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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirk Langley, Derbyshire

Kirk Langley 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
BULL7210.5882250.43
SMITH243.52942.50
AULT243.52941,528.66
TAYLOR223.23535.06
ALCOCK202.9412203.87
LEE172.500015.30
HANDFORD152.2059592.89
GOODWIN121.764733.49
MORLEY121.764744.15
MURFIN111.6176774.65
KENT111.617638.39
DAKIN111.6176225.41
BAILEY101.47069.76
SPENCER91.323514.50
ELEY91.3235213.78
RODGERS91.323548.36
APPLEBY81.176572.01
LOWE81.176515.69
ROBINSON81.17653.69
PALMER81.17659.98
WALLIS81.176534.74
FINCH81.176535.34
KIRKLAND81.1765132.23
THOMPSON81.17653.93
BROWN81.17651.78
BROUGH71.029484.24
FORSTER71.029431.39
SALT71.029469.31
LOWNDES71.0294305.68
OSBORNE71.029421.57
MUSGROVE60.8824182.93
DUDLEY50.735349.02
PHILLIPS50.73534.11
WILLIAMSON50.73538.20
PARKIN50.735327.34
HODGKINSON40.588234.25
WEBSTER40.58826.76
ADAMS40.58823.99
EVANS40.58821.35
WHITTINGHAM40.588278.28
VERNON40.588235.75
POTTER40.58829.07
RAINS30.4412258.62
WALKER30.44121.32
KIRK30.441210.19
POYSER30.4412165.75
JOHNSON30.44121.31
HEATH30.44128.89
HILTON30.441212.83
SPENDLOVE20.2941192.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AULT0.686801528.6624
MURFIN0.68680774.6479
DURE0.68680714.2857
HANDFORD0.68680592.8854
DOCK0.68680400.0000
LOWNDES0.68680305.6769
HARTER0.68680270.2703
RAINS0.68680258.6207
BULL0.68680250.4348
MEGGS0.68680243.9024
DAKIN0.68680225.4098
ELEY0.68680213.7767
ALCOCK0.68680203.8736
SPENDLOVE0.68680192.3077
MUSGROVE0.68680182.9268
POYSER0.68680165.7459
HOBAN0.68680153.8462
PURDUE0.68680144.9275
WORRELL0.68680134.2282
KIRKLAND0.68680132.2314
TUNNICLIFF0.6868099.0099
ALVEY0.6868086.2069
BROUGH0.6868084.2359
WHITTINGHAM0.6868078.2779
APPLEBY0.6868072.0072
SALT0.6868069.3069
TIMS0.6868067.1141
DAWBER0.6868066.2252
SHERRATT0.6868051.1509
FIELDEN0.6868050.5051
DUDLEY0.6868049.0196
RODGERS0.6868048.3611
BOWRING0.6868045.6621
BARRINGTON0.6868045.2489
MOORCROFT0.6868044.2478
MORLEY0.6868044.1501
KNIGHTON0.6868041.8410
FEARN0.6868039.3701
KENT0.6868038.3944
VERNON0.6868035.7462
FARNSWORTH0.6868035.4610
FINCH0.6868035.3357
WALLIS0.6868034.7373
DOLMAN0.6868034.2466
HODGKINSON0.6868034.2466
GOODWIN0.6868033.4915
BRIAN0.6868031.5457
FORSTER0.6868031.3901
PEDLEY0.6868029.0698
BROTHERTON0.6868028.9017

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 680 people called AULT in Kirk Langley 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 1528.6624 in Kirk Langley means that 1528.6624% of the people in Kirk Langley on census day were called AULT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AULT 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 AULT 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 AULT 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 AULT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Kirk Langley means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AULT in Kirk Langley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirk Langley in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALCOCK (20)  ALVEY (1)  APPLEBY (8)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHMORE (1)  AULT (24)  BAILEY (10)  BALE (1)  BANNISTER (1)  BARRINGTON (1)  BARTON (2)  BOAM (2)  BOWLEY (1)  BOWRING (1)  BRATBY (1)  BROTHERTON (1)  BROUGH (7)  BROWN (8)  BRIAN (1)  BULL (72)  BURTON (1)  COCKERAM (5)  COLBOURNE (7)  COPESTAKE (3)  CORDEN (2)  COTTRELL (1)  CURZON (1)  CRACKLE (3)  DAKIN (11)  DAVIS (1)  DAWBER (1)  DENTON (1)  DOCK (1)  DOLMAN (1)  DUDLEY (5)  DURE (1)  DURSTON (1)  ELEY (9)  EVANS (4)  FARMER (1)  FARNSWORTH (1)  FALCONER (1)  FEARN (2)  FEATHERSTONE (1)  FIELDEN (2)  FINCH (8)  FORSTER (7)  FOWLER (1)  FREARSON (1)  FREESTON (3)  GEETHORP (1)  GOODWIN (12)  GRAY (1)  GREATOREX (5)  GREATORIX (3)  GREENING (1)  HALE (1)  HANDFORD (15)  HANSON (1)  HART (1)  HARTER (1)  HAYES (1)  HEATH (3)  HIGGINS (1)  HILTON (3)  HOBAN (1)  HODGKINSON (4)  HOLENS (4)  HOUGH (2)  HOUGHN OR HOUGH (2)  HUDSON (1)  HULLAND (1)  HUNT (1)  JEFFERY (1)  JERRAM (18)  JOHNSON (3)  KELLY (1)  KENT (11)  KIRK (3)  KIRKLAND (8)  KNIGHTON (1)  LAMB (2)  LANGDON (1)  LEE (17)  LOVEGROVE (1)  LOWE (8)  LOWNDES (7)  MADELEY (1)  MADELY (1)  MARSH (1)  MEGGS (1)  MEGNALL (1)  MEYELELE (1)  MEYNELL (3)  MEYNALL (6)  MILLWARD (1)  MILTON (1)  MOODY (1)  MOORCROFT (1)  MOORE (1)  MORLEY (12)  MURFIN (11)  MUSGROVE (6)  NICKLIE (5)  OSBORNE (7)  PALMER (8)  PARKIN (5)  PARSONS (1)  PEDLEY (1)  PHILLIPS (5)  PICKRING (5)  POTTER (4)  POYSER (3)  PURDUE (1)  PIMM (1)  RADFORD (1)  RAINS (3)  REGAN (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RIDGARD (27)  ROBINSON (8)  RODGERS (9)  ROWLEY (1)  SADLER (2)  SALT (7)  SAMPSON (2)  SEDGWICK (1)  SHAW (2)  SHERRATT (2)  SIMONS (1)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (24)  SPENCE (1)  SPENCER (9)  SPENDLOVE (2)  STONE (1)  TAYLOR (22)  THEAKEN (1)  THOMPSON (8)  TIMS (1)  TOPLIS (2)  TRAVIS (2)  TUNNICLIFF (1)  VERNON (4)  WALKER (3)  WALLIS (8)  WARD (1)  WEBSTER (4)  WHARTON (1)  WHHITMAN (1)  WHITTINGHAM (4)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILSON (2)  WOOHOUSS (1)  WOOLLEY (1)  WORRELL (2)