Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mellor, Derbyshire

Mellor 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
STAFFORD655.2293245.75
WOOD322.57448.08
BEARD322.574497.80
WILD312.494061.22
NIELD292.3331339.98
HYDE231.850460.15
CLAYTON191.528628.11
BRADLEY181.448118.04
ROWBOTTOM181.4481242.92
HARROP171.3677120.23
HINCHCLIFFE171.3677223.98
JOHNSON171.36774.07
SWANN161.2872117.99
GEE161.287250.44
TAYLOR161.28722.01
GERRARD161.2872100.76
MARSLAND151.2068207.18
BRADBURY151.206841.77
POTTS141.126333.74
SIDEBOTTOM141.1263196.35
BOWDEN141.126339.03
WIGLEY141.1263177.67
RIDGWAY120.9654105.26
YARWOOD120.9654237.15
SIGLEY120.96541,121.50
POTT110.8850388.69
MORTEN100.8045529.10
ROWBOTHAM100.8045163.93
COLLIER100.804524.07
OLDFIELD100.804548.69
ASHWORTH100.804520.17
HIBBERT100.804554.88
REDFORD90.7241134.33
JOWETT90.724166.42
BARKER90.72415.53
SMITH90.72410.51
HADFIELD90.724151.99
GODDARD90.724118.01
WEBB90.72415.34
HOLLINGWORTH80.643679.68
SIMMS80.643656.58
TURNER80.64362.31
CHADWICK80.643614.72
MARSHALL80.64363.84
GARLICK70.563263.99
COOKE70.563210.20
WHITTAKER70.563211.89
RIDGEWAY70.5632193.37
SANDIFORD70.5632210.84
BARBER70.56329.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SIGLEY1.241,2431121.4953
MORTEN1.241,243529.1005
POTT1.241,243388.6926
HARTLE1.241,243370.3704
NIELD1.241,243339.9766
LALLY1.241,243304.5685
STAFFORD1.241,243245.7467
ROWBOTTOM1.241,243242.9150
YARWOOD1.241,243237.1542
HINCHCLIFFE1.241,243223.9789
SANDIFORD1.241,243210.8434
MARSLAND1.241,243207.1823
SIDEBOTTOM1.241,243196.3534
RIDGEWAY1.241,243193.3702
WIGLEY1.241,243177.6650
ROWBOTHAM1.241,243163.9344
REDFORD1.241,243134.3284
ETCHELLS1.241,243124.7401
HARROP1.241,243120.2263
HAMBLETON1.241,243118.8119
SWANN1.241,243117.9941
HANDFORD1.241,243108.2251
RIDGWAY1.241,243105.2632
PRIDHAM1.241,243101.0101
GERRARD1.241,243100.7557
BEARD1.241,24397.7995
FURNISS1.241,24390.7441
SHEPLEY1.241,24388.7574
HOLLINGWORTH1.241,24379.6813
MAYALL1.241,24379.3651
HIGSON1.241,24375.4717
HIGGINBOTTOM1.241,24373.8916
JOWETT1.241,24366.4207
GARLICK1.241,24363.9854
WILD1.241,24361.2164
HYDE1.241,24360.1464
SIMMS1.241,24356.5771
HIBBERT1.241,24354.8847
SAVILLE1.241,24353.1444
HADFIELD1.241,24351.9931
GEE1.241,24350.4414
WHEELDON1.241,24348.9396
OLDFIELD1.241,24348.6855
CASH1.241,24348.5437
BRADBURY1.241,24341.7711
HIBBERD1.241,24339.2157
BOWDEN1.241,24339.0298
ROYLE1.241,24336.6972
MACE1.241,24336.4964
WINTERBOTTOM1.241,24334.8432

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,243 people called SIGLEY in Mellor 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 1121.4953 in Mellor means that 1121.4953% of the people in Mellor on census day were called SIGLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SIGLEY 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 SIGLEY 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 SIGLEY 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 SIGLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.24 in Mellor means that you are 1.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SIGLEY in Mellor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mellor in 1881

