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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Castle Gresley, Derbyshire

Castle Gresley 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
DENNIS293.6896124.73
WOOD263.307910.38
SWAIN243.0534158.42
SMITH212.67181.89
STONE172.162829.92
FOSTER141.781213.32
ISON121.5267521.74
STANLEY111.399536.40
TILLEY111.3995106.59
PICKERING111.399538.79
HILL101.27235.00
WARREN101.272319.03
PARSONS101.272316.75
DAVIES91.14502.25
BUTLER91.145011.74
PEDEN81.0178503.14
PRITCHARD81.017818.90
SHARPE81.017834.53
MOORE81.01785.09
WALTERS81.017821.34
POPE81.017829.53
CLAMP70.8906291.67
ALLEN70.89064.71
FLINT70.890649.65
HART70.890610.44
ORME70.8906106.71
HAIR70.8906228.01
SPENCER70.89069.75
GLOVER70.890620.89
WESTON70.890621.83
PERCIVAL70.890656.86
HAYWOOD70.890642.45
SWAN70.890634.38
LUNN70.890668.83
HOWE70.890622.68
WEST60.76347.93
BOOTH60.76347.74
PLATTS60.7634114.29
BURKETT60.7634377.36
GARLAND60.763457.58
BROMLEY60.763449.59
CLEMENT60.763475.76
BOURNE60.763439.37
BETTERIDGE60.7634169.49
SLATER60.763412.61
BAGNALL60.763488.89
JONES60.76340.67
HOLLOWAY60.763424.92
TOON60.7634203.39
SINCLAIR50.636112.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ENGLEY0.797862000.0000
BULLERS0.797861481.4815
ISON0.79786521.7391
PEDEN0.79786503.1447
BURKETT0.79786377.3585
ALKINS0.79786344.8276
CLAMP0.79786291.6667
WHEAT0.79786270.2703
HAIR0.79786228.0130
TOON0.79786203.3898
WIGG0.79786184.3318
BETTERIDGE0.79786169.4915
SWAIN0.79786158.4158
ASHWELL0.79786146.5201
HOLME0.79786137.3626
DENNIS0.79786124.7312
CRICKMORE0.79786114.9425
PLATTS0.79786114.2857
HEATLEY0.79786106.9519
ORME0.79786106.7073
TILLEY0.79786106.5891
BAGNALL0.7978688.8889
YARDLEY0.7978680.1603
CLEMENT0.7978675.7576
LUNN0.7978668.8299
GARLAND0.7978657.5816
PERCIVAL0.7978656.8643
WILEMAN0.7978655.5556
LAND0.7978652.9101
FLINT0.7978649.6454
BROMLEY0.7978649.5868
KIRKLAND0.7978642.8571
HAYWOOD0.7978642.4500
PEACE0.7978642.0757
ELEY0.7978641.1523
SOUTH0.7978640.4858
BOURNE0.7978639.3701
PICKERING0.7978638.7870
LARGE0.7978637.0370
STANLEY0.7978636.3997
BRIGHTON0.7978635.9712
SHARPE0.7978634.5274
SWAN0.7978634.3811
MANSFIELD0.7978633.8983
PRIESTLEY0.7978630.0752
STONE0.7978629.9190
POPE0.7978629.5312
BRADFORD0.7978626.1097
HOLLOWAY0.7978624.9169
HOWE0.7978622.6757

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 786 people called ENGLEY in Castle Gresley 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 2000.0000 in Castle Gresley means that 2000.0000% of the people in Castle Gresley on census day were called ENGLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ENGLEY 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 ENGLEY 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 ENGLEY 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 ENGLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Castle Gresley means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ENGLEY in Castle Gresley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Castle Gresley in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ALLBROOK (1)  ALKINS (1)  ALLEN (7)  ALLSOBROOK (10)  ASHWELL (4)  BADKIN (2)  BAGNALL (6)  BAILEY (4)  BEADMAN (6)  BEARD (2)  BEEBY (6)  BETTERIDGE (6)  BURKETT (6)  BOOTH (6)  BOSTOCK (1)  BRADFORD (4)  BRIGHTON (1)  BROMLEY (6)  BROWN (2)  BULLENS (4)  BULLERS (4)  BOURNE (6)  BUTLER (9)  BUXTON (1)  CHADWICK (5)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLAMP (7)  CLAYTON (1)  CLEMENT (6)  COATES (3)  COOKE (1)  COX (5)  CRICKMORE (1)  DAVIES (9)  DAISH (1)  DEACON (1)  DEEMING (1)  DENNIS (29)  EYLEY (5)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELEY (2)  ENGLEY (2)  EVANS (1)  FIRN (2)  FLETCHER (2)  FLINT (7)  FOSTER (14)  FREEMAN (5)  FREESTON (6)  GARLAND (6)  GILBERT (2)  GILLIVER (14)  GLOVER (7)  GREEN (1)  GRENCOCK (1)  GRIFFITH (2)  HALL (5)  HAIR (7)  HARRISON (1)  HART (7)  HAYNES (3)  HEATH (4)  HEATLEY (2)  HAYWOOD (7)  HILL (10)  HOGG (3)  HOLLOWAY (6)  HOLME (5)  HOLMES (1)  HOULT (6)  HOWE (7)  HUDSON (3)  ISON (12)  JONES (6)  KIRK (5)  KIRKLAND (3)  LAND (3)  LANGLEY (3)  LARGE (3)  LEACH (1)  LEE (3)  LEA (2)  LEES (4)  LEGG (1)  LUNN (7)  MANSFIELD (5)  MARSHALL (2)  MATHER (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (8)  MORLEY (2)  MORRIS (1)  MORETON (1)  NEWBOLD (1)  NEWBOROUGH (2)  NICHOLS (2)  ORME (7)  OSBORN (2)  PARSONS (10)  PEACE (3)  PEDEN (8)  PERCIVAL (7)  PERKINS (2)  PERRY (4)  PICKERING (11)  PLATTS (6)  POPE (8)  POUNTAIN (1)  POUNTAINS (1)  PRIESTLEY (4)  PRITCHARD (8)  RILEY (1)  ROWLAND (1)  RUDGE (1)  SANGFORD (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SAYER (1)  SCOTT (3)  SHARPE (8)  SHARP (1)  SHORTHOUSE (2)  SINCLAIR (5)  SLATER (6)  SMITH (21)  SOUTH (3)  SPENCER (7)  STANLEY (11)  STONE (17)  STRETTON (2)  SUTTON (1)  SWAIN (24)  SWAN (7)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNE (2)  THORPE (5)  TILLEY (11)  TOOBY (4)  TOON (6)  TOPTIS (8)  TUNNICLIFFE (1)  TURTON (1)  WAIN (1)  WALTERS (8)  WALTON (5)  WARD (2)  WARREN (10)  WATSON (2)  WEST (6)  WESTON (7)  WHETTON (10)  WHYSALL (9)  WIGG (4)  WILEMAN (1)  WILSON (4)  WINKLESS (2)  WOOD (26)  WRIGHT (4)  WHEAT (5)  WYATT (5)  YARDLEY (4)