Top surnames from the 1881 census in Flawford, Nottinghamshire

Flawford 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
GIBSON321.4286176.47
LAWSON17.1429120.48
ABBOT17.14291,428.57
CRAGG17.14291,111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ABBOT0.01141428.5714
CRAGG0.01141111.1111
GIBSON0.0114176.4706
LAWSON0.0114120.4819

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called ABBOT in Flawford 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 1428.5714 in Flawford means that 1428.5714% of the people in Flawford on census day were called ABBOT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ABBOT 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 ABBOT 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 ABBOT 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 ABBOT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in Flawford means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ABBOT in Flawford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Flawford in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  CRAGG (1)  GIBSON (3)  GREENSMITH (1)  KEG (6)  LAWSON (1)  SPAWTON (1) 

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