Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foolow, Derbyshire

Foolow 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
YOUNG229.865545.92
REDFEARN208.96863,030.30
BAGSHAW156.7265842.70
MIDDLETON135.8296111.02
DAVIS125.381224.49
GREGORY125.381276.68
LONGDEN104.4843970.87
FLINT83.5874200.00
MORTON83.587467.11
TURNER73.139011.28
SELLARS73.1390507.25
HILL52.24228.80
MOORHOUSE52.2422181.16
TOWNSEND52.242252.80
DONNELLY41.7937142.35
ELLIOTT41.793721.14
WALKER41.79375.36
HOW41.7937273.97
LEE31.34538.23
HALL31.34534.57
MILLER20.89695.01
BRAMWELL20.8969158.73
GARLICK20.8969102.04
SLATER10.44847.41
HADFIELD10.448432.15
WYATT10.448415.29
HOWE10.448411.42
HARTNELL10.4484188.68
PALFREYMAN10.4484208.33
LITTLEWOOD10.448434.84
SMITH10.44840.32
ROBINSON10.44841.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REDFEARN0.222233030.3030
LONGDEN0.22223970.8738
BAGSHAW0.22223842.6966
SELLARS0.22223507.2464
HOW0.22223273.9726
PALFREYMAN0.22223208.3333
FLINT0.22223200.0000
HARTNELL0.22223188.6792
MOORHOUSE0.22223181.1594
BRAMWELL0.22223158.7302
DONNELLY0.22223142.3488
MIDDLETON0.22223111.0162
GARLICK0.22223102.0408
GREGORY0.2222376.6773
MORTON0.2222367.1141
TOWNSEND0.2222352.7983
YOUNG0.2222345.9194
LITTLEWOOD0.2222334.8432
HADFIELD0.2222332.1543
DAVIS0.2222324.4898
ELLIOTT0.2222321.1416
WYATT0.2222315.2905
HOWE0.2222311.4155
TURNER0.2222311.2758
HILL0.222238.8028
LEE0.222238.2327
SLATER0.222237.4074
WALKER0.222235.3583
MILLER0.222235.0125
HALL0.222234.5725
ROBINSON0.222231.4065
SMITH0.222230.3176

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 223 people called REDFEARN in Foolow 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 3030.3030 in Foolow means that 3030.3030% of the people in Foolow on census day were called REDFEARN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REDFEARN 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 REDFEARN 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 REDFEARN 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 REDFEARN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Foolow means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REDFEARN in Foolow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Foolow in 1881

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

BAGSHAW (15)  BRAMWELL (2)  BRICKHILL (8)  BURDEKIN (4)  DAVIS (12)  DONNELLY (4)  DRABBLE (12)  ELLIOTT (4)  FLINT (8)  FROGGATT (2)  GARLICK (2)  GREGORY (12)  HADFIELD (1)  HALL (3)  HARTNELL (1)  HILL (5)  HOW (4)  HOWE (1)  LEE (3)  LITTLEWOOD (1)  LONGDEN (10)  MIDDLETON (13)  MILLER (2)  MOORHOUSE (5)  MORTON (8)  MYCOCK (5)  PALFRYMAN (6)  PALFREYMAN (1)  REDFEARN (20)  ROBINSON (1)  SELLARS (7)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (1)  TOWNSEND (5)  TURNER (7)  WALKER (4)  WYATT (1)  YOUNG (22)