Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire

Cromwell 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
BRADLEY159.7403121.36
SEWARD106.49351,176.47
SELBY85.1948434.78
GODDARD74.5455113.09
ROSE63.896152.54
HOOTON63.89611,132.08
RICHMOND63.8961178.04
CLINTON63.89611,016.95
BARTLE53.2468549.45
SLACK53.2468205.76
BENNETT53.246819.76
EASTWOOD31.948182.42
BANKS31.948137.97
SMITH31.94811.38
WELSH31.948149.18
GOODMAN21.298744.54
WATSON21.29875.60
KIRK21.298729.99
THEW21.29871,000.00
RAWSON21.2987119.05
ABBOTT10.649414.73
PRITCHARD10.649412.06
CHESTER10.649452.91
STANLEY10.649416.89
DIXON10.64945.93
WINTER10.649418.32
NOWLAND10.64941,666.67
BRIGGS10.649411.96
KING10.64942.98
HARRIS10.64942.55
ATKIN10.649448.54
FOX10.64946.99
MILLS10.64945.01
BREWSTER10.649467.11
SWALLOW10.649464.52
HUNT10.64944.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NOWLAND0.151541666.6667
SEWARD0.151541176.4706
HOOTON0.151541132.0755
CLINTON0.151541016.9492
THEW0.151541000.0000
BARTLE0.15154549.4505
SELBY0.15154434.7826
SLACK0.15154205.7613
RICHMOND0.15154178.0415
BRADLEY0.15154121.3592
RAWSON0.15154119.0476
GODDARD0.15154113.0856
EASTWOOD0.1515482.4176
BREWSTER0.1515467.1141
SWALLOW0.1515464.5161
CHESTER0.1515452.9101
ROSE0.1515452.5394
WELSH0.1515449.1803
ATKIN0.1515448.5437
GOODMAN0.1515444.5434
BANKS0.1515437.9747
KIRK0.1515429.9850
BENNETT0.1515419.7550
WINTER0.1515418.3150
STANLEY0.1515416.8919
ABBOTT0.1515414.7275
PRITCHARD0.1515412.0627
BRIGGS0.1515411.9617
FOX0.151546.9930
DIXON0.151545.9277
WATSON0.151545.5991
MILLS0.151545.0075
HUNT0.151544.8900
KING0.151542.9797
HARRIS0.151542.5549
SMITH0.151541.3797

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 154 people called NOWLAND in Cromwell 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 1666.6667 in Cromwell means that 1666.6667% of the people in Cromwell on census day were called NOWLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NOWLAND 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 NOWLAND 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 NOWLAND 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 NOWLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Cromwell means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NOWLAND in Cromwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cromwell in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALVER (1)  ATKIN (1)  BAGGALEY (4)  BAGALEY (1)  BANKS (3)  BARTLE (5)  BENNETT (5)  BEROT (1)  BRADLEY (15)  BREWSTER (1)  BRIGGS (1)  CHESTER (1)  CLINTON (6)  DIXON (1)  EASTWOOD (3)  FOOTTIT (4)  FOX (1)  GODDARD (7)  GOODMAN (2)  HARRIS (1)  HAWKSWORTH (1)  HOOTON (6)  HUNT (1)  INVERARITY (1)  KING (1)  KIRK (2)  KNITLEY (2)  MARISON (1)  MILLS (1)  NOWLAND (1)  PAYLIN (3)  PICKIN (8)  PRITCHARD (1)  RAWSON (2)  RICHMOND (6)  ROSE (6)  SCRIMSHAW (6)  SELBY (8)  SEWARD (10)  SEWARDS (1)  SLACK (5)  SMITH (3)  STANLEY (1)  SWALLOW (1)  THEW (2)  WATSON (2)  WELSH (3)  WESELBY (3)  WINTER (1) 

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