Top surnames from the 1881 census in Costock, Nottinghamshire

Costock 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
TAYLOR216.752410.56
HALLAM216.7524362.07
MARSHALL144.501626.84
JAMES123.858519.64
HOLLAND123.858554.20
MILLS113.537027.28
NEEDHAM103.2154151.06
SUMMERS92.8939103.21
STUBBS82.572397.44
WALKER72.25086.72
SAVAGE72.250858.58
DEXTER72.2508307.02
COOK72.250811.33
WARD61.92938.83
SMITH61.92931.37
LANGHAM61.9293441.18
STAPLES61.9293201.34
PRICE51.60779.19
MARSH51.607722.54
NEWMAN51.607721.63
WEBSTER51.607718.48
DERRICK41.2862229.89
HUGHES41.28624.59
CHAPMAN41.28629.06
BURNHAM41.2862209.42
CARVER41.2862141.84
MILLINGTON41.286284.93
KIRKLEY30.9646789.47
LAWRANCE30.9646147.78
WOOTTON30.9646106.38
HARRIS30.96463.80
WADE30.964624.10
BRADWELL20.6431312.50
FOSTER20.64314.81
YEOMANS20.643178.13
MAXFIELD20.6431243.90
PEEL20.643135.84
MCEWEN20.64311,333.33
BROWN20.64310.98
NORMAN10.32156.94
BATES10.32155.05
TUNNICLIFF10.3215217.39
MONK10.321515.31
MILLARD10.321519.42
HEMSLEY10.321564.10
WILFORD10.321580.00
HARDING10.32154.44
BLACKBURN10.32158.53
FOSBROOK10.3215833.33
CROWTHER10.321510.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCEWEN0.313111333.3333
FOSBROOK0.31311833.3333
KIRKLEY0.31311789.4737
LANGHAM0.31311441.1765
HALLAM0.31311362.0690
BRADWELL0.31311312.5000
DEXTER0.31311307.0175
MAXFIELD0.31311243.9024
DERRICK0.31311229.8851
TUNNICLIFF0.31311217.3913
BURNHAM0.31311209.4241
STAPLES0.31311201.3423
NEEDHAM0.31311151.0574
LAWRANCE0.31311147.7833
CARVER0.31311141.8440
HARRIMAN0.31311125.0000
WOOTTON0.31311106.3830
SUMMERS0.31311103.2110
STUBBS0.3131197.4421
TANSLEY0.3131186.9565
MILLINGTON0.3131184.9257
WILFORD0.3131180.0000
YEOMANS0.3131178.1250
WINGFIELD0.3131169.4444
HEMSLEY0.3131164.1026
SAVAGE0.3131158.5774
HOLLAND0.3131154.2005
MAYO0.3131141.8410
HOPKIN0.3131141.4938
PEEL0.3131135.8423
MILLS0.3131127.2750
MARSHALL0.3131126.8405
WADE0.3131124.0964
MARSH0.3131122.5428
NEWMAN0.3131121.6263
BUXTON0.3131121.4133
JAMES0.3131119.6431
MILLARD0.3131119.4175
WEBSTER0.3131118.4843
MONK0.3131115.3139
COOK0.3131111.3324
CROWTHER0.3131110.7643
TAYLOR0.3131110.5591
PRICE0.313119.1861
HUMPHREYS0.313119.1324
CHAPMAN0.313119.0559
WARD0.313118.8313
BLACKBURN0.313118.5251
NORMAN0.313116.9396
WALKER0.313116.7237

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 311 people called MCEWEN in Costock 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 1333.3333 in Costock means that 1333.3333% of the people in Costock on census day were called MCEWEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCEWEN 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 MCEWEN 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 MCEWEN 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 MCEWEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Costock means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCEWEN in Costock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Costock in 1881

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

ALLSOPP (2)  ARMSTROUNG (3)  BATES (1)  BAXTER (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BRADWELL (2)  BROWN (2)  BUNNEY (2)  BUNNY (1)  BURNHAM (4)  BUXTON (1)  CARVER (4)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLUER (4)  COOK (7)  CROWTHER (1)  DERRICK (4)  DEXTER (7)  FOLLOWS (8)  FOSBROOK (1)  FOSTER (2)  FRANNY (5)  HALLAM (21)  HARDING (1)  HARRIMAN (1)  HARRIS (3)  HEMSLEY (1)  HOLLAND (12)  HOPKIN (1)  HUGHES (4)  HUMPHREYS (1)  HUMPHURS (1)  JAMES (12)  KIRKLEY (3)  LANGHAM (6)  LAWRANCE (3)  MARSH (5)  MARSHALL (14)  MAXFIELD (2)  MAYO (1)  MCEWEN (2)  MILLARD (1)  MILLINGTON (4)  MILLS (11)  MITCHELE (1)  MONK (1)  NEEDHAM (10)  NEWMAN (5)  NORMAN (1)  PARKER (1)  PEEL (2)  PIERREPOINT (4)  PRICE (5)  SAVAGE (7)  SAWBRIDGE (5)  SMITH (6)  STAPLES (6)  STUBBS (8)  SUMMERS (9)  TANSLEY (1)  TAYLOR (21)  TUNNICLIFF (1)  WADE (3)  WALKER (7)  WARD (6)  WEBSTER (5)  WILFORD (1)  WILDBORE (5)  WINGFIELD (1)  WOODROFFE (4)  WOODROFF (3)  WOOTTON (3)  YEOMANS (2)