Top surnames from the 1881 census in Smisby, Derbyshire

Smisby 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
BAILEY196.397342.47
ADAMS144.713831.99
INSLEY144.71382,978.72
ARCHER113.703789.58
RICE93.030397.61
BROWNE93.0303165.44
PEGG82.6936274.91
SLATER82.693644.49
HARPER72.356936.82
POYNTON72.35691,428.57
GRICE62.0202196.08
BRADLEY62.020225.16
DAWES62.0202148.51
COWLEY62.0202109.89
HARRISON51.68357.58
GOODWIN51.683531.95
KINSEY41.3468206.19
WILKINSON41.34688.83
HAYWOOD41.346864.21
COCKRAM41.3468396.04
WILTON41.3468139.86
BARLOW41.346824.94
HUDSON41.346816.45
JOYNES41.3468769.23
HIGGINS41.346826.63
SLANEY41.3468434.78
SALE31.0101153.06
CARTER31.01016.02
BOWLER31.010182.64
ORTON31.0101107.53
ASTLE31.0101309.28
SHERWOOD31.010179.16
NEWBOLD31.0101138.25
ADCOCK31.0101102.39
PIGGOTT31.0101138.89
WOODWARD20.673413.65
PRATT20.673411.72
BLUNT20.673483.33
ALLEN20.67343.57
LAND20.673493.46
DYSON20.673420.79
PEAT20.673484.39
RATCLIFF20.6734104.71
KIRBY20.673417.75
WILLARS20.67341,538.46
TAYLOR20.67341.05
NICHOLS10.336710.33
ALLSOP10.336732.79
LESTER10.336721.37
GEE10.336713.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOURNS0.302973333.3333
INSLEY0.302972978.7234
WILLARS0.302971538.4615
POYNTON0.302971428.5714
JOYNES0.30297769.2308
SLANEY0.30297434.7826
COCKRAM0.30297396.0396
ASTLE0.30297309.2784
PEGG0.30297274.9141
KINSEY0.30297206.1856
GRICE0.30297196.0784
BROWNE0.30297165.4412
SALE0.30297153.0612
DAWES0.30297148.5149
WILTON0.30297139.8601
PIGGOTT0.30297138.8889
NEWBOLD0.30297138.2488
COWLEY0.30297109.8901
ORTON0.30297107.5269
RATCLIFF0.30297104.7120
ADCOCK0.30297102.3891
RICE0.3029797.6139
DURANT0.3029797.0874
LAND0.3029793.4579
ARCHER0.3029789.5765
PEAT0.3029784.3882
BLUNT0.3029783.3333
BOWLER0.3029782.6446
SHERWOOD0.3029779.1557
HAYWOOD0.3029764.2055
BOSWORTH0.3029757.1429
SUMMERFIELD0.3029752.0833
DAKIN0.3029746.9484
NUTT0.3029746.5116
SLATER0.3029744.4939
BAILEY0.3029742.4676
HARPER0.3029736.8227
ALLSOP0.3029732.7869
ADAMS0.3029731.9854
GOODWIN0.3029731.9489
HIGGINS0.3029726.6312
BRADLEY0.3029725.1572
BARLOW0.3029724.9377
LESTER0.3029721.3675
DYSON0.3029720.7900
KIRBY0.3029717.7462
HUDSON0.3029716.4474
WOODWARD0.3029713.6519
GEE0.3029713.1926
PRATT0.3029711.7233

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 297 people called BOURNS in Smisby 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 3333.3333 in Smisby means that 3333.3333% of the people in Smisby on census day were called BOURNS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOURNS 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 BOURNS 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 BOURNS 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 BOURNS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Smisby means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOURNS in Smisby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Smisby in 1881

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

ADAMS (14)  ADCOCK (3)  ALLEN (2)  ALLSOP (1)  ARCHER (11)  ASTLE (3)  BAILEY (19)  BARLOW (4)  BLUNT (2)  BOSWORTH (1)  BOWLER (3)  BRADLEY (6)  BROWNE (9)  BOURNS (1)  CANTRILL (1)  CARTER (3)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHARLOTT (1)  COCKRAM (4)  COWLEY (6)  DAKIN (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAVIS (DAVIES) (8)  DAWES (6)  DEAN (1)  DENNIS (1)  DUMELOW (HIGGINS) (2)  DURANT (1)  DYSON (2)  O'GARA (2)  GEE (1)  GOADSBY (6)  GOODWIN (5)  GRICE (6)  HARPER (7)  HARRISON (5)  HEAFIELD (6)  HAYWOOD (4)  HIBETT (1)  HIGGINS (4)  LOWE (HIGGINS) (2)  HOROBIN (1)  HUDSON (4)  INSLEY (14)  JOYNES (4)  KING (1)  KIRBY (2)  NUTT (1)  LAND (2)  LESTER (1)  MASON (1)  MACKRORY (5)  KINSEY (4)  MORFOOT (1)  NEVILE (1)  NEWBOLD (3)  NEWBOULD (2)  NICHOLS (1)  NORTHALL (1)  ORENE (1)  ORTON (3)  PAGE (1)  PEAT (2)  PEGG (8)  PHARENS (1)  PIGGOTT (3)  WALKER ((PIGGOTT)) (2)  POYNTON (7)  POWERDRILL (1)  PRATT (RICE) (2)  PRATT (2)  RATCLIFF (2)  RICE (9)  SALE (3)  SHAW (1)  SHEARYN (1)  SHERWOOD (3)  SLANEY (4)  SLATER (8)  SUMMERFIELD (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TUCKER (1)  WASTALL (1)  WILLARS (2)  WILKINSON (4)  WILTON (4)  WOODWARD (2)