Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weston Underwood, Derbyshire

Weston Underwood 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
MILLER179.714354.30
ASTLEY126.85711,034.48
WARDLE116.2857324.48
OAKLEY95.1429242.59
CRESSWELL95.1429486.49
THOMPSON95.142917.17
DOWNING74.0000230.26
BAINBRIDGE74.0000284.55
HITCHCOCK63.4286297.03
TOMLINSON42.285749.57
HUNT42.285717.21
WASS42.2857421.05
MURFIN42.28571,111.11
FROST31.714330.49
WOOD31.71435.38
MARPLE31.71433,750.00
CLARK31.71435.70
ASHWELL21.1429327.87
MURPHY21.142914.31
CLARKE21.14295.64
LEWIS21.14294.35
COTTON21.142947.85
SHELDON21.142975.19
HARRISON21.14295.15
BROMLEY10.571437.17
WARNER10.571415.67
COOPER10.57142.35
SMITH10.57140.40
HENSON10.571448.78
CHAPMAN10.57144.02
RATCLIFFE10.571420.70
HALL10.57141.94
FORD10.57145.87
HOUGH10.571433.22
SLATER10.57149.44
HAYNES10.571416.03
BROWNSON10.5714625.00
PIGEON10.5714833.33
GROUT10.5714222.22
ELLIOT10.571422.42
TURNER10.57142.05
STEVENS10.57145.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARPLE0.181753750.0000
MURFIN0.181751111.1111
ASTLEY0.181751034.4828
PIGEON0.18175833.3333
BROWNSON0.18175625.0000
CRESSWELL0.18175486.4865
WASS0.18175421.0526
ASHWELL0.18175327.8689
WARDLE0.18175324.4838
HITCHCOCK0.18175297.0297
BAINBRIDGE0.18175284.5528
OAKLEY0.18175242.5876
DOWNING0.18175230.2632
GROUT0.18175222.2222
SHELDON0.1817575.1880
MILLER0.1817554.2958
TOMLINSON0.1817549.5663
HENSON0.1817548.7805
COTTON0.1817547.8469
BROMLEY0.1817537.1747
HOUGH0.1817533.2226
FROST0.1817530.4878
ELLIOT0.1817522.4215
RATCLIFFE0.1817520.7039
HUNT0.1817517.2117
THOMPSON0.1817517.1690
HAYNES0.1817516.0256
WARNER0.1817515.6740
MURPHY0.1817514.3062
SLATER0.181759.4429
FORD0.181755.8651
CLARK0.181755.7034
CLARKE0.181755.6402
STEVENS0.181755.4735
WOOD0.181755.3802
HARRISON0.181755.1480
LEWIS0.181754.3469
CHAPMAN0.181754.0241
COOPER0.181752.3491
TURNER0.181752.0530
HALL0.181751.9425
SMITH0.181750.4047

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 175 people called MARPLE in Weston Underwood 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 3750.0000 in Weston Underwood means that 3750.0000% of the people in Weston Underwood on census day were called MARPLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARPLE 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 MARPLE 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 MARPLE 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 MARPLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Weston Underwood means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARPLE in Weston Underwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weston Underwood in 1881

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

ASHWELL (2)  ASTLEY (12)  BAINBRIDGE (7)  BIRKIN (1)  BROMLEY (1)  BROWNSON (1)  CALCOTT (3)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (2)  COOPER (1)  COTTON (2)  COTTONS (1)  CURZON (2)  CRESSWELL (9)  DOWNING (7)  ELLIOT (1)  FEARNS (2)  FORD (1)  FROST (3)  FUKES (1)  GROUT (1)  HALL (1)  HAPEY (1)  HARRISON (2)  HAYNES (1)  HENSON (1)  HITCHCOCK (6)  HOLLINGWOOD (2)  HOUGH (1)  HOOSTON (1)  HUNT (4)  LEWIS (2)  MARPLE (3)  MILLER (17)  MURFIN (4)  MURPHINS (1)  MURPHY (2)  OAKLEY (9)  PIGEON (1)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RIDE (3)  SHELDON (2)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (1)  STEVENS (1)  THOMPSON (9)  TOMLINSON (4)  TORR (8)  TURNER (1)  WARDLE (11)  WARNER (1)  WARNHAM (1)  WASS (4)  WHITECHURCH (1)  WOOD (3)