Top surnames from the 1881 census in Airton, Yorkshire

Airton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Yorkshire

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
WOOD115.418717.01
EDMONDSON104.9261425.53
TAYLOR94.43356.93
RICHARDSON94.433526.04
TERRY83.9409154.14
FITCHETT83.94091,632.65
SHACKLETON83.9409349.35
PRESTON73.448369.03
METCALFE62.9557129.31
CARR52.463134.13
BATESON52.4631393.70
WHITAKER52.463187.26
CARTWRIGHT52.463164.60
RAWLINSON41.9704165.29
HARGRAVES41.9704563.38
ALLEN31.47787.82
BELL31.47787.86
BANKS31.477828.82
HARGREAVES31.477835.46
PICKLES31.477872.64
HARKER20.985293.46
VARLEY20.985271.68
SLATER20.985216.27
WINTER10.492613.89
BATES10.49267.74
WATERFALL10.4926294.12
PETTY10.492649.75
MOUNT10.4926126.58
SMITH10.49260.35
KETTLEWELL10.4926161.29
RYDER10.492628.49
WINDLE10.492686.96
GILL10.49266.96
PARKER10.49262.59
DEAN10.49267.10
BRIERLY10.4926232.56
IRELAND10.492621.23
ARMSTRONG10.49266.44
TOMLINSON10.492610.68
PARK10.492615.90
STUBBS10.492618.66
LUND10.492645.45
BRAITHWAITE10.492642.37
INMAN10.492672.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FITCHETT1,632.6583.9409
HARGRAVES563.3841.9704
EDMONDSON425.53104.9261
BATESON393.7052.4631
SHACKLETON349.3583.9409
WATERFALL294.1210.4926
BRIERLY232.5610.4926
RAWLINSON165.2941.9704
KETTLEWELL161.2910.4926
TERRY154.1483.9409
METCALFE129.3162.9557
MOUNT126.5810.4926
HARKER93.4620.9852
WHITAKER87.2652.4631
WINDLE86.9610.4926
PICKLES72.6431.4778
INMAN72.4610.4926
VARLEY71.6820.9852
PRESTON69.0373.4483
CARTWRIGHT64.6052.4631
PETTY49.7510.4926
LUND45.4510.4926
BRAITHWAITE42.3710.4926
HARGREAVES35.4631.4778
CARR34.1352.4631
BANKS28.8231.4778
RYDER28.4910.4926
RICHARDSON26.0494.4335
IRELAND21.2310.4926
STUBBS18.6610.4926
WOOD17.01115.4187
SLATER16.2720.9852
PARK15.9010.4926
WINTER13.8910.4926
TOMLINSON10.6810.4926
BELL7.8631.4778
ALLEN7.8231.4778
BATES7.7410.4926
DEAN7.1010.4926
GILL6.9610.4926
TAYLOR6.9394.4335
ARMSTRONG6.4410.4926
PARKER2.5910.4926
SMITH0.3510.4926

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called FITCHETT in Airton 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 3.9409 in Airton means that 3.9409% of the people in Airton on census day were called FITCHETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FITCHETT 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 FITCHETT 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 FITCHETT 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 FITCHETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,632.65 in Airton means that you are 1,632.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FITCHETT in Airton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Airton in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ALTHAM (3)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BANKS (3)  BATES (1)  BATESON (5)  BELL (3)  BARREY (3)  BEWSHER (2)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRIERLY (1)  CARDUS (10)  CARR (5)  CARADICE (5)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  DEAN (1)  EDMONDSON (10)  FITCHETT (8)  GILL (1)  HARGRAVES (4)  HARGREAVES (3)  HARKER (2)  INMAN (1)  INSKIP (2)  IRELAND (1)  KAYLEY (1)  KETTLEWELL (1)  LUND (1)  MC NALLY (7)  METCALFE (6)  MOORBY (10)  MOUNT (1)  NEWSHOLME (8)  PARK (1)  PARKER (1)  PETTY (1)  PICKLES (3)  PRESTON (7)  RAWLINSON (4)  RICHARDSON (9)  RYDER (1)  SHACKLETON (8)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (1)  STUBBS (1)  SUMMERSKILL (4)  TAYLOR (9)  TERRY (8)  THWAIL (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  VARLEY (2)  WATERFALL (1)  WETHERALL (1)  WHITAKER (5)  WINDLE (1)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (11)