Top surnames from the 1881 census in Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire

Owthorpe 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
WILD1410.6870262.17
MARRIOTT107.6336341.30
KEYWORTH107.63363,333.33
DICKMAN96.87024,500.00
BARLOW96.8702127.30
HARLEY64.5802355.03
ARCHER53.816892.25
SIMPSON53.816821.82
HORTON43.053482.30
HOLMES43.053425.08
HARRISON43.053413.76
MARSTON43.0534327.87
MARSON43.0534666.67
SLATER21.526725.22
HANSON21.526747.28
LOVELL21.526772.99
HOLLINGWORTH21.5267188.68
HARRIS21.52676.01
BELL10.76344.06
STOKES10.763418.08
HEANEY10.7634454.55
MATHER10.763430.77
BATEMAN10.763429.59
SPENCER10.76348.36
CHAMBERS10.763413.42
WHITE10.76342.37
HUNT10.76345.75
SMITH10.76340.54
RICHARDS10.76345.06
GLOVER10.763417.92
WORTHINGTON10.763438.02
KIRKHAM10.763454.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DICKMAN0.131314500.0000
KEYWORTH0.131313333.3333
MARSON0.13131666.6667
HEANEY0.13131454.5455
HARLEY0.13131355.0296
MARRIOTT0.13131341.2969
MARSTON0.13131327.8689
WILD0.13131262.1723
HOLLINGWORTH0.13131188.6792
BARLOW0.13131127.2984
ARCHER0.1313192.2509
HORTON0.1313182.3045
LOVELL0.1313172.9927
KIRKHAM0.1313154.6448
HANSON0.1313147.2813
WORTHINGTON0.1313138.0228
MATHER0.1313130.7692
BATEMAN0.1313129.5858
SLATER0.1313125.2207
HOLMES0.1313125.0784
SIMPSON0.1313121.8245
STOKES0.1313118.0832
GLOVER0.1313117.9211
HARRISON0.1313113.7552
CHAMBERS0.1313113.4228
SPENCER0.131318.3612
HARRIS0.131316.0078
HUNT0.131315.7471
RICHARDS0.131315.0556
BELL0.131314.0617
WHITE0.131312.3747
SMITH0.131310.5406

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 131 people called DICKMAN in Owthorpe 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 4500.0000 in Owthorpe means that 4500.0000% of the people in Owthorpe on census day were called DICKMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DICKMAN 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 DICKMAN 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 DICKMAN 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 DICKMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Owthorpe means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DICKMAN in Owthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Owthorpe in 1881

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

ARCHER (5)  BAGULEY (1)  BARLOW (9)  BATEMAN (1)  BELL (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  DABELL (9)  DICKMAN (9)  ELLINOR (1)  GLOVER (1)  HEANEY (1)  HANSON (2)  HARLEY (6)  HARRIS (2)  HARRISON (4)  HOLLINGWORTH (2)  HOLMES (4)  HORTON (4)  HUNT (1)  KEYWORTH (10)  KIRKHAM (1)  LOVELL (2)  MARRIOTT (10)  MARSON (4)  MARSTON (4)  MATHER (1)  RICHARDS (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (1)  SPOWAGE (8)  STOKES (1)  WHITE (1)  WILD (14)  WORTHINGTON (1)