Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cottam, Nottinghamshire

Cottam is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
FAIRBANKS109.34587,692.31
ANDERSON98.411242.59
DALTON87.4766325.20
BRIGGS87.4766137.69
DAWSON87.476667.85
DARWIN65.60753,000.00
HARTLEY54.672974.52
HURLSTON54.672916,666.67
CAPPS54.67292,272.73
JOHNSON43.738311.13
BAMFORD43.7383248.45
ROGERS32.803721.60
HILTON21.869254.35
WHITEHEAD21.869227.66
BATES21.869229.37
WHITE21.86925.82
KITCHEN21.8692109.89
JONES21.86921.65
BETTS10.934643.67
DEAN10.934613.46
SCOTT10.93463.69
MALTBY10.9346163.93
WRIGHT10.93462.91
SAMPSON10.934654.64
CARNALL10.9346500.00
BRETT10.934649.26
WILLINGHAM10.9346625.00
SMITH10.93460.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HURLSTON0.1110716666.6667
FAIRBANKS0.111077692.3077
DARWIN0.111073000.0000
CAPPS0.111072272.7273
WILLINGHAM0.11107625.0000
CARNALL0.11107500.0000
DALTON0.11107325.2033
BAMFORD0.11107248.4472
MALTBY0.11107163.9344
BRIGGS0.11107137.6936
KITCHEN0.11107109.8901
HARTLEY0.1110774.5156
DAWSON0.1110767.8541
SAMPSON0.1110754.6448
HILTON0.1110754.3478
BRETT0.1110749.2611
BETTS0.1110743.6681
ANDERSON0.1110742.5935
BATES0.1110729.3686
WHITEHEAD0.1110727.6625
ROGERS0.1110721.5983
DEAN0.1110713.4590
JOHNSON0.1110711.1266
WHITE0.111075.8156
SCOTT0.111073.6941
WRIGHT0.111072.9129
JONES0.111071.6504
SMITH0.111070.6619

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 107 people called HURLSTON in Cottam 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 16666.6667 in Cottam means that 16666.6667% of the people in Cottam on census day were called HURLSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HURLSTON 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 HURLSTON 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 HURLSTON 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 HURLSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Cottam means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HURLSTON in Cottam than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cottam in 1881

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

ANDERSON (9)  BAMFORD (4)  BATES (2)  BETTS (1)  BRETT (1)  BRIGGS (8)  CAPPS (5)  CARNALL (1)  DALTON (8)  DARWIN (6)  DAWSON (8)  DEAN (1)  FAIRBANKS (10)  FUTTIT (7)  HARTLEY (5)  HILTON (2)  HURLSTON (5)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (2)  KITCHEN (2)  MALTBY (1)  ROGERS (3)  SAMPSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SMITH (1)  SPITTLEHOUSE (3)  WHITE (2)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILLINGHAM (1)  WRIGHT (1)