Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shottle Postern, Derbyshire

Shottle Postern 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
HODGKINSON186.8966401.79
BEARDSLEY134.98081,566.27
SPENDLOVE124.59773,000.00
BOWMER103.83143,333.33
JACKSON93.448312.34
WOOD93.448310.82
BYARD83.06512,162.16
WATERFIELD83.0651747.66
KELSEY72.6820362.69
HARRISON72.682012.08
GOODWIN72.682050.91
RICHARDSON72.682015.76
TRAVIS62.2989196.08
SHAW62.298912.52
REDFERN62.2989164.84
WARD51.91578.77
YEOMANS51.9157232.56
SMEDLEY51.9157233.64
FLETCHER41.532613.42
ROWLAND41.532653.91
HAWKINS41.532621.16
BUNTING41.5326137.46
HILLS31.149441.55
SMITH31.14940.81
HICKMAN31.149468.34
WALKER31.14943.43
BESTWICK20.7663454.55
WRIGHT20.76632.39
SHIPLEY10.383143.29
COPELAND10.383140.49
ROLLINSON10.383170.92
CLARK10.38311.27
MELLORS10.3831123.46
BULL10.38319.07
LORD10.38318.31
BOWLER10.383131.35
JOHNSON10.38311.14
DYER10.38319.89
WAYNE10.3831370.37
COOPER10.38311.58
MELLOR10.383110.88
GREGORY10.38315.46
STAFFORD10.383118.02
BRAILSFORD10.3831108.70
KNIGHT10.38313.11
FORD10.38313.93
JENNINGS10.38317.56
DONNEL10.38312,500.00
HITCHCOCK10.383133.22
COATES10.383110.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWMER0.262613333.3333
SPENDLOVE0.262613000.0000
DONNEL0.262612500.0000
BYARD0.262612162.1622
BEARDSLEY0.262611566.2651
WATERFIELD0.26261747.6636
BESTWICK0.26261454.5455
HODGKINSON0.26261401.7857
WAYNE0.26261370.3704
KELSEY0.26261362.6943
SMEDLEY0.26261233.6449
YEOMANS0.26261232.5581
TRAVIS0.26261196.0784
REDFERN0.26261164.8352
BUNTING0.26261137.4570
MELLORS0.26261123.4568
BRAILSFORD0.26261108.6957
ROLLINSON0.2626170.9220
HICKMAN0.2626168.3371
ROWLAND0.2626153.9084
GOODWIN0.2626150.9091
SHIPLEY0.2626143.2900
HILLS0.2626141.5512
COPELAND0.2626140.4858
HITCHCOCK0.2626133.2226
BOWLER0.2626131.3480
HAWKINS0.2626121.1640
WAINWRIGHT0.2626118.1159
STAFFORD0.2626118.0180
RICHARDSON0.2626115.7551
FLETCHER0.2626113.4228
GREAVES0.2626113.0719
SHAW0.2626112.5156
JACKSON0.2626112.3389
HARRISON0.2626112.0815
MELLOR0.2626110.8814
WOOD0.2626110.8225
COATES0.2626110.2775
DYER0.262619.8912
BULL0.262619.0662
WARD0.262618.7689
LORD0.262618.3126
JENNINGS0.262617.5586
GREGORY0.262615.4615
LOWE0.262615.1099
FORD0.262613.9339
WALKER0.262613.4337
KNIGHT0.262613.1085
WRIGHT0.262612.3886
COOPER0.262611.5751

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 261 people called BOWMER in Shottle Postern 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 3333.3333 in Shottle Postern means that 3333.3333% of the people in Shottle Postern on census day were called BOWMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWMER 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 BOWMER 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 BOWMER 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 BOWMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Shottle Postern means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWMER in Shottle Postern than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shottle Postern in 1881

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

IBATT (6)  ADSETTS (1)  BEARDSLEY (13)  BEETON (1)  BESTWICK (2)  BIRKIN (5)  BOWLER (1)  BOWMER (10)  BRAILSFORD (1)  BULL (1)  BUNTING (4)  BYARD (8)  CLARK (1)  COATES (1)  COOPER (1)  COPELAND (1)  COPESTAKE (1)  DYER (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FORD (1)  GODBEHERE (3)  GOODWIN (7)  GREATOREX (2)  GREATEREX (8)  GREAVES (1)  GREGORY (1)  HARRISON (7)  HAWKINS (4)  HICKMAN (3)  HILLS (3)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HODGKINSON (18)  HOIRKINGHOLM (2)  HOOLBROOK (14)  HULLAND (1)  JACKSON (9)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KELSEY (7)  KNIGHT (1)  LORD (1)  LOWE (1)  DONNEL (1)  MELLOR (1)  MELLORS (1)  ALDHAM (1)  ROLLINSON (1)  REDFERN (6)  RICHARDSON (7)  ROWLAND (4)  SHAW (6)  SHIPLEY (1)  SMEDLEY (5)  SMITH (3)  SPENDLOVE (12)  STAFFORD (1)  TEVANE (2)  TONLIS (3)  TOPLIS (1)  TRAVIS (6)  WAYNE (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALKER (3)  WARD (5)  WATERFIELD (8)  WATSKIN (5)  WOOD (9)  WRIGHT (2)  YEOMANS (5)