Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arden, Yorkshire

Arden 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
BELL119.016447.97
CLARK97.377024.54
MOORE75.737728.69
SCAIFE64.91801,111.11
ABBOTT54.098492.94
STAPLETON54.0984409.84
SHERWOOD54.0984322.58
PRESTON54.098482.10
APPLEBY43.2787201.01
MEGGISON43.27878,000.00
KENDALL32.4590114.07
HUGILL21.6393645.16
CHAPMAN21.639311.54
ARMSTRONG10.819710.72
PEEL10.819745.66
KIRK10.819718.94
WOOD10.81972.57
THOMPSON10.81972.74
GARBUTT10.8197113.64
ALMOND10.819766.23
HUTCHINSON10.819714.43
TATE10.819742.37
SCOTT10.81973.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEGGISON8,000.0043.2787
SCAIFE1,111.1164.9180
HUGILL645.1621.6393
STAPLETON409.8454.0984
SHERWOOD322.5854.0984
APPLEBY201.0143.2787
KENDALL114.0732.4590
GARBUTT113.6410.8197
ABBOTT92.9454.0984
PRESTON82.1054.0984
ALMOND66.2310.8197
BELL47.97119.0164
PEEL45.6610.8197
TATE42.3710.8197
MOORE28.6975.7377
CLARK24.5497.3770
KIRK18.9410.8197
HUTCHINSON14.4310.8197
CHAPMAN11.5421.6393
ARMSTRONG10.7210.8197
SCOTT3.2410.8197
THOMPSON2.7410.8197
WOOD2.5710.8197

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called MEGGISON in Arden 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 3.2787 in Arden means that 3.2787% of the people in Arden on census day were called MEGGISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEGGISON 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 MEGGISON 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 MEGGISON 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 MEGGISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,000.00 in Arden means that you are 8,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEGGISON in Arden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arden in 1881

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

ABBOTT (5)  ABLOTT (1)  ALMOND (1)  APPLEBY (4)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BEILBY (5)  BELL (11)  BUCKROYD (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARK (9)  COWTON (14)  DINNISS (1)  GARBUTT (1)  HITCHING (4)  HUGILL (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  KENDALL (3)  KIRK (1)  MEGGISON (4)  MINTOFT (7)  MOORE (7)  OXLEE (3)  PEEL (1)  PRESTON (5)  SCAIFE (6)  SCOTT (1)  SHERWOOD (5)  SMALES (8)  STAPLETON (5)  TATE (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WOOD (1)