Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swadlincote, Derbyshire

Swadlincote 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
SMITH224.34783.08
WILEMAN152.96441,293.10
HARRISON142.766812.46
MORETON132.5692343.01
PALING122.37151,052.63
BOWLER101.9763161.81
HALLAM91.778795.44
CHADBOURN91.77878,181.82
TURNER81.58105.68
BANKS81.581030.83
PARR81.581063.29
STARKEY81.5810159.36
DIXON71.383412.63
READ71.383421.46
KING71.38346.35
COOPER71.38345.69
SLATER71.383422.85
EAMES61.1858172.91
HARRIS61.18584.67
MACKIE61.185855.45
HARPER61.185818.52
REYNOLDS61.185813.69
GRIFFITHS61.18587.25
BEECH61.185880.32
REED61.185816.24
HAYWOOD50.988147.08
PERKS50.988194.88
LEITH50.9881190.84
ATKINS50.988126.34
HUDSON50.988112.07
TAYLOR50.98811.55
WOOD50.98813.10
BANNER50.9881181.16
COLLINS50.98816.89
SUTTON50.988115.52
GREEN50.98813.51
PETCH50.9881223.21
ROPER50.988147.48
YATES50.988114.38
GODFREY50.988133.31
BARBER40.790513.13
TWEED40.7905341.88
HEARN40.790559.79
RANDALL40.790525.24
SHERRATT40.7905137.46
ROWLEY40.790530.10
RAWSON40.790572.46
BROOKES30.592925.25
WEST30.59296.16
CURTIS30.592910.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHADBOURN0.515068181.8182
WILEMAN0.515061293.1034
PALING0.515061052.6316
HEAPE0.515061052.6316
BEDELL0.515061000.0000
MEER0.51506454.5455
MORETON0.51506343.0079
TWEED0.51506341.8803
HERNE0.51506333.3333
WARTON0.51506227.2727
PETCH0.51506223.2143
DOCKERTY0.51506196.0784
LEITH0.51506190.8397
BANNER0.51506181.1594
EAMES0.51506172.9107
BOWLER0.51506161.8123
STARKEY0.51506159.3625
SHERRATT0.51506137.4570
WATERFIELD0.5150696.1538
HALLAM0.5150695.4401
SANKEY0.5150695.2381
PERKS0.5150694.8767
LITHERLAND0.5150686.9565
SABIN0.5150684.0336
BEECH0.5150680.3213
RAWSON0.5150672.4638
PARR0.5150663.2911
HEARN0.5150659.7907
MACKIE0.5150655.4529
RIVETT0.5150653.1915
MEE0.5150651.9481
ROPER0.5150647.4834
HAYWOOD0.5150647.0810
BETTERIDGE0.5150643.8596
BARNET0.5150641.3223
COLLINSON0.5150633.6700
GODFREY0.5150633.3111
BURNELL0.5150633.0033
BANKS0.5150630.8285
ROWLEY0.5150630.0978
ATKINS0.5150626.3435
BUXTON0.5150626.3158
WATERMAN0.5150625.4453
BROOKES0.5150625.2525
RANDALL0.5150625.2366
HOUGH0.5150622.9621
SLATER0.5150622.8534
READ0.5150621.4592
HARPER0.5150618.5242
TOWERS0.5150617.0648

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 506 people called CHADBOURN in Swadlincote 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 8181.8182 in Swadlincote means that 8181.8182% of the people in Swadlincote on census day were called CHADBOURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHADBOURN 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 CHADBOURN 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 CHADBOURN 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 CHADBOURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Swadlincote means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHADBOURN in Swadlincote than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swadlincote in 1881

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

ALLANBROOK (1)  AMIES (1)  ATKINS (5)  BANKS (8)  BANNER (5)  BARBER (4)  BARNET (1)  BATES (1)  BEDELL (3)  BEECH (6)  BETTERIDGE (1)  BOAM (1)  BOFFEY (7)  BOOTH (2)  BOULSTONE (3)  BOWLER (10)  BRABBURY (5)  BREALEY (3)  BROOKES (3)  BROWN (1)  BULL (1)  BURNELL (1)  BUTLER (1)  BUXTON (2)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CHADBOURN (9)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHEVINS (1)  COELOUGH (1)  COLLIER (2)  COLLINS (5)  COLLINSON (2)  COOPER (7)  CURTIS (3)  DIXON (7)  DOCKERTY (1)  DYSON (2)  EAMES (6)  FIRTH (2)  FREEMAN (1)  GODFREY (5)  GOLDSWELL (4)  GREEN (5)  GREGORY (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  GUNSTONE (2)  HALLAM (9)  HANSON (2)  HARPER (6)  HARRIS (6)  HARRISON (14)  HARVEY (2)  HASSAL (2)  HEAPE (2)  HERNE (2)  HEARN (4)  HEATH (3)  HAYWOOD (5)  HOBSON (1)  HOPKINS (3)  HOUGH (2)  HUDSON (5)  JONES (1)  KEAPE (9)  KENNIER (2)  KING (7)  KNIGTEN (2)  LEBITER (1)  LEADS (1)  LEITH (5)  LAIGHT (1)  LITHERLAND (1)  LITTLE (1)  LORD (3)  LOWE (2)  MANSELL (1)  MEE (2)  MACKIE (6)  MOORE (2)  MORETON (13)  MEER (1)  PALING (12)  PARR (8)  PEARSON (2)  PERKS (5)  PETCH (5)  PETLEY (2)  PIGGINS (2)  RAMSHALL (6)  RANDALL (4)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RAWSON (4)  REGGITT (1)  REED (6)  READ (7)  RIMMINGTON (1)  REYNOLDS (6)  RIVETT (1)  ROPER (5)  ROWLEY (4)  SABIN (1)  SANKEY (2)  SHERRATT (4)  SHROTT (1)  SLATER (7)  SMITH (22)  SNOW (1)  SOAR (6)  STARKEY (8)  STRETTON (4)  STULAND (5)  SUTTON (5)  TAYLOR (5)  TOWERS (1)  TURNER (8)  TWEED (4)  UNWIN (4)  VENABLES (8)  WATERFIELD (2)  WATERMAN (1)  WELSH (1)  WEST (3)  WARTON (2)  WHITE (3)  WITMORE (8)  WILEMAN (15)  WOOD (5)  WOUNTFORT (1)  YATES (5)