Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ellingtons, Yorkshire

Ellingtons 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
WOOD1112.359638.79
WOODWARD910.1124205.01
ALTON77.86522,916.67
HAUXWELL77.865214,000.00
BARKER55.618042.92
ATKINSON55.618057.67
RAW44.49441,250.00
MILNER33.3708147.06
LUMLEY33.3708555.56
GLEW33.37081,500.00
BOLTON22.247252.22
VERITY22.2472526.32
HALL22.24727.64
TINDALL22.2472370.37
GREGORY22.247232.05
JACKSON22.24728.04
RHODES22.247248.43
INGRAM11.123636.76
SMITH11.12360.80
CROFT11.123647.62
WHITEHEAD11.123616.61
HILLARY11.1236666.67
ROBINSON11.12363.52
BOYNTON11.1236555.56
MORRIS11.12365.05
WEATHERILL11.1236500.00
THOMPSON11.12363.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAUXWELL14,000.0077.8652
ALTON2,916.6777.8652
GLEW1,500.0033.3708
RAW1,250.0044.4944
HILLARY666.6711.1236
BOYNTON555.5611.1236
LUMLEY555.5633.3708
VERITY526.3222.2472
WEATHERILL500.0011.1236
TINDALL370.3722.2472
WOODWARD205.01910.1124
MILNER147.0633.3708
ATKINSON57.6755.6180
BOLTON52.2222.2472
RHODES48.4322.2472
CROFT47.6211.1236
BARKER42.9255.6180
WOOD38.791112.3596
INGRAM36.7611.1236
GREGORY32.0522.2472
WHITEHEAD16.6111.1236
JACKSON8.0422.2472
HALL7.6422.2472
MORRIS5.0511.1236
THOMPSON3.7511.1236
ROBINSON3.5211.1236
SMITH0.8011.1236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called HAUXWELL in Ellingtons 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 7.8652 in Ellingtons means that 7.8652% of the people in Ellingtons on census day were called HAUXWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAUXWELL 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 HAUXWELL 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 HAUXWELL 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 HAUXWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 14,000.00 in Ellingtons means that you are 14,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAUXWELL in Ellingtons than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ellingtons in 1881

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

ALTON (7)  ARKSEY (5)  ATKINSON (5)  BARKER (5)  BOLTON (2)  BOYNTON (1)  BUCKTON (1)  CROFT (1)  GLEW (3)  GREGORY (2)  HALL (2)  HAUXWELL (7)  HILLARY (1)  INGRAM (1)  JACKSON (2)  KNOWL (1)  LUMLEY (3)  MILNER (3)  MORRIS (1)  RAW (4)  RHODES (2)  ROBINSON (1)  SMITH (1)  TEBB (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TINDALL (2)  VERITY (2)  WEATHERILL (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WOOD (11)  WOODWARD (9)