Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashford, Derbyshire

Ashford is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Derbyshire

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
SMITH355.17753.67
FURNESS263.8462481.48
THORPE253.698293.53
WILSON233.40247.41
SHELDON213.1065204.28
BIRLEY162.36691,553.40
HEATHCOTE152.2189274.73
MILNES142.0710234.51
MARSDEN131.923146.45
KITSON131.9231240.74
BLACKWELL131.9231105.52
DOXEY121.77511,100.92
JONES121.77511.57
STONE111.627222.51
HOLMES91.331410.93
OLDFIELD81.183471.62
ROBINSON81.18343.71
HARRISON81.18345.33
HAMILTON81.183415.78
HURST81.183433.14
GREENHALGH71.035550.54
SOMERSET71.0355760.87
TAYLOR71.03551.62
LEES71.035523.36
WORSLEY71.0355118.44
FROST71.035518.42
TWIGG60.8876126.85
KIME60.8876952.38
HAMBLETON60.8876218.18
WESTBROOK60.8876190.48
HAGE50.73962,272.73
LARKIN50.739682.37
NEEDHAM50.739634.75
HASLAM50.739648.69
BRAMWELL50.7396131.23
MIDDLETON50.739614.09
FOX50.73967.97
DOWNES50.739659.81
LOWE50.73969.87
SIMPSON50.73964.23
HILL50.73962.90
LONGDEN40.5917128.21
HEYWARD40.5917500.00
GUILD40.5917270.27
FENTON40.591729.65
SELBY40.591749.57
GOULD40.591716.37
WRIGHT40.59171.84
HAWLEY40.591760.51
GAMBLE40.591741.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAGE0.686762272.7273
BIRLEY0.686761553.3981
DOXEY0.686761100.9174
KIME0.68676952.3810
SOMERSET0.68676760.8696
MART0.68676681.8182
HEYWARD0.68676500.0000
FURNESS0.68676481.4815
HEATHCOTE0.68676274.7253
GUILD0.68676270.2703
KITSON0.68676240.7407
MILNES0.68676234.5059
CAVENDISH0.68676232.5581
HAMBLETON0.68676218.1818
SHELDON0.68676204.2802
WESTBROOK0.68676190.4762
BRAMWELL0.68676131.2336
LONGDEN0.68676128.2051
TWIGG0.68676126.8499
WORSLEY0.68676118.4433
BLACKWELL0.68676105.5195
THORPE0.6867693.5279
RABY0.6867692.5926
LARKIN0.6867682.3723
LINK0.6867681.3008
RAYNES0.6867674.6269
OLDFIELD0.6867671.6204
HOLME0.6867663.8978
HAWLEY0.6867660.5144
SKIDMORE0.6867660.3622
DOWNES0.6867659.8086
KEELING0.6867650.8475
GREENHALGH0.6867650.5415
SELBY0.6867649.5663
HASLAM0.6867648.6855
MARSDEN0.6867646.4452
GAMBLE0.6867641.3650
ASHMORE0.6867639.6825
FARNSWORTH0.6867635.5872
NEEDHAM0.6867634.7464
WILLIAM0.6867634.6620
FURNISS0.6867633.3333
WILTSHIRE0.6867633.2594
HURST0.6867633.1400
REDFERN0.6867631.8471
FENTON0.6867629.6516
ROLLINSON0.6867627.3973
BROCKLEHURST0.6867627.1003
KITCHEN0.6867626.0417
BROOKER0.6867624.5098

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 676 people called HAGE in Ashford 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 2272.7273 in Ashford means that 2272.7273% of the people in Ashford on census day were called HAGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAGE 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 HAGE 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 HAGE 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 HAGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Ashford means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAGE in Ashford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashford in 1881

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

ALDGATE (6)  ALLCARD (1)  ANDERSON (3)  ASHMORE (2)  ASHTON (2)  BACON (1)  BEVAN (2)  BICHNOR (1)  BLACKWELL (13)  BLEACKLEY (1)  BOLSOVER (6)  BOOTH (3)  BOUSIE (1)  BRAMWELL (5)  BRANDRETH (1)  BRANWELL (5)  BRASSINGTON (4)  BRETNOR (2)  BRIDGE (2)  BRIDGES (1)  BROCKLEHURST (1)  BROOKER (2)  BROXAP (1)  BRUSHFIELD (1)  BRIDDEN (1)  BIRLEY (16)  BURTON (1)  CARRINGTON (1)  CARSON (1)  CAVENDISH (1)  COOKE (1)  CRAVEN (3)  CRUMP (1)  DAKIN (1)  DAYBELL (7)  DODDEMEDE (1)  DOWNES (5)  DOXEY (12)  DURNSFORD (1)  DYER (1)  ELLIS (1)  ENTON (1)  EPEL (1)  FARNSWORTH (1)  FENTON (4)  FLETCHER (1)  FOWLER (2)  FOX (5)  FROST (7)  FURNESS (26)  FURNISS (1)  GAMBLE (4)  GOULD (4)  GRANT (1)  GRAYSON (1)  GREEN (2)  GREENHALGH (7)  GREENSTRAW (1)  GREGORY (2)  GUILD (4)  GYTE (1)  HALL (3)  HALLOWS (3)  HAMBLETON (6)  HAMILTON (8)  HARRISON (8)  HASLAM (5)  HAWLEY (4)  HAGE (5)  HEYWARD (4)  HEATHCOTE (15)  HILL (5)  HODKIN (2)  HOGAN (1)  HOLME (2)  HOLMES (9)  HOPE (1)  HOROBIN (3)  HULLEY (4)  HURST (8)  JACQUES (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (12)  KEELING (3)  KIME (6)  KITCHEN (3)  KITSON (13)  LARKIN (5)  LEES (7)  LONGDEN (4)  LOWE (5)  LUXMOORE (5)  LINK (1)  MARSDEN (13)  MART (3)  MEAKIN (1)  MIDDLETON (5)  MILNES (14)  NAISON (5)  NAYLOR (1)  NEEDHAM (5)  NUTTALL (1)  OLDFIELD (8)  OLIVER (3)  OWEN (1)  PLATTS (1)  PORTER (1)  PURSEGLOVE (5)  RABY (3)  RAYNES (1)  RATLIFFE (1)  ROLLINSON (1)  REDFERN (3)  ROBINSON (8)  ROE (1)  SCOTHERN (1)  SELBY (4)  SIMPSON (5)  SHELDON (21)  SKIDMORE (3)  SLATER (3)  SMITH (35)  SNIPSON (1)  SOMERSET (7)  SORBY (1)  STONE (11)  STROYAN (2)  STRUTT (4)  TAYLOR (7)  TURNER ((TAYLOR)) (2)  THORPE (25)  TOMLINSON (2)  TURNER (1)  TWIGG (6)  VICKERS (3)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALSH (1)  WALLWIN (10)  WESTBROOK (6)  WHIBBERLEY (23)  WHITMORE (1)  WILDEGOOSE (2)  WILLIAM (2)  WILSON (23)  WILTSHIRE (3)  WISEHAM (1)  WORSLEY (7)  WRIGHT (4)  YOUNG (3) 

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