Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire

Bilsthorpe 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
ROWLAND136.7010235.93
WARD136.701030.67
BULLOCK115.6701174.33
JOHNSON84.123712.27
SHEPPARD73.6082104.17
COPLEY73.6082466.67
PAYNE63.092834.36
HUTCHINSON63.092854.45
GRASS63.09284,000.00
GIBSON52.577321.23
WILSON52.57735.61
HALL52.57738.76
TURNER52.57739.26
DENNIS42.061969.69
BARKER42.061915.75
SCOTT31.54646.11
BALL31.546418.73
ROUSE31.5464107.91
RENSHAW31.5464163.04
SLANEY31.5464500.00
BARK21.0309666.67
GARLAND21.030977.82
RICHARDS21.03096.83
HAYE21.03091,818.18
BARTRAM21.0309208.33
OUTRAM21.0309350.88
GREENFIELD21.030992.59
GARROW21.0309909.09
HAYES21.030916.58
NUNN10.515529.41
GODFREY10.515517.39
ADAMS10.51553.50
HOLMES10.51554.23
WATSON10.51552.22
STOCKS10.515547.39
MOORE10.51552.58
HEY10.515558.14
BROWN10.51550.78
PARR10.515520.62
OLDHAM10.515529.33
SAMUEL10.515543.10
ARMSTRONG10.51556.74
MARSH10.51557.23
ROSE10.51556.95
HURT10.5155196.08
WILLIAMSON10.51555.75
REED10.51557.06
BRITTON10.515529.07
PALL10.51552,000.00
GREY10.515523.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRASS0.191944000.0000
PALL0.191942000.0000
HAYE0.191941818.1818
GARROW0.19194909.0909
BARK0.19194666.6667
SLANEY0.19194500.0000
COPLEY0.19194466.6667
OUTRAM0.19194350.8772
ROWLAND0.19194235.9347
BARTRAM0.19194208.3333
HURT0.19194196.0784
BULLOCK0.19194174.3265
RENSHAW0.19194163.0435
ROUSE0.19194107.9137
SHEPPARD0.19194104.1667
GREENFIELD0.1919492.5926
GARLAND0.1919477.8210
DENNIS0.1919469.6864
HEY0.1919458.1395
HUTCHINSON0.1919454.4465
STOCKS0.1919447.3934
SAMUEL0.1919443.1034
PAYNE0.1919434.3643
WARD0.1919430.6748
NUNN0.1919429.4118
OLDHAM0.1919429.3255
BRITTON0.1919429.0698
GREY0.1919423.7530
GIBSON0.1919421.2314
PARR0.1919420.6186
BALL0.1919418.7266
GODFREY0.1919417.3913
HAYES0.1919416.5837
BARKER0.1919415.7542
JOHNSON0.1919412.2737
TURNER0.191949.2593
HALL0.191948.7612
MARSH0.191947.2254
REED0.191947.0621
ROSE0.191946.9493
RICHARDS0.191946.8259
ARMSTRONG0.191946.7431
SCOTT0.191946.1112
WILLIAMSON0.191945.7504
WILSON0.191945.6117
HOLMES0.191944.2337
ADAMS0.191943.4977
MOORE0.191942.5780
WATSON0.191942.2222
BROWN0.191940.7820

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 194 people called GRASS in Bilsthorpe 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 4000.0000 in Bilsthorpe means that 4000.0000% of the people in Bilsthorpe on census day were called GRASS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Bilsthorpe means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRASS in Bilsthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bilsthorpe in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BALL (3)  BARKER (4)  BARTRAM (2)  BEEVOR (1)  BARK (2)  BRITTON (1)  BROWN (1)  BULLOCK (11)  COPLEY (7)  COTTERALL (1)  DENNIS (4)  DRABBLE (6)  EDLINGTON (4)  FLEPF (1)  GARLAND (2)  GARROW (2)  GASCOINE (1)  GIBSON (5)  GODFREY (1)  GRASS (6)  GREY (1)  GREENFIELD (2)  HALL (5)  HAYE (2)  HAYES (2)  HEY (1)  HEMPSALL (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUCKNALL (3)  HURT (1)  HUTCHINSON (6)  JOHNSON (8)  MARSH (1)  MOORE (1)  NUNN (1)  NURCOMBE (10)  OLDHAM (1)  OUTRAM (2)  PARR (1)  PALL (1)  PAYNE (6)  PLUMTREE (1)  REED (1)  RENSHAW (3)  RICHARDS (2)  ROUSE (3)  ROSE (1)  ROWLAND (13)  SAMUEL (1)  SCOTT (3)  SHEPPARD (7)  SLANEY (3)  SPADEMAN (1)  SPITTLEHOUSE (1)  STOCKS (1)  SURGEY (4)  TURNER (5)  WARD (13)  WATSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (5)