Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rowsley Great, Derbyshire

Rowsley Great 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
ELLIOTT3010.5634124.48
HIBBS144.92961,428.57
EVANS103.52118.06
TOFT103.5211900.90
HOWARD93.169032.29
PERCIVAL82.8169179.78
WATSON72.464810.63
WHITEHEAD62.112731.27
SLACK62.1127134.23
THORNHILL51.7606280.90
BOWER51.760696.15
WALL51.760650.35
JONES51.76061.55
REYNOLDS51.760620.33
HOPKINSON51.7606107.76
BAILEY41.40859.35
MARSHALL41.40858.40
RICHARDS41.40859.33
HOLMES41.408511.57
TAYLOR41.40852.20
SHAW31.05635.75
BUXTON31.056370.26
STONE31.056314.61
KENWORTHY20.7042105.82
COOPER20.70422.90
BARSON20.7042377.36
JOWETT20.704264.52
GOODWIN20.704213.37
TOMLINSON20.704215.27
HEATHCOTE20.704287.34
SMITH20.70420.50
WALTON20.704210.01
SHELDON20.704246.30
BARKER20.70425.38
WAGSTAFF20.704256.66
FOX20.70427.58
SMALLWOOD10.352138.17
BENNETT10.35212.14
WALTERS10.35217.39
GRAHAM10.35213.07
HUTCHINSON10.35216.20
TUTHILL10.3521434.78
FORD10.35213.62
READE10.3521117.65
HOPKINS10.35215.85
PACKER10.352133.44
STALEY10.3521107.53
GREGORY10.35215.02
PLANT10.352115.92
MELLAND10.35211,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MELLAND0.282841666.6667
HIBBS0.282841428.5714
TOFT0.28284900.9009
TUTHILL0.28284434.7826
BARSON0.28284377.3585
THORNHILL0.28284280.8989
PERCIVAL0.28284179.7753
LIMB0.28284156.2500
SLACK0.28284134.2282
ELLIOTT0.28284124.4813
READE0.28284117.6471
HOPKINSON0.28284107.7586
STALEY0.28284107.5269
KENWORTHY0.28284105.8201
BOWER0.2828496.1538
HEATHCOTE0.2828487.3362
BUXTON0.2828470.2576
JOWETT0.2828464.5161
BILLINGHAM0.2828458.1395
WAGSTAFF0.2828456.6572
WALL0.2828450.3525
SHELDON0.2828446.2963
SMALLWOOD0.2828438.1679
PACKER0.2828433.4448
HOWARD0.2828432.2928
WHITEHEAD0.2828431.2663
GRAVES0.2828423.2019
REYNOLDS0.2828420.3252
PLANT0.2828415.9236
TOMLINSON0.2828415.2672
MEAD0.2828415.1057
STONE0.2828414.6128
GOODWIN0.2828413.3690
WHITAKER0.2828412.4688
HOLMES0.2828411.5674
WATSON0.2828410.6254
WALTON0.2828410.0050
BAILEY0.282849.3502
RICHARDS0.282849.3262
WILD0.282848.6430
MARSHALL0.282848.3963
EVANS0.282848.0580
FOX0.282847.5844
WALTERS0.282847.3855
HUTCHINSON0.282846.1996
HOPKINS0.282845.8480
SHAW0.282845.7504
BARKER0.282845.3821
GREGORY0.282845.0176
HOLLAND0.282844.9456

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 284 people called MELLAND in Rowsley Great 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 1666.6667 in Rowsley Great means that 1666.6667% of the people in Rowsley Great on census day were called MELLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MELLAND 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 MELLAND 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 MELLAND 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 MELLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Rowsley Great means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MELLAND in Rowsley Great than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rowsley Great in 1881

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

ADLINTON (1)  ARKWRIGHT (5)  BAILEY (4)  BARKER (2)  BARSON (2)  BENNETT (1)  BILLINGHAM (1)  BOWER (5)  BROWN (1)  BUXTON (3)  CAUDWELL (3)  COOPER (2)  DRABBLE (5)  D'ESTE (1)  ELLIOTT (30)  EVANS (10)  FORD (1)  FOX (2)  FROGGATT (4)  GOODWIN (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GREATOREX (5)  GRAVES (1)  GREGORY (1)  HALLOWS (3)  HANDBURY (2)  HARRIS (1)  HEATHCOTE (2)  HENSBERGH (10)  HIBBS (14)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (4)  HOPKINS (1)  HOPKINSON (5)  HOROBIN (2)  HOWARD (9)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JONES (5)  JOWETT (2)  KENWORTHY (2)  LIMB (1)  MARSHALL (4)  MEAD (1)  MELLAND (1)  O NEIL (1)  PACKER (1)  PERCIVAL (8)  PLANT (1)  READE (1)  REYNOLDS (5)  RICHARDS (4)  SHAW (3)  SHELDON (2)  SLACK (6)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (2)  SOWTER (10)  STALEY (1)  STONE (3)  STRUTT (4)  TAYLOR (4)  THICKETT (2)  THORNHILL (5)  TITTERTON (3)  TOFT (10)  TOMLINSON (2)  TUTHILL (1)  WAGSTAFF (2)  WAINE (14)  WALL (5)  WALTERS (1)  WALTON (2)  WATSON (7)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WILD (1)