Top surnames from the 1881 census in Orston, Nottinghamshire

Orston 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
CARLISLE214.3299823.53
LAMB193.917574.28
SMITH173.50522.48
WHITEHEAD173.505251.86
BAKER163.299015.06
CHEETHAM142.8866186.67
HANDS122.4742246.91
KIRK122.474257.14
STOCK122.4742199.01
OAKLAND112.26803,055.56
COULSTON102.06192,000.00
WILSON91.85574.04
GIBSON91.855715.29
LANE91.855726.93
HUSKINSON81.64951,777.78
WATSON81.64957.11
KNIGHT71.443311.71
MAULL71.44333,888.89
LAMBERT71.443326.45
MARSHALL71.44338.60
BLOUNT71.4433421.69
STEWART71.44339.23
COY71.4433463.58
DAKIN61.2371172.41
BALL51.030912.48
FISHER51.03098.81
POPPEL51.030950,000.00
LAWTON51.030940.00
STANLEY51.030926.81
JOHNSON51.03093.07
WALKER40.82472.46
SHARPE40.824727.97
ELLIS40.82475.68
MAYFIELD40.8247322.58
MALTBY40.8247143.88
STEVENS30.61865.93
JENKINSON20.412423.56
DYER20.412410.64
PARKER20.41242.17
CLAY20.412420.08
RICHARDS20.41242.73
FELL20.412429.37
MILLS20.41243.18
CARTER20.41242.46
HICKMAN20.412424.51
NEALE20.412417.38
WINFIELD20.412449.63
ASKEW20.412436.50
FRYER20.412422.22
POPPLEWELL20.4124125.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POPPEL0.4948550000.0000
MAULL0.494853888.8889
OAKLAND0.494853055.5556
COULSTON0.494852000.0000
HUSKINSON0.494851777.7778
CARLISLE0.49485823.5294
COY0.49485463.5762
BLOUNT0.49485421.6867
MAYFIELD0.49485322.5806
HANDS0.49485246.9136
CODDINGTON0.49485212.7660
STOCK0.49485199.0050
CHEETHAM0.49485186.6667
DAKIN0.49485172.4138
HOE0.49485149.2537
MALTBY0.49485143.8849
POPPLEWELL0.49485125.7862
WORLEY0.4948592.5926
BONSER0.4948578.7402
LAMB0.4948574.2768
SCARBOROUGH0.4948572.9927
KIRK0.4948557.1429
WHITEHEAD0.4948551.8609
WINFIELD0.4948549.6278
CULLEY0.4948548.5437
LAWTON0.4948540.0000
PEET0.4948539.0625
ASKEW0.4948536.4964
CRAGG0.4948532.4675
FELL0.4948529.3686
SHARPE0.4948527.9720
LANE0.4948526.9300
STANLEY0.4948526.8097
LAMBERT0.4948526.4450
HICKMAN0.4948524.5098
JENKINSON0.4948523.5571
SMALLEY0.4948522.7790
FRYER0.4948522.2222
CLAY0.4948520.0803
CARRINGTON0.4948519.5695
SWANN0.4948518.9036
POOL0.4948517.7936
NEALE0.4948517.3762
BUTT0.4948515.9744
GIBSON0.4948515.2879
BAKER0.4948515.0560
BALL0.4948512.4813
KNIGHT0.4948511.7096
UPTON0.4948510.8225
DYER0.4948510.6440

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 485 people called POPPEL in Orston 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 50000.0000 in Orston means that 50000.0000% of the people in Orston on census day were called POPPEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POPPEL 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 POPPEL 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 POPPEL 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 POPPEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Orston means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POPPEL in Orston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Orston in 1881

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

ARNOLD (1)  ASKEW (2)  BAGULEY (3)  BAKER (16)  BALL (5)  BEETON (1)  BLOUNT (7)  BONSER (1)  BURROWS (1)  BUTT (1)  CARLISLE (21)  CARRINGTON (1)  CARTER (2)  CHARLTON (1)  CHEETHAM (14)  CLAY (2)  CODDINGTON (1)  COULSTON (10)  COOK (1)  COP (2)  CRAGG (1)  CULLEY (1)  DAKIN (6)  DODD (1)  DYER (2)  ELLIS (4)  FELL (2)  FIELDSEND (5)  FISHER (5)  FLATTERS (2)  FRYER (2)  GIBSON (9)  GILLOTT (2)  GOODWIN (1)  GREEN (1)  HACKINSON (2)  HANDS (12)  HARVEY (2)  HICKMAN (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOLWELL (7)  HOE (1)  HUSKINSON (8)  JENKINSON (2)  JOHNSON (5)  COY (7)  KIRK (12)  KNIGHT (7)  LAMB (19)  LAMBERT (7)  LANCASTER (1)  LANE (9)  LAWTON (5)  LOVEGROVE (8)  MAGSON (9)  MALTBY (4)  MARSHALL (7)  MAULL (7)  MAYFIELD (4)  MACKEAN (1)  MILLS (2)  MOODY (1)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORTON (1)  NEALE (2)  NIXON (1)  NORMAN (1)  OAKLAND (11)  PALETHORPE (7)  PAMHALENT (1)  PARKER (2)  PARNHAM (5)  PEET (1)  PENTRENALI (1)  PIKETT (1)  POOL (1)  POPPER (POPPEL) (2)  POPPEL (5)  POPPLEWELL (2)  RAWDEN (1)  REEDMAN (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROWSTON (5)  SCARBOROUGH (1)  SHARPE (4)  SHIPSIDES (9)  SMALLEY (1)  SMAWLEY (8)  SMITH (17)  SPALTON (4)  STANILAND (7)  STANLEY (5)  STEVENS (3)  STEWART (7)  STOCK (12)  SWANN (1)  SWANWICK (2)  TAYLOR (2)  TIMAN (10)  UPTON (1)  WALKER (4)  WATSON (8)  WHITEHEAD (17)  WHITTEL (1)  WILLOWS (3)  WILSON (9)  WINFIELD (2)  WOOD (1)  WORLEY (2) 

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