Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe, Derbyshire

Thorpe 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
CHADWICK159.2593211.86
ROWLAND116.7901239.13
HODGKINSON84.9383287.77
WRIGHT74.321013.47
BUXTON74.3210288.07
POYSER63.70371,395.35
STALEY63.70371,132.08
MILLWARD63.7037329.67
BARBER53.086451.28
HARDY53.086451.55
WHITE42.46917.68
WOOD42.46917.75
FINNEY31.8519214.29
EDEN31.8519181.82
TOWNSEND21.234629.07
SIMPSON21.23467.06
HARRISON21.23465.56
COWLEY10.617333.56
ROACH10.617341.84
HAND10.617351.55
WRIGLEY10.617348.78
GOUGH10.617321.05
WIBBERLEY10.6173416.67
LEE10.61733.78
TOWERS10.617353.19
RATCLIFFE10.617322.37
HAMBLETON10.6173151.52
PARRY10.61738.11
GIBSON10.61735.09
HOWELL10.617314.64
ETHERINGTON10.617381.97
HAYWOOD10.617329.41
DUNHAM10.6173121.95
ROBINSON10.61731.94
HANNAWAY10.61733,333.33
PRINCE10.617327.32
GOULD10.617317.09
GIBBS10.617312.56
HOWARD10.61736.29
ENGLAND10.617329.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANNAWAY0.161623333.3333
POYSER0.161621395.3488
STALEY0.161621132.0755
WIBBERLEY0.16162416.6667
MILLWARD0.16162329.6703
BUXTON0.16162288.0658
HODGKINSON0.16162287.7698
ROWLAND0.16162239.1304
FINNEY0.16162214.2857
CHADWICK0.16162211.8644
EDEN0.16162181.8182
HAMBLETON0.16162151.5152
DUNHAM0.16162121.9512
ETHERINGTON0.1616281.9672
TOWERS0.1616253.1915
HAND0.1616251.5464
HARDY0.1616251.5464
BARBER0.1616251.2821
WRIGLEY0.1616248.7805
ROACH0.1616241.8410
COWLEY0.1616233.5570
ENGLAND0.1616229.9401
HAYWOOD0.1616229.4118
TOWNSEND0.1616229.0698
PRINCE0.1616227.3224
RATCLIFFE0.1616222.3714
GOUGH0.1616221.0526
GOULD0.1616217.0940
HOWELL0.1616214.6413
WRIGHT0.1616213.4693
GIBBS0.1616212.5628
PARRY0.161628.1103
WOOD0.161627.7489
WHITE0.161627.6820
SIMPSON0.161627.0597
HOWARD0.161626.2893
HARRISON0.161625.5617
GIBSON0.161625.0865
LEE0.161623.7764
ROBINSON0.161621.9361

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 162 people called HANNAWAY in Thorpe 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 3333.3333 in Thorpe means that 3333.3333% of the people in Thorpe on census day were called HANNAWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANNAWAY 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 HANNAWAY 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 HANNAWAY 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 HANNAWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Thorpe means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANNAWAY in Thorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe in 1881

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

BARBER (5)  BISHTON (9)  BUXTON (7)  CHADWICK (15)  COWLEY (1)  DUNHAM (1)  EDEN (3)  ENGLAND (1)  ETHERINGTON (1)  ETTERDY (1)  FINNEY (3)  GAINDY (3)  GALLIMAN (1)  GIBBS (1)  GIBSON (1)  GOUGH (1)  GOULD (1)  GREENMOUTH (6)  HAMBLETON (1)  HAND (1)  HANNAWAY (1)  HARDY (5)  HARRISON (2)  HEATHCOTES (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HISKINGBOTTOM (1)  HODGKINSON (8)  HOWARD (1)  HOWELL (1)  LEE (1)  MILLWARD (6)  OAKDES (8)  PARRY (1)  POYSER (6)  POYTER (1)  PRINCE (1)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RIDWELL (7)  ROACH (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWLAND (11)  SIMPSON (2)  STALEY (6)  TOWERS (1)  TOWNSEND (2)  TREVELLS (2)  TWIGGE (2)  WHEELSTONE (1)  WHITE (4)  WIBBERLEY (1)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHT (7)  WRIGLEY (1) 

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