Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wiseton, Nottinghamshire

Wiseton 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
READ108.3333129.20
BLAND97.5000361.45
LOCKWOOD86.6667301.89
TAYLOR75.83339.12
GRUNDY75.8333284.55
MORRISON75.833374.23
WILSON65.000010.89
HOLGATE65.0000600.00
BUTTERFIELD43.3333250.00
PARKER43.333317.53
DARWIN32.50001,304.35
NEEDHAM32.5000117.65
MOUNSEY32.5000882.35
PLATTS32.5000375.00
SCOTT32.50009.88
HARDY32.500041.72
PEARSON21.666714.35
SNOWDON21.6667224.72
FOSTER21.666712.47
WALKER10.83332.49
JOBSON10.8333140.85
HILL10.83333.27
BROWN10.83331.26
THOMPSON10.83332.78
HUTCHINS10.833382.64
PETTINGER10.8333769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DARWIN0.121201304.3478
MOUNSEY0.12120882.3529
PETTINGER0.12120769.2308
HOLGATE0.12120600.0000
PLATTS0.12120375.0000
BLAND0.12120361.4458
LOCKWOOD0.12120301.8868
GRUNDY0.12120284.5528
BUTTERFIELD0.12120250.0000
SNOWDON0.12120224.7191
JOBSON0.12120140.8451
READ0.12120129.1990
NEEDHAM0.12120117.6471
HUTCHINS0.1212082.6446
MORRISON0.1212074.2312
HARDY0.1212041.7246
PARKER0.1212017.5285
PEARSON0.1212014.3472
FOSTER0.1212012.4688
WILSON0.1212010.8873
SCOTT0.121209.8814
TAYLOR0.121209.1217
HILL0.121203.2723
THOMPSON0.121202.7816
WALKER0.121202.4894
BROWN0.121201.2642

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 120 people called DARWIN in Wiseton 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 1304.3478 in Wiseton means that 1304.3478% of the people in Wiseton on census day were called DARWIN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Wiseton in 1881

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

BLAND (9)  BROWN (1)  BUTTERFIELD (4)  CHAFER (1)  CURZON (1)  DARWIN (3)  FAVILL (4)  FOSTER (2)  GRUNDY (7)  HARDY (3)  HILL (1)  HOCKNEY (8)  HOLGATE (6)  HUTCHINS (1)  JOBSON (1)  LOCKWOOD (8)  MORRISON (7)  MOUNSEY (3)  NEEDHAM (3)  PARKER (4)  PEARSON (2)  PLATTS (3)  PETTINGER (1)  READ (10)  SCOTT (3)  SNOWDON (2)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (1)  WHITLAM (7)  WILSON (6)