Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morley, Derbyshire

Morley 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
ALLSOP145.0360491.23
SMITH134.67633.31
HUNT134.676335.21
BROWN103.59715.46
DAWS93.2374633.80
CHAMBERS72.518044.28
SIMPKIN72.5180673.08
OLDHAM62.1583122.95
CARTER62.158312.86
LAKIN62.1583368.10
FROST62.158338.39
HOLLINGWORTH62.1583266.67
LOW62.1583101.87
HALL62.15837.34
HALLAM51.798696.53
NUNN51.7986102.67
HINDS51.7986260.42
WOOLLEY51.798690.58
BELFIELD41.4388571.43
ANABLE41.43888,000.00
STAFFORD41.438867.57
WOOLEY31.0791168.54
ADAMS31.07917.32
SIPLER31.0791
HODGKINSON31.079162.76
SLATER31.079117.83
GREEN31.07913.83
FLETCHER31.07919.45
HOLLAND31.079115.16
SPENDLOVE20.7194465.12
SELBY20.719460.24
MAYER20.7194125.00
BOSWELL20.719476.63
WALKER20.71942.15
FEARN20.719496.15
KYLE20.7194129.03
MARTIN20.71942.92
BLUNT20.719488.89
TAYLOR20.71941.13
BAILEY20.71944.78
WHITTAKER20.719415.20
WEBSTER20.71948.27
LOGAN10.359715.17
ANNABLE10.3597454.55
HAYES10.35975.78
GROOM10.359725.64
MITCHELL10.35971.77
WHITEHEAD10.35975.32
JOHNSON10.35971.07
HOLMES10.35972.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANABLE0.282788000.0000
MUGG0.282781111.1111
SIMPKIN0.28278673.0769
DAWS0.28278633.8028
BELFIELD0.28278571.4286
ALLSOP0.28278491.2281
SPENDLOVE0.28278465.1163
ANNABLE0.28278454.5455
LAKIN0.28278368.0982
HOLLINGWORTH0.28278266.6667
HINDS0.28278260.4167
DEAVILLE0.28278227.2727
WHELDON0.28278212.7660
WOOLEY0.28278168.5393
KYLE0.28278129.0323
MAYER0.28278125.0000
OLDHAM0.28278122.9508
NUNN0.28278102.6694
LOW0.28278101.8676
HALLAM0.2827896.5251
FEARN0.2827896.1538
WOOLLEY0.2827890.5797
BLUNT0.2827888.8889
SIMPKINS0.2827880.0000
BOSWELL0.2827876.6284
STAFFORD0.2827867.5676
HODGKINSON0.2827862.7615
SELBY0.2827860.2410
KERRY0.2827853.1915
MEAKIN0.2827846.0829
RUDGE0.2827845.8716
CHAMBERS0.2827844.2758
ORME0.2827843.1034
FROST0.2827838.3877
MITCHEL0.2827836.7647
HUNT0.2827835.2113
OXLEY0.2827825.7069
GROOM0.2827825.6410
BLACKWELL0.2827819.7239
SLATER0.2827817.8253
MARRIOTT0.2827816.0514
WHITTAKER0.2827815.1976
LOGAN0.2827815.1745
HOLLAND0.2827815.1592
CARTER0.2827812.8590
BULLOCK0.2827811.0619
FLETCHER0.282789.4518
STANLEY0.282789.3545
BRADSHAW0.282788.7566
WEBSTER0.282788.2713

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 278 people called ANABLE in Morley 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 8000.0000 in Morley means that 8000.0000% of the people in Morley on census day were called ANABLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ANABLE 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 ANABLE 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 ANABLE 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 ANABLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Morley means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ANABLE in Morley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morley in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ALLSOP (14)  ANABLE (4)  ANNABLE (1)  ATTENBOROUGH (1)  BAILEY (2)  BANTAM (4)  BARSBY (1)  BEADSMOORE (1)  BELFIELD (4)  BEZANT (1)  BERKIN (1)  BLACKWELL (1)  BLUNT (2)  BOSWELL (2)  BRADLEY (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BROWN (10)  BULLOCK (1)  BURROWS (1)  CARTER (6)  CHAMBERS (7)  CHAPMAN (1)  COLDRIDGE (1)  COPESTAKE (3)  CURZON (1)  DEAVILLE (1)  DAWS (9)  ELLABY (1)  FEARN (2)  FITCHET (7)  FLETCHER (3)  FORD (1)  FAWKES (4)  FROST (6)  GREEN (3)  GREGORY (1)  GROOM (1)  HALL (6)  HALLAM (5)  HAYES (1)  HINDS (5)  HODGKINSON (3)  HOLLAND (3)  HOLLINGWORTH (6)  HOLMES (1)  HULLAND (1)  HUNT (13)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KERRY (1)  KYLE (2)  LAKIN (6)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEE (1)  LOGAN (1)  LOW (6)  LOWE (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARTIN (2)  MEAKIN (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MUGG (1)  MUTTOW (4)  MAYER (2)  NUNN (5)  OLDHAM (6)  ORME (1)  OXLEY (1)  PARKER (1)  PATERFIELD (1)  PEARSON (1)  POTTER (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RUDGE (1)  SELBY (2)  SIMPKIN (7)  SIMPKINS (1)  SIPLER (3)  SITWELL (3)  SKEVINGTON (2)  SLATER (3)  SMITH (13)  SPENDLOVE (2)  SPRIGS (6)  STAFFORD (4)  STANLEY (1)  STONE (1)  TAYLOR (2)  WALKER (2)  WEBSTER (2)  WHELDON (1)  WHITTAKER (2)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOLEY (3)  WOOLLEY (5) 

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