Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Kelk, Yorkshire

Great Kelk 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
TAYLOR147.777812.16
BURRELL126.6667510.64
WARLEY126.666710,000.00
BOYNTON105.55562,702.70
STEPHENSON105.555697.09
KEITH84.4444414.51
STOREY63.3333131.29
FOSTER63.333324.93
HARDING52.777838.37
DONKIN52.7778746.27
COLLINSON52.7778236.97
WATSON42.22229.58
PEARSON42.222219.13
WALKER42.22226.64
SHAW42.222212.10
VICKERMAN31.6667937.50
SHARP31.666720.00
BELL31.66678.87
THURLOW31.6667344.83
DOWSON21.1111204.08
DENNEY21.1111465.12
DANBY21.1111259.74
SMITH21.11110.79
BEAL21.1111118.34
RANSOME10.5556175.44
BARON10.555653.76
STORK10.5556333.33
KIRBY10.555614.64
COOPER10.55562.28
SPANTON10.5556416.67
FROST10.55569.88
RANGE10.55561,000.00
PEARS10.5556120.48
HALL10.55561.89
WEBB10.55564.10
BROWN10.55560.84
RODGERS10.555620.28
PLEDGER10.5556227.27
DICKINSON10.555613.00
PATTISON10.555634.97
DABBS10.5556256.41
HOPPER10.555638.91
CHEW10.5556108.70
GRAY10.55563.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARLEY10,000.00126.6667
BOYNTON2,702.70105.5556
RANGE1,000.0010.5556
VICKERMAN937.5031.6667
DONKIN746.2752.7778
BURRELL510.64126.6667
DENNEY465.1221.1111
SPANTON416.6710.5556
KEITH414.5184.4444
THURLOW344.8331.6667
STORK333.3310.5556
DANBY259.7421.1111
DABBS256.4110.5556
COLLINSON236.9752.7778
PLEDGER227.2710.5556
DOWSON204.0821.1111
RANSOME175.4410.5556
STOREY131.2963.3333
PEARS120.4810.5556
BEAL118.3421.1111
CHEW108.7010.5556
STEPHENSON97.09105.5556
BARON53.7610.5556
HOPPER38.9110.5556
HARDING38.3752.7778
PATTISON34.9710.5556
FOSTER24.9363.3333
RODGERS20.2810.5556
SHARP20.0031.6667
PEARSON19.1342.2222
KIRBY14.6410.5556
DICKINSON13.0010.5556
TAYLOR12.16147.7778
SHAW12.1042.2222
FROST9.8810.5556
WATSON9.5842.2222
BELL8.8731.6667
WALKER6.6442.2222
WEBB4.1010.5556
GRAY3.8910.5556
COOPER2.2810.5556
HALL1.8910.5556
BROWN0.8410.5556
SMITH0.7921.1111

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called WARLEY in Great Kelk 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 6.6667 in Great Kelk means that 6.6667% of the people in Great Kelk on census day were called WARLEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Great Kelk in 1881

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

BARON (1)  BASO (1)  BEAL (2)  BELL (3)  BOYNTON (10)  BROWN (1)  BURRELL (12)  CHAPLOWE (1)  CHEW (1)  COLLINSON (5)  COOPER (1)  CROZER (1)  DABBS (1)  DANBY (2)  DENNEY (2)  DICKINSON (1)  DOWSON (2)  DONKIN (5)  ULLYOTT (1)  ESCRITT (1)  FOSTER (6)  FROST (1)  GRAY (1)  GRISDALE (3)  HALL (1)  HARDING (5)  HILLABY (1)  HOPPER (1)  KEITH (8)  KIRBY (1)  KNAPTON (4)  LAYBOURN (3)  PATTISON (1)  PEARS (1)  PEARSON (4)  PLEDGER (1)  RAFTON (4)  RANGE (1)  RANSOME (1)  RODGERS (1)  SANTON (1)  SAVILE (5)  SHARP (3)  SHAW (4)  SMITH (2)  SPANTON (1)  SPEEK (1)  STEPHENSON (10)  STORK (1)  STOREY (6)  TAYLOR (14)  THURLOW (3)  THRUSSELL (1)  VICKERMAN (3)  WALKER (4)  WHARRAM (1)  WARLEY (12)  WATSON (4)  WEBB (1)