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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stanley, Derbyshire

Stanley 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
HART637.446887.31
MARTIN303.546114.39
BROWN202.36413.59
THOMPSON192.24597.50
KERRY182.1277314.69
WOOD172.00956.31
CARTER161.891311.27
BINGHAM141.6548112.63
HARDY141.654827.63
MASON131.536611.43
MEE131.5366202.18
DAYKIN131.5366445.21
WINFIELD131.5366184.92
BEARDSLEY131.5366481.48
STEVENS111.300212.45
BLOOR111.3002235.55
DISNEY111.3002820.90
ROBINSON111.30024.08
DILKS101.1820781.25
HANCOCK101.182025.98
RILEY91.063813.45
SARSON91.0638769.23
WHITBY91.0638174.76
STONE91.063814.72
GRUNDY91.063851.96
CLARK80.94563.15
YEOMANS80.9456114.78
WALDRON80.9456107.38
FLETCHER80.94568.28
SAUNDERS80.945610.31
TAFT70.8274486.11
ROOM70.8274625.00
HOLLAND70.827411.62
CHAMBERS70.827414.55
HALL70.82742.81
HARTSHORN70.8274190.74
PARKIN70.827430.77
HEATH70.827416.66
TOMLINSON70.827417.94
PEARSON70.82747.12
WEBSTER60.70928.15
SMITH60.70920.50
WOOLLEY60.709235.74
RADFORD60.709237.41
SEATON60.709283.80
HARRISON60.70923.20
WALTERS60.709214.87
NIXON60.709223.28
COWLEY60.709238.56
EVANS50.59101.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DISNEY0.85846820.8955
DILKS0.85846781.2500
SARSON0.85846769.2308
ROOM0.85846625.0000
TAFT0.85846486.1111
BEARDSLEY0.85846481.4815
DAYKIN0.85846445.2055
KERRY0.85846314.6853
CASTER0.85846312.5000
HAMSON0.85846303.0303
STARBUCK0.85846294.1176
FRECKLETON0.85846263.1579
BLOOR0.85846235.5460
MEE0.85846202.1773
OUTRAM0.85846201.6129
HARTSHORN0.85846190.7357
WINFIELD0.85846184.9218
PEAR0.85846175.4386
WHITBY0.85846174.7573
TOPLISS0.85846144.9275
KYTE0.85846138.8889
YEOMANS0.85846114.7776
BINGHAM0.85846112.6307
WALDRON0.85846107.3826
PURDY0.85846103.7344
HART0.8584687.3060
SEATON0.8584683.7989
MARSON0.8584677.9221
MILWARD0.8584676.7263
HOYLES0.8584668.4932
OAKS0.8584665.7895
WHITLEY0.8584657.7201
DANN0.8584656.2852
HUGGINS0.8584656.1798
CARRINGTON0.8584656.1167
GRUNDY0.8584651.9630
WILDER0.8584646.5116
ROLLINSON0.8584643.7637
SEVERN0.8584638.9105
COWLEY0.8584638.5604
SHARRATT0.8584638.1679
RADFORD0.8584637.4065
WOOLLEY0.8584635.7356
TATHAM0.8584634.9650
CLIFTON0.8584633.4169
FLINT0.8584632.9381
FEARN0.8584631.6456
PARKIN0.8584630.7692
ORME0.8584628.3286
HANDLEY0.8584628.0112

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 846 people called DISNEY in Stanley 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 820.8955 in Stanley means that 820.8955% of the people in Stanley on census day were called DISNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DISNEY 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 DISNEY 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 DISNEY 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 DISNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in Stanley means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DISNEY in Stanley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stanley in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALPORT (1)  ASHWORTH (4)  BAILEY (4)  BANCROFT (2)  BARKER (2)  BARLOW (3)  BEARDSLEY (13)  BERKESLY (1)  BINGHAM (14)  BLOOR (11)  BOSWORTH (1)  BROWN (20)  CANTRILL (1)  CARRINGTON (5)  CARTER (16)  CASTER (2)  CHAMBERS (7)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARK (8)  CLIFTON (4)  COOK (3)  COTTON (5)  COWLEY (6)  CRESSWELL (2)  DAYKIN (13)  DANN (3)  DESNEY (2)  DICKENS (1)  DILKS (10)  DISNEY (11)  DOUBANK (1)  DUROW (7)  ELLIOTT (1)  EVANS (5)  FEARN (2)  FISHER (4)  FLETCHER (8)  FLINT (5)  FRECKLETON (1)  FROST (5)  GLOVER (1)  GREEN (2)  GREENSMITH (1)  GROCOCK (7)  GRUNDY (9)  HADSHAM (2)  HALL (7)  HALLAM (2)  HAMSON (4)  HANCOCK (10)  HANDLEY (4)  HARDY (14)  HARRISON (6)  HART (63)  HARTSHON (8)  HARTSHORN (7)  HARVEY (3)  HEATH (7)  HEATHCOTE (1)  HEMSTOCK (8)  HISLOP (1)  HILL (4)  HOBSON (4)  HOLLAND (7)  HOWARD (1)  HOYLES (1)  HUGGINS (4)  HYDE (3)  JACKSON (4)  KENERLEY (5)  KERRY (18)  KING (1)  KYTE (2)  LAWRENCE (4)  LEE (5)  LONGDON (9)  LOYDALL (2)  MARKEW (4)  MARSHALL (2)  MARSON (3)  MARTIN (30)  MASON (13)  MEE (13)  MELLOWS (5)  MEWRANT (2)  MILWARD (3)  MOON (3)  MORGAN (2)  MORLEY (5)  NIXON (6)  OAKS (1)  OGDEN (1)  ORME (2)  OUTRAM (5)  PAGE (2)  PARKIN (7)  PEAR (1)  PEARSON (7)  POTTER (3)  POTTS (3)  PRIESTLEY (3)  PURDY (5)  RADFORD (6)  ROLLINSON (2)  READER (2)  RICHARDSON (3)  RILEY (9)  ROBINSON (11)  ROOM (7)  SALT (3)  SARSON (9)  SAUNDERS (8)  SCOTT (1)  SEATON (6)  SEVERN (1)  SHARRATT (1)  SMITH (6)  SNEAP (5)  SORESBY (4)  SPENCER (4)  STARBUCK (4)  STEVENS (11)  STEWART (4)  STONE (9)  TAFT (7)  TATHAM (1)  THOMPSON (19)  TOMLINSON (7)  TOPLISS (2)  TURTON (2)  UPTON (3)  VYSOUTH (4)  WALDRON (8)  WALKER (3)  WALTERS (6)  WARREN (1)  WEBSTER (6)  WHEATLEY (4)  WHITBY (9)  WHITLEY (4)  WILDER (1)  WILLGOSS (1)  WINFIELD (13)  WOOD (17)  WOOLLEY (6)  WRIGHT (1)  WILLEY (1)  YEOMANS (8)