Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beauchief, Derbyshire

Beauchief 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
SAMPSON1111.4583670.73
BURTON88.333397.80
BROWNLOW66.25002,068.97
FOX66.250067.34
WOOD55.208316.35
MIDDLETON55.208399.21
STAGG55.2083781.25
MONEY44.1667701.75
CHAPMAN44.166729.35
HALLAM33.1250167.60
FISHER33.125026.69
LAWSON33.125053.00
LAKE33.1250140.85
BALL22.083325.22
BARTON22.083338.54
DARBY22.0833129.87
MAW22.0833571.43
BRADSHAW11.041725.38
WOODWARD11.041721.10
WATKINS11.041717.18
SHELTON11.041788.50
COOK11.04175.24
BUGG11.0417232.56
GRAY11.04177.29
WADE11.041726.04
BARKER11.04177.96
WILD11.041725.58
COPEMAN11.0417434.78
OATES11.041766.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROWNLOW0.10962068.9655
STAGG0.1096781.2500
MONEY0.1096701.7544
SAMPSON0.1096670.7317
MAW0.1096571.4286
COPEMAN0.1096434.7826
BUGG0.1096232.5581
HALLAM0.1096167.5978
LAKE0.1096140.8451
DARBY0.1096129.8701
MIDDLETON0.109699.2063
BURTON0.109697.7995
SHELTON0.109688.4956
FOX0.109667.3401
OATES0.109666.6667
LAWSON0.109653.0035
BARTON0.109638.5356
CHAPMAN0.109629.3470
FISHER0.109626.6904
WADE0.109626.0417
WILD0.109625.5754
BRADSHAW0.109625.3807
BALL0.109625.2207
WOODWARD0.109621.0970
WATKINS0.109617.1821
WOOD0.109616.3452
BARKER0.10967.9618
GRAY0.10967.2939
COOK0.10965.2438

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 96 people called BROWNLOW in Beauchief 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 2068.9655 in Beauchief means that 2068.9655% of the people in Beauchief on census day were called BROWNLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROWNLOW 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 BROWNLOW 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 BROWNLOW 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 BROWNLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Beauchief means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROWNLOW in Beauchief than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beauchief in 1881

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

BALL (2)  BARKER (1)  BARTON (2)  BRADSHAW (1)  BROWNLOW (6)  BUGG (1)  BURTON (8)  CHAPMAN (4)  COOK (1)  COPEMAN (1)  DARBY (2)  FISHER (3)  FOX (6)  GRAY (1)  HALLAM (3)  LAKE (3)  LAWSON (3)  MAW (2)  ALLISTER (3)  MIDDLETON (5)  MONEY (4)  OATES (1)  RIGGALL (6)  SAMPSON (11)  SHELTON (1)  STAGG (5)  WADE (1)  WATKINS (1)  WILD (1)  WOOD (5)  WOODWARD (1)  YELLOND (1)