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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barlow, Derbyshire

Barlow 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
BOOKER424.5652380.78
NEEDHAM404.3478204.29
TURNER313.369612.10
HOLMES313.369627.67
SIMPSON313.369619.27
STEVENSON262.826140.27
HASLAM252.7174178.95
HOWARTH232.500052.02
LOMAS222.3913129.41
KEY181.9565141.84
WEBSTER151.630418.75
WHITE141.52174.73
FLETCHER141.521713.33
LOWE131.413018.85
CHAPMAN131.41309.95
WALKER111.19573.57
MILLINGTON101.087071.79
WILSON101.08702.37
BOWLER101.087089.05
HANCOCK90.978321.50
HAYES90.978315.73
HAWKINS80.869612.01
JOLLEY80.8696164.95
GREGORY80.869612.39
MAKIN80.8696101.27
COE80.869653.51
WRIGHT70.76092.37
GRATTON70.7609191.26
TOMLINSON70.760916.50
RODGERS70.760927.80
WILLIAMSON60.65227.28
SANDERS60.652214.39
HAGUE60.652241.47
SHORT60.652216.69
BRADBURY60.652222.57
CROOKS60.652284.63
BENNETT60.65223.97
ELLIOTT60.65227.69
CLAY60.652231.78
HOWARD60.65226.65
HALLETT60.652253.00
BARTON50.543510.06
DART50.5435116.82
SELF50.543576.57
BRUNT50.543578.86
ANTHONY50.543546.77
MORGAN50.54352.73
HOPKINSON50.543533.24
CARTLEDGE50.5435107.76
DALE50.543512.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DRAGG0.9292020000.0000
SALMANS0.929205000.0000
MART0.92920500.0000
BOOKER0.92920380.7797
THACKERAY0.92920298.5075
PIDCOCK0.92920250.0000
GAMMONS0.92920227.2727
NEEDHAM0.92920204.2901
GRATTON0.92920191.2568
HASLAM0.92920178.9549
JOLLEY0.92920164.9485
MARPLES0.92920163.2653
KEY0.92920141.8440
LOMAS0.92920129.4118
DART0.92920116.8224
TAGG0.92920113.9601
TETLOW0.92920110.1928
CARTLEDGE0.92920107.7586
HATT0.92920101.5228
MAKIN0.92920101.2658
SYLVESTER0.9292096.7742
BOWLER0.9292089.0472
CUPIT0.9292085.4701
CROOKS0.9292084.6262
WILKIN0.9292079.3651
BRUNT0.9292078.8644
SELF0.9292076.5697
CROOKES0.9292074.6269
MILLINGTON0.9292071.7875
GLADWIN0.9292057.8035
COBURN0.9292057.4713
TEE0.9292055.2486
WOLSTENHOLME0.9292054.4959
COE0.9292053.5117
HEDLEY0.9292053.1915
HALLETT0.9292053.0035
HOWARTH0.9292052.0244
PLATTS0.9292048.8599
WRAGG0.9292047.0035
ANTHONY0.9292046.7727
MOYLE0.9292045.1467
HAGUE0.9292041.4651
STEVENSON0.9292040.2726
HOPKINSON0.9292033.2447
FOULDS0.9292032.1543
CLAY0.9292031.7797
RODGERS0.9292027.7998
HOLMES0.9292027.6712
SLACK0.9292027.6052
PINDER0.9292027.0758

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 920 people called DRAGG in Barlow 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 20000.0000 in Barlow means that 20000.0000% of the people in Barlow on census day were called DRAGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DRAGG 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 DRAGG 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 DRAGG 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 DRAGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Barlow means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DRAGG in Barlow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barlow in 1881

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

ANTHONY (5)  ATKINSON (1)  BACK (1)  BARGH (3)  BARTON (5)  BECKETT (2)  BEDFORD (1)  BELL (4)  BENNETT (6)  BIRCUMSHAW (8)  BLAND (3)  BOOKER (42)  BOOTH (4)  BOWER (1)  BOWLER (10)  BRADBURY (6)  BRUNT (5)  CAULDWELL (5)  CALVERT (5)  CARTLEDGE (5)  CHAPMAN (13)  CLAY (6)  CLINTTON (4)  COBURN (1)  COE (8)  COX (1)  CRAMPTON (1)  CROOKS (6)  CROOKES (3)  CROSS (4)  CUPIT (1)  DALE (5)  DART (5)  DEAN (2)  DRABBLE (8)  DRAGG (2)  DYSON (3)  ELLIOTT (6)  FENTON (2)  FISHER (1)  FLETCHER (14)  FOULDS (2)  FROGGATT (3)  GAMMONS (1)  GELSTHORPE (2)  GILBERTHORP (2)  GILL (1)  GLADWIN (2)  GOODLAD (8)  GRATTON (7)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (8)  HAKIN (1)  HAGUE (6)  HALLATT (6)  HALLETT (6)  HANCOCK (9)  HARDY (1)  HASLAM (25)  HATT (2)  HATTERSLEY (1)  HAWKINS (8)  HAYES (9)  HEDLEY (5)  HEPWORTH (1)  HEWITT (1)  HILDITCH (1)  HILL (3)  HIODKIN (1)  HODKIN (3)  HODGKINSON (3)  HOLLELY (10)  HOLMES (31)  HOPKINSON (5)  HOWARD (6)  HOWARTH (23)  JOLLEY (8)  KEY (18)  KINGLEY (1)  KNOWLES (5)  LANCASTER (2)  LEFFARY (1)  LINGS (2)  LITTLEWOOD (2)  LOMAS (22)  LOWE (13)  MAKIN (8)  MARGARESON (8)  MARGERISON (5)  MARGERESON (10)  MARPLES (4)  MARSH (4)  MART (3)  MASSEY (1)  MELLOR (3)  MILLINGTON (10)  MORGAN (5)  MOYLE (2)  NEAL (1)  NEEDHAM (40)  NEWBOULD (1)  NEWBOULD (NEWBOLD) (2)  NORGRESON (1)  NORMAN (3)  PALMER (3)  FITZPATRICK (2)  PEARSON (4)  PIDCOCK (2)  PINDER (3)  PLATTS (3)  PRIESTLEY (3)  REDFERN (2)  RODGERS (7)  SALMANS (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SANDERS (6)  SCHOFIELD (5)  SELF (5)  SHAW (2)  SHARWIN (1)  SHORT (6)  SILCOCK (12)  SYLVESTER (3)  SIMPSON (31)  SKIVINGTON (6)  SLACK (4)  SMAILES (1)  SNAPE (1)  SPAFFUD (5)  STAMFORD (1)  STEOLUSON (4)  STEVENS (5)  STEVENSON (26)  STIRLAND (6)  TAFINDER (1)  TAGG (4)  TAYLOR (2)  TETLOW (4)  THACKERAY (4)  TINSLEY (1)  TOMLINSON (7)  TOOTILL (1)  TURNER (31)  TEE (1)  WAGSTAFFE (1)  WALKER (11)  WALTERS (1)  WARD (2)  WARRENER (1)  WEBSTER (15)  WHITAKER (4)  WHITE (14)  WIDNELL (1)  WILCOCKSON (4)  WILKIN (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (10)  WOLSTENHOLME (4)  WOODWARD (4)  WRAGG (4)  WRIGHT (7)  YATES (2)