Top surnames from the 1881 census in Carlton Highdale, Yorkshire

Carlton Highdale 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
HAMMOND187.2581127.48
BANKS166.4516125.79
CLARKE145.645227.86
HARRISON145.645225.43
LOFTHOUSE135.2419702.70
STUBBS114.4355167.94
BECKWITH104.0323684.93
ROBINSON93.629011.38
LAMBERT93.629066.47
HORNER93.6290190.68
WATSON83.225813.91
SPENCE83.225897.56
RIDER72.8226289.26
WARD62.419411.07
PYBUS52.0161675.68
JOWETT52.0161185.19
BROCKELL41.61298,000.00
YEOMAN41.6129254.78
TENNANT41.6129150.94
IVESON41.6129563.38
BELL41.61298.58
GRAHAM41.612914.05
SMITH41.61291.14
MILNES31.2097136.99
LISTER31.209742.43
RAYNER31.209748.47
PALEY31.2097508.47
CLARK31.20974.02
DIXON20.80657.36
WHITFIELD20.806540.40
HIRD10.403252.36
CARR10.40325.59
HARTLEY10.40326.44
WILSON10.40320.88
PICKARD10.403228.90
MATTISON10.4032250.00
TATE10.403220.88
CALVERT10.403219.76
DOWNS10.403222.68
THOMPSON10.40321.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROCKELL8,000.0041.6129
LOFTHOUSE702.70135.2419
BECKWITH684.93104.0323
PYBUS675.6852.0161
IVESON563.3841.6129
PALEY508.4731.2097
RIDER289.2672.8226
YEOMAN254.7841.6129
MATTISON250.0010.4032
HORNER190.6893.6290
JOWETT185.1952.0161
STUBBS167.94114.4355
TENNANT150.9441.6129
MILNES136.9931.2097
HAMMOND127.48187.2581
BANKS125.79166.4516
SPENCE97.5683.2258
LAMBERT66.4793.6290
HIRD52.3610.4032
RAYNER48.4731.2097
LISTER42.4331.2097
WHITFIELD40.4020.8065
PICKARD28.9010.4032
CLARKE27.86145.6452
HARRISON25.43145.6452
DOWNS22.6810.4032
TATE20.8810.4032
CALVERT19.7610.4032
GRAHAM14.0541.6129
WATSON13.9183.2258
ROBINSON11.3893.6290
WARD11.0762.4194
BELL8.5841.6129
DIXON7.3620.8065
HARTLEY6.4410.4032
CARR5.5910.4032
CLARK4.0231.2097
THOMPSON1.3510.4032
SMITH1.1441.6129
WILSON0.8810.4032

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BROCKELL in Carlton Highdale 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 1.6129 in Carlton Highdale means that 1.6129% of the people in Carlton Highdale on census day were called BROCKELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROCKELL 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 BROCKELL 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 BROCKELL 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 BROCKELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,000.00 in Carlton Highdale means that you are 8,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROCKELL in Carlton Highdale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Carlton Highdale in 1881

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

BANKS (16)  BECKWITH (10)  BELL (4)  BRENNAND (2)  BROCKELL (4)  CALVERT (1)  CARR (1)  CLARKE (14)  CLARK (3)  DIXON (2)  DOWNS (1)  GRAHAM (4)  HAKIN (2)  HAMMOND (18)  HARRISON (14)  HARTLEY (1)  HIRD (1)  HORNER (9)  IVESON (4)  JOWETT (5)  LAMBERT (9)  LISTER (3)  LOFTHOUSE (13)  MATTISON (1)  MILNES (3)  MAWER (15)  PALEY (3)  PICKARD (1)  PYBUS (5)  RAYNER (3)  RIDER (7)  ROBINSON (9)  ROTHWELL ((ROBINSON)) (2)  SLIGHTHAM (2)  SLEIGHTHOLM (4)  SMITH (4)  SPENCE (8)  STUBBS (11)  TATE (1)  TENNANT (4)  THOMPSON (1)  WARD (6)  WATSON (8)  WELLOCK (2)  WHITFIELD (2)  WILSON (1)  YEOMAN (4)