Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ridley, Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

Ridley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

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
JONES933.333329.43
DICKEN27.40742,500.00
BELLIS27.40741,333.33
WILLIAMS13.70375.15
DAVIES13.70377.28
TAYLOR13.70375.79
EDWARDS13.703713.30
BETTLEY13.703710,000.00
WILSON13.70378.06
LEA13.7037188.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BETTLEY0.032710000.0000
DICKEN0.03272500.0000
BELLIS0.03271333.3333
LEA0.0327188.6792
JONES0.032729.4310
EDWARDS0.032713.2979
WILSON0.03278.0645
DAVIES0.03277.2833
TAYLOR0.03275.7904
WILLIAMS0.03275.1546

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 27 people called BETTLEY in Ridley 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 10000.0000 in Ridley means that 10000.0000% of the people in Ridley on census day were called BETTLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BETTLEY 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 BETTLEY 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 BETTLEY 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 BETTLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in Ridley means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BETTLEY in Ridley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ridley in 1881

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

BELLIS (2)  BETTLEY (1)  DAVIES (1)  DICKEN (2)  EDWARDS (1)  JONES (9)  LEA (1)  PARSONAGE (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WILLBRAHAM (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)