1881 census place

Brassington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brassington, Derbyshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

27 surnames are listed for Brassington, Derbyshire, covering 349 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fearn, with 50 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brassington

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Fearn	50	7.25%	970.87x
2	Allsop	43	6.23%	607.34x
3	Seals	43	6.23%	6615.38x
4	Slack	35	5.07%	321.99x
5	Gould	33	4.78%	132.37x
6	Handley	24	3.48%	206.01x
7	Hodgkinson	15	2.17%	126.48x
8	Dakin	13	1.88%	262.63x
9	Sherwin	10	1.45%	269.54x
10	Brocklehurst	9	1.30%	239.36x
11	Litchfield	9	1.30%	318.02x
12	Greatorex	8	1.16%	377.36x
13	Briddon	7	1.01%	921.05x
14	Repton	7	1.01%	1707.32x
15	Broomhead	6	0.870%	194.17x
16	Daybell	6	0.870%	2068.97x
17	Rains	6	0.870%	512.82x
18	Sylvester	6	0.870%	258.62x
19	Swindell	5	0.720%	299.40x
20	Busfield	3	0.430%	236.22x
21	Wayne	3	0.430%	422.54x
22	Hickinbotham	2	0.290%	540.54x
23	Waterfall	2	0.290%	175.44x
24	Bay	1	0.140%	333.33x
25	Blore	1	0.140%	117.65x
26	Hides	1	0.140%	113.64x
27	Loose	1	0.140%	144.93x