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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scarcliff, Derbyshire

Scarcliff 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
MELLORS233.72171,191.71
SMITH193.07442.18
HEATH172.750855.39
SPRAY162.5890864.86
GOUCHER152.42724,166.67
COOKE152.427243.98
SHEPPARD121.941756.05
ROBINSON121.94176.09
TURNER111.77996.39
CHARLESWORTH111.7799137.84
PEMBLETON111.77994,074.07
WALKER111.77995.32
FRITH101.6181162.07
JARVIS101.618136.06
TAYLOR101.61812.53
CUTTS91.4563185.19
WELTON81.2945358.74
GRIMES71.132798.04
ARMSTRONG71.132714.82
BARLOW71.132720.98
NICKLIN71.1327285.71
WHITWORTH71.132767.83
SIMPSON71.13276.48
COOPER71.13274.66
WOODS71.132717.96
JEPSON60.970999.17
WOOD60.97093.05
GREENHALGH60.970947.39
WHITE60.97093.02
GOODWIN60.970918.43
JEFFREY60.970952.49
WRIGHT60.97093.03
COMMONS60.97091,304.35
HALL60.97093.30
JOHNSON60.97092.89
LAMB50.809115.34
SHILLING50.8091333.33
BALL50.80919.79
ASKEW50.809171.63
HENSON50.809168.97
ELLIOTT50.80919.53
CHAPPELL50.809147.98
BRAMWELL50.8091143.27
BLAGG50.8091446.43
PARSONS50.809110.65
THOMPSON50.80912.70
YATES40.64729.42
PAGE40.64728.10
HOLLIS40.647246.73
HEALD40.6472104.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOUDY0.626185000.0000
GOUCHER0.626184166.6667
PEMBLETON0.626184074.0741
COMMONS0.626181304.3478
MELLORS0.626181191.7098
RAKER0.626181111.1111
SPRAY0.62618864.8649
BLAGG0.62618446.4286
WELTON0.62618358.7444
SHILLING0.62618333.3333
NICKLIN0.62618285.7143
FULLWOOD0.62618285.7143
CANTRELL0.62618235.2941
CUTTS0.62618185.1852
HUGES0.62618172.4138
REDDISH0.62618169.4915
BURKITT0.62618163.9344
FRITH0.62618162.0746
FARNSWORTH0.62618155.6420
BRAMWELL0.62618143.2665
CHARLESWORTH0.62618137.8446
MAXFIELD0.62618122.6994
HEALD0.62618104.1667
JEPSON0.6261899.1736
GRIMES0.6261898.0392
HAYS0.6261875.7576
ASKEW0.6261871.6332
HENSON0.6261868.9655
WHITWORTH0.6261867.8295
SHEPPARD0.6261856.0486
HEATH0.6261855.3926
EYRE0.6261853.9811
JEFFREY0.6261852.4934
SLANEY0.6261852.0833
CHAPPELL0.6261847.9846
GREENHALGH0.6261847.3934
HOLLIS0.6261846.7290
DICKENS0.6261846.3679
JOWETT0.6261844.5104
COOKE0.6261843.9754
THORNLEY0.6261843.7318
TANSLEY0.6261843.6681
HEATHCOTE0.6261840.0802
ASHLEY0.6261838.6847
JARVIS0.6261836.0620
DICKENSON0.6261832.0171
FEATHER0.6261831.6456
DAVY0.6261826.2467
COUPE0.6261823.2019
BARLOW0.6261820.9769

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 618 people called MOUDY in Scarcliff 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 5000.0000 in Scarcliff means that 5000.0000% of the people in Scarcliff on census day were called MOUDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOUDY 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 MOUDY 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 MOUDY 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 MOUDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Scarcliff means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOUDY in Scarcliff than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scarcliff in 1881

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

ADSETTS (2)  ARMSTRONG (7)  ASHLEY (4)  ASKEW (5)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (2)  BALL (5)  BARKER (1)  BARLOW (7)  BIGGS (1)  BURKITT (2)  BLAGG (5)  BLAND (1)  BOWETT (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BOWMAR (1)  BRAMWELL (5)  BOOKE (1)  CANDLING (1)  CANTRELL (2)  CHALLANS (7)  CHAPPELL (5)  CHARLESWORTH (11)  CHEAVER (1)  COTES (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOKE (15)  COOPER (7)  COUPE (1)  CUTTS (9)  CULLS (2)  COMMONS (6)  DAVY (2)  DICKENS (3)  DICKENSON (3)  DICKINSON (4)  DOVE (1)  DRURY (2)  EADSON (5)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELLIS (1)  EYRE (4)  FARDEY (1)  FARNSWORTH (4)  FEATHER (1)  FENTON (1)  FREEMAN (2)  FRITH (10)  FROGATT (3)  FULLWOOD (3)  JEPSON (6)  MC GLOIN (2)  GODBER (5)  GOODWIN (6)  GOUCHER (15)  GREEN (1)  GREENHALGH (6)  GRIMES (7)  HALL (6)  HALLAM (1)  HARRISON (3)  HAYES (1)  HAYS (2)  HEYLOCK (1)  HEALD (4)  HEATH (17)  HEATHCOLE (5)  HEATHCOTE (2)  HENSON (5)  HAYWOOD (2)  HILL (1)  HOARE (1)  HOLLIS (4)  HOLMES (1)  HUGES (1)  HUTON (6)  JARVIS (10)  JEFFREY (6)  JEFFEREY (3)  JEFFERY (1)  JOHNSON (6)  JORESLEY (1)  JOWETT (3)  KEDDISH (1)  LAMB (5)  LEE (1)  LEEVOR (1)  FLOYDE (3)  MANDERFIELD (3)  MARTIN (1)  MAXFIELD (2)  CAFFRAY (1)  MEAKIN (1)  MELLORS (23)  MOUDY (1)  NICKLIN (7)  PAICE (4)  PAGE (4)  PARSONS (5)  PEMBLETON (11)  PHIPPS (1)  PROCTOR (3)  RADFORD (1)  RAKER (1)  REAST (9)  RIMMINGTON (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (12)  RODGERS (2)  ROWLAN (1)  REDDISH (2)  RUSHTON (2)  SHAW (1)  SHEPPARD (12)  SHILLING (5)  SCOVER (6)  SIMPSON (7)  SLACK (1)  SLANEY (1)  SMITH (19)  SPRAY (16)  STEVENS (1)  TALENTS (1)  TANSLEY (1)  TAYLOR (10)  THACKLOCK (9)  THOMPSON (5)  THORNLEY (3)  TURNER (11)  TUSSEL (1)  WALKER (11)  WARD (1)  WARDLEY (11)  WARDLY (2)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (1)  WELTON (8)  WHARTON (1)  WHITTKER (4)  WHITE (6)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITWORTH (7)  WOOD (6)  WOODS (7)  WRIGHT (6)  YATES (4)