Top surnames from the 1881 census in Askrigg, Yorkshire

Askrigg 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
METCALFE345.4400238.26
DAYKIN284.48001,296.30
MASON264.160030.94
SYKES172.720056.69
DINSDALE172.7200527.95
TROTTER172.7200259.54
TERRY162.5600100.13
CHAPMAN162.560018.02
LITTLE152.400050.74
HALTON111.7600460.25
MILNER101.600069.78
BELL101.60008.52
THOMPSON91.44004.81
ATKINSON91.440014.79
FOSTER91.440010.77
BLADES91.4400253.52
LANGDALE91.4400825.69
KIRKBRIDE91.4400489.13
GRAHAM81.280011.15
GILL71.120015.83
WALKER71.12003.35
ALDERSON71.120080.74
WETHERALD71.12006,363.64
PRATT60.960016.71
MIDDLETON60.960018.29
SMITH60.96000.68
CLAPHAM60.9600111.32
PRESTON60.960019.22
WINN60.960098.85
BANKS50.800015.60
SPENCE50.800024.19
WEBSTER50.80009.20
BURTON50.80009.39
WHALEY50.8000238.10
SKIDMORE50.8000108.93
CALVERT40.640031.37
LODGE40.640035.21
NEWSTEAD40.6400184.33
HALL40.64002.18
STOREY40.640025.19
COATES40.640017.17
ROUTH40.6400434.78
KILBURN30.480093.17
COCKBURN30.480037.64
KNOWLES30.48008.99
WOOD30.48001.51
HANDLEY30.480028.44
MOORE30.48002.40
EWBANK30.4800384.62
SCARR30.4800254.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WETHERALD6,363.6471.1200
DAYKIN1,296.30284.4800
LANGDALE825.6991.4400
DINSDALE527.95172.7200
KIRKBRIDE489.1391.4400
HALTON460.25111.7600
ROUTH434.7840.6400
EWBANK384.6230.4800
TROTTER259.54172.7200
SCARR254.2430.4800
BLADES253.5291.4400
METCALFE238.26345.4400
WHALEY238.1050.8000
CHALONER194.1720.3200
OTLEY190.4820.3200
NEWSTEAD184.3340.6400
IMESON169.4910.1600
PARKE135.1420.3200
MATSON130.7220.3200
CLAPHAM111.3260.9600
SKIDMORE108.9350.8000
KETTLEWELL104.1720.3200
TERRY100.13162.5600
WINN98.8560.9600
KILBURN93.1730.4800
LAYFIELD87.7210.1600
BAYNES80.9720.3200
ALDERSON80.7471.1200
DODSWORTH76.6320.3200
MILNER69.78101.6000
BRUNSKILL68.9710.1600
MIDDLEMISS67.5710.1600
MORLAND56.8210.1600
SYKES56.69172.7200
IVESON56.1810.1600
LITTLE50.74152.4000
STOCKDALE41.1520.3200
COCKBURN37.6430.4800
CLOSE36.7020.3200
LODGE35.2140.6400
CALVERT31.3740.6400
MASON30.94264.1600
HANDLEY28.4430.4800
STOREY25.1940.6400
SPENCE24.1950.8000
SHIELDS20.7020.3200
PRESTON19.2260.9600
MIDDLETON18.2960.9600
CHAPMAN18.02162.5600
COATES17.1740.6400

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called WETHERALD in Askrigg 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 1.1200 in Askrigg means that 1.1200% of the people in Askrigg on census day were called WETHERALD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WETHERALD 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 WETHERALD 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 WETHERALD 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 WETHERALD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,363.64 in Askrigg means that you are 6,363.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WETHERALD in Askrigg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Askrigg in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  AIREY (1)  ALDERSON (7)  ATKINSON (9)  BAYNES (2)  BANKS (5)  BELL (10)  BETT (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLACKLIN (1)  BLADES (9)  BLAIR (1)  BLENKHORN (2)  BOLTON (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAY (1)  BRUNSKILL (1)  BURTON (5)  CHALONER (2)  CALVERT (4)  CARTER (1)  CAYGILL (7)  CHAPMAN (16)  CHISLETT (3)  CLAPHAM (6)  CLOUGHTON (19)  CLEMITSON (4)  CLIFFORD (1)  CLOSE (2)  COATES (4)  COCKBONE (9)  COCKBURN (3)  DAYKIN (28)  DINSDALE (17)  DODSWORTH (2)  EWBANK (3)  FAIRPO (7)  FOSTER (9)  FIRBY (3)  GILL (7)  GRAHAM (8)  HALL (4)  HALTON (11)  HAMMIL (4)  HANDLEY (3)  HARKER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HESELTINE (2)  HUNTER (2)  IMESON (1)  IVESON (1)  KETTLEWELL (2)  KILBURN (3)  KIRKBRIDE (9)  KEARTON (5)  KNOWLES (3)  LAMBERT (2)  LANGDALE (9)  LAYFIELD (1)  LEE (2)  LITTLE (15)  LODGE (4)  MASON (26)  MATSON (2)  METCALFE (34)  MIDDLEMISS (1)  MIDDLETON (6)  MILNER (10)  MOORE (3)  MOORHOUSE (1)  MORLAND (1)  NELSON (2)  NEWSTEAD (4)  OTHWAITE (OUTHWAITE) (2)  OUTHWAITE (5)  PARKE (2)  PEARSON (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PICKERING (1)  PRATT (6)  PRESTON (6)  RHODES (1)  RYDER (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROUTH (4)  SCARR (3)  SCURRAH (4)  SHAW (2)  SHIELDS (2)  SKIDMORE (5)  SMITH (6)  SPENCE (5)  SPENCELEY (5)  STAINTHORP (1)  STARFELD (1)  STOCKDALE (2)  STOREY (4)  SUART (1)  SUNTER (9)  SYKES (17)  TERRY (16)  THISTLETHWAITE (8)  THOMPSON (9)  THWAITE (18)  TIPLADY (10)  TROTTER (17)  OTLEY (2)  WALKER (7)  WHALEY (5)  WEBSTER (5)  WEATHERALD (2)  WETHERALD (7)  WILSON (1)  WINN (6)  WOOD (3)  WOODS (1)  YELLAND (10)