Top surnames from the 1881 census in Finningley, Nottinghamshire

Finningley 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
CHESTER236.1170498.92
SMITH195.05323.58
LINDLEY174.5213456.99
WILSON174.52139.84
GODLEY164.25531,344.54
GLASBY133.45743,023.26
WOOD133.457410.85
GREGORY112.925541.70
JENKINSON102.6596151.98
PEARSON92.393620.60
HART82.127724.95
TURNER82.12777.64
JOHNSON71.86175.54
BUTTERFIELD71.8617139.44
HANKIN61.5957521.74
DEWICK61.59571,578.95
AINLEY61.5957402.68
CLARK51.32984.42
MOORHOUSE51.3298107.53
RICHARDSON51.32987.81
CURTIS51.329823.43
CRAGG41.0638167.36
FRECKLETON41.06382,352.94
WOODHOUSE41.063844.89
CARTWRIGHT41.063827.91
CROOKES41.0638243.90
MAXFIELD41.0638404.04
COGGAN41.0638634.92
LONGBOTTOM30.797989.82
BINKS30.7979135.14
WALKER30.79792.38
KIRBY30.797921.02
JENKIN30.7979101.01
HEWITT30.797916.38
FOWLER30.797913.97
HANSON30.797924.73
LISTER30.797927.99
BUTLER30.79798.18
HOPPER20.531937.24
ACKROYD20.531956.98
NEWHAM20.5319144.93
HINDLEY20.531964.72
HARRISON20.53192.40
PLATTS20.531979.68
GREENLEY20.5319952.38
CROCKETT20.5319112.99
MACHIN20.531953.05
BARK10.2660175.44
MOWBRAY10.266064.10
SARGENT10.266017.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLASBY0.383763023.2558
FRECKLETON0.383762352.9412
DEWICK0.383761578.9474
GODLEY0.383761344.5378
GREENLEY0.38376952.3810
COGGAN0.38376634.9206
PLEASANT0.38376625.0000
HANKIN0.38376521.7391
CHESTER0.38376498.9154
LINDLEY0.38376456.9892
MAXFIELD0.38376404.0404
AINLEY0.38376402.6846
ORWIN0.38376303.0303
CROOKES0.38376243.9024
DUNSTON0.38376196.0784
BARK0.38376175.4386
CRAGG0.38376167.3640
DIGGINS0.38376163.9344
JENKINSON0.38376151.9757
NEWHAM0.38376144.9275
BUTTERFIELD0.38376139.4422
BINKS0.38376135.1351
CROCKETT0.38376112.9944
MOORHOUSE0.38376107.5269
JENKIN0.38376101.0101
LONGBOTTOM0.3837689.8204
PLATTS0.3837679.6813
HINDLEY0.3837664.7249
MOWBRAY0.3837664.1026
ACKROYD0.3837656.9801
BARNET0.3837655.5556
COCKING0.3837654.9451
MACHIN0.3837653.0504
LOFTUS0.3837648.7805
WOODHOUSE0.3837644.8934
COTTAM0.3837643.6681
GREGORY0.3837641.6983
HOPPER0.3837637.2439
MORRELL0.3837628.3286
LISTER0.3837627.9851
CARTWRIGHT0.3837627.9135
HART0.3837624.9454
HANSON0.3837624.7321
CURTIS0.3837623.4302
PARROTT0.3837623.4192
SCHOLES0.3837622.9358
KIRBY0.3837621.0231
PEARSON0.3837620.6044
MIDGLEY0.3837619.8413
VARLEY0.3837619.3424

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 376 people called GLASBY in Finningley 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 3023.2558 in Finningley means that 3023.2558% of the people in Finningley on census day were called GLASBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLASBY 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 GLASBY 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 GLASBY 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 GLASBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Finningley means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLASBY in Finningley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Finningley in 1881

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

ACKROYD (2)  AINLEY (6)  ASHTON (1)  BARNET (1)  BECKITT (1)  BINKS (3)  BARK (1)  BLACKTOP (1)  BUTLER (3)  BUTTERFIELD (7)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CHESTER (23)  CLARK (5)  COCKIN (6)  COCKING (1)  COGGAN (4)  COTTAM (1)  COULTHREAD (5)  CRAGG (4)  CROCKETT (2)  CROOKES (4)  CURTIS (5)  DAWING (1)  DENMAR (2)  DEWICK (6)  DIGGINS (1)  DRAX (1)  DUNSTON (1)  DUNSTONE (1)  ELLIS (1)  ELWISS (8)  FAREHAM (1)  FORD (1)  FOWLER (3)  FOX (1)  FRECKLETON (4)  GAMWELL (8)  GIBSON (1)  GLASBY (13)  GODLEY (16)  GREENWOOD (1)  GREGORY (11)  GREENLEY (2)  GRUNDY (1)  HANKIN (6)  HANSON (3)  HARRISON (2)  HART (8)  HEMPSTOCK (4)  HINDLEY (2)  HEWITT (3)  HOLDGATE (4)  HOPPER (2)  JENKIN (3)  JENKINSON (10)  JOHNSON (7)  KELLHAM (1)  KIRBY (3)  LINDLEY (17)  LISTER (3)  LOFTUS (1)  LONGBOTTOM (3)  MACHIN (2)  MAXFIELD (4)  MIDGLEY (1)  MOORHOUSE (5)  MORRELL (1)  MOULSON (2)  MOWBRAY (1)  NEEDHAM (1)  NEWHAM (2)  OLIVER (1)  ORWIN (1)  PARROTT (1)  ST PAUL (4)  PEARSON (9)  PLATTS (2)  PLEASANT (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBINSON (1)  SARGENT (1)  SCHOLES (1)  SHARP (1)  SHIPERDSON (1)  SMITH (19)  SUTTON (1)  TURNER (8)  VARLEY (1)  WALKER (3)  WEST (1)  WESTRAM (1)  WHITLAM (1)  WILSON (17)  WOOD (13)  WOODHOUSE (4)  WRIGGLESWORTH (2)