Top surnames from the 1881 census in Derby Hills, Derbyshire

Derby Hills 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
BANKS817.7778346.32
DEXTER715.55562,121.21
TOONE613.33335,454.55
MASSEY613.3333521.74
ADCOCK36.6667681.82
PEAT24.4444555.56
WARD24.444420.35
SWAN24.4444170.94
BROWN12.22223.37
TUNNICLIFF12.22221,428.57
SMITH12.22221.57
FISHER12.222218.98
WOOTTON12.2222243.90
BLOOR12.2222400.00
SHAW12.222212.09
RATCLIFF12.2222344.83
LANGFORD12.2222140.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOONE0.05455454.5455
DEXTER0.05452121.2121
TUNNICLIFF0.05451428.5714
ADCOCK0.0545681.8182
PEAT0.0545555.5556
MASSEY0.0545521.7391
BLOOR0.0545400.0000
BANKS0.0545346.3203
RATCLIFF0.0545344.8276
WOOTTON0.0545243.9024
SWAN0.0545170.9402
LANGFORD0.0545140.8451
WARD0.054520.3459
FISHER0.054518.9753
SHAW0.054512.0919
BROWN0.05453.3715
SMITH0.05451.5738

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 45 people called TOONE in Derby Hills 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 5454.5455 in Derby Hills means that 5454.5455% of the people in Derby Hills on census day were called TOONE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOONE 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 TOONE 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 TOONE 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 TOONE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Derby Hills means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOONE in Derby Hills than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Derby Hills in 1881

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

ADCOCK (3)  BANKS (8)  BLOOR (1)  BROWN (1)  DEXTER (7)  FISHER (1)  LANGFORD (1)  MASSEY (6)  PEAT (2)  RATCLIFF (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (1)  SWAN (2)  TOONE (6)  TUNNICLIFF (1)  WARD (2)  WOOTTON (1)