Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alkmonton, Derbyshire

Alkmonton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Derbyshire

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
SAINT1011.62793,846.15
BILLING89.30231,666.67
COXON89.30231,212.12
EYRE66.9767582.52
CHANDLER66.9767217.39
KIRKLAND66.9767779.22
BARKER44.651235.56
BAILEY33.488423.17
HIGHT33.48846,000.00
SMITH33.48842.47
BRIDGES33.4884218.98
WATKINSON22.3256198.02
BROWN22.32563.53
FEARN22.3256312.50
GLOVER11.162827.25
ADAMS11.16287.89
PERCIVAL11.162874.07
BOULTON11.162864.52
FOSTER11.16288.70
TOMLINSON11.162825.19
CRADDOCK11.1628138.89
RUSHTON11.162856.50
PARKER11.16286.11
ASTLE11.1628357.14
ROGERS11.16288.95
MORLEY11.162829.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HIGHT0.09866000.0000
SAINT0.09863846.1538
BILLING0.09861666.6667
COXON0.09861212.1212
KIRKLAND0.0986779.2208
EYRE0.0986582.5243
ASTLE0.0986357.1429
FEARN0.0986312.5000
BRIDGES0.0986218.9781
CHANDLER0.0986217.3913
WATKINSON0.0986198.0198
CRADDOCK0.0986138.8889
PERCIVAL0.098674.0741
BOULTON0.098664.5161
RUSHTON0.098656.4972
BARKER0.098635.5556
MORLEY0.098629.0698
GLOVER0.098627.2480
TOMLINSON0.098625.1889
BAILEY0.098623.1660
ROGERS0.09868.9526
FOSTER0.09868.6957
ADAMS0.09867.8927
PARKER0.09866.1125
BROWN0.09863.5280
SMITH0.09862.4706

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 86 people called HIGHT in Alkmonton 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 6000.0000 in Alkmonton means that 6000.0000% of the people in Alkmonton on census day were called HIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HIGHT 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 HIGHT 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 HIGHT 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 HIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Alkmonton means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HIGHT in Alkmonton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alkmonton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ASTLE (1)  BAILEY (3)  BARKER (4)  BILLING (8)  BOULTON (1)  BRIDGES (3)  BROWN (2)  SCAMMELL (1)  CHANDLER (6)  COXON (8)  CRADDOCK (1)  EYRE (6)  FEARN (2)  FOSTER (1)  GLOVER (1)  HIGHT (3)  KIRKLAND (6)  MORLEY (1)  MAULTON (6)  PARKER (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUSHTON (1)  SAINT (10)  SMITH (3)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOOGOOD (1)  WATKINSON (2)