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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tansley, Derbyshire

Tansley 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
SMITH446.48974.60
HOLMES172.507420.59
KNOWLES162.359944.19
BUNTING162.3599211.36
GOODALL162.3599110.19
MARSH142.064928.95
WRAGG142.0649223.29
TWIGG142.0649295.36
BARBER131.917431.85
WATTS131.917422.87
HASLAM131.9174126.21
GREGORY121.769925.23
HICKENBOTTOM121.76994,615.38
WHITE111.62245.05
BIRCH101.474936.00
TAYLOR91.32742.08
WIGLEY91.3274209.30
SPENDLOVE91.3274865.38
MARSDEN91.327432.05
STALEY91.3274405.41
WALKER81.17993.52
WILSON81.17992.57
BROOKS81.179912.07
HODGKINSON81.179968.67
WARD71.03244.73
MARRIOTT71.032446.08
PEACH71.032495.50
STRANGE71.032496.29
BRIDGE71.032450.98
GILL71.032414.59
REEVES71.032425.21
BABER71.0324503.60
SMEDLEY60.8850108.11
TURNER60.88503.18
BENNETT60.88505.38
BEACH60.885093.02
FLANAGAN60.8850112.99
BLACK60.885013.67
POYSER60.8850331.49
BOTTOMLEY60.885053.14
BAKER50.73753.37
WILMOT50.7375110.38
BROWN50.73751.12
RADFORD50.737538.88
CROWDER50.7375185.87
HOLE50.737585.91
BOOTH50.73757.48
REDDISH50.7375384.62
ASKEW50.737565.27
ELLIS50.73755.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FINNIN0.6867820000.0000
HICKENBOTTOM0.686784615.3846
HIGDON0.686781250.0000
SPENDLOVE0.68678865.3846
BABER0.68678503.5971
STALEY0.68678405.4054
REDDISH0.68678384.6154
WORTHEY0.68678370.3704
POYSER0.68678331.4917
TWIGG0.68678295.3586
LUDLAM0.68678277.7778
WRAGG0.68678223.2855
BUNTING0.68678211.3606
WIGLEY0.68678209.3023
CROWDER0.68678185.8736
COCKAYNE0.68678147.0588
ALLWOOD0.68678144.9275
FARNSWORTH0.68678141.8440
WILEMAN0.68678129.0323
HASLAM0.68678126.2136
FLANAGAN0.68678112.9944
WILMOT0.68678110.3753
GOODALL0.68678110.1928
SMEDLEY0.68678108.1081
STRANGE0.6867896.2861
PEACH0.6867895.4980
BEACH0.6867893.0233
WILMOTT0.6867886.9565
TAFT0.6867886.9565
HOLE0.6867885.9107
RINGER0.6867885.4701
HODGKINSON0.6867868.6695
ASKEW0.6867865.2742
BOTTOMLEY0.6867853.1444
HITCHCOCK0.6867851.1509
BRIDGE0.6867850.9832
WRIGLEY0.6867846.6200
BEARDSLEY0.6867846.2963
MARRIOTT0.6867846.0829
KNOWLES0.6867844.1867
RADFORD0.6867838.8802
BIRCH0.6867835.9971
SHIPLEY0.6867833.3890
MARSDEN0.6867832.0513
BARBER0.6867831.8549
CHANCE0.6867831.8471
BARNET0.6867830.7692
WHEELDON0.6867829.9401
MARSH0.6867828.9495
RAWSON0.6867827.0270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 678 people called FINNIN in Tansley 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 20000.0000 in Tansley means that 20000.0000% of the people in Tansley on census day were called FINNIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FINNIN 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 FINNIN 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 FINNIN 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 FINNIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Tansley means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FINNIN in Tansley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tansley in 1881

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

ALLWOOD (4)  ASKEW (5)  BABER (7)  BAKER (5)  BALL (3)  BARBER (13)  BARNET (1)  BARTLETT (1)  BEARDSLEY (1)  BEACH (6)  BEECH (1)  BENNETT (6)  BIRCH (10)  BLACK (6)  BLACKWELL (2)  BOBANKS (2)  BOOTH (5)  BORISFORD (5)  BOSTOCK (1)  BOTTOMLEY (6)  BRADSHAW (3)  BRIDDOW (3)  BRIDGE (7)  BRITLAND (1)  BROOK (3)  BROOKS (8)  BROWN (5)  BRIDDON (3)  BUNTING (16)  CALOW (5)  CHANCE (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLAYTON (3)  COCKAYNE (3)  COOK (2)  COOPER (1)  COWLISHAW (1)  CRAWLEY (1)  CROSSLEY (2)  CROWE (1)  CROWDER (5)  DENNIS (5)  DOVE (1)  EATON (2)  ELLIS (5)  EYRE (1)  FARNSWORTH (4)  FINNIN (4)  FLANAGAN (6)  FLETCHER (2)  FLINT (3)  FRECKINGHAM (4)  FROGGAT (4)  GILL (7)  GODSHAM (1)  GOODALL (16)  JORDAN (1)  GREENHALGH (1)  GREGORY (12)  HALL (1)  HALLAM (1)  HASLAM (13)  HAINES (1)  HICKENBOTTOM (12)  HIGDON (4)  HILL (2)  HITCHCOCK (4)  HODGKINSON (8)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (17)  HOPKIN (1)  HOLE (5)  HULLAND (1)  HURSTHOUSE (6)  JOHNSON (2)  KNOWLES (16)  LONG (2)  LOWE (2)  LUDLAM (4)  MACGENISON (2)  MARRIOTT (7)  MARSDEN (9)  MARSH (14)  MCBURNS (4)  MORTON (1)  MYCOCK (4)  NEATH (1)  OLIVER (1)  ONIONS (3)  PALFEYMAN (8)  PEACH (7)  PEARSON (4)  POLLARD (1)  POTTER (4)  POYSER (6)  RADFORD (5)  RAWSON (2)  REEVES (7)  RICHARDSON (3)  RILEY (1)  RINGER (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (1)  REDDISH (5)  SADDER (1)  SANDERSON (3)  SANDERS (1)  SELLORS (3)  SHAW (1)  SHIPLEY (2)  SILKSTONE (3)  SIMS (2)  SLACK (1)  SMEDLEY (6)  SMITH (44)  SPENDLOVE (9)  STALEY (9)  STINGERS (2)  STONE (1)  STRANGE (7)  SWAIN (1)  TAFT (1)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMPSON (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOPLIFF (5)  TURNER (6)  TWIGG (14)  WALKER (8)  WARD (7)  WATTS (13)  WHEELDON (1)  WHITAKER (2)  WHITE (11)  WIGLEY (9)  WILEMAN (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILMOT (5)  WILMOTT (2)  WILSON (8)  WORTHEY (1)  WRAGG (14)  WRIGLEY (4)  YOUNG (5)