Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edlington, Yorkshire

Edlington 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
ACKROYD107.8125833.33
BOOMER75.468817,500.00
SCOTT75.468821.61
WILSON75.468811.91
HINCHCLIFFE64.6875769.23
CARR64.687564.94
SPENCER53.906342.77
CHESTER53.9063318.47
HALL53.906313.28
CLAYBURN43.125010,000.00
YOUNG43.125014.55
PARKER43.125016.43
FOX43.125033.67
SNARE43.12503,636.36
HOLGATE32.3438283.02
PEARSON32.343820.17
FRANCE21.5625102.56
REYNOLDS21.562518.03
HARROP21.5625136.99
DAWSON21.562514.17
MARSHALL21.56259.32
BAILEY10.78135.19
WARING10.781362.11
SMITH10.78130.55
BURTON10.78139.17
WILKINSON10.78135.12
LOGAN10.781332.89
ARNOLD10.781314.49
SHIPLEY10.781388.50
POWELL10.78136.26
WOOLHOUSE10.7813357.14
MILLAR10.781321.41
WATSON10.78133.37
ALEXANDER10.781314.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOOMER17,500.0075.4688
CLAYBURN10,000.0043.1250
SNARE3,636.3643.1250
ACKROYD833.33107.8125
HINCHCLIFFE769.2364.6875
WOOLHOUSE357.1410.7813
CHESTER318.4753.9063
HOLGATE283.0232.3438
HARROP136.9921.5625
FRANCE102.5621.5625
SHIPLEY88.5010.7813
CARR64.9464.6875
WARING62.1110.7813
SPENCER42.7753.9063
FOX33.6743.1250
LOGAN32.8910.7813
SCOTT21.6175.4688
MILLAR21.4110.7813
PEARSON20.1732.3438
REYNOLDS18.0321.5625
PARKER16.4343.1250
ALEXANDER14.7510.7813
YOUNG14.5543.1250
ARNOLD14.4910.7813
DAWSON14.1721.5625
HALL13.2853.9063
WILSON11.9175.4688
MARSHALL9.3221.5625
BURTON9.1710.7813
POWELL6.2610.7813
BAILEY5.1910.7813
WILKINSON5.1210.7813
WATSON3.3710.7813
SMITH0.5510.7813

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called BOOMER in Edlington 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 5.4688 in Edlington means that 5.4688% of the people in Edlington on census day were called BOOMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOOMER 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 BOOMER 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 BOOMER 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 BOOMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 17,500.00 in Edlington means that you are 17,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOOMER in Edlington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edlington in 1881

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

ACKROYD (10)  ACROYD (2)  ALEXANDER (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BAILEY (1)  BOOMER (7)  BURTON (1)  CARR (6)  CHESTER (5)  CLAYBURN (4)  CRABBTREE (1)  DAWSON (2)  DUNGWORTH (2)  EBBLETHWAITE (6)  FOX (4)  FRANCE (2)  MC GOWAN (1)  HALL (5)  HYNMAN (2)  HARROP (2)  HINCHCLIFFE (6)  HOLGATE (3)  MC HUGH (1)  LIVERSIDGE (6)  LOGAN (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MILLAR (1)  PARKER (4)  PEARSON (3)  POWELL (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  SCOTT (7)  SHIPLEY (1)  SMITH (1)  SNARE (4)  SPENCER (5)  WARING (1)  WATSON (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (7)  WOOLHOUSE (1)  YOUNG (4)