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

ADSHEAD (3)  ALLEN (2)  ARNFIELD (16)  ARTHUR (1)  ARUNDELE (1)  ASHWORTH (10)  BEELEY (7)  BALL (1)  BARBER (7)  BARKER (9)  BEARD (32)  BEDFORD (1)  BENNETT (3)  BILLINGE (5)  BIRKIN (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOTTOMLEY (1)  BOWDEN (14)  BRADBURY (15)  BRADLEY (18)  BROWN (6)  BULLOCK (2)  BUNTING (3)  BURDEKEN (4)  BURDEKIN (7)  CARRINGTON (1)  CASH (4)  CHADWICK (8)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHEETHAM (3)  CLAYTON (19)  CLEGG (4)  COLLIER (10)  CAWLEY (1)  CONNOR (1)  COOKE (7)  COOK (3)  COOPER (3)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (1)  DOMAKIN (4)  DOWNS (2)  EDWARDS (1)  ERNILL (2)  ERNELL (5)  ETCHELLS (6)  EVANS (1)  EYRE (3)  FLETCHER (2)  FORD (4)  FREEMAN (6)  FRANCE (4)  FURNISS (5)  GARNISS (4)  GARLICK (7)  GASKILL (1)  GEE (16)  GERRARD (16)  GIBBS (5)  GLADWIN (1)  GODDARD (9)  GREEN (1)  GRIMSHAW (6)  GUTHIRE (1)  HADFIELD (9)  HADSWORTH (1)  HALL (3)  HALLSWORTH (7)  HAMBLETON (6)  HANDFORD (5)  HARROP (17)  HARTLE (7)  HASLAM (6)  HAY (1)  HAYLEY (1)  HIBBERT (10)  HIBBERD (3)  HIGSON (6)  HIGGINBOTTOM (6)  HINCHCLIFFE (17)  HOLEHOUSE (2)  HOLLINGWORTH (8)  HORROCKS (2)  HORSEFIELD (3)  HOWARD (6)  HUDSON (1)  HYDE (23)  EARLAM (4)  ISHERWOOD (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOULE (10)  JOHNSON (17)  JOWETT (9)  KIRKWOOD (2)  KNOWLES (4)  LALLY (6)  LEACH (5)  LEES (1)  LINDLEY (4)  LOMAS (6)  LOMAX (1)  LONGSON (1)  LOWE (7)  MARCHINGTON (11)  MURDEN (1)  MARSHALL (8)  MARSLAND (15)  MATHER (1)  MACE (4)  MC DERMOTT (10)  MACLEAN (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MAYALL (3)  MILLARD (4)  MILLS (5)  MORTEN (10)  MOSS (1)  MOULT (10)  MONROE (1)  NADIN (10)  NADEN (10)  NIELD (29)  NOBLE (1)  OLDFIELD (10)  OLDHAM (7)  OLIVER (2)  OSBALDINTON (2)  PARTINGTON (5)  PERCIVAL (2)  PIKE (3)  PLATT (2)  POOLE (5)  POTTS (14)  POTT (11)  POTTS (POTT) (2)  PRIDHAM (2)  PRITCHARD (1)  REDFORD (9)  RATCLIFFE (4)  RADCLIFFE (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIDGEWAY (7)  RIDGWAY (12)  RILEY (6)  ROBERTS (1)  RONKSLEY (6)  ROWBOTTOM (18)  ROWBOTHAM (10)  ROWCROFT (4)  ROWLAND (3)  ROWARTH (5)  ROYLE (6)  SANDHAM (5)  SANDIFORD (7)  SAVILLE (6)  SEVILLE (SAVILLE) (4)  SAYER (5)  SCOTT (1)  SEVILLE (1)  SHEARD (1)  SHEPLEY (3)  SIDEBOTTOM (14)  SIDEBOTHAM (10)  SIGLEY (12)  SIMMS (8)  SLACK (3)  SMITH (9)  SPILSBURY (8)  STAFFORD (65)  STANNEY (5)  STORER (1)  STURGEON (1)  SWANN (16)  SWINDELLS (4)  TALBOT (2)  TAYLOR (16)  THOMPSON (6)  THORNELY (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TURNER (8)  WADSWORTH (1)  WALKER (2)  WARDLE (1)  WEBB (9)  WESTERDALE (1)  WHEELDON (3)  WHITTAKER (7)  WICKS (2)  WIGLEY (14)  WILDE (1)  WILD (31)  WILIAMSON (3)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILLIS (5)  WINTERBOTTOM (4)  WOOD (32)  WRIGHT (2)  YARWOOD (12)