Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirk Ella, Yorkshire

Kirk Ella 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
BATTY133.6932241.64
SANDERSON113.125075.65
EGGINGTON102.84093,703.70
GREEN71.98867.06
HILL71.98867.81
AGAR71.9886514.71
ADDISON61.7045123.20
SWANN61.7045156.25
ANDREW61.704553.81
GOULDING61.7045174.42
RIMES61.70452,727.27
GOUGH51.420548.45
HELLYER51.4205819.67
BURNS51.420521.16
VINEY51.4205373.13
SLIGHT51.4205549.45
BODDY41.1364205.13
GOWER41.1364108.40
WATSON41.13644.90
MARSHALL41.13646.78
HOLMES41.13649.33
MAW30.8523234.38
THOMPSON30.85232.85
FOWLER30.852314.93
WATTS30.852310.16
DYSON30.852326.32
BLANCHARD30.8523103.81
YOUNG30.85233.97
SYKES30.852317.76
NEALE30.852335.93
CARR30.852311.81
DOWNS20.568231.95
ROBSON20.56828.63
ELLIOTT20.56826.70
HARVEY20.56825.32
RINGROSE20.5682232.56
HALL20.56821.93
RICHARDSON20.56823.34
WALLACE20.56828.30
KIRBY20.568214.97
SMITH20.56820.40
NORTH20.568217.14
TURNER20.56822.04
FORSTER20.568217.33
WARD20.56822.60
ELLIS20.56823.91
JACKSON20.56822.03
BEAN20.568243.86
EDWARDS20.56822.04
BAKER10.28411.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EGGINGTON3,703.70102.8409
RIMES2,727.2761.7045
FETHERSTON2,000.0010.2841
CLATON2,000.0010.2841
CUTSFORTH2,000.0010.2841
HELLYER819.6751.4205
GRAVEL555.5610.2841
SLIGHT549.4551.4205
AGAR514.7171.9886
VINEY373.1351.4205
HALIFAX333.3310.2841
BATTY241.64133.6932
MAW234.3830.8523
RINGROSE232.5620.5682
BODDY205.1341.1364
BENNINGTON192.3110.2841
LINSLEY185.1910.2841
GOULDING174.4261.7045
SWANN156.2561.7045
ADDISON123.2061.7045
GOWER108.4041.1364
BLANCHARD103.8130.8523
TIMSON90.9110.2841
HARGRAVE88.5010.2841
SANDERSON75.65113.1250
FAY68.0310.2841
GIDDINGS62.5010.2841
VOWLES59.1710.2841
GARTON57.8010.2841
ANDREW53.8161.7045
MAYS49.7510.2841
GOUGH48.4551.4205
BEAN43.8620.5682
PIGGOTT39.0610.2841
NEALE35.9330.8523
RIDDLE34.2510.2841
HARLAND34.1310.2841
KIRKPATRICK33.0010.2841
DUFFIELD32.7910.2841
DOWNS31.9520.5682
SMITHSON29.6710.2841
CHERRY27.7810.2841
DYSON26.3230.8523
BURNS21.1651.4205
MOOR20.2810.2841
HOPPER19.8810.2841
DICKENSON18.7310.2841
SYKES17.7630.8523
FORSTER17.3320.5682
NORTH17.1420.5682

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called EGGINGTON in Kirk Ella 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 2.8409 in Kirk Ella means that 2.8409% of the people in Kirk Ella on census day were called EGGINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EGGINGTON 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 EGGINGTON 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 EGGINGTON 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 EGGINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,703.70 in Kirk Ella means that you are 3,703.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EGGINGTON in Kirk Ella than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirk Ella in 1881

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

ADDISON (6)  AGAR (7)  AKESTER (2)  ALLISAN (1)  ANDREW (6)  BAGGLEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BALL (1)  BATTY (13)  BEAN (2)  BENNINGTON (1)  BIRD (1)  BLACK (1)  BLANCHARD (3)  BODDY (4)  BOND (1)  BROWN (1)  BURNS (5)  BUTLER (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARR (3)  CASTLE (1)  CAWKWELL (1)  CHERRY (1)  CLATON (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COMPER (1)  COOK (1)  CUTSFORTH (1)  COWLSING (1)  CRAKE (1)  DALE (1)  DAVIS (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DIXON (1)  DOWNS (2)  DRUERY (1)  DUFFIELD (1)  DYSON (3)  EGGINGTON (10)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIS (2)  FEIRN (8)  FAY (1)  FETHERSTON (1)  FEWLASS (1)  FOORD (3)  FORSTER (2)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLER (3)  FUSSEY (2)  GARAHAM (1)  GARTON (1)  GERRATIE (1)  GILBY (1)  GIDDINGS (1)  GOULDING (6)  GOUGH (5)  GOWER (4)  GRANT (1)  GRAVEL (1)  GREEN (7)  GUMSTON (3)  HALL (2)  HALIFAX (1)  HARGRAVE (1)  HARLAND (1)  HARVEY (2)  HENSAN (6)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGGNETT (1)  HILL (7)  HELLYER (5)  HIRCLIFF (2)  HOLMES (4)  HOPPER (1)  HUDSON (1)  JACKSON (2)  KIRBY (2)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LACEY (1)  LAUND (2)  LINSLEY (1)  LOND (1)  LOVELL (1)  MONCASTER (5)  MARSHALL (4)  MASON (1)  MAW (3)  MAYS (1)  MAYMARD (1)  MOOR (1)  MOORLAND (1)  MOWFORTH (4)  MOWTHORP (1)  NEALE (3)  NORTH (2)  OLSMAN (1)  PALFREMAN (2)  PALMER (1)  PIGGOTT (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIDDLE (1)  RIMES (6)  RINGROSE (2)  ROBSON (2)  RUSSELL (1)  SANDERSON (11)  SARJANSTON (1)  SCENCER (1)  SCOTNEY (7)  SCOTT (1)  SGDEN (1)  SHARP (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHERBMAN (1)  SLIGHT (5)  SMITH (2)  SMITHSON (1)  SOWARBY (1)  SPUDLEY (1)  STEVENSON (1)  SUMMERS (1)  SWANN (6)  SWASH (1)  SYKES (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THEAKSTON (6)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNTON (1)  TIMSON (1)  TOULE (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOTTIE (2)  THRUSTLE (1)  TURNER (2)  VINEY (5)  VOWLES (1)  WALLACE (2)  WALLIS (1)  WARD (2)  WARUPS (1)  WATSAN (3)  WATSON (4)  WATTS (3)  WAULBY (7)  WILLCOCK (6)  YOUNG (3)  YOUNGSON (2)