"After
reading this book, I am proud to say that I was born in the same
town as Wilfred, a man who was skillful enough to have a successful
career in professional football, but also knew where his duty lay
when called upon."
Graham Taylor OBE, former England National Football
Team Manager
This
information has been taken from a website which was the result of
a year-long joint initiative by the University of Leicester,
University College London & the University of
Nottingham. The study was to identify patterns of regional
economic development, population movement and cultural identity.
International Comparisons
International Comparisons
Rate
As % of GB rate in 1998
Great Britain Frequency (1998)
302
100
Great Britain Frequency (1881)
205
Great Britain Rate (1998)
8
Great Britain Rate (1881)
8
Northern Ireland
0.00
0.0
Republic of Ireland
0.00
0.0
Australia
0.00
0.0
New Zealand
0.00
0.0
United States
0.00
0.0
Canada
0.00
0.0
Geographical Spread
Geographical Spread
Statistics
Great Britain top area (1881)
Chelmsford
Great Britain top area (1998)
Sheffield
Great Britain top area index *
868
Great Britain top postal town
Brentwood
Number of UK gazetteer entries
None
County of gazetteer entry
Not applicable
Republic of Ireland top county
Republic of Ireland top county index *
Australia top state
Australia top state index *
Australia top standard statistical division
New Zealand top province
New Zealand top province index *
United States top state
United States top state index *
Number of gazetteer entries in Africa or Asian
none
African or Asian country with most gazetteer
entries
Number of gazetteer entries in African or Asian
country named above
Social Demographics
Social Demographics
Statistics
Category of surname
English - Unclassified; Unclassified; Unclassified
Mosaic type with highest index #
Town Centre Refuge
Index of top Mosaic type *
280
% of people with a more rural name
30
% of people with a more high-status name
66
Cultural, Ethnic, Linguistic categories of surname
British
# Mosaic is a social classification. More
information is available here.
* Meaning of an 'index' : An 'index' shows
whether the level of something is higher in one area than it
is in another area. In this instance we are interested in
whether the number of occurrences of a name per million
population is higher in a particular area than it is
elsewhere. Thus we compare the incidence of a name in the US
state where it is most concentrated with the average level
of concentration in the whole of the US; the incidence in
Australia's top state with the Australian average; the
incidence in New Zealand's top province with the New Zealand
average; the incidence in GB's top postal area with the GB
average.
* Calculation of an 'index' : If a name has a rate per
million population in an area which is identical to its rate
in a base comparison area then we say it has an index of
'100'. An index of '200' for a the name Jenson in Ohio would
mean that the name Jenson was twice as common, per million
population, in Ohio as it was in the reference area, in this
case the whole US. An index of '500' for Wong in Victoria
would indicate that the name Wong was five times more common
per 1,000,000 names in Victoria than in the whole of
Australia. An index of '1000' for the name Penhaligon in New
Zealand would mean it was ten times more common per
1,000.000 names in New Zealand than in Great Britain. By
contrast an index of only '50' would indicate a name which
was only half as common in a target area than in its
reference area.
