Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire

Gunthorpe 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
KNIGHT309.287975.36
BLATHERWICK288.66876,829.27
MILLS144.334433.42
BISH92.78642,142.86
SUMNER82.4768152.96
WIDDOWSON82.4768465.12
LAWSON82.476842.02
BEECROFT72.1672514.71
HIGGS72.1672118.85
LEE72.167213.26
GREEN72.16727.70
LOVETT72.1672237.29
FREEMAN72.167233.93
ALLISON61.857665.36
MAUL61.85763,529.41
GREAVES61.857663.36
ATWOOD61.85761,016.95
ROBINSON51.54804.85
COOK51.54807.79
HANCOCK51.548034.01
CARRINGTON51.5480147.06
FISHER51.548013.22
MARTIN51.54806.28
HERRING51.5480151.06
HALL51.54805.26
NEWHAM41.2384338.98
TOMLINSON41.238426.85
MORRIS41.23845.56
REID41.238411.79
WARD41.23845.67
TIPTON41.2384512.82
MARSHALL30.92885.54
PEARSON30.92888.00
FOSTER30.92886.95
HURT30.9288352.94
HICKLING30.9288173.41
WATSON30.92884.00
SANDAY20.61922,500.00
COOPER20.61922.55
WHALEY20.6192183.49
RANDALL20.619219.76
TURNER20.61922.22
THOMAS20.61921.50
SMITH20.61920.44
PARKIN20.619223.02
TAYLOR20.61920.97
HILTON20.619218.02
SHARP20.61927.43
CLIFTON20.619243.76
PALING10.3096136.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLATHERWICK0.323236829.2683
MAUL0.323233529.4118
SANDAY0.323232500.0000
BISH0.323232142.8571
ATWOOD0.323231016.9492
BEECROFT0.32323514.7059
TIPTON0.32323512.8205
WIDDOWSON0.32323465.1163
HURT0.32323352.9412
NEWHAM0.32323338.9831
LOVETT0.32323237.2881
CARLILE0.32323212.7660
WHALEY0.32323183.4862
HICKLING0.32323173.4104
SUMNER0.32323152.9637
HERRING0.32323151.0574
CARRINGTON0.32323147.0588
PALING0.32323136.9863
HANDCOCK0.32323133.3333
HIGGS0.32323118.8455
LEAK0.3232380.0000
EASTER0.3232376.9231
KEELEY0.3232376.3359
KNIGHT0.3232375.3580
ALLISON0.3232365.3595
GREAVES0.3232363.3580
CLIFTON0.3232343.7637
LAWSON0.3232342.0168
HANCOCK0.3232334.0136
FREEMAN0.3232333.9312
MILLS0.3232333.4209
TOMLINSON0.3232326.8456
PARKIN0.3232323.0150
RANDALL0.3232319.7628
HILTON0.3232318.0180
BAINES0.3232316.1812
MARRIOTT0.3232313.8313
LEE0.3232313.2601
FISHER0.3232313.2240
REID0.3232311.7890
PEARSON0.323237.9957
COOK0.323237.7930
GREEN0.323237.6957
SHARP0.323237.4294
DALE0.323237.3260
FOSTER0.323236.9461
MARTIN0.323236.2838
WARD0.323235.6689
MORRIS0.323235.5633
MARSHALL0.323235.5371

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 323 people called BLATHERWICK in Gunthorpe 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 6829.2683 in Gunthorpe means that 6829.2683% of the people in Gunthorpe on census day were called BLATHERWICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLATHERWICK 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 BLATHERWICK 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 BLATHERWICK 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 BLATHERWICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Gunthorpe means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLATHERWICK in Gunthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gunthorpe in 1881

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

ALDRIDG (2)  ALLISON (6)  ANTTLIFF (1)  ATWOOD (6)  BAINES (1)  BARROWCLIFFE (2)  BEECROFT (7)  BISH (9)  BLATHERWICK (28)  BLING (1)  CARLILE (1)  CARRINGTON (5)  CLARK (1)  CLIFTON (2)  COLLISHAW (7)  COLLOWSHAW (1)  COOK (5)  COOPER (2)  DALE (1)  EASTER (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FISHER (5)  FOSTER (3)  FREEMAN (7)  GALLANDS (5)  GREAVES (6)  GREEN (7)  HALL (5)  HANCOCK (5)  HANDCOCK (1)  HERRING (5)  HICKLING (3)  HIGGS (7)  HILTON (2)  HURT (3)  JONES (1)  KEELEY (1)  KNIGHT (30)  LEAK (1)  LAWSON (8)  LEE (7)  LOVETT (7)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (5)  MAUL (6)  MILLS (14)  MORRIS (4)  NEWHAM (4)  OLDACRE (1)  PALING (1)  PARKIN (2)  PEARSON (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  PYKETT (6)  PRATT (1)  RANDALL (2)  REID (4)  ROBINSON (5)  RYLATT (1)  SANDAY (2)  SHARP (2)  SMITH (2)  STANBY (1)  SUMNER (8)  TAYLOR (2)  TETHER (2)  THOMAS (2)  TIPTON (4)  TOMLINSON (4)  TURNER (2)  WHALEY (2)  WARD (4)  WATSON (3)  WIDOWSON (2)  WIDDOWSON (8) 

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