Top surnames from the 1881 census in Syerston, Nottinghamshire

Syerston 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
WADE148.7500218.75
DICKINSON95.6250131.77
WILLIES74.375010,000.00
WILKINSON63.750024.57
RAYNOR53.1250450.45
PEPPER53.1250222.22
BEAVER53.1250704.23
HOWITT53.1250847.46
BAXTER42.500041.93
BURROWS42.500057.14
HARSTON42.50002,500.00
HALL42.50008.50
MCLOUGHLIN42.50002,666.67
FILLINGHAM42.50001,212.12
HAWKINS42.500034.54
ADAMS31.875012.72
HURST31.875052.54
SAVAGE31.875048.78
ADCOCK31.8750189.87
MARSON31.8750410.96
ROSE31.875025.27
MORTON21.250023.39
WHITE21.25003.89
GLOVER21.250029.33
EASON21.2500289.86
WALKER10.62501.87
FRYER10.625033.67
TAYLOR10.62500.98
LAWTON10.625024.27
DRAKE10.625021.46
SCHOFIELD10.625011.53
HOLLINGSWORTH10.625094.34
BELLAMY10.625042.92
NORTH10.625018.87
BARLOW10.625011.57
SISSON10.6250238.10
HILL10.62502.45
BUCKLAND10.625059.17
HARRISON10.62502.82
MUDD10.6250147.06
THOMPSON10.62502.09
SHAW10.62503.40
DALTON10.625027.25
BROWN10.62500.95
PAIGE10.6250344.83
HARDY10.625010.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WILLIES0.1616010000.0000
MCLOUGHLIN0.161602666.6667
HARSTON0.161602500.0000
FILLINGHAM0.161601212.1212
HOWITT0.16160847.4576
BEAVER0.16160704.2254
RAYNOR0.16160450.4505
MARSON0.16160410.9589
PAIGE0.16160344.8276
EASON0.16160289.8551
SISSON0.16160238.0952
PEPPER0.16160222.2222
WADE0.16160218.7500
ADCOCK0.16160189.8734
MUDD0.16160147.0588
DICKINSON0.16160131.7716
HOLLINGSWORTH0.1616094.3396
BUCKLAND0.1616059.1716
BURROWS0.1616057.1429
HURST0.1616052.5394
SAVAGE0.1616048.7805
BELLAMY0.1616042.9185
BAXTER0.1616041.9287
HAWKINS0.1616034.5423
FRYER0.1616033.6700
GLOVER0.1616029.3255
DALTON0.1616027.2480
ROSE0.1616025.2738
WILKINSON0.1616024.5700
LAWTON0.1616024.2718
MORTON0.1616023.3918
DRAKE0.1616021.4592
NORTH0.1616018.8679
ADAMS0.1616012.7226
BARLOW0.1616011.5741
SCHOFIELD0.1616011.5340
HARDY0.1616010.4384
HALL0.161608.4980
WHITE0.161603.8888
SHAW0.161603.4025
HARRISON0.161602.8153
HILL0.161602.4540
THOMPSON0.161602.0864
WALKER0.161601.8671
TAYLOR0.161600.9773
BROWN0.161600.9481

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 160 people called WILLIES in Syerston 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 10000.0000 in Syerston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Syerston on census day were called WILLIES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WILLIES 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 WILLIES 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 WILLIES 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 WILLIES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Syerston means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WILLIES in Syerston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Syerston in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ADCOCK (3)  BAGULEY (11)  BARLOW (1)  BAXTER (4)  BEAVER (5)  BELLAMY (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLAND (1)  BURROWS (4)  CHALLAND (8)  DALTON (1)  DICKINSON (9)  DRAKE (1)  EASON (2)  ELDON (1)  FILLINGHAM (4)  FRYER (1)  GLOVER (2)  HALL (4)  HARDY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARSTON (4)  HAWKINS (4)  HILL (1)  HOLLINGSWORTH (1)  HOWITT (5)  HURST (3)  LAWTON (1)  MARSON (3)  ALLISTER (6)  MCLOUGHLIN (4)  MERRIEN (1)  MORTON (2)  MUDD (1)  NORTH (1)  OXBY (1)  PAIGE (1)  PEPPER (5)  RAYNOR (5)  ROSE (3)  SAVAGE (3)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SHAW (1)  SILKSTON (1)  SISSON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WADE (14)  WALKER (1)  WHITE (2)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIES (7)