Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wigsley, Nottinghamshire

Wigsley 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
BOTTOMLEY99.8901592.11
HOWARD77.692378.39
HALL77.692326.15
DIXON77.692370.21
HEALD77.69231,228.07
WEAVER55.4945210.97
MARSHALL44.395626.21
BATES33.296751.81
WELCH22.197862.50
SMITH22.19781.56
NORWOOD22.1978540.54
JUBB22.1978434.78
BRITT11.0989625.00
BAINES11.098957.47
TAYLER11.0989200.00
PAIN11.0989121.95
KANE11.0989136.99
GRAY11.09897.70
CUTTS11.0989138.89
WELLS11.098913.21
HARRISON11.09894.95
TOPHAM11.0989151.52
GIBSON11.09899.05
SHIPMAN11.0989294.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEALD0.09911228.0702
BRITT0.0991625.0000
BOTTOMLEY0.0991592.1053
NORWOOD0.0991540.5405
JUBB0.0991434.7826
SHIPMAN0.0991294.1176
WEAVER0.0991210.9705
TAYLER0.0991200.0000
TOPHAM0.0991151.5152
CUTTS0.0991138.8889
KANE0.0991136.9863
PAIN0.0991121.9512
HOWARD0.099178.3875
DIXON0.099170.2106
WELCH0.099162.5000
BAINES0.099157.4713
BATES0.099151.8135
MARSHALL0.099126.2123
HALL0.099126.1487
WELLS0.099113.2100
GIBSON0.09919.0498
GRAY0.09917.6982
HARRISON0.09914.9505
SMITH0.09911.5565

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 91 people called HEALD in Wigsley 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 1228.0702 in Wigsley means that 1228.0702% of the people in Wigsley on census day were called HEALD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEALD 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 HEALD 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 HEALD 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 HEALD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Wigsley means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEALD in Wigsley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wigsley in 1881

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

BAINES (1)  BATES (3)  BOTTOMLEY (9)  BRITT (1)  KANE (1)  CUTTS (1)  DIXON (7)  FOTHERBY (1)  GIBSON (1)  GRAY (1)  HALL (7)  HARRISON (1)  HEALD (7)  HOWARD (7)  JUBB (2)  MARSHALL (4)  METHERINGHAM (5)  NORWOOD (2)  PAIN (1)  REVILL (4)  SHIPMAN (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHERINGTON (8)  TAYLER (1)  TOPHAM (1)  WHATMORE (4)  WEAVER (5)  WELCH (2)  WELLS (1) 

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