Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bransdale West Side, Yorkshire

Bransdale West Side 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
RICHARDSON199.743657.25
WILSON147.179515.63
KNAGGS105.12822,000.00
HUGILL84.10261,632.65
SMITH73.58972.54
PIERSON73.58971,707.32
ALLISON73.5897126.35
PETCH63.0769697.67
MOON63.0769145.99
BROWN52.56413.89
BENTLEY52.564160.61
TEASDALE52.5641303.03
DUNNING42.0513240.96
STONEHOUSE42.0513470.59
AVERY31.538591.74
TODD31.538530.24
BARKER31.538511.76
KENNEDY31.538525.51
BARR31.538563.56
PLATT21.025638.76
AGAR21.0256266.67
CARTER21.02566.11
STRICKLAND21.0256129.03
BODY21.0256298.51
SCARTH21.0256588.24
WAINWRIGHT21.025648.43
WARDELL10.5128129.87
FEATHERSTONE10.512857.14
WETHERELL10.5128263.16
GARBUTT10.512870.92
WARD10.51282.35
ATKINSON10.51285.27
THOMPSON10.51281.71
NORRIS10.512811.93
HARLAND10.512861.35
WATSON10.51282.21
BANK10.5128526.32
POTTER10.51287.91
FRANK10.5128121.95
PICKARD10.512836.76
COLE10.51285.63
BOLTON10.512811.90
STEPHENSON10.51288.96
JOHNSON10.51281.53
WHITE10.51281.60
SANDERSON10.512812.41
HALL10.51281.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KNAGGS2,000.00105.1282
PIERSON1,707.3273.5897
HUGILL1,632.6584.1026
PETCH697.6763.0769
SCARTH588.2421.0256
BANK526.3210.5128
STONEHOUSE470.5942.0513
TEASDALE303.0352.5641
BODY298.5121.0256
AGAR266.6721.0256
WETHERELL263.1610.5128
DUNNING240.9642.0513
MOON145.9963.0769
WARDELL129.8710.5128
STRICKLAND129.0321.0256
ALLISON126.3573.5897
FRANK121.9510.5128
AVERY91.7431.5385
GARBUTT70.9210.5128
BARR63.5631.5385
HARLAND61.3510.5128
BENTLEY60.6152.5641
RICHARDSON57.25199.7436
FEATHERSTONE57.1410.5128
WAINWRIGHT48.4321.0256
PLATT38.7621.0256
PICKARD36.7610.5128
TODD30.2431.5385
KENNEDY25.5131.5385
WILSON15.63147.1795
SANDERSON12.4110.5128
NORRIS11.9310.5128
BOLTON11.9010.5128
BARKER11.7631.5385
STEPHENSON8.9610.5128
POTTER7.9110.5128
CARTER6.1121.0256
COLE5.6310.5128
ATKINSON5.2710.5128
BROWN3.8952.5641
SMITH2.5473.5897
WARD2.3510.5128
WATSON2.2110.5128
HALL1.7410.5128
THOMPSON1.7110.5128
WHITE1.6010.5128
JOHNSON1.5310.5128

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called KNAGGS in Bransdale West Side 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 5.1282 in Bransdale West Side means that 5.1282% of the people in Bransdale West Side on census day were called KNAGGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KNAGGS 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 KNAGGS 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 KNAGGS 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 KNAGGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Bransdale West Side means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KNAGGS in Bransdale West Side than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bransdale West Side in 1881

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

AGAR (2)  ALLISON (7)  ARCOST (1)  ATKINSON (1)  AVERY (3)  BANK (1)  BARKER (3)  BARR (3)  BENTLEY (5)  BODY (2)  BOLTON (1)  BROWN (5)  BUMBEY (7)  CARTER (2)  COLE (1)  DUNNING (4)  DUSK (7)  FAWBERT (8)  FEATHERSTONE (1)  FRANK (1)  GARBUTT (1)  HALL (1)  HARLAND (1)  HUGILL (8)  JOHNSON (1)  KENNEDY (3)  KNAGGS (10)  MEDD (4)  MOON (6)  NORRIS (1)  PIERSON (7)  PETCH (6)  PICKARD (1)  PLATT (2)  POTTER (1)  RICHARDSON (19)  SANDERSON (1)  SCARTH (2)  SMITH (7)  SONLEY (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STONEHOUSE (4)  STRICKLAND (2)  TEASDALE (5)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (3)  TYERMAN (2)  TYREMAN (2)  WAIND (6)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WARD (1)  WARDELL (1)  WATSON (1)  WETHERELL (1)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (14)