Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chilcote, Derbyshire

Chilcote 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
FARMER88.5106272.11
HAYWOOD77.4468355.33
BRISCO55.31918,333.33
HIGGS55.3191292.40
FOWKES55.31911,785.71
WALKER44.255312.71
COOPER44.255317.49
WARDLE44.2553219.78
SPENCER44.255346.62
MEER33.19157,500.00
WILEMAN33.19151,363.64
FAUX22.12771,428.57
DAVIS22.12779.68
HANDS22.1277212.77
DEACON11.063862.50
MOUSLEY11.0638769.23
WILSON11.06382.32
GARDENER11.063859.17
RUSHTON11.063851.55
STORER11.0638169.49
PEPPER11.063875.76
JAQUES11.0638142.86
WOOD11.06383.34
FLETCHER11.06389.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRISCO0.09948333.3333
MEER0.09947500.0000
FOWKES0.09941785.7143
FAUX0.09941428.5714
WILEMAN0.09941363.6364
MOUSLEY0.0994769.2308
HAYWOOD0.0994355.3299
HIGGS0.0994292.3977
FARMER0.0994272.1088
WARDLE0.0994219.7802
HANDS0.0994212.7660
STORER0.0994169.4915
JAQUES0.0994142.8571
PEPPER0.099475.7576
DEACON0.099462.5000
GARDENER0.099459.1716
RUSHTON0.099451.5464
SPENCER0.099446.6200
COOPER0.099417.4902
WALKER0.099412.7105
DAVIS0.09949.6805
FLETCHER0.09949.3197
WOOD0.09943.3389
WILSON0.09942.3164

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 94 people called BRISCO in Chilcote 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 8333.3333 in Chilcote means that 8333.3333% of the people in Chilcote on census day were called BRISCO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRISCO 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 BRISCO 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 BRISCO 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 BRISCO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Chilcote means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRISCO in Chilcote than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chilcote in 1881

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

BIRCHESS (1)  BORTELL (1)  BRISCO (5)  COULTON (10)  COOPER (4)  DAVIS (2)  DEACON (1)  FARMER (8)  FLETCHER (1)  FAUX (2)  FOWKES (5)  FREARSON (1)  GARDENER (1)  HANDS (2)  HAYWOOD (7)  HIGGS (5)  JAQUES (1)  MOUSLEY (1)  MEER (3)  PASSAM (2)  PEPPER (1)  RUSHTON (1)  SIDWALL (6)  SPENCER (4)  STORER (1)  STUTTON (5)  WALKER (4)  WARDLE (4)  WILEMAN (3)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)