1881 census place

Whittington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whittington, 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

296 surnames are listed for Whittington, Derbyshire, covering 2,004 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Widdowson, with 39 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whittington

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	Widdowson	39	0.620%	116.00x
2	Sims	35	0.550%	18.45x
3	Bargh	34	0.540%	696.72x
4	Woodhead	29	0.460%	24.45x
5	Mettam	25	0.400%	380.52x
6	Straw	22	0.350%	99.73x
7	Cartledge	21	0.330%	65.77x
8	Woodhouse	21	0.330%	14.01x
9	Mosley	20	0.320%	33.56x
10	Eaton	19	0.300%	10.72x
11	Redfern	19	0.300%	21.55x
12	Fish	18	0.280%	15.27x
13	Whitworth	18	0.280%	17.03x
14	Durham	17	0.270%	31.20x
15	Hague	17	0.270%	17.08x
16	Fieldsend	16	0.250%	149.11x
17	Montgomery	16	0.250%	15.93x
18	Wragg	16	0.250%	27.33x
19	Belfitt	15	0.240%	1127.82x
20	Else	15	0.240%	71.63x
21	Snell	15	0.240%	12.52x
22	Stainforth	15	0.240%	284.09x
23	Chaplin	14	0.220%	15.42x
24	Doe	14	0.220%	46.24x
25	Renshaw	14	0.220%	23.39x
26	Skidmore	14	0.220%	30.10x
27	Tart	14	0.220%	183.01x
28	Glossop	13	0.210%	58.43x
29	Higginbottom	13	0.210%	31.44x
30	Longdon	13	0.210%	102.20x
31	Madin	13	0.210%	238.53x
32	Moorcroft	13	0.210%	61.90x
33	Shore	13	0.210%	19.10x
34	Syddall	13	0.210%	255.40x
35	Blackham	12	0.190%	79.10x
36	Bottoms	12	0.190%	107.72x
37	Burgin	12	0.190%	48.41x
38	Calladine	12	0.190%	118.34x
39	Carlisle	12	0.190%	36.01x
40	Dunkley	12	0.190%	23.82x
41	Marples	12	0.190%	71.34x
42	Parramore	12	0.190%	659.34x
43	Sellars	12	0.190%	30.58x
44	Toseland	12	0.190%	200.67x
45	Derbyshire	11	0.170%	16.67x
46	Hulley	11	0.170%	74.68x
47	Layton	11	0.170%	21.72x
48	Perrins	11	0.170%	57.20x
49	Purdy	11	0.170%	30.48x
50	Severn	11	0.170%	57.14x
51	Silcock	11	0.170%	41.51x
52	Cantrell	10	0.160%	114.55x
53	Carlin	10	0.160%	31.09x
54	Carney	10	0.160%	17.48x
55	Freer	10	0.160%	28.61x
56	Furniss	10	0.160%	35.66x
57	Halford	10	0.160%	21.22x
58	Heeley	10	0.160%	35.91x
59	Pass	10	0.160%	32.37x
60	Priestland	10	0.160%	520.83x
61	Radcliff	10	0.160%	169.49x
62	Wilbourne	10	0.160%	847.46x
63	Adlington	9	0.140%	88.15x
64	Baggaley	9	0.140%	73.41x
65	Brailsford	9	0.140%	40.34x
66	Catchpole	9	0.140%	22.07x
67	Cordon	9	0.140%	113.92x
68	Dooley	9	0.140%	23.07x
69	Elwell	9	0.140%	49.89x
70	Gadsby	9	0.140%	34.74x
71	Harbour	9	0.140%	55.05x
72	Harle	9	0.140%	62.72x
73	Hewkin	9	0.140%	376.57x
74	Hollingworth	9	0.140%	17.61x
75	Musson	9	0.140%	28.74x
76	Norwood	9	0.140%	35.12x
77	Nunney	9	0.140%	329.67x
78	Pardy	9	0.140%	161.87x
79	Ripley	9	0.140%	21.53x
80	Rook	9	0.140%	20.82x
81	Stockton	9	0.140%	23.43x
82	Swiffen	9	0.140%	1034.48x
83	Willerton	9	0.140%	116.73x
84	Windle	9	0.140%	25.08x
85	Wingfield	9	0.140%	30.78x
86	Ashmore	8	0.130%	16.96x
87	Berridge	8	0.130%	24.10x
88	Bontoft	8	0.130%	165.98x
89	Dobbs	8	0.130%	18.71x
90	Garrod	8	0.130%	24.08x
91	Hancox	8	0.130%	16.60x
92	Highfield	8	0.130%	45.30x
93	Hipwell	8	0.130%	72.79x
94	Ireson	8	0.130%	62.16x
95	Jevons	8	0.130%	72.01x
96	Pembleton	8	0.130%	293.04x
97	Portman	8	0.130%	69.32x
98	Stack	8	0.130%	61.59x
99	Sylvester	8	0.130%	37.56x
100	Abrams	7	0.110%	44.70x