Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire

Fenny Bentley 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
WRIGHT4317.338754.05
LOUNDS124.83876,315.79
MELLER93.62902,142.86
CHELL93.62901,636.36
WATERFALL93.62902,195.12
LEE83.225819.74
DITCHFIELD83.2258941.18
WAGSTAFF72.8226226.54
SLATER72.822646.64
HODGKINSON62.4194140.85
WIGLEY62.4194382.17
BROWNSON52.01612,173.91
BONSALL52.01611,086.96
ROBERTS52.01615.36
OAKDEN52.01611,111.11
ALLEN52.016110.67
BUCKLEY41.612929.63
WALTON31.209717.19
SMITH31.20970.86
WILSON31.20972.63
MARSH31.209716.96
KIRKLAND31.2097135.75
WILLIAMS31.20971.68
BAKER31.20975.52
HARRISON31.20975.45
HAYTON31.2097245.90
PEARSON20.80656.94
ALLSOP20.806578.43
HAMBLETON20.8065198.02
REDFERN20.806557.97
WEBSTER20.80659.27
MOORE20.80654.03
BOWLER20.806566.01
ATKINS10.403210.75
HARLOW10.403273.53
WATSON10.40321.74
CHADWICK10.40329.22
ADAMS10.40322.74
HALE10.403211.24
FLETCHER10.40323.53
HOWARD10.40324.11
CRITCHLOW10.4032156.25
BARNES10.40323.35
HAYES10.40326.49
WESTER10.40323,333.33
CARTWRIGHT10.403210.58
GOULD10.403211.16
WALLACE10.40325.89
BRINDLEY10.403252.63
FEARN10.403254.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOUNDS0.252486315.7895
WESTER0.252483333.3333
WATERFALL0.252482195.1220
BROWNSON0.252482173.9130
MELLER0.252482142.8571
CHELL0.252481636.3636
OAKDEN0.252481111.1111
BONSALL0.252481086.9565
DITCHFIELD0.25248941.1765
WIGLEY0.25248382.1656
HAYTON0.25248245.9016
WAGSTAFF0.25248226.5372
HAMBLETON0.25248198.0198
SLEIGH0.25248181.8182
CRITCHLOW0.25248156.2500
HODGKINSON0.25248140.8451
KIRKLAND0.25248135.7466
BEARDSLEY0.25248126.5823
CHALLINOR0.25248114.9425
ALLSOP0.2524878.4314
HARLOW0.2524873.5294
BOWLER0.2524866.0066
REDFERN0.2524857.9710
FEARN0.2524854.0541
WRIGHT0.2524854.0473
BRINDLEY0.2524852.6316
SLATER0.2524846.6356
HALLIWELL0.2524836.3636
JENNER0.2524834.0136
BUCKLEY0.2524829.6296
LEE0.2524819.7385
WALTON0.2524817.1920
MARSH0.2524816.9587
FRANKLIN0.2524812.1359
HALE0.2524811.2360
GOULD0.2524811.1607
WARNER0.2524811.0619
ATKINS0.2524810.7527
ALLEN0.2524810.6724
CARTWRIGHT0.2524810.5820
BOLTON0.252489.3633
WEBSTER0.252489.2721
CHADWICK0.252489.2166
PEARSON0.252486.9420
HAYES0.252486.4851
WALLACE0.252485.8858
BAKER0.252485.5208
HARRISON0.252485.4496
ROBERTS0.252485.3591
HOWARD0.252484.1085

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 248 people called LOUNDS in Fenny Bentley 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 6315.7895 in Fenny Bentley means that 6315.7895% of the people in Fenny Bentley on census day were called LOUNDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOUNDS 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 LOUNDS 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 LOUNDS 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 LOUNDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Fenny Bentley means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOUNDS in Fenny Bentley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fenny Bentley in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ADSHEAD (3)  ALLEN (5)  ALLSOP (2)  ATKINS (1)  BAKER (3)  BALIDERY (1)  BARNES (1)  BEARDSLEY (1)  BOLTON (1)  BONSALL (5)  BOTHAM (4)  BOWLER (2)  BRINDLEY (1)  BRINSLEY (1)  BROWNSON (5)  BUCKLEY (4)  CHALLINOR (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHADWICK (1)  CHELL (9)  CLARK (1)  COOPER (1)  CRAYTHORNE (1)  CRITCHLOW (1)  DITCHFIELD (8)  FEARN (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  FROGGATE (2)  GOULD (1)  GREATOUX (1)  HADELEY (1)  HALE (1)  HALLIWELL (1)  HAMBLETON (2)  HARLOW (1)  HARRISON (3)  HAYES (1)  HAYTON (3)  HODGKINSON (6)  HOWARD (1)  HOOSON (4)  JENNER (1)  KIRKLAND (3)  LEE (8)  LOVATT (1)  LOUNDS (12)  MARSH (3)  MELLER (9)  MOORE (2)  OAKDEN (5)  PEARSON (2)  REDFERN (2)  ROBERTS (5)  SHERNATE (6)  SLATER (7)  SLEIGH (1)  SMITH (3)  SWEATHAM (1)  THORNELLY (1)  WAGSTAFF (7)  WALLACE (1)  WALTON (3)  WARNER (1)  WATERFALL (9)  WATSON (1)  WESTER (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WIGLEY (6)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (3)  WRIGHT (43) 

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