Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alne, Yorkshire

Alne 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
SMITH367.31715.18
DUNNINGTON244.87805,581.40
BARKER193.861829.51
HUTCHINSON173.455360.82
CROSBY163.2520274.91
ELLIOTT132.642331.14
DAVISON102.032556.85
BLACKBURN91.829348.52
PENROSE91.8293476.19
COWING91.82932,307.69
BENSON81.626059.97
GUNNELL71.4228875.00
POWELL71.422811.40
ATKINSON71.422814.61
WILSON61.21952.66
BINNS61.219573.62
KAY61.219523.47
DEARING61.2195652.17
BUTTERFIELD61.219591.32
GERMAINE51.01636,250.00
SIMMS51.016389.29
SMITHSON51.0163105.93
BROWN51.01631.54
SHEPARD51.0163357.14
TAYLOR51.01631.59
RICHARDSON51.01635.97
FOSTER40.81306.08
GOUGH40.813027.72
MOLL40.8130869.57
RUSSELL40.81306.66
BOWES40.813088.50
KITCHING40.8130140.35
BIBBY40.813075.33
PINKNEY40.8130207.25
SWALES30.609887.21
ABBAY30.609810,000.00
SLINGER30.6098201.34
JEFFERSON30.609856.18
MARSHALL30.60983.64
STEPHENSON30.609810.66
LEAK30.6098157.89
ROWLEY30.609823.22
GILL30.60988.62
ABELL30.6098197.37
JOHNSON30.60981.81
MOON30.609828.90
HODGSON20.40655.87
HARPER20.40656.35
FEILD20.4065714.29
KENDREW20.4065333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ABBAY10,000.0030.6098
GERMAINE6,250.0051.0163
DUNNINGTON5,581.40244.8780
COWING2,307.6991.8293
GUNNELL875.0071.4228
MOLL869.5740.8130
FEILD714.2920.4065
FAUCETT689.6620.4065
DEARING652.1761.2195
ROWETT540.5420.4065
PENROSE476.1991.8293
SHEPARD357.1451.0163
KENDREW333.3320.4065
CROSBY274.91163.2520
PINKNEY207.2540.8130
SLINGER201.3430.6098
ABELL197.3730.6098
MORRILL185.1910.2033
LIMBERT181.8210.2033
LEAK157.8930.6098
KITCHING140.3540.8130
WHITWELL136.9920.4065
SMITHSON105.9351.0163
MCINTYRE101.0110.2033
BRIGHAM96.1510.2033
BUTTERFIELD91.3261.2195
SIMMS89.2951.0163
BOWES88.5040.8130
SWALES87.2130.6098
NOTTINGHAM75.7610.2033
BIBBY75.3340.8130
BINNS73.6261.2195
HARDISTY70.4210.2033
RUFF62.8910.2033
HUTCHINSON60.82173.4553
BENSON59.9781.6260
DAVISON56.85102.0325
JEFFERSON56.1830.6098
BLACKBURN48.5291.8293
COWPER46.3010.2033
SAVILLE44.7420.4065
BROTHERTON39.8410.2033
PARKS39.0620.4065
AYRE36.3610.2033
FOTHERGILL35.4610.2033
HAYDON32.4710.2033
ELLIOTT31.14132.6423
INMAN29.8510.2033
FOUNTAIN29.5910.2033
BARKER29.51193.8618

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called ABBAY in Alne 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 0.6098 in Alne means that 0.6098% of the people in Alne on census day were called ABBAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ABBAY 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 ABBAY 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 ABBAY 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 ABBAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Alne means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ABBAY in Alne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alne in 1881

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

ABBAY (3)  ABELL (3)  ANDREW (2)  APPLEBY (1)  ATKINSON (7)  BALL (1)  BARKER (19)  BENSON (8)  BIBBY (4)  BINNS (6)  BLACKBURN (9)  BLANSHARD (1)  BOUHAM (1)  BOWS (1)  BOWES (4)  BRABINER (4)  BRIGGS (1)  BRIGHAM (1)  BRITTON (2)  BROTHERTON (1)  BROWN (5)  BRICE (1)  BUCK (1)  BUTTERFIELD (6)  CLEETON (1)  COLE (1)  COOPER (1)  COWPER (1)  COULSON (2)  COWING (9)  CROSBY (16)  CURRY (2)  DALBY (1)  DALE (2)  DANIEL (1)  DAVISON (10)  DEARING (6)  DRIFFIELD (4)  DUNNINGTON (24)  ELLENOR (1)  ELLIOTT (13)  AYRE (1)  FARNDALE (1)  FAUCETT (2)  FEILD (2)  FLAVILL (1)  FLAWITH (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FLOWER (1)  FOSTER (4)  FOTHERGILL (1)  FOUNTAIN (1)  GATENBY (9)  GERMAINE (5)  GILL (3)  GILLEARD (1)  GOUGH (4)  GREEN (1)  GRINDROD (10)  GUNNELL (7)  HALL (1)  HARDBOTTLE (3)  HARDISTY (1)  HARPER (2)  HARRISON (1)  HAIGH (1)  HAYDON (1)  HODGSON (2)  HOULDEN (9)  HUDSON (2)  HUTCHINSON (17)  HUTTON (2)  INMAN (1)  JEFFERSON (3)  JOHNSON (3)  JOWSON (1)  KAY (6)  KENDREW (2)  KITCHING (4)  LEAK (3)  LEONARD (1)  LIMBERT (1)  LINFOOT (2)  MARSHALL (3)  MOLL (4)  MCINTYRE (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOON (3)  MORRILL (1)  MYERS (1)  NEWLOVE (2)  NOTTINGHAM (1)  OLIVER (2)  OXTOBY (2)  PANNETT (4)  PARKS (2)  PARK (1)  PARKER (1)  PATTISON (1)  PAWSON (5)  PEARSON (1)  PENROSE (9)  PINKNEY (4)  POWELL (7)  PRATT (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  RICHMOND (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWETT (2)  ROWLEY (3)  RUFF (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SAVILLE (2)  SCOTT (1)  SCRUTIN (1)  SHEPARD (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SIMMS (5)  SLATER (1)  SLINGER (3)  SMITH (36)  SMITHSON (5)  SOURAY (3)  SPENCE (1)  STEAD (2)  STEPHENSON (3)  STRANGWAYES (5)  SUDDABY (3)  SUMMERSGILL (8)  SWALES (3)  TAYLOR (5)  TURNPENNY (1)  WELLS (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITWELL (2)  WILSON (6)  WINN (1)