Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Chester, Derbyshire

Little Chester 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
TAYLOR295.05237.90
SLATER142.439040.29
FLETCHER142.439021.36
WOOD111.91646.01
MANSFIELD111.9164102.14
SPOONER111.9164132.85
TATEM101.742210,000.00
HART101.742220.42
WHEATCROFT101.7422581.40
HODGKINSON91.567991.28
DOUGHTY91.5679123.29
RICHARDSON81.39378.19
THORNHILL81.3937222.84
SWAN81.393753.80
MATHER81.393756.22
BAMFORD71.219581.02
MEAKIN71.2195156.25
DAVENPORT71.219564.34
ASTLE71.2195374.33
STEVENS71.219511.68
ANSON61.0453281.69
LEES61.045323.58
JENKINSON61.045359.70
WARD61.04534.79
STALEY61.0453319.15
GARRATT61.0453103.09
BURROWS61.045323.88
ANTHONY61.045389.96
PARSONS61.045313.76
THOMPSON61.04533.49
HUNT61.04537.87
RODGERS61.045338.19
BENNETT50.87115.30
ADAMS50.87115.91
PARKER50.87114.58
TOMLINSON50.871118.89
SHORE50.871181.04
GLEESON50.8711284.09
MIDGLEY50.871165.02
BOOTH50.87118.83
SWAIN50.871145.21
ETHERINGTON50.8711115.47
MORLEDGE50.87113,846.15
ATKINS50.871123.22
TOMPKINS50.8711101.01
MOORE50.87114.36
DORRINGTON40.6969220.99
SMITH40.69690.49
HARRIS40.69692.74
BATES40.696910.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TATEM0.5757410000.0000
MORLEDGE0.575743846.1538
SHUCK0.575741764.7059
WHEATCROFT0.57574581.3953
CARVEL0.57574434.7826
ASTLE0.57574374.3316
STALEY0.57574319.1489
BILSON0.57574294.1176
GLEESON0.57574284.0909
ANSON0.57574281.6901
THORNHILL0.57574222.8412
DOLEMAN0.57574222.2222
DORRINGTON0.57574220.9945
SHINGLES0.57574163.9344
MEAKIN0.57574156.2500
BUTTER0.57574146.5201
FLINDERS0.57574140.8451
SPOONER0.57574132.8502
SHERWIN0.57574129.4498
DOUGHTY0.57574123.2877
BLICK0.57574119.0476
ETHERINGTON0.57574115.4734
RUTLAND0.57574114.2857
KINGSLAND0.57574108.6957
GARRATT0.57574103.0928
MANSFIELD0.57574102.1356
TOMPKINS0.57574101.0101
MOTTRAM0.5757496.4630
BELLINGHAM0.5757494.7867
HODGKINSON0.5757491.2779
ANTHONY0.5757489.9550
HENSHAW0.5757481.7996
SHORE0.5757481.0373
BAMFORD0.5757481.0185
PERFECT0.5757477.5194
MIDGLEY0.5757465.0195
DAVENPORT0.5757464.3382
JENKINSON0.5757459.7015
MATHER0.5757456.2193
BIRKETT0.5757454.1516
SWAN0.5757453.7996
BOYES0.5757450.0000
SWAIN0.5757445.2080
WATERSON0.5757441.6667
BATLEY0.5757440.3226
SLATER0.5757440.2878
RODGERS0.5757438.1922
KEYS0.5757434.9650
WAREHAM0.5757431.1526
WILBY0.5757429.6736

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 574 people called TATEM in Little Chester 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 10000.0000 in Little Chester means that 10000.0000% of the people in Little Chester on census day were called TATEM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TATEM 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 TATEM 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 TATEM 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 TATEM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Little Chester means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TATEM in Little Chester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Chester in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALLCOCK (1)  ALLEN (4)  ANSON (6)  ANTHONY (6)  ARNOLD (2)  EASTALL (2)  ASTLE (7)  ATKINS (5)  BACON (2)  BAGSHAW (1)  BAMFORD (7)  BARROWCLIFFE (2)  BATES (4)  BATLEY (1)  BENNETT (5)  BELLINGHAM (2)  BILSON (2)  BIRD (4)  BIRKETT (3)  BLACKSHAW (1)  BLICK (1)  BOOTH (5)  BOYES (3)  BRATHAW (2)  O'BRIEN (1)  BURROWS (6)  BUTTER (4)  CAUDWELL (5)  CALLADINE (1)  CARVEL (1)  CHADWICK (1)  CHILLY (4)  CLARKE (1)  COLECHIN (6)  O'CONNOR (7)  DAVENPORT (7)  DELLAR (1)  DOLEMAN (1)  DORRINGTON (4)  DOUGHTY (9)  EAGLESFIELD (5)  EGLETHAW (1)  ELCOX (3)  ETHERINGTON (5)  FARRELL (2)  FLETCHER (14)  FLINDERS (1)  FRYER (1)  GARRATT (6)  GLEESON (5)  GOODALL (3)  GOODWIN (4)  HARRIS (4)  HART (10)  HENSHAW (4)  HILL (2)  HODGKINSON (9)  HODSON (2)  HUNT (6)  JACKSON (1)  JENKINSON (6)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (3)  KEELING (1)  KEYS (1)  KINGSLAND (1)  LEES (6)  MANSFIELD (11)  MARRIETT (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MATHER (8)  MC NAMARA (11)  MEAKIN (7)  MIDGLEY (5)  MOORE (5)  MORLEDGE (5)  MOTTRAM (3)  NEWTON (4)  OSBORNE (1)  OTWIN (1)  PEATSON (9)  PERFECT (1)  PARKER (5)  PARSONS (6)  POWELL (1)  RATCLIFFE (4)  RICHARDSON (8)  RODGERS (6)  ROSE (4)  RUTLAND (2)  SAMWELL (2)  SEDGEWICK (2)  SHERWIN (4)  SHINGLES (1)  SHORE (5)  SHUCK (3)  SLATER (14)  SMITH (4)  SNEESBY (3)  SPOONER (11)  STALEY (6)  STEVENS (7)  STREET (3)  SWAIN (5)  SWAN (8)  TATEM (10)  TAYLOR (29)  THOMPSON (6)  THORNHILL (8)  TIDMARSH (1)  TOMPKINS (5)  TOMLINSON (5)  TRUCE (5)  TURNER (3)  WALKER (3)  WALLIS (1)  WARD (6)  WAREHAM (1)  WATERSON (1)  WATSON (1)  WHEATCROFT (10)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILBY (1)  WOOD (11)  WOODINGS (5)  RINCE (13)  WRIGHT (1)