Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire

Bramcote 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
HEWITT243.191565.52
HARRISON222.925513.18
SMITH222.92552.07
SMEDLEY222.9255357.72
WRIGHT202.65968.29
WILLOUGHBY182.3936275.23
COOK172.260611.38
DAYKIN151.9947576.92
HOOLEY141.8617387.81
ATKIN141.8617139.30
SANDERS111.462832.27
GRUNDY101.329864.94
SHAW101.32987.24
SLACK101.329884.39
FISHER91.196810.22
BREWER91.196845.11
EDWARDS91.19684.29
CHAPPELL91.196870.98
COPE91.196852.94
ADCOCK81.0638107.67
WOOD81.06383.34
WILLIS81.063820.01
WALKER81.06383.18
FLEET81.0638158.73
BRIGGS81.063819.59
TOMLINSON81.063823.07
GIBBONS70.930928.96
DUNN70.930911.19
DICKENS70.930988.95
BAGSHAW70.9309116.67
HUNT70.93097.01
KIRK70.930921.50
STEPHENSON70.930916.27
BROWN70.93091.41
LITTON70.9309795.45
CHAMBERS70.930916.37
COLVILLE60.7979233.46
STARBUCK60.7979495.87
CLIFFORD60.797938.81
GOODACRE60.7979248.96
WILSON60.79791.74
CROFTS60.797998.68
SWIFT60.797925.84
BROOMHEAD50.6649148.81
DERRY50.6649150.60
WOODCOCK50.664923.30
BLACKWELL50.664936.50
COOPER50.66492.73
RUFF50.6649205.76
WYATT50.664922.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GODKIN0.757521428.5714
LANGSDALE0.757521034.4828
LITTON0.75752795.4545
DAYKIN0.75752576.9231
TOWLSON0.75752526.3158
HUSBANDS0.75752519.4805
STARBUCK0.75752495.8678
OLDERSHAW0.75752480.7692
GRIFFIS0.75752454.5455
HICKTON0.75752428.5714
HOOLEY0.75752387.8116
SMEDLEY0.75752357.7236
TUNNICLIFF0.75752357.1429
WILLOUGHBY0.75752275.2294
GOODACRE0.75752248.9627
COLVILLE0.75752233.4630
RUFF0.75752205.7613
GOODGE0.75752185.1852
CAVEY0.75752181.8182
YOUELL0.75752178.5714
COY0.75752170.2128
FLEET0.75752158.7302
ROUGHTON0.75752156.2500
DERRY0.75752150.6024
BROOMHEAD0.75752148.8095
PENDLETON0.75752143.8849
MILLHOUSE0.75752140.8451
ATKIN0.75752139.3035
BLOOD0.75752133.3333
FRETWELL0.75752117.6471
BAGSHAW0.75752116.6667
VASEY0.75752111.9403
ADCOCK0.75752107.6716
CROFTS0.7575298.6842
STREETS0.7575298.0392
DICKENS0.7575288.9454
BASFORD0.7575288.4956
SLACK0.7575284.3882
NEWBOLD0.7575272.9927
CHAPPELL0.7575270.9779
HEWITT0.7575265.5201
GRUNDY0.7575264.9351
LITCHFIELD0.7575264.9351
FARNSWORTH0.7575264.1026
MOSLEY0.7575256.4972
COPE0.7575252.9412
SIMONDS0.7575251.2821
HICKLING0.7575249.5050
BRADDOCK0.7575246.7290
HENSON0.7575245.3515

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 752 people called GODKIN in Bramcote 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 1428.5714 in Bramcote means that 1428.5714% of the people in Bramcote on census day were called GODKIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GODKIN 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 GODKIN 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 GODKIN 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 GODKIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Bramcote means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GODKIN in Bramcote than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bramcote in 1881

