Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cowlam, Yorkshire

Cowlam 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
REED812.6984173.91
WARD812.698458.14
JOHNSON812.698437.79
RANK69.523820,000.00
VESSEY46.34923,636.36
BOYES34.7619454.55
BROWN23.17464.82
AKERS11.5873322.58
MOOR11.5873113.64
WALKER11.58734.74
HODGSON11.587322.88
DOBSON11.587335.97
ROBSON11.587324.10
LANE11.587323.04
WALES11.5873196.08
GARDENER11.587388.50
THOMAS11.58733.85
COLLEY11.5873125.00
RICHES11.5873138.89
BAXTER11.587326.67
MOORING11.58732,500.00
WAKEFIELD11.587388.50
FREEMAN11.587324.88
SMITH11.58731.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RANK20,000.0069.5238
VESSEY3,636.3646.3492
MOORING2,500.0011.5873
BOYES454.5534.7619
AKERS322.5811.5873
WALES196.0811.5873
REED173.91812.6984
RICHES138.8911.5873
COLLEY125.0011.5873
MOOR113.6411.5873
WAKEFIELD88.5011.5873
GARDENER88.5011.5873
WARD58.14812.6984
JOHNSON37.79812.6984
DOBSON35.9711.5873
BAXTER26.6711.5873
FREEMAN24.8811.5873
ROBSON24.1011.5873
LANE23.0411.5873
HODGSON22.8811.5873
BROWN4.8223.1746
WALKER4.7411.5873
THOMAS3.8511.5873
SMITH1.1211.5873

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called RANK in Cowlam 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 9.5238 in Cowlam means that 9.5238% of the people in Cowlam on census day were called RANK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Cowlam in 1881

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

AKERS (1)  BARFORT (1)  BAXTER (1)  BIBBROUGH (1)  BOYES (3)  BROWN (2)  COLLEY (1)  DOBSON (1)  ELLBECK (1)  ELLIKER (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GARDENER (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLTBY (1)  JOHNSON (8)  LANE (1)  MARFLEET (1)  MOOR (1)  MOORING (1)  NENDICK (1)  RANK (6)  REED (8)  RICHES (1)  ROBSON (1)  SMITH (1)  THOMAS (1)  VESSEY (4)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALKER (1)  WALES (1)  WARD (8)