Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brackenfield, Derbyshire

Brackenfield 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
BARKER226.832352.21
LIMB206.21122,739.73
SPENCER113.416137.42
MILNER103.1056135.50
SAUNDERS103.105633.86
MARRIOTT103.1056138.70
ASKEW92.7950247.25
PARKS92.7950268.66
WRAGG82.4845268.46
ASKEN82.48458,888.89
FOX82.484526.76
TOPHAM72.1739297.87
RICHARDSON72.173912.77
STEVENSON72.173930.99
FLETCHER61.863416.32
TAYLOR61.86342.91
NUTTALL51.552861.58
HARVEY51.552814.54
ELLIOTT51.552818.30
HOPKINSON51.552895.06
HILL51.55286.10
BURTON51.552818.23
COLLEDGE41.2422487.80
MILLWARD41.2422110.50
WALKER41.24223.71
SIMS41.242241.45
HASLAM41.242281.80
MARSHALL30.93175.55
RADFORD30.931749.10
BEARDSLEY30.9317291.26
OLDFIELD30.931756.39
BERISFORD30.93171,034.48
BRADLEY20.62117.74
ALLEN20.62113.29
PARR20.621124.88
HOBSON20.621123.95
BURGOYNE20.6211141.84
KNOWLES20.621111.63
BILLS20.6211232.56
WINSON20.6211307.69
HARTLE20.6211408.16
JOHNSON20.62111.85
CUPIT20.6211487.80
WHITE20.62111.93
TURNER10.31061.12
GROSLAND10.3106
STREET10.310613.30
BIRKS10.310646.95
JACKSON10.31061.11
CROCKER10.310623.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ASKEN0.323228888.8889
LIMB0.323222739.7260
BERISFORD0.323221034.4828
RIGGOTT0.323221000.0000
COLLEDGE0.32322487.8049
CUPIT0.32322487.8049
HARTLE0.32322408.1633
WINSON0.32322307.6923
TOPHAM0.32322297.8723
BEARDSLEY0.32322291.2621
PARKS0.32322268.6567
WRAGG0.32322268.4564
ASKEW0.32322247.2527
GAINS0.32322243.9024
BILLS0.32322232.5581
BURGOYNE0.32322141.8440
MARRIOTT0.32322138.6963
MILNER0.32322135.5014
MILLWARD0.32322110.4972
HOPKINSON0.3232295.0570
HASLAM0.3232281.7996
NUTTALL0.3232261.5764
OLDFIELD0.3232256.3910
BARKER0.3232252.2069
STORY0.3232250.0000
RADFORD0.3232249.0998
BIRKS0.3232246.9484
NOON0.3232243.2900
SIMS0.3232241.4508
POULTON0.3232238.7597
SPENCER0.3232237.4150
SAUNDERS0.3232233.8639
STEVENSON0.3232230.9872
BUNTING0.3232227.8552
FOX0.3232226.7559
PRENTICE0.3232226.3852
PARR0.3232224.8756
HOBSON0.3232223.9521
CROCKER0.3232223.1481
ELLIOTT0.3232218.3016
BURTON0.3232218.2282
BOWERS0.3232217.0358
BOWER0.3232216.9492
FLETCHER0.3232216.3221
CALVERT0.3232215.2207
CLAY0.3232215.1286
HARVEY0.3232214.5433
STREET0.3232213.2979
RICHARDSON0.3232212.7714
BACON0.3232212.3609

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 322 people called ASKEN in Brackenfield 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 8888.8889 in Brackenfield means that 8888.8889% of the people in Brackenfield on census day were called ASKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ASKEN 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 ASKEN 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 ASKEN 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 ASKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Brackenfield means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ASKEN in Brackenfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brackenfield in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ARNOLD (1)  ASKEW (9)  ASKEN (8)  OTTEWELL (4)  BACON (1)  BALL (1)  BARKER (22)  BARNFORD (5)  BARTON (1)  BEADMORE (1)  BEARDSLEY (3)  BERISFORD (3)  BILLS (2)  BIRKS (1)  BOWER (1)  BOWERS (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRUUNNETT (2)  BUNTING (1)  BURGOYNE (2)  BURTON (5)  CALVERT (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLAY (1)  COCKERSALL (1)  COLLEDGE (4)  COWLESHAW (6)  COWLISHAW (1)  CROCKER (1)  CUPIT (2)  DRAYCOTT (2)  DUPPA (1)  ELLIOTT (5)  FLETCHER (6)  FOX (8)  FRECKINGHAM (1)  FROGGATT (1)  GATEHOUSE (1)  GODFERY (1)  GROSLAND (1)  HARTLE (2)  HARVEY (5)  HASLAM (4)  HILL (5)  HOBSON (2)  HODGSON (1)  HOPKINSON (5)  JACKSON (1)  GAINS (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KNOWLES (2)  LIMB (20)  LEACROFT (2)  MARRIOTT (10)  MARSDEN (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MILLWARD (4)  MILNER (10)  MORLEY (1)  NOON (1)  NUTTALL (5)  OLDFIELD (3)  PALILER (9)  PARKS (9)  PARR (2)  POULTON (1)  PRENTICE (1)  RADFORD (3)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIGGOTT (1)  ROGERS (1)  SAUNDERS (10)  SHAW (1)  SIMS (4)  SMITH (1)  SOWTER (4)  SPENCER (11)  STEVENSON (7)  STORY (1)  STREET (1)  TURBUTT (2)  TAYLOR (6)  TOPHAM (7)  TOWNDROW (1)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (4)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (2)  WINSON (2)  WRAGG (8)  WRIGHT (1) 

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