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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Breadsall, Derbyshire

Breadsall 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
SLATER264.905781.02
SMITH244.52833.21
WALKER193.584910.71
HOLLINGWORTH152.8302350.47
BAILEY142.641517.54
SHEPHERD142.641536.05
MOORE142.641513.21
CLARKE122.264211.17
HOLLAND112.075529.15
ROOME101.8868980.39
STEVENS101.886818.07
CHAMBERS91.698129.86
MATHER91.698168.49
GARRATT91.6981167.29
COX91.698111.20
PORTER81.509420.12
COWLEY81.509482.05
BROWN81.50942.29
CONLEY71.3208364.58
MORLEY71.320833.03
SELBY71.3208110.58
PEARSON61.13219.75
FREEMAN61.132117.73
WINSON61.1321566.04
DUNCAN50.943413.79
FEARN50.9434126.26
TAYLOR50.94341.48
GRACE50.943470.42
HAZELGROVE50.94341,351.35
COOKE50.943417.09
WOOD40.75472.37
SHARPE40.754725.61
WILKINSON40.75474.95
THOMPSON40.75472.52
WHITE40.75472.35
TALBOT40.754730.33
DOLEMAN40.7547952.38
STARBUCK40.7547470.59
HILL40.75472.96
HAY40.754720.58
VALE40.7547105.54
HARDY30.56609.45
WILLIAMS30.56600.79
GARETT30.56603,333.33
TURNER30.56602.03
CARRINGTON30.566053.76
CORNFORTH30.5660247.93
EATON30.566020.22
ROWLAND30.566019.92
GOODALL30.566026.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARETT0.535303333.3333
HAZELGROVE0.535301351.3514
ROOME0.53530980.3922
DOLEMAN0.53530952.3810
WINSON0.53530566.0377
STARBUCK0.53530470.5882
WORMINGTON0.53530416.6667
CONLEY0.53530364.5833
HOLLINGWORTH0.53530350.4673
CORNFORTH0.53530247.9339
FITZMAURICE0.53530204.0816
GARRATT0.53530167.2862
CANTRELL0.53530136.9863
OUTRAM0.53530129.0323
FEARN0.53530126.2626
BEARDSLEY0.53530118.3432
SELBY0.53530110.5845
VALE0.53530105.5409
CRAINE0.5353082.6446
COWLEY0.5353082.0513
SLATER0.5353081.0221
WHEELDON0.5353076.6284
LOCKER0.5353075.1880
GRACE0.5353070.4225
MATHER0.5353068.4932
FERN0.5353060.6061
CARRINGTON0.5353053.7634
BRIGHTON0.5353053.1915
MERRY0.5353050.5051
POSTLETHWAITE0.5353049.7512
SLATTER0.5353047.3934
HEATHCOTE0.5353046.7290
HOBDAY0.5353046.7290
GARRARD0.5353045.2489
HUTT0.5353044.0529
SHEPHERD0.5353036.0453
MORLEY0.5353033.0345
TALBOT0.5353030.3260
CHAMBERS0.5353029.8607
KIRKMAN0.5353029.4985
HOLLAND0.5353029.1545
OXLEY0.5353026.9542
GROOM0.5353026.9179
HATFIELD0.5353026.4550
GOODALL0.5353026.4317
SHARPE0.5353025.6082
GEARY0.5353024.1546
SMEDLEY0.5353023.0415
JOHNS0.5353021.9138
KIRKLAND0.5353021.1864

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 530 people called GARETT in Breadsall 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 3333.3333 in Breadsall means that 3333.3333% of the people in Breadsall on census day were called GARETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARETT 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 GARETT 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 GARETT 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 GARETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Breadsall means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARETT in Breadsall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Breadsall in 1881

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

ALLSOPP (3)  BAILEY (14)  BAKER (2)  BARKER (2)  BARNETT (2)  BATEMAN (2)  BEARD (2)  BEARDSLEY (2)  BELCHAN (1)  BIRKIN (3)  BOSWELL (1)  BRIGHTON (1)  BROWN (8)  BURROWS (2)  CANTRELL (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CARRINGTON (3)  CASKAN (1)  CASTLEDINE (7)  CHAMBERS (9)  CLARKE (12)  CONLEY (7)  COOKE (5)  CORNFORTH (3)  COWLEY (8)  COX (9)  CRAINE (1)  DARBY (1)  DENSTON (1)  DOAR (3)  DOLEMAN (4)  DRAKE (1)  DRAYCOTT (1)  DUNCAN (5)  DURDHAM (9)  EATON (3)  ENDSOR (5)  FEARN (5)  FERN (1)  FISHER (1)  FOSTER (1)  FREEMAN (6)  GARRATT (9)  GARETT (3)  GAUGH (1)  GEARY (1)  GARRARD (1)  GOODALL (3)  GRACE (5)  GREGORY (2)  GREGSON (1)  GROOM (2)  HARDY (3)  HARRISON (2)  HATFIELD (1)  HAY (4)  HAZELGROVE (5)  HEATHCOTE (2)  HEFFORD (3)  HILL (4)  HOBDAY (1)  HOLLAND (11)  HOLLINGWORTH (15)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWES (1)  HUNT (2)  HUTT (1)  JACKLINSON (1)  JEWELLS (1)  JOHNS (3)  JOHNSON (2)  KIRKLAND (1)  KIRKMAN (1)  LEE (1)  LESSON (10)  LOCKER (1)  LOWE (1)  MATHER (9)  MERRY (2)  MOAB (9)  MOORE (14)  MORLEY (7)  MOORLEY (9)  FITZMAURICE (1)  NEWPHAM (1)  OUTRAM (2)  OXLEY (2)  PEATSON (1)  PAUL (1)  PEACH (1)  PEARSON (6)  PORTER (8)  POSTLETHWAITE (1)  ROBINS (1)  ROCKWALL (1)  ROOME (10)  ROWLAND (3)  SADLER (1)  SALFORD (2)  SALT (1)  SELBY (7)  SHARPE (4)  SHEPHERD (14)  SHELDON (1)  SLATER (26)  SLATTER (1)  SMEDLEY (1)  SMITH (24)  STARBUCK (4)  STEVENS (10)  STONE (1)  STONELL (4)  TALBOT (4)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TURNER (3)  VALE (4)  VICKERS (2)  WALKER (19)  WALKERDINE (1)  WALTERS (2)  WARD (2)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (1)  WESTON (1)  WHEELDON (2)  WHITE (4)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMS (3)  WINSON (6)  WOOD (4)  WOOLLEY (1)  WORMINGTON (1)