Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodthorpe, Derbyshire

Woodthorpe 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
SMITH283.42302.42
TAYLOR192.32273.63
HODGSON172.078229.99
HOLMES172.078217.07
ARMSTRONG161.956025.59
BROWN161.95602.97
THOMPSON161.95606.53
ELLIOTT151.833721.61
BARLOW151.833733.96
MAY141.711526.89
WHITWORTH141.7115102.41
SKELTON141.7115117.55
WOOD141.71155.37
WILSON121.46703.19
FLETCHER121.467012.85
MARSHALL111.34478.02
JOHNSON101.22253.64
FINNEY101.2225141.04
SHAW101.22256.66
MUIRHEAD91.1002142.63
WELLS91.100213.22
HUNTER91.100210.71
WHITE91.10023.42
CRABTREE80.978048.57
RODGERS80.978035.73
BARBER80.978016.25
WHEELER80.978016.20
DYKES80.9780142.10
ROE80.978050.19
MORRIS80.97804.39
COLLINGS70.855771.94
BRADLEY70.855710.66
REDFORD70.8557158.73
LEARY70.855794.72
RHODES70.855718.43
GREGORY60.733510.45
HOWITT60.7335198.02
SEDGWICK60.7335101.01
STEVENSON60.733510.45
KIRKHAM60.733552.59
SMEDLEY60.733589.69
WRIGHT60.73352.29
DENT60.733538.51
SCOTT60.73352.90
KNIGHTON60.7335209.06
BRAMLEY50.611266.93
EVANS50.61121.40
STACEY50.611227.23
CLOUGH50.611227.38
CARTER50.61123.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRAMHAM0.82818340.1361
KNIGHTON0.82818209.0592
HOWITT0.82818198.0198
REDFORD0.82818158.7302
DALLISON0.82818156.2500
MUIRHEAD0.82818142.6307
DYKES0.82818142.0959
FINNEY0.82818141.0437
SKELTON0.82818117.5483
WHITWORTH0.82818102.4140
STANHOPE0.82818102.0408
SEDGWICK0.82818101.0101
LEARY0.8281894.7226
SMEDLEY0.8281889.6861
CANTRELL0.8281888.4956
CUTTS0.8281877.7605
ROWBOTHAM0.8281874.8130
COLLINGS0.8281871.9424
BRAMLEY0.8281866.9344
CROWDER0.8281861.5385
SPRUCE0.8281860.6061
KIRKHAM0.8281852.5855
MOSLEY0.8281851.9481
ROE0.8281850.1882
CRABTREE0.8281848.5732
MILLWARD0.8281843.5256
BRAMHALL0.8281838.6100
DENT0.8281838.5109
PRIEST0.8281837.3483
ASHLEY0.8281836.5230
LOWNDES0.8281836.3636
RODGERS0.8281835.7302
STYLES0.8281834.7222
BRITTON0.8281834.5066
BARLOW0.8281833.9597
BOWER0.8281833.3778
BINGHAM0.8281833.2779
SALT0.8281832.9218
GLADWIN0.8281832.5733
HASLAM0.8281832.1802
DOVE0.8281832.0513
GRAINGER0.8281831.8218
EYRE0.8281830.5810
HODGSON0.8281829.9877
HOPKINSON0.8281829.9177
LEAKE0.8281829.7619
BEECROFT0.8281829.0698
CLOUGH0.8281827.3823
STACEY0.8281827.2331
VALLANCE0.8281827.1003

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 818 people called BRAMHAM in Woodthorpe 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 340.1361 in Woodthorpe means that 340.1361% of the people in Woodthorpe on census day were called BRAMHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRAMHAM 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 BRAMHAM 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 BRAMHAM 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 BRAMHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Woodthorpe means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRAMHAM in Woodthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodthorpe in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (16)  ASHLEY (5)  BAILEY (4)  BEMBRIDGE (8)  BAKER (1)  BALL (5)  BARBER (8)  BARLOW (15)  BAXTER (2)  BEECROFT (1)  BERRY (1)  BINGHAM (4)  BOOTH (3)  BOWER (5)  BRADLEY (7)  BRAMHALL (1)  BRAMHAM (5)  BRITTON (5)  BRAMLEY (5)  BROWN (16)  BUCKLOW (9)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CANTRELL (1)  CARDING (4)  CARTER (5)  CLARINGBULL (2)  CLARK (1)  CLAYTON (5)  CLOUGH (5)  COLLINS (2)  COOK (1)  CUTTS (5)  CRABTREE (8)  CRESSWELL (2)  CROSS (1)  CROWDER (2)  DALLISON (1)  DAVIES (1)  DENT (6)  DYKES (8)  DOVE (3)  DUNCAN (4)  EDWARDS (1)  EGGLESTONE (4)  ELLIOTT (15)  EVANS (5)  EYRE (3)  FERGUSON (5)  FINNEY (10)  FISHER (2)  FLETCHER (12)  FOSTER (4)  FREEMAN (1)  GEE (1)  GELSTHORPE (7)  GLADWIN (1)  GODBER (7)  GRAINGER (4)  GREY (1)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (6)  GRIFFIN (4)  HALL (3)  HALLOWS (8)  HASLAM (4)  HATTON (3)  HENSTOCK (4)  HILL (1)  HINNEY (4)  HODGSON (17)  HOLLIS (2)  HOLMES (17)  HOPKINSON (4)  HOWITT (6)  HUNTER (9)  URWIN (1)  JAMES (3)  JOHNSON (10)  KILPIN (1)  KING (5)  KIRKHAM (6)  KNIFETON (7)  KNIGHTON (6)  KNOWLES (1)  LEAKE (1)  LAVENDER (1)  LEARY (7)  LINACRE (2)  LOWE (1)  LOWNDES (1)  MARSHALL (11)  MAY (14)  COLLINGS (7)  MILLWARD (4)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORLAND (2)  MORRIS (8)  MOSLEY (4)  MUIRHEAD (9)  MUTIMORE (9)  NADIN (2)  NORMAN (5)  OLDHAM (3)  ONION (10)  PIDDUCK (5)  PRICE (3)  PRIEST (4)  PRIESTNALL (7)  PURSGLOVE (1)  PUVER (3)  REDFORD (7)  RAWING (1)  REVELL (1)  RHODES (7)  RODEN (1)  RODGERS (8)  ROE (8)  ROWBOTHAM (3)  ROWLET (1)  SAINSBURY (1)  SALT (4)  SCOTT (6)  SEDGWICK (6)  SHAW (10)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMS (4)  SKELTON (14)  SLINGSBY (2)  SMEDLEY (6)  SMITH (28)  SPRUCE (1)  STACEY (5)  STANHOPE (2)  STEVENS (2)  STEVENSON (6)  STOLLARD (7)  STYLES (3)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (19)  THOMPSON (16)  VALLANCE (1)  WALKER (3)  WATMOUGH (4)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (3)  WELLS (9)  WHEELER (8)  WHETTON (1)  WHITE (9)  WHITWORTH (14)  WILBRAHAM (7)  WILD (3)  WILDE (2)  WILKS (2)  WILSON (12)  WOOD (14)  WRIGHT (6)  YOUNG (2)