Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arncliffe, Yorkshire

Arncliffe 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
JOWETT96.1224562.50
SUMMERS96.1224218.45
PURDUE85.44225,333.33
HAMMOND85.442295.58
PETTY74.7619482.76
HANNAM74.76191,555.56
FOSTER64.081630.53
LUND53.4014314.47
CARR53.401447.13
REID53.401432.38
WISEMAN53.4014247.52
RATHMELL53.40146,250.00
ARMSTRONG42.721135.59
GILL42.721138.46
MILLER42.721115.21
WALES32.0408252.10
THOMPSON32.04086.81
BENTHAM21.3605298.51
MASON21.360510.12
DEAN21.360519.61
SIMPSON21.36057.78
TOWNSEND21.360532.05
INMAN21.3605200.00
HARKER10.680364.52
WARD10.68033.11
MORRELL10.680372.46
TOMLIN10.680376.34
LAMBERT10.680312.47
BOYD10.680319.38
HOWSON10.6803108.70
WORLEY10.6803153.85
BELL10.68033.62
PEACOCK10.680319.08
MITTON10.6803232.56
FOURACRE10.6803666.67
BLANCHARD10.680382.64
PICKARD10.680348.78
HARPER10.680310.63
ASQUITH10.6803116.28
PALEY10.6803285.71
LUMSDEN10.680381.30
BRISCOE10.6803106.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RATHMELL6,250.0053.4014
PURDUE5,333.3385.4422
HANNAM1,555.5674.7619
FOURACRE666.6710.6803
JOWETT562.5096.1224
PETTY482.7674.7619
LUND314.4753.4014
BENTHAM298.5121.3605
PALEY285.7110.6803
WALES252.1032.0408
WISEMAN247.5253.4014
MITTON232.5610.6803
SUMMERS218.4596.1224
INMAN200.0021.3605
WORLEY153.8510.6803
ASQUITH116.2810.6803
HOWSON108.7010.6803
BRISCOE106.3810.6803
HAMMOND95.5885.4422
BLANCHARD82.6410.6803
LUMSDEN81.3010.6803
TOMLIN76.3410.6803
MORRELL72.4610.6803
HARKER64.5210.6803
PICKARD48.7810.6803
CARR47.1353.4014
GILL38.4642.7211
ARMSTRONG35.5942.7211
REID32.3853.4014
TOWNSEND32.0521.3605
FOSTER30.5364.0816
DEAN19.6121.3605
BOYD19.3810.6803
PEACOCK19.0810.6803
MILLER15.2142.7211
LAMBERT12.4710.6803
HARPER10.6310.6803
MASON10.1221.3605
SIMPSON7.7821.3605
THOMPSON6.8132.0408
BELL3.6210.6803
WARD3.1110.6803

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called RATHMELL in Arncliffe 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 3.4014 in Arncliffe means that 3.4014% of the people in Arncliffe on census day were called RATHMELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,250.00 in Arncliffe means that you are 6,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RATHMELL in Arncliffe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arncliffe in 1881

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

ARMATAGE (1)  ARMSTRONG (4)  ASQUITH (1)  BELL (1)  BENTHAM (2)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOWDIN (2)  BOYD (1)  BRENNAND (1)  BRISCOE (1)  CARR (5)  DEAN (2)  ELLAM (9)  FOORD (1)  FOSTER (6)  FOURACRE (1)  GILL (4)  HAMMOND (8)  HANNAM (7)  HARKER (1)  HARPER (1)  HESELTINE (3)  HOWSON (1)  INMAN (2)  JOWETT (9)  LAMBERT (1)  LUMSDEN (1)  LUND (5)  MASON (2)  MILLER (4)  MITTON (1)  MORRELL (1)  PALEY (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PETTY (7)  PICKARD (1)  PURDUE (8)  RATHMELL (5)  REID (5)  SIDGSWICK (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SUMMERS (9)  THOMPSON (3)  TOMLIN (1)  TOWNSEND (2)  WALES (3)  WARD (1)  WHEELHOUSE (1)  WISEMAN (5)  WORLEY (1)