Top surnames from the 1881 census in Middleton By Wirksworth, Derbyshire

Middleton By Wirksworth 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
SPENCER11624.0664263.64
BROOKS469.543697.62
DOXEY469.54365,897.44
SLACK204.1494263.50
BIRLEY183.73442,432.43
BUCKLEY142.904653.35
GRATTON132.6971677.08
BRACE132.6971469.31
SHELDON122.4896163.71
EVANS102.07474.75
ADAMS91.867212.67
WRAGG91.8672201.79
KILLER91.86724,285.71
BUTLER91.867219.15
HOLMES81.659813.63
GOODALL81.659877.52
CLAYTON71.452326.72
MATHER71.452358.58
WALKER71.45234.34
HARWARD61.24482,727.27
BARNES61.244810.34
MOORE61.24486.22
STALEY51.0373316.46
JEPSON51.0373105.93
HODGKINSON51.037360.39
MILLWARD40.829973.94
THOMPSON40.82992.77
JOHNSTON30.62247.71
FROST30.622411.07
POTTER30.62249.60
YATES30.62249.06
BODEN30.622476.73
WAIN20.414949.51
WALTERS20.41498.70
BEESON20.4149103.63
BROWNSON20.4149444.44
WOODHOUSE20.414917.51
FEARN20.414955.56
HAUGE20.41493,333.33
BESTON10.2075476.19
ELSE10.207562.89
TURNER10.20750.75
BUXTON10.207513.81
BIRCH10.20755.06
JONES10.20750.18
HOWARD10.20752.11
BROWN10.20750.31
WATKINSON10.207517.70
MARPLE10.2075476.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOXEY0.484825897.4359
KILLER0.484824285.7143
HAUGE0.484823333.3333
HARWARD0.484822727.2727
BIRLEY0.484822432.4324
GRATTON0.48482677.0833
BESTON0.48482476.1905
MARPLE0.48482476.1905
BRACE0.48482469.3141
BROWNSON0.48482444.4444
STALEY0.48482316.4557
SPENCER0.48482263.6364
SLACK0.48482263.5046
WRAGG0.48482201.7937
SHELDON0.48482163.7108
JEPSON0.48482105.9322
BEESON0.48482103.6269
BROOKS0.4848297.6231
GOODALL0.4848277.5194
BODEN0.4848276.7263
MILLWARD0.4848273.9372
ELSE0.4848262.8931
HODGKINSON0.4848260.3865
MATHER0.4848258.5774
FEARN0.4848255.5556
BUCKLEY0.4848253.3537
WAIN0.4848249.5050
CLAYTON0.4848226.7176
BUTLER0.4848219.1489
WATKINSON0.4848217.6991
WOODHOUSE0.4848217.5131
BUXTON0.4848213.8122
HOLMES0.4848213.6286
ADAMS0.4848212.6707
FROST0.4848211.0701
BARNES0.4848210.3413
POTTER0.484829.5969
YATES0.484829.0580
WALTERS0.484828.7032
JOHNSTON0.484827.7121
MOORE0.484826.2247
BIRCH0.484825.0633
EVANS0.484824.7477
WALKER0.484824.3384
THOMPSON0.484822.7703
HOWARD0.484822.1142
TURNER0.484820.7453
BROWN0.484820.3147
JONES0.484820.1832

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 482 people called DOXEY in Middleton By Wirksworth 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 5897.4359 in Middleton By Wirksworth means that 5897.4359% of the people in Middleton By Wirksworth on census day were called DOXEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DOXEY 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 DOXEY 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 DOXEY 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 DOXEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Middleton By Wirksworth means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DOXEY in Middleton By Wirksworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Middleton By Wirksworth in 1881

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

ADAMS (9)  ASHOVER (1)  BARNES (6)  BATTERSLEY (1)  BEESON (2)  BESTON (1)  BIRCH (1)  BODEN (3)  BRACE (13)  BROOKS (46)  BROWN (1)  BROWNSON (2)  BUCKLEY (14)  BIRLEY (18)  BUTLER (9)  BUXTON (1)  CLAYTON (7)  WALKER-CLAYTON (2)  CORNAWAY (2)  DOXEY (46)  ELSE (1)  EVANS (10)  FEARN (2)  FLEARES (2)  FROST (3)  JEPSON (5)  GODBEHERE (3)  GOODALL (8)  GOOSE (1)  GRATTON (13)  HARWARD (6)  HAUGE (2)  HILKENY (2)  HODGKINSON (5)  HOLMES (8)  HOWARD (1)  JOHNSTON (3)  JONES (1)  KILLER (9)  MARPLE (1)  MATHER (7)  MEASURES (3)  MILLWARD (4)  MOORE (6)  POTTER (3)  SHELDON (12)  SLACK (20)  SPENCER (116)  STALEY (5)  THOMPSON (4)  TURNER (1)  WAIN (2)  WALKER (7)  WALTERS (2)  WATKINSON (1)  WETTON (4)  WOODHOUSE (2)  WRAGG (9)  YATES (3)