Top surnames from the 1881 census in Middletonby Wirksworth, Derbyshire

Middletonby Wirksworth 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
SPENCER7416.4444180.14
SLACK368.0000507.76
KILLER306.666715,000.00
DOXEY296.44444,027.78
BUCKLEY286.2222114.29
BROOKS194.222243.19
GRATTON132.8889726.26
GOODALL132.8889134.85
MOORE92.000010.00
CONWAY81.777894.90
BRAILSFORD71.5556440.25
POSTLETHWAITE71.5556409.36
BEESON61.3333333.33
ELSE61.3333402.68
HOUGHTON61.333338.17
WALKER61.33333.98
SIMPSON61.33337.62
BROCKLEHURST61.3333243.90
MATHER61.333353.76
FROST61.333323.72
STEEPLES51.11111,315.79
HARRISON51.11115.01
FEARN51.1111148.81
ADAMS40.88896.03
BATEMAN40.888934.39
STALEY40.8889272.11
MARPLE30.66671,500.00
JONES30.66670.59
BUXTON30.666744.38
HALL30.66672.27
TOMPSETT20.4444263.16
LAMB20.44448.42
HARWARD20.4444952.38
PALMER20.44443.77
FOX20.44444.79
ROLLEY20.4444606.06
BRACE20.444477.52
BARKER20.44443.40
HODGKINSON20.444425.87
DAVIS10.22221.01
SHELLEY10.222228.74
WILLMOTT10.222235.46
MARPLES10.222283.33
HOLLAND10.22223.12
DENNIS10.22227.51
WRAGG10.222224.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KILLER0.4545015000.0000
DOXEY0.454504027.7778
MARPLE0.454501500.0000
STEEPLES0.454501315.7895
HARWARD0.45450952.3810
GRATTON0.45450726.2570
ROLLEY0.45450606.0606
SLACK0.45450507.7574
BRAILSFORD0.45450440.2516
POSTLETHWAITE0.45450409.3567
ELSE0.45450402.6846
BEESON0.45450333.3333
STALEY0.45450272.1088
TOMPSETT0.45450263.1579
BROCKLEHURST0.45450243.9024
SPENCER0.45450180.1363
FEARN0.45450148.8095
GOODALL0.45450134.8548
BUCKLEY0.45450114.2857
CONWAY0.4545094.8992
MARPLES0.4545083.3333
BRACE0.4545077.5194
MATHER0.4545053.7634
BUXTON0.4545044.3787
BROOKS0.4545043.1916
HOUGHTON0.4545038.1679
WILLMOTT0.4545035.4610
BATEMAN0.4545034.3938
SHELLEY0.4545028.7356
HODGKINSON0.4545025.8732
WRAGG0.4545024.0385
FROST0.4545023.7154
MOORE0.4545010.0011
LAMB0.454508.4246
SIMPSON0.454507.6229
DENNIS0.454507.5131
ADAMS0.454506.0314
HARRISON0.454505.0055
FOX0.454504.7870
WALKER0.454503.9830
PALMER0.454503.7707
BARKER0.454503.3962
HOLLAND0.454503.1211
HALL0.454502.2660
DAVIS0.454501.0112
JONES0.454500.5887

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 450 people called KILLER in Middletonby Wirksworth 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 15000.0000 in Middletonby Wirksworth means that 15000.0000% of the people in Middletonby Wirksworth on census day were called KILLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KILLER 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 KILLER 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 KILLER 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 KILLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Middletonby Wirksworth means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KILLER in Middletonby Wirksworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Middletonby Wirksworth in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  BARKER (2)  BATEMAN (4)  BATTERLEY (16)  FOX (BATTERLEY) (2)  BEESON (6)  BRACE (2)  BRAILSFORD (7)  BRALSFORD (3)  BROCKLEHURST (6)  BROOKS (19)  BUCKLEY (28)  BUXTON (3)  CONWAY (8)  DAVIS (1)  DENNIS (1)  DOXEY (29)  ELDALE (5)  ELSE (6)  FEARN (5)  FOX (2)  FROST (6)  GODBEHERE (6)  GOODALL (13)  GRATTON (13)  HALL (3)  HALLOWS (19)  HARRISON (5)  HARWARD (2)  HODGKINSON (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOUGHTON (6)  JODSELL (1)  JONES (3)  KILLER (30)  WARD (KILLER) (4)  LAMB (2)  MARPLE (3)  MARPLES (1)  MATHER (6)  MOORE (9)  PALMER (2)  POSTLETHWAITE (7)  POUNDALL (9)  ROLLEY (2)  SHELLEY (1)  SIMPSON (6)  SLACK (36)  SPENCER (74)  STALEY (4)  STEEPLES (5)  TOMPSETT (2)  WALKER (6)  WILLMOTT (1)  WRAGG (1)