Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire

Wollaton 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
SMITH192.66851.89
MATHER182.5281101.98
ROGERS172.387618.39
THORLEY141.9663302.38
BUTLER121.685417.29
GRAINGER121.6854109.69
WILLIAMS111.54492.15
SAVILLE111.5449170.02
CHAMBERS101.404524.70
BOOTH101.404514.24
BURROWS101.404532.08
EDSON101.40451,234.57
FRANCIS101.404523.58
ASHTON91.264025.80
SLACK91.264080.21
JONES91.26401.12
HODGKINSON91.264073.59
LANGSDALE91.26403,214.29
MILLS91.26409.75
BARNETT81.123624.91
POOLE81.123623.32
SWIFT81.123636.38
SIMMONS70.983124.09
WILES70.9831113.45
PHIPPS70.983166.48
GOODMAN70.983133.70
HARWOOD70.983136.73
WEBSTER70.983111.30
MATTHEWS70.983111.27
HOOLEY70.9831205.28
ELSON60.8427134.53
HODSON60.842740.71
TURNER60.84273.03
BRIGGS60.842715.52
POTTER60.842712.99
WATKINSON60.842771.94
WAKEFIELD60.842747.06
REDFORD60.8427156.25
CARTWRIGHT60.842722.11
PEDLEY60.8427166.21
EATON60.842730.11
BROWN60.84271.28
ARCHER50.702216.98
DAVIS50.70223.20
TILLEY50.702253.48
SHAW50.70223.82
HARRIS50.70222.76
TAYLER50.7022127.55
DUCKETT50.7022110.13
WALLS50.702258.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOATS0.7171215000.0000
LANGSDALE0.717123214.2857
CARWELL0.717121904.7619
EDSON0.717121234.5679
HEARE0.71712769.2308
LYSON0.71712588.2353
BEARDALL0.71712540.5405
LEVERS0.71712410.9589
THORLEY0.71712302.3758
HOOLEY0.71712205.2786
LUDLAM0.71712198.6755
SAVILLE0.71712170.0155
PEDLEY0.71712166.2050
BRANSON0.71712156.8627
REDFORD0.71712156.2500
ELSON0.71712134.5291
TAYLER0.71712127.5510
DAYKIN0.71712121.9512
FAIRFIELD0.71712114.9425
WILES0.71712113.4522
BLATHERWICK0.71712111.1111
DUCKETT0.71712110.1322
GRAINGER0.71712109.6892
BANNER0.71712102.8278
MATHER0.71712101.9830
TEAR0.7171299.0099
TINDAL0.7171293.4579
GADD0.7171284.3882
SLACK0.7171280.2139
HODGKINSON0.7171273.5895
MOLES0.7171273.5294
WATKINSON0.7171271.9424
PHIPPS0.7171266.4767
RUSSEL0.7171261.0998
WALLS0.7171258.4112
DAFT0.7171257.4713
BUCKNELL0.7171255.2486
TILLEY0.7171253.4759
HENSON0.7171247.9042
WAKEFIELD0.7171247.0588
SCRIVENS0.7171246.9484
COY0.7171245.0450
HODSON0.7171240.7056
HARWOOD0.7171236.7261
SWIFT0.7171236.3802
HINE0.7171235.5240
GOODMAN0.7171233.7025
BURROWS0.7171232.0821
FRYER0.7171230.2801
EATON0.7171230.1054

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 712 people called MOATS in Wollaton 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 15000.0000 in Wollaton means that 15000.0000% of the people in Wollaton on census day were called MOATS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOATS 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 MOATS 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 MOATS 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 MOATS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Wollaton means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOATS in Wollaton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wollaton in 1881

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

ALCOCK (3)  ALLSEBROOK (8)  ANDERSON (2)  ANDREW (3)  ARCHER (5)  ASHFORD (1)  ASHTON (9)  AUSTIN (3)  BAGGALEY (1)  BAYLEY (1)  BANNER (4)  BARNETT (8)  BARROWCLIFFE (9)  BEARDALL (4)  BEFORD (1)  BLAND (3)  BLATHERWICK (1)  BOOTH (10)  BOWD (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRANSON (4)  BRIGGS (6)  BRITLAND (1)  BROWN (6)  BUCKNELL (1)  BULLOCK (1)  BURNETT (1)  BURROWS (10)  BURTON (4)  BUSH (1)  BUTLER (12)  BUXTON (1)  CARPENDALE (2)  CARTWRIGHT (6)  CARWELL (4)  CAUNT (4)  CHAMBERS (10)  CHESHIRE (1)  CLARK (4)  CLAY (2)  CLIFFORD (1)  COOPER (1)  COTTON (1)  MC COUGHLIN (1)  CROSSLE (1)  CROUCH (1)  CROWTHER (4)  DAFT (1)  DAYKIN (3)  DAVIS (5)  DAWSON (4)  DERBYSHIRE (1)  DERYSHIRE (1)  DRIFFIELD (5)  DUCKETT (5)  DUNN (1)  EATON (6)  AIDIE (1)  EDSON (10)  ELSON (6)  EVERARD (1)  FAIRFIELD (1)  FISHER (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANCIS (10)  FRYER (4)  GAMBLE (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GASCOQUE (1)  GADD (4)  GODDARD (3)  GOODBAND (5)  GOODMAN (7)  GOODWIN (1)  GRAINGER (12)  GRETTON (1)  GRIDLESTONE (1)  GRUNDY (3)  HALL (1)  HARDSTAFF (2)  HEARE (1)  HARLAND (1)  HARRIS (5)  HARRISON (1)  HARWOOD (7)  HEMSTOCK (5)  HENSON (4)  HIBBERT (3)  HIGGETT (1)  HILL (1)  HINE (2)  HODGKINSON (9)  HODSON (6)  HOOLEY (7)  HUCKERBY (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTLEY (1)  JAMES (1)  JONES (9)  COY (1)  LANE (1)  LANGSDALE (9)  LEE (1)  LEA (1)  LEVERS (3)  LYSON (1)  LOMAS (1)  LOVEGROVE (6)  LOWLE (2)  LUDLAM (3)  M'CHALE (1)  MATHER (18)  MATTHEWS (7)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILES (1)  MILLS (9)  MOATS (3)  MORRIS (1)  MOSCON (1)  MOLES (1)  MOULT (15)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  OULTON (3)  PALMER (1)  PARNHAM (1)  PEARSON (1)  PEDLEY (6)  PERKINS (1)  PHIPPS (7)  PINNEL (1)  POOLE (8)  POTTER (6)  PRIAR (1)  PROCTOR (1)  PULFOUD (6)  REDFORD (6)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROGERS (17)  RUSSELL (2)  RUSSEL (3)  SAVILLE (11)  SCRIVENS (1)  SELBY (1)  SEWELL (1)  SHAW (5)  SHORTLAND (8)  SIMMONS (7)  SYSON (2)  SKINNER (1)  SLACK (9)  SMITH (19)  STANLEY (3)  STEEMSON (5)  STEVENSON (1)  SWIFT (8)  TAMBER (1)  TAYLER (5)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (2)  THORLEY (14)  THORNTON (4)  THOROLD (1)  TILLEY (5)  TINDAL (1)  TRECTON (5)  TRIGG (1)  TURNER (6)  TEAR (1)  VICKERS (4)  WADLAM (1)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WALKER (4)  WALLS (5)  WATKINSON (6)  WEAVER (1)  WEBSTER (7)  WIDDOWSON (1)  WILLIAMS (11)  WILES (7)  WILSON (4)  WOODSTOCK (2)  WORTHINGTON (3)  WRIGHT (4) 

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