Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bielby, Yorkshire

Bielby 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
LUND2611.81821,092.44
RICHARDSON104.545526.70
CRAVEN94.0909211.76
SMITH94.09092.90
CHAPLIN83.6364253.16
HORSLEY73.1818339.81
NAYLOR73.181884.44
LAYTON73.1818397.73
HUTCHINSON73.181856.00
HILL73.181812.49
TODD62.727353.62
BRAITHWAITE62.7273235.29
NOTTINGHAM52.2727847.46
BLACKBURN52.272760.31
BIELBY41.81821,176.47
BALDERSON41.8182952.38
KEMP41.818232.79
WEST31.363614.16
BELL31.36367.26
WILSON31.36362.97
ROOKE31.3636185.19
ELLIS31.36369.39
DEARING31.3636731.71
ABBY20.90912,222.22
TASKER20.909185.47
SHEPPERDSON20.909120,000.00
HOPWOOD20.909179.68
WHARTON20.909164.94
WATSON20.90913.92
WITTY20.9091454.55
EASTWOOD10.454519.23
LAZENBY10.454596.15
JOHNSON10.45451.35
SANDERSON10.454511.00
GRAY10.45453.18
WEBSTER10.45455.23
BATESON10.454572.46
DRURY10.454528.65
CORNELL10.454568.03
JACKSON10.45451.63
BEVERLEY10.4545151.52
REYNOLDS10.45455.25
SWABY10.4545250.00
CONSTABLE10.454541.15
SCOTT10.45451.80
RICHMOND10.454520.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHEPPERDSON20,000.0020.9091
ABBY2,222.2220.9091
BIELBY1,176.4741.8182
LUND1,092.442611.8182
BALDERSON952.3841.8182
NOTTINGHAM847.4652.2727
DEARING731.7131.3636
WITTY454.5520.9091
LAYTON397.7373.1818
HORSLEY339.8173.1818
CHAPLIN253.1683.6364
SWABY250.0010.4545
BRAITHWAITE235.2962.7273
CRAVEN211.7694.0909
ROOKE185.1931.3636
BEVERLEY151.5210.4545
LAZENBY96.1510.4545
TASKER85.4720.9091
NAYLOR84.4473.1818
HOPWOOD79.6820.9091
BATESON72.4610.4545
CORNELL68.0310.4545
WHARTON64.9420.9091
BLACKBURN60.3152.2727
HUTCHINSON56.0073.1818
TODD53.6262.7273
CONSTABLE41.1510.4545
KEMP32.7941.8182
DRURY28.6510.4545
RICHARDSON26.70104.5455
RICHMOND20.7510.4545
EASTWOOD19.2310.4545
WEST14.1631.3636
HILL12.4973.1818
SANDERSON11.0010.4545
ELLIS9.3931.3636
BELL7.2631.3636
REYNOLDS5.2510.4545
WEBSTER5.2310.4545
WATSON3.9220.9091
GRAY3.1810.4545
WILSON2.9731.3636
SMITH2.9094.0909
SCOTT1.8010.4545
JACKSON1.6310.4545
JOHNSON1.3510.4545

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called SHEPPERDSON in Bielby 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 0.9091 in Bielby means that 0.9091% of the people in Bielby on census day were called SHEPPERDSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHEPPERDSON 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 SHEPPERDSON 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 SHEPPERDSON 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 SHEPPERDSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Bielby means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHEPPERDSON in Bielby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bielby in 1881

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

ABBY (2)  AKNEY (7)  BALDERSON (4)  BATESON (1)  BIELBY (4)  BELL (3)  BEVERLEY (1)  BLACKBURN (5)  BRAITHWAITE (6)  CHAPLIN (8)  CONSTABLE (1)  CORNELL (1)  CRAVEN (9)  DEARING (3)  DEWSBURY (3)  DRURY (1)  EASTWOOD (1)  ELLIS (3)  FAIRLASS (1)  FENTIMAN (10)  GRAY (1)  MC GREAT (1)  HILL (7)  HOPWOOD (2)  HORSLEY (7)  HUTCHINSON (7)  JACKSON (1)  JARAM (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMP (4)  LAZENBY (1)  LAYTON (7)  LUND (26)  MEGISON (1)  MOORFOOT (6)  NAYLOR (7)  NOTTINGHAM (5)  POWLS (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (10)  RICHMOND (1)  ROOKE (3)  SANDERSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHEPPERDSON (2)  SHEPERDSON (5)  SHIPESON (1)  SMITH (9)  SUDDABY (2)  SWABY (1)  TASKER (2)  TODD (6)  UKNEY (1)  WATSON (2)  WEST (3)  WEBSTER (1)  WHARTON (2)  WILSON (3)  WITTY (2)