Top surnames from the 1881 census in Levisham, Yorkshire

Levisham 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
HAMMOND87.6190133.78
CLOSE87.6190869.57
HALL87.619025.90
KEATH65.714320,000.00
NEWTON65.714374.53
STEAD54.7619232.56
HORNBY54.7619416.67
HOLLIDAY43.8095289.86
BERRY43.809548.02
HARRISON43.809517.16
NICHOLSON43.809553.62
WARD32.857113.08
WEBB32.857121.08
HANSELL32.85711,428.57
COULTAS32.85711,428.57
SHEFFIELD21.9048363.64
DIXON21.904817.39
AGAR21.9048500.00
BOWES21.9048208.33
ADDISON10.952468.97
PICKERING10.952426.39
ELMER10.9524277.78
MORLEY10.952423.81
MOORE10.95244.76
BOYES10.952490.91
VENTRESS10.95243,333.33
PROUD10.9524185.19
FEATHERSTONE10.9524106.38
METCALF10.952446.95
WATSON10.95244.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEATH20,000.0065.7143
VENTRESS3,333.3310.9524
COULTAS1,428.5732.8571
HANSELL1,428.5732.8571
CLOSE869.5787.6190
AGAR500.0021.9048
HORNBY416.6754.7619
SHEFFIELD363.6421.9048
HOLLIDAY289.8643.8095
ELMER277.7810.9524
STEAD232.5654.7619
BOWES208.3321.9048
PROUD185.1910.9524
HAMMOND133.7887.6190
FEATHERSTONE106.3810.9524
BOYES90.9110.9524
NEWTON74.5365.7143
ADDISON68.9710.9524
NICHOLSON53.6243.8095
BERRY48.0243.8095
METCALF46.9510.9524
PICKERING26.3910.9524
HALL25.9087.6190
MORLEY23.8110.9524
WEBB21.0832.8571
DIXON17.3921.9048
HARRISON17.1643.8095
WARD13.0832.8571
MOORE4.7610.9524
WATSON4.1110.9524

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called KEATH in Levisham 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 5.7143 in Levisham means that 5.7143% of the people in Levisham on census day were called KEATH.

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

All the surnames recorded in Levisham in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  AGAR (2)  BERRY (4)  BOWES (2)  BOYES (1)  BRECKON (2)  CLOSE (8)  COULTAS (3)  DIXON (2)  ELMER (1)  FEATHERSTONE (1)  HALL (8)  HOLLIDAY (4)  HAMMOND (8)  HANSELL (3)  HARRISON (4)  HORNBY (5)  KEATH (6)  LIGHTOWLER (1)  METCALF (1)  MOORE (1)  MORLEY (1)  NEWTON (6)  NICHOLSON (4)  PASHBY (9)  PICKERING (1)  PROUD (1)  SHEFFIELD (2)  STEAD (5)  WARD (3)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (3)  VENTRESS (1)