Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Houghton, Yorkshire

Little Houghton 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
WHITE94.736814.74
DUNBAR84.2105366.97
SIDDONS73.68421,891.89
BUSH73.6842149.25
FENWICK63.1579240.96
PEARCE63.157934.38
RICHARDSON63.157918.55
ELLIOTT63.157937.22
HALL63.157910.73
GARDNER52.631638.76
HORSMAN52.6316757.58
NEWTON52.631634.34
HOLMES42.105317.29
DOLPHIN42.1053563.38
HIRST42.105364.52
DAWSON42.105319.10
SAY42.1053869.57
JOHNSON42.10536.27
WOOD42.10536.61
BRINKLEY31.57891,153.85
MASON31.578911.74
WRIGHT31.57894.92
RAYNOR21.0526151.52
BARROW21.052649.63
IRVIN21.0526357.14
CHAMPNEY21.05262,500.00
ROBINSON21.05263.30
POWELL21.05268.44
THOMAS21.05262.55
GREEN10.52631.87
WATSON10.52632.27
FOX10.52635.67
PINDER10.526343.67
HOPKINSON10.526332.15
SNOWDEN10.526359.17
NELSON10.526310.87
HAY10.526314.35
LEE10.52633.22
GRIFFITHS10.52633.22
JAMES10.52632.68
WILSON10.52631.15
GREAVES10.526317.95
RAWSON10.526348.31
HOWARTH10.526310.95
WAINWRIGHT10.526324.88
SMITH10.52630.37
HAMMER10.5263714.29
SIDDALL10.526371.94
KAY10.526310.13
GREENWOOD10.52636.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHAMPNEY2,500.0021.0526
SIDDONS1,891.8973.6842
BRINKLEY1,153.8531.5789
SAY869.5742.1053
HORSMAN757.5852.6316
HAMMER714.2910.5263
DOLPHIN563.3842.1053
DUNBAR366.9784.2105
IRVIN357.1421.0526
FENWICK240.9663.1579
RAYNOR151.5221.0526
BUSH149.2573.6842
MAHON119.0510.5263
SIDDALL71.9410.5263
HIRST64.5242.1053
SNOWDEN59.1710.5263
BARROW49.6321.0526
RAWSON48.3110.5263
SIMMS46.3010.5263
PINDER43.6710.5263
GARDNER38.7652.6316
ELLIOTT37.2263.1579
PEARCE34.3863.1579
NEWTON34.3452.6316
HOPKINSON32.1510.5263
WAINWRIGHT24.8810.5263
DAWSON19.1042.1053
RICHARDSON18.5563.1579
GREAVES17.9510.5263
HOLMES17.2942.1053
WHITE14.7494.7368
HAY14.3510.5263
MASON11.7431.5789
HOWARTH10.9510.5263
NELSON10.8710.5263
HALL10.7363.1579
KAY10.1310.5263
POWELL8.4421.0526
GREENWOOD6.7810.5263
WOOD6.6142.1053
JOHNSON6.2742.1053
BURTON6.1810.5263
FOX5.6710.5263
WRIGHT4.9231.5789
ROBINSON3.3021.0526
LEE3.2210.5263
GRIFFITHS3.2210.5263
BENNETT3.2010.5263
JAMES2.6810.5263
THOMAS2.5521.0526

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called CHAMPNