Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burton, Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

Burton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

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
JONES669.25678.17
EVANS253.50638.02
DAVIES243.36616.62
ROBERTS233.22588.57
MARTIN212.945311.96
EDWARDS202.805010.06
GRIFFITHS202.805017.14
GILLAM182.5245654.55
LLOYD162.244019.22
WILLIAMS141.96352.73
MERCER131.823369.48
THOMAS101.40253.40
HUMPHREYS101.402539.84
CREWE101.4025537.63
HANDLEY91.262374.75
HALLIWELL91.2623113.78
STANLEY91.262332.83
CHALONER91.2623769.23
MOSS91.262320.48
PRITCHARD81.122020.84
HUGHES81.12204.00
FLETCHER81.12209.83
BARKER81.12208.57
PATE70.9818237.29
FENTON70.981849.19
DICKMAN70.9818648.15
GRIFFITH70.981830.13
PETERS60.841524.00
SADLER60.841535.69
PEERS60.8415144.23
PARKER60.84154.42
PRICE60.84154.81
RILEY50.70138.86
KELSEY50.701394.70
WYNNE50.701372.78
SMITH50.70130.50
WARWICK50.701350.71
RICKARD50.7013102.88
KENDRICK50.701372.89
HUXLEY50.7013155.76
BENNION40.5610248.45
BAYNE40.5610153.26
MORRIS40.56102.52
ALLSOP40.561054.64
CLARK40.56101.87
LEECH40.561034.42
DUTTON40.561024.78
DENTON40.561030.53
LEADBETTER40.5610108.40
WHITLEY30.420851.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OLIVERS0.717135000.0000
ZACHARY0.717132222.2222
BRODHURST0.717131176.4706
CHALONER0.71713769.2308
GILLAM0.71713654.5455
DICKMAN0.71713648.1481
BELMONT0.71713625.0000
CREWE0.71713537.6344
YOUD0.71713337.0787
GILLIAM0.71713289.8551
EYTON0.71713285.7143
MOLLER0.71713277.7778
WOODFIN0.71713263.1579
BENNION0.71713248.4472
PATE0.71713237.2881
HUXLEY0.71713155.7632
BAYNE0.71713153.2567
BALEY0.71713151.5152
BATTERS0.71713144.9275
PEERS0.71713144.2308
HALLIWELL0.71713113.7800
LEADBETTER0.71713108.4011
PHOENIX0.71713105.2632
RICKARD0.71713102.8807
KEAY0.7171398.6842
BROOKFIELD0.7171397.5610
KELSEY0.7171394.6970
NICKSON0.7171394.3396
PURDON0.7171375.7576
HANDLEY0.7171374.7508
KENDRICK0.7171372.8863
WYNNE0.7171372.7802
MERCER0.7171369.4816
RANDLES0.7171362.1118
BALFOUR0.7171360.3622
HOOLEY0.7171358.4795
DOWELL0.7171356.0224
ALLSOP0.7171354.6448
TUNSTALL0.7171352.7704
WHITLEY0.7171351.3699
WARWICK0.7171350.7099
FENTON0.7171349.1918
ABELL0.7171345.2489
WICKHAM0.7171341.4938
DONE0.7171340.6504
HUMPHREYS0.7171339.8406
TOFT0.7171335.8423
SADLER0.7171335.6930
LEECH0.7171334.4234
STANLEY0.7171332.8347

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 713 people called OLIVERS in Burton 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 Burton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Burton on census day were called OLIVERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OLIVERS 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 OLIVERS 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 OLIVERS 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 OLIVERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Burton means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OLIVERS in Burton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burton in 1881

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

ABELL (1)  ALLEN (3)  ALLSOP (4)  BALEY (1)  BAYNE (4)  BAINES (1)  BALFOUR (3)  BELMONT (1)  BARKER (8)  BATTERS (1)  BELL (1)  BENNION (4)  BITHELL (2)  BURKE (3)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOLDERSTON (1)  BORLOZ (1)  BRODHURST (2)  BROOKFIELD (2)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  CALDECOTT (1)  CHALONER (9)  CASH (1)  CHESTERS (2)  CLARK (4)  COATES (1)  COLE (1)  CROMAR (7)  CREWE (10)  DARVELL (6)  DAVIES (24)  DENTON (4)  DICKMAN (7)  DIXON (1)  DODD (1)  DONE (1)  DUTTON (4)  EYTON (1)  EDWARDS (20)  EVANS (25)  FENTON (7)  FINCHETT (14)  FLETCHER (8)  FORBES (1)  FRANCIS (2)  FRANCES (1)  GILLAM (18)  GITTINS (1)  GOUBOURN (1)  GOUGH (2)  GRIFFITHS (20)  GRIFFITH (7)  GUEST (1)  HALL (2)  HALLIWELL (9)  HOLLIWELL (4)  HALLEWILL (8)  HANDLEY (9)  HARVEY (1)  HELM (1)  HEWITT (1)  HOLT (3)  HOOLEY (2)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (8)  HUMPHREYS (10)  HUNTRISS (2)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JELLICOE (4)  JONES (66)  KEAY (3)  KELSEY (5)  KENDRICK (5)  KIRK (1)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LAING (1)  LANGLEY (2)  LAZZURUS (1)  LEECH (4)  LEADBETTER (4)  LEDSHAM (4)  LEWIS (2)  LIGHTFOOT (2)  LLOYD (16)  MANLEY (1)  MARTIN (21)  MC DONALD (1)  DOWELL (2)  MERCER (13)  MILLINGTON (1)  MORRIS (4)  MOSS (9)  MOLLER (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NICKSON (2)  OGILVIE (1)  OLIVERS (1)  OWEN (1)  HUXLEY (5)  PARKER (6)  PATE (7)  PEERS (6)  PERKINS (2)  PARRY (3)  PETERS (6)  PHILLIPS (2)  PHOENIX (1)  PITTS (1)  POTTER (2)  POWELL (2)  PRICE (6)  PRINCE (3)  PRITCHARD (8)  PURDON (1)  RANDLES (1)  RICE (1)  RICKARD (5)  RICHARDSON (3)  RILEY (5)  ROBERTS (23)  ROWDON (1)  SADLER (6)  SHARP (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (5)  STANLEY (9)  SWETENHAM (5)  SYKES (3)  THELWALL (1)  THOMAS (10)  TOFT (1)  TUNSTALL (2)  TUSHINGHAM (2)  URQUHART (1)  VENABLES (4)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WARWICK (5)  WATTS (2)  WEAVER (1)  WHITLEY (3)  WITINGHAM (1)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WICKHAM (2)  WILLIAMS (14)  GILLIAM (2)  WYNNE (5)  WOODFIN (1)  WOOLRICH (3)  WOOLISCROFT (5)  WOOLLAM (6)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (1)  YOUD (3)  ZACHARY (2)