Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bilborough, Nottinghamshire

Bilborough is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
SMITH157.53775.34
STEVENSON126.030285.96
WOODHOUSE115.5276233.05
SIMPKIN105.02511,333.33
BENSER105.0251100,000.00
HARRIMAN84.02011,568.63
WAGSTAFF73.5176282.26
CARLISLE73.5176666.67
ALLEN63.015115.96
WATKINSON63.0151257.51
FLETCHER63.015126.41
DAVIS63.015113.72
HARRIS52.51269.89
DAWS42.0101392.16
MUSGROVE42.0101416.67
HILL42.01017.89
BURTON31.507517.70
CHAMBERS31.507526.50
HEALD31.5075241.94
HOLMES31.507512.38
HALL31.50755.12
WILLIAMS31.50752.10
CROSS31.507521.91
TOWLE21.0050377.36
RAYNOR21.0050144.93
JAMES21.00505.12
REYNOLDS21.005011.60
ANDREWS21.005010.49
WALKER10.50251.50
RAWSON10.502546.08
NEWHAM10.5025136.99
GODFREY10.502516.95
STAPLER10.50253,333.33
KNOWLES10.50259.41
HOPKINS10.50258.35
PARK10.502516.21
TAYLOR10.50250.79
SPENCER10.50255.50
WALL10.502514.37
RAYNER10.502520.16
HAWKEY10.5025312.50
TURNER10.50251.81
NIXON10.502516.50
MARSHALL10.50253.00
DENISON10.5025131.58
JACKSON10.50251.80
REVEL10.5025526.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENSER0.20199100000.0000
STAPLER0.201993333.3333
HARRIMAN0.201991568.6275
SIMPKIN0.201991333.3333
CARLISLE0.20199666.6667
REVEL0.20199526.3158
MUSGROVE0.20199416.6667
DAWS0.20199392.1569
TOWLE0.20199377.3585
HAWKEY0.20199312.5000
WAGSTAFF0.20199282.2581
WATKINSON0.20199257.5107
HEALD0.20199241.9355
WOODHOUSE0.20199233.0508
RAYNOR0.20199144.9275
NEWHAM0.20199136.9863
DENISON0.20199131.5789
STEVENSON0.2019985.9599
RAWSON0.2019946.0829
CHAMBERS0.2019926.5018
FLETCHER0.2019926.4085
CROSS0.2019921.9138
RAYNER0.2019920.1613
BURTON0.2019917.6991
GODFREY0.2019916.9492
NIXON0.2019916.5017
PARK0.2019916.2075
ALLEN0.2019915.9617
WALL0.2019914.3678
DAVIS0.2019913.7206
HOLMES0.2019912.3813
REYNOLDS0.2019911.6009
ANDREWS0.2019910.4877
HARRIS0.201999.8873
KNOWLES0.201999.4073
HOPKINS0.201998.3472
HILL0.201997.8927
SPENCER0.201995.5036
SMITH0.201995.3385
HALL0.201995.1247
JAMES0.201995.1164
MARSHALL0.201992.9958
WILLIAMS0.201992.0986
TURNER0.201991.8054
JACKSON0.201991.7982
WALKER0.201991.5011
TAYLOR0.201990.7858

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 199 people called BENSER in Bilborough 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 100000.0000 in Bilborough means that 100000.0000% of the people in Bilborough on census day were called BENSER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Bilborough in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  ANDREWS (2)  BASOKE (1)  BENSER (10)  BURTON (3)  CARLISLE (7)  CHAMBERS (3)  CROSS (3)  DAVIS (6)  DAWS (4)  DENISON (1)  DRING (1)  FLETCHER (6)  GODFREY (1)  HALL (3)  HARRIMAN (8)  HARRIS (5)  HAWKEY (1)  HEALD (3)  HILL (4)  HODGITT (1)  HOLMES (3)  HOPKINS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (2)  KNOWLES (1)  MURDIN (15)  MARSHALL (1)  MUSGROVE (4)  NEWHAM (1)  NIXON (1)  PARK (1)  PAILING (1)  PURSGLOVE (6)  RAWSON (1)  RAYNER (1)  RAYNOR (2)  REVEL (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  SIMPKIN (10)  SMITH (15)  SOCOLE (1)  SPENCER (1)  STAPLER (1)  STEVENSON (12)  TAYLOR (1)  TOLBARD (1)  TOWLE (2)  TURNER (1)  WAGSTAFF (7)  WALKER (1)  WALL (1)  WATKINSON (6)  WILLIAMS (3)  WITHER (1)  WOODHOUSE (11)