Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wardley, Rutland

Wardley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Rutland

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
WRIGHT714.583345.45
HALLS612.50001,578.95
GOODWIN510.4167197.63
SMITH48.33335.90
HORSLEY48.3333888.89
BROWN36.25009.48
WADE36.2500156.25
WARD24.166719.07
CURTIS12.083336.76
ALLEN12.083311.03
INGRAM12.083368.03
BRYAN12.083384.03
NEWTON12.083327.17
ELLIS12.083314.35
NAILER12.08335,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NAILER0.05485000.0000
HALLS0.05481578.9474
HORSLEY0.0548888.8889
GOODWIN0.0548197.6285
WADE0.0548156.2500
BRYAN0.054884.0336
INGRAM0.054868.0272
WRIGHT0.054845.4545
CURTIS0.054836.7647
NEWTON0.054827.1739
WARD0.054819.0658
ELLIS0.054814.3472
ALLEN0.054811.0254
BROWN0.05489.4817
SMITH0.05485.9023

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 48 people called NAILER in Wardley 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 5000.0000 in Wardley means that 5000.0000% of the people in Wardley on census day were called NAILER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NAILER 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 NAILER 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 NAILER 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 NAILER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Wardley means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NAILER in Wardley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wardley in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BROWN (3)  BRYAN (1)  CURTIS (1)  ELLIS (1)  GOODWIN (5)  GOWRING (6)  HALLS (6)  HORSLEY (4)  INGRAM (1)  NAILER (1)  NEWTON (1)  SMITH (4)  SUPPER (1)  WADE (3)  WARD (2)  WRIGHT (7) 

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