Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bulcote, Nottinghamshire

Bulcote is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
SHELTON97.8261666.67
WILSON65.217411.36
SHAW65.217428.41
CAIN65.2174251.05
HUBBARD54.3478178.57
FOWKES54.34781,470.59
ALVEY54.34782,500.00
TOWERS54.3478375.94
GUY54.3478198.41
BURTON43.478340.82
STAFFORD43.4783163.27
MARSH43.478348.78
HILLYARD43.47831,379.31
HARDY32.608743.54
POPPLEWELL32.6087789.47
FLETCHER32.608722.85
BLATHERWICK21.73911,333.33
WILFORD21.7391434.78
ABBOTT10.869619.72
THORPE10.869621.98
FOX10.86969.36
DUFFIN10.8696232.56
THOMPSON10.86962.90
HALL10.86962.96
SMITHSON10.869690.91
JACKSON10.86963.11
HARVEY10.86968.14
STAPLETON10.869686.96
NICHOLSON10.869612.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALVEY0.121152500.0000
FOWKES0.121151470.5882
HILLYARD0.121151379.3103
BLATHERWICK0.121151333.3333
POPPLEWELL0.12115789.4737
SHELTON0.12115666.6667
WILFORD0.12115434.7826
TOWERS0.12115375.9398
CAIN0.12115251.0460
DUFFIN0.12115232.5581
GUY0.12115198.4127
HUBBARD0.12115178.5714
STAFFORD0.12115163.2653
SMITHSON0.1211590.9091
STAPLETON0.1211586.9565
MARSH0.1211548.7805
HARDY0.1211543.5414
BURTON0.1211540.8163
SHAW0.1211528.4091
FLETCHER0.1211522.8484
THORPE0.1211521.9780
ABBOTT0.1211519.7239
NICHOLSON0.1211512.2399
WILSON0.1211511.3593
FOX0.121159.3633
HARVEY0.121158.1433
JACKSON0.121153.1114
HALL0.121152.9560
THOMPSON0.121152.9028

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 115 people called ALVEY in Bulcote 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 2500.0000 in Bulcote means that 2500.0000% of the people in Bulcote on census day were called ALVEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALVEY 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 ALVEY 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 ALVEY 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 ALVEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Bulcote means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALVEY in Bulcote than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bulcote in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALVEY (5)  BLATHERWICK (2)  BURTON (4)  CAIN (6)  DUFFIN (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FOWKES (5)  FOX (1)  GODBER (1)  GUY (5)  HALL (1)  HARDY (3)  WINFIELD ((HARDY)) (2)  HARVEY (1)  HEDDERLEY (7)  HILLYARD (4)  HUBBARD (5)  JACKSON (1)  JENSURE (1)  MARSH (4)  NICHOLSON (1)  POPPLEWELL (3)  RAVILL (4)  SHAW (6)  SHILLS (1)  SHELTON (9)  SMITHSON (1)  STAFFORD (4)  STAPLETON (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (1)  TOWERS (5)  WELBOURNE (1)  WILWORTH OR WITWORTH (6)  WILFORD (2)  WILSON (6)