Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scaftworth, Nottinghamshire

Scaftworth 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
GORRILL1110.377427,500.00
MALKIN87.54722,285.71
BELL87.547240.16
HANDY43.77361,081.08
FOSTER43.773628.23
WILSON43.77368.22
WARD32.830212.95
STEPHENSON32.830249.51
MACER32.83023,333.33
STANSFIELD32.8302182.93
CARVER32.8302312.50
KIPLING32.83021,200.00
BATTERS21.88682,000.00
JOHNSON21.88685.61
DENTON21.8868102.56
WHITTAKER21.886839.84
SEWELL21.886889.29
BROWN10.94341.43
SHARPE10.943432.05
RENDER10.9434588.24
ORTON10.9434100.00
BOTTOMLEY10.943456.50
TOMLINSON10.943420.45
GEE10.943436.90
WRIGHT10.94342.94
PRIESTLEY10.943455.87
WHITEHEAD10.943413.97
NAYLOR10.943425.00
STUBBINS10.9434588.24
SLIGHT10.9434370.37
HAIGH10.943427.40
SAVAGE10.943424.57
OTTER10.9434370.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GORRILL0.1110627500.0000
MACER0.111063333.3333
MALKIN0.111062285.7143
BATTERS0.111062000.0000
KIPLING0.111061200.0000
HANDY0.111061081.0811
STUBBINS0.11106588.2353
RENDER0.11106588.2353
OTTER0.11106370.3704
SLIGHT0.11106370.3704
CARVER0.11106312.5000
STANSFIELD0.11106182.9268
DENTON0.11106102.5641
ORTON0.11106100.0000
SEWELL0.1110689.2857
BOTTOMLEY0.1110656.4972
PRIESTLEY0.1110655.8659
STEPHENSON0.1110649.5050
BELL0.1110640.1606
WHITTAKER0.1110639.8406
GEE0.1110636.9004
SHARPE0.1110632.0513
FOSTER0.1110628.2287
HAIGH0.1110627.3973
NAYLOR0.1110625.0000
SAVAGE0.1110624.5700
TOMLINSON0.1110620.4499
WHITEHEAD0.1110613.9665
WARD0.1110612.9534
WILSON0.111068.2169
JOHNSON0.111065.6148
WRIGHT0.111062.9403
BROWN0.111061.4310

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 106 people called GORRILL in Scaftworth 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 27500.0000 in Scaftworth means that 27500.0000% of the people in Scaftworth on census day were called GORRILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GORRILL 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 GORRILL 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 GORRILL 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 GORRILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Scaftworth means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GORRILL in Scaftworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scaftworth in 1881

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

BATTERS (2)  BELL (8)  BLETCHER (1)  BOTTOMLEY (1)  BROWN (1)  CAPSTICKS (1)  CARVER (3)  DENTON (2)  DUCKMANTON (1)  FOSTER (4)  GEE (1)  GORRILL (11)  HALLIFIELD (1)  HANDY (4)  HAIGH (1)  HOTHAM (3)  HOYS (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KIPLING (3)  LAIDER (6)  MALKIN (8)  MALLENDER (1)  MACER (3)  NAYLOR (1)  ORTON (1)  OTTER (1)  PRIESTLEY (1)  RENDER (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SEWELL (2)  SHARPE (1)  SLIGHT (1)  STANSFIELD (3)  STEPHENSON (3)  STUBBINS (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  WALYERS (1)  WARD (3)  WHITTAKER (2)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILLOWS (7)  WILSON (4)  WRIGHT (1) 

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