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

ADCOCK (8)  ALDERIGDE (1)  ANTHONEY (1)  ATKIN (14)  BAGSHAW (7)  BAILY (1)  BARKER (1)  BARLOW (1)  BASFORD (2)  BATES (3)  BILBIE (1)  BEXON (6)  BLACKWELL (5)  BLOOD (4)  BRADDOCK (1)  BREWER (9)  BREWIN (1)  BRIGGS (8)  BROOKS (3)  BROOMHEAD (5)  BROWN (7)  BURDETT (1)  BUTLER (1)  CANT (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CAVEY (1)  CHAMBERS (7)  CHAPPELL (9)  CHOLERTON (1)  CHRISMAS (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (1)  CLAYTON (2)  CLIFFORD (6)  COLEMAN (1)  COLEY (1)  COLVILLE (6)  CONGRAVE OR COUGRAVE (2)  COOK (17)  COOPER (5)  COPE (9)  COUGRAVE (9)  COUPE (1)  COVERLEY (2)  CROFTS (6)  DAYKIN (15)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAY (2)  DENISON (1)  DERRY (5)  DEXTER (1)  DICKENS (7)  DODSLEY (1)  DORE (1)  DRINKWATER (1)  DUNN (7)  EALICK (2)  EATON (2)  EDWARDS (9)  EGGLESTONE (5)  EVERETT (1)  FARNSWORTH (2)  FISHER (9)  FLEET (8)  FLETCHER (4)  FOREMAN (4)  FRANCIS (1)  FRETWELL (3)  FRY (4)  GARRATT (2)  GASERY (3)  GIBBONS (7)  GINEVER (6)  GODKIN (3)  GOODACRE (6)  GOODGE (1)  GREENSMITH (5)  GREGORY (2)  GRIFFIS (1)  GRUNDY (10)  GURNHILL (1)  HALLAM (2)  HAMMOND (1)  HARDSTAFF (3)  HARRISON (22)  HAWKINS (1)  HAWLEY (2)  HAZELDINE (1)  HENSON (4)  HEWITT (24)  HICKLING (2)  HICKTON (3)  HOLDEN (5)  HOOLEY (14)  HOULEY (1)  HUDSON (3)  HUNT (7)  HUSBANDS (4)  ISABROOK (1)  JACKSON (2)  JACOBS (1)  JOHNSON (3)  COY (4)  KIRK (7)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGSDALE (3)  LAUGHAM (5)  LEE (1)  LEWISS (1)  LITTON (7)  LITCHFIELD (2)  LUSTON (1)  MALIN (1)  MASON (2)  MAULOVE (6)  MC DONALD (1)  MACHIE (1)  MILLER (4)  MILLHOUSE (1)  MOSLEY (4)  MURCOTT (5)  NEVILL (1)  NEWBOLD (4)  NORTON (1)  OLDERSHAW (5)  OLDAM (1)  PARKER (1)  PENDLETON (4)  PETTIT (2)  POLLARD (3)  POULDER (1)  PRIESSLY (1)  PULMAN (1)  RADFORD (1)  REED (3)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROUGHTON (2)  RUFF (5)  SANDERS (11)  SAVILLE (1)  SCOFFIELD (1)  SHAW (10)  SIMONDS (1)  SLACK (10)  SLATER (1)  SMALLEY (1)  SMEDLEY (22)  SMITH (22)  SPENCER (1)  SPRAY (1)  STARBUCK (6)  STEPHENSON (7)  STREETS (1)  STRETTON (5)  SWIFT (6)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNHILL (1)  TOMLINSON (8)  TOWLSON (3)  TUNNICLIFF (4)  TURNER (5)  TWELLS (6)  UPTON (2)  VASEY (3)  WALKER (8)  WARD (2)  WELLS (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITELEY (1)  WILLIS (8)  WILLOUGHBY (18)  WILSON (6)  WOOD (8)  WOODCOCK (5)  WRIGHT (20)  WYATT (5)  YOUELL (1)