Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holme, Nottinghamshire

Holme 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
WELLS107.874094.61
SHEPPARD107.8740227.27
BOOTH97.086671.83
KEY86.2992457.14
DONCASTER75.51183,500.00
HARTLEY75.511887.94
HARRISON64.724421.28
SHARP64.724456.71
REYNOLDS64.724454.55
MILES53.937066.76
WILLIS43.149659.26
ROBERTS43.14968.37
BARKER21.574812.03
CANE21.5748229.89
KNIGHT21.574812.78
WALKER21.57484.70
SMALLEY21.5748173.91
COOK21.57487.93
CAMPTON10.78743,333.33
STOKES10.787418.66
CROPPER10.7874129.87
RICHARDSON10.78744.63
CLARK10.78742.62
WORTHINGTON10.787439.22
WATSON10.78743.39
KEMP10.787414.20
SPAFFORD10.78741,428.57
COPPER10.7874476.19
BLACKBURN10.787420.88
CROSSLAND10.787489.29
NEWHAM10.7874212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DONCASTER0.131273500.0000
CAMPTON0.131273333.3333
SPAFFORD0.131271428.5714
COPPER0.13127476.1905
KEY0.13127457.1429
CANE0.13127229.8851
SHEPPARD0.13127227.2727
NEWHAM0.13127212.7660
SMALLEY0.13127173.9130
CROPPER0.13127129.8701
WELLS0.1312794.6074
CROSSLAND0.1312789.2857
HARTLEY0.1312787.9397
BOOTH0.1312771.8276
MILES0.1312766.7557
WILLIS0.1312759.2593
SHARP0.1312756.7108
REYNOLDS0.1312754.5455
WORTHINGTON0.1312739.2157
HARRISON0.1312721.2841
BLACKBURN0.1312720.8768
STOKES0.1312718.6567
KEMP0.1312714.2045
KNIGHT0.1312712.7796
BARKER0.1312712.0337
ROBERTS0.131278.3717
COOK0.131277.9271
WALKER0.131274.7048
RICHARDSON0.131274.6253
WATSON0.131273.3944
CLARK0.131272.6199

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 127 people called DONCASTER in Holme 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 3500.0000 in Holme means that 3500.0000% of the people in Holme on census day were called DONCASTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DONCASTER 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 DONCASTER 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 DONCASTER 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 DONCASTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Holme means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DONCASTER in Holme than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holme in 1881

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

BARKER (2)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLUNDY (8)  BOOTH (9)  CANE (2)  CAMPTON (1)  CLARK (1)  COOK (2)  COPPER (1)  CROPPER (1)  CROSSLAND (1)  DONCASTER (7)  DRING (1)  FOOTTIT (7)  HARRISON (6)  HARTLEY (7)  HOYES (2)  KEMP (1)  KEY (8)  KNIGHT (2)  MILES (5)  NEWHAM (1)  REYNOLDS (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (4)  SHARP (6)  SHEPPARD (10)  SIPSEY (1)  SMALLEY (2)  SPAFFORD (1)  STOKES (1)  TOWNROE (1)  WALKER (2)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (10)  WILLIS (4)  WORTHINGTON (1)