Top surnames from the 1881 census in Highlow, Derbyshire

Highlow 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
HUDSON1022.7273277.78
HOWE613.6364346.82
TAYLOR613.636421.32
FROST49.0909161.94
BAGSHAW36.8182857.14
WALKER36.818220.37
JACKSON24.545516.26
DICKEN12.2727833.33
WILSON12.27274.95
SMITH12.27271.61
COCKER12.2727277.78
CLARK12.27277.56
WRIGHT12.27277.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAGSHAW0.0444857.1429
DICKEN0.0444833.3333
HOWE0.0444346.8208
HUDSON0.0444277.7778
COCKER0.0444277.7778
FROST0.0444161.9433
TAYLOR0.044421.3220
WALKER0.044420.3666
JACKSON0.044416.2602
CLARK0.04447.5643
WRIGHT0.04447.0822
WILSON0.04444.9480
SMITH0.04441.6095

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 44 people called BAGSHAW in Highlow 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 857.1429 in Highlow means that 857.1429% of the people in Highlow on census day were called BAGSHAW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAGSHAW 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 BAGSHAW 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 BAGSHAW 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 BAGSHAW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Highlow means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAGSHAW in Highlow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Highlow in 1881

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

BAGSHAW (3)  BIGGIN (2)  CLARK (1)  COCKER (1)  DERWENT (1)  DICKEN (1)  FROST (4)  HOWE (6)  HUDSON (10)  JACKSON (2)  SMITH (1)  STUBS (1)  TAYLOR (6)  WALKER (3)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)