Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burghwallis, Yorkshire

Burghwallis 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
PEEL135.7522320.20
GOODMAN104.4248151.75
YATES93.982357.95
BRADLEY83.539844.10
HATFIELD73.0973434.78
WOOD73.09739.72
LARGE73.0973300.43
STEPHENSON73.097354.14
PRESTON62.654953.14
SHAW62.654914.45
RODWELL52.2124409.84
THACKER52.2124304.88
BRIGGS52.212440.75
NEWTON52.212428.87
BURTON52.212425.97
WASS52.2124406.50
TAYLOR41.76992.77
SCOTT41.76997.00
PINDER41.7699147.06
MIDDLETON41.769933.73
TELFORD41.7699201.01
HIRST41.769954.27
TOMLINSON41.769938.39
FIRTH41.769953.26
BROWN31.32742.01
SIMPSON31.32747.59
ATKINSON31.327413.63
BRADBURY20.885030.63
BLOGG20.8850476.19
WINN20.885090.91
GREY20.885040.82
BARKER10.44253.38
MALLARD10.4425172.41
CHADBURN10.4425333.33
POUCHER10.4425769.23
ANNE10.442510,000.00
WRIGHT10.44251.38
LAING10.442522.03
STAPLE10.4425322.58
PEASE10.4425116.28
WHITE10.44251.38
MINSHALL10.4425227.27
WALTON10.44256.29
MARSHALL10.44252.64
CREASY10.4425217.39
RANDS10.4425151.52
BAILEY10.44252.94
LILLEY10.442531.95
STOCKS10.442540.65
CADMAN10.442554.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANNE10,000.0010.4425
POUCHER769.2310.4425
WEDD588.2410.4425
BLOGG476.1920.8850
MANGAN454.5510.4425
HATFIELD434.7873.0973
RODWELL409.8452.2124
WASS406.5052.2124
CHADBURN333.3310.4425
STAPLE322.5810.4425
PEEL320.20135.7522
THACKER304.8852.2124
LARGE300.4373.0973
MINSHALL227.2710.4425
CREASY217.3910.4425
TELFORD201.0141.7699
MALLARD172.4110.4425
GOODMAN151.75104.4248
RANDS151.5210.4425
PINDER147.0641.7699
FRETWELL129.8710.4425
PEASE116.2810.4425
WINN90.9120.8850
BOOTHROYD85.4710.4425
NEWSOME61.7310.4425
TOPHAM60.6110.4425
YATES57.9593.9823
SPEIGHT54.3510.4425
CADMAN54.3510.4425
HIRST54.2741.7699
STEPHENSON54.1473.0973
FIRTH53.2641.7699
PRESTON53.1462.6549
SHEPHARD46.0810.4425
BRADLEY44.1083.5398
GREY40.8220.8850
BRIGGS40.7552.2124
STOCKS40.6510.4425
TOMLINSON38.3941.7699
BOOKER36.9010.4425
MIDDLETON33.7341.7699
LILLEY31.9510.4425
BRADBURY30.6320.8850
NEWTON28.8752.2124
SARGENT28.7410.4425
BURTON25.9752.2124
LAING22.0310.4425
GROVES15.7510.4425
SHAW14.4562.6549
ATKINSON13.6331.3274

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ANNE in Burghwallis 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 0.4425 in Burghwallis means that 0.4425% of the people in Burghwallis on census day were called ANNE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Burghwallis in 1881

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

ANNE (1)  ATHRON (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BAILEY (1)  BAIRSTOW (1)  BARKER (1)  BIRKINSHAW (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLOGG (2)  BOOKER (1)  BOOTHROYD (1)  BRADBURY (2)  BRADLEY (8)  BRIGGS (5)  BROWN (3)  BURTON (5)  BYMER (1)  CADMAN (1)  CAWTHRA (1)  CHADBURN (1)  COLEMAN (1)  CREASY (1)  CROWCROFT (8)  FIRTH (4)  FRETWELL (1)  GILVERTHORPE (3)  GLEDALL (1)  GOODMAN (10)  GREY (2)  GROVES (1)  HATFIELD (7)  HARRAN (1)  HIRST (4)  JOHNSON (1)  LAING (1)  LARGE (7)  LILLEY (1)  LIVERSIDGE (2)  MALLARD (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MESSON (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MINSHALL (1)  MAWER (6)  MANGAN (1)  NEWSOME (1)  NEWTON (5)  NICAVOY (1)  PEASE (1)  PEEL (13)  PINDER (4)  PITE (1)  POUCHER (1)  PRESTON (6)  RANDS (1)  RODWELL (5)  SARGENT (1)  SCOTT (4)  SHAW (6)  SHEPHARD (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SLATER (1)  SORBY (3)  SPEIGHT (1)  STAPLE (1)  STEPHENSON (7)  STOCKS (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TELFORD (4)  THACKER (5)  TOMLINSON (4)  TOPHAM (1)  WALTON (1)  WASS (5)  WEDD (1)  WHITE (1)  WINN (2)  WOOD (7)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (9)