Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beckingham, Nottinghamshire

Beckingham is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
HILL224.910719.28
ROBINSON173.794611.90
WALKER132.90188.67
MATTHEWS122.678630.71
CLAY112.4554119.57
SIZER112.45541,410.26
WELLS102.232126.83
ROUSELL92.00892,727.27
SAMPSON92.0089117.80
BYRON81.7857487.80
COOPER81.78577.34
HARRISON81.78578.04
GRAY81.785712.51
HOREY81.78576,666.67
WILSON71.56253.40
BOURNE71.562580.55
WILKINSON71.562510.24
CLARK61.33934.46
HOPPER61.339393.75
BERRY61.339316.88
BAILEY61.33938.89
CHAMBERLAIN61.339349.22
WEBSTER61.339315.40
CARTER61.33937.98
NEWBOLD51.1161152.91
WHARTON51.116179.62
MILBOURN51.11612,000.00
BEE51.1161197.63
THOMPSON51.11613.73
PARKINSON51.116123.27
SMITH51.11610.79
BENNETT51.11616.79
PARKIN51.116141.49
GRAVES40.892958.91
CASSON40.8929150.38
CURTIS40.892915.74
EMMERSON40.892990.50
TURNER40.89293.21
TAYLOR40.89291.40
HEWSON40.8929109.29
BOWLING30.6696181.82
GODLEY30.6696212.77
SCHOFIELD30.669612.35
CARVER30.669673.89
BECKETT30.669633.59
FRASER30.66967.52
WARD30.66963.07
BARLOW30.669612.40
COBB30.669647.10
ATKINSON20.44644.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOREY0.454486666.6667
ROUSELL0.454482727.2727
ANYAN0.454482500.0000
MILBOURN0.454482000.0000
SIZER0.454481410.2564
LAYNE0.454481333.3333
BEND0.454481111.1111
COOTER0.454481052.6316
BYRON0.45448487.8049
HOOKE0.45448344.8276
GODLEY0.45448212.7660
BEE0.45448197.6285
BURKS0.45448181.8182
BOWLING0.45448181.8182
HILDRED0.45448175.4386
MOTLEY0.45448175.4386
NEWBOLD0.45448152.9052
CASSON0.45448150.3759
BROWNLOW0.45448148.1481
CLAY0.45448119.5652
SAMPSON0.45448117.8010
HEWSON0.45448109.2896
WATERFIELD0.45448108.6957
HOPPER0.4544893.7500
COCKING0.4544892.1659
EMMERSON0.4544890.4977
RICKARDS0.4544886.9565
BOURNE0.4544880.5524
WHARTON0.4544879.6178
MALTBY0.4544877.8210
CARVER0.4544873.8916
WHITTINGTON0.4544863.4921
JAQUES0.4544860.4230
GRAVES0.4544858.9102
CHAMBERLAIN0.4544849.2207
COBB0.4544847.0958
BARTRAM0.4544845.0450
JUBB0.4544844.6429
PARKIN0.4544841.4938
CHATTERTON0.4544839.3701
HEPWORTH0.4544839.1389
THORNHILL0.4544835.7143
BECKETT0.4544833.5946
MATTHEWS0.4544830.7062
PETTIT0.4544828.2486
WELLS0.4544826.8312
WATKIN0.4544825.5102
PARKINSON0.4544823.2666
GREY0.4544820.5973
HORNBY0.4544819.6078

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 448 people called HOREY in Beckingham 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 6666.6667 in Beckingham means that 6666.6667% of the people in Beckingham on census day were called HOREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOREY 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 HOREY 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 HOREY 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 HOREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Beckingham means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOREY in Beckingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beckingham in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANYAN (2)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BAILEY (6)  BILHAM (1)  BARBER (2)  BARLOW (3)  BARNES (1)  BARRATT (1)  BARTRAM (1)  BECKETT (3)  BEE (5)  BEND (2)  BENNETT (5)  BERRY (6)  BURKS (1)  BOWLING (3)  BRADFORD (1)  BROMHEAD (3)  BROWN (1)  BROWNLOW (2)  BOURNE (7)  BURTON (1)  BYRON (8)  CARTER (6)  CARVER (3)  CASSON (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (6)  CHATTERTON (1)  CLARK (6)  CLAY (11)  CLIFTON (1)  COBB (3)  COCKING (2)  COOPER (8)  COOTER (2)  CROSS (1)  CURTIS (4)  DARKIN (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DUILLY (1)  EMMERSON (4)  FURLEY (2)  FLETCHER (2)  FOTHERBY (7)  FRASER (3)  GIRBERT (1)  GODLEY (3)  GRAY (8)  GREY (2)  GRAVES (4)  GURNHILL (9)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARRISON (8)  HEPWORTH (2)  HEWSON (4)  HILDRED (1)  HILL (22)  HOBSON (1)  HOPPER (6)  HOREY (8)  HORNBY (1)  HOWSAM (3)  HOOKE (2)  IRELAND (1)  JAQUES (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JUBB (1)  KEGHTLEY (2)  LAYNE (2)  MALTBY (2)  MASON (2)  MATTHEWS (12)  MILLBOURN (7)  MILBOURN (5)  MOTLEY (1)  NEEDHAM (1)  NETTLESHIP (2)  NEWBOLD (5)  PARKIN (5)  PARKINSON (5)  PASK (3)  PETTIT (1)  PYGOTT (1)  PROCTOR (1)  RICKARDS (1)  RUDSDELL (2)  ROBINSON (17)  ROGERS (2)  ROUSELL (9)  SAMPSON (9)  SCHOFIELD (3)  SHARPE (1)  SIZER (11)  SMITH (5)  SPENCER (2)  SPITTLEHOUSE (9)  SWINDIN (1)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMPSON (5)  THORNHILL (1)  TURNER (4)  WAGSTAFFE (8)  WALKER (13)  WARD (3)  WATERFIELD (2)  WATKIN (1)  WELLS (10)  WEBSTER (6)  WHARTON (5)  WHITE (1)  WHITTINGTON (2)  WILKINSON (7)  WILSON (7) 

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