Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spalford, Nottinghamshire

Spalford 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
NICHOLLS97.3770141.29
JOHNSON86.557419.52
BLOW86.55741,739.13
BARKS75.73774,117.65
DRURY54.0984257.73
NOBLE54.098498.62
LEACH54.098499.40
BENNETT54.098424.94
GIBSON54.098433.76
PRIESTLEY54.0984242.72
LOVETT54.0984450.45
WHITFIELD43.2787163.93
MARSHALL43.278719.55
WOOD43.278710.29
BELTON32.4590454.55
BROWN32.45903.73
CARR32.459034.09
MATHEWES32.459015,000.00
BEAUMONT21.639355.25
SAXBY21.6393344.83
CLEMENTS21.639349.38
BRIGGS21.639330.17
HOBSON10.819731.65
ANDREWS10.81978.55
SMALLEY10.819790.91
BINGHAM10.819755.87
WALKER10.81972.45
GILBERT10.819714.39
MARRIOTT10.819736.63
THOMPSON10.81972.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MATHEWES0.1212215000.0000
BARKS0.121224117.6471
BLOW0.121221739.1304
BELTON0.12122454.5455
LOVETT0.12122450.4505
SAXBY0.12122344.8276
DRURY0.12122257.7320
PRIESTLEY0.12122242.7184
WHITFIELD0.12122163.9344
NICHOLLS0.12122141.2873
LEACH0.1212299.4036
NOBLE0.1212298.6193
SMALLEY0.1212290.9091
BINGHAM0.1212255.8659
BEAUMONT0.1212255.2486
CLEMENTS0.1212249.3827
MARRIOTT0.1212236.6300
CARR0.1212234.0909
GIBSON0.1212233.7610
HOBSON0.1212231.6456
BRIGGS0.1212230.1659
BENNETT0.1212224.9377
MARSHALL0.1212219.5503
JOHNSON0.1212219.5170
GILBERT0.1212214.3885
WOOD0.1212210.2907
ANDREWS0.121228.5543
BROWN0.121223.7304
THOMPSON0.121222.7360
WALKER0.121222.4486

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 122 people called MATHEWES in Spalford 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 15000.0000 in Spalford means that 15000.0000% of the people in Spalford on census day were called MATHEWES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MATHEWES 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 MATHEWES 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 MATHEWES 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 MATHEWES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Spalford means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MATHEWES in Spalford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spalford in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  BEAUMONT (2)  BEALBY (7)  BELTON (3)  BENNETT (5)  BINGHAM (1)  BARKS (7)  BLOW (8)  BRIGGS (2)  BROWN (3)  CARR (3)  CLEMENTS (2)  DRURY (5)  GIBSON (5)  GILBERT (1)  HEMPSHALL (4)  HOBSON (1)  JOHNSON (8)  LEACH (5)  LOVETT (5)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARSHALL (4)  MATHEWES (3)  MINNETT (1)  NICHOLLS (9)  NOBLE (5)  PRIESTLEY (5)  SEELS (1)  SAXBY (2)  SMALLEY (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (1)  WHITFIELD (4)  WILLERTON (2)  WOOD (4)