAILEY (7)  BATES (4)  BALES (2)  MILLWARD ((BENTLEY)) (2)  BENTLEY (22)  BARKIN (1)  BRIDGER (2)  BROOMHEAD (2)  BUCK (1)  BULLOCK (2)  BUTT (1)  CAMP (2)  CORBIT (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (1)  DILKS (3)  ELEY (8)  FISHER (10)  FOSTER (15)  GOODWIN (3)  GREAVES (2)  HAYNES (1)  HEATH (16)  HOGKINSON (1)  HOLT (9)  HOON (1)  HOWE (2)  HULL (1)  LOWEY (1)  LAWLER (1)  MEE (1)  MACKIE (1)  MURPHY (1)  NEWBOLD (5)  NICHOLSON (3)  NICKLING (1)  ORDISH (5)  PARKES (8)  PARKS (1)  PARKER (1)  POXON (1)  POTTS (2)  POYSER (8)  RITCHIE (3)  ROBOTHAM (3)  SHARP (1)  SMITH (14)  SPENCER (1)  SPRINGTHORP (1)  SQUIRE (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TOMLINSON (4)  UPTON (1)  WARD (1)  WARDLE (1)  WHITTAKER (1)  WITTON (1)  WILKINS (1)  WOOD (4)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLLEY (3)  WRIGHT (1)