Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sheldon, Derbyshire

Sheldon 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
BROCKLEHURST4828.40245,217.39
SHELDON137.6923505.84
BRAMWELL116.50891,157.89
FROST105.9172105.26
BUXTON105.9172393.70
SIMPSON74.142023.68
NAYLOR63.550394.19
BONSALL52.95861,612.90
ELLIOTT52.958634.87
CARSON52.9586268.82
BATEMAN42.366991.53
BEEBE42.36695,714.29
MORTON31.775133.22
MAYFIELD21.1834465.12
HARRISON21.18345.33
JACKSON10.59172.12
WILTON10.591761.35
MARSDEN10.591714.29
THORPE10.591714.97
JACQUES10.591769.93
GOULD10.591716.37
SKIDMORE10.591780.65
ROWLAND10.591720.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEEBE0.171695714.2857
BROCKLEHURST0.171695217.3913
BONSALL0.171691612.9032
BRAMWELL0.171691157.8947
SHELDON0.17169505.8366
MAYFIELD0.17169465.1163
BUXTON0.17169393.7008
CARSON0.17169268.8172
FROST0.17169105.2632
NAYLOR0.1716994.1915
BATEMAN0.1716991.5332
SKIDMORE0.1716980.6452
JACQUES0.1716969.9301
WILTON0.1716961.3497
ELLIOTT0.1716934.8675
MORTON0.1716933.2226
SIMPSON0.1716923.6806
ROWLAND0.1716920.8333
GOULD0.1716916.3666
THORPE0.1716914.9701
MARSDEN0.1716914.2857
HARRISON0.171695.3319
JACKSON0.171692.1173

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 169 people called BEEBE in Sheldon 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 5714.2857 in Sheldon means that 5714.2857% of the people in Sheldon on census day were called BEEBE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEEBE 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 BEEBE 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 BEEBE 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 BEEBE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Sheldon means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEEBE in Sheldon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sheldon in 1881

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

BAGSHAWE (1)  BATEMAN (4)  BEEBE (4)  BLAMEY (1)  BONSALL (5)  BRAMWELL (11)  BRASSINGTON (2)  BROCKLEHURST (48)  BUXTON (10)  CARSON (5)  ELLIOTT (5)  FROST (10)  GOULD (1)  GYTE (7)  HARRISON (2)  JACQUES (1)  JACKSON (1)  LINDSFORD (1)  MANDEFIELD (3)  MARSDEN (1)  MAYFIELD (2)  MORTON (3)  MYCOCK (1)  NAYLOR (6)  OLLERENSHAW (2)  ROWLAND (1)  SIMPSON (7)  SHELDON (13)  SKIDMORE (1)  THORPE (1)  WILDGOOSE (8)  WILTON (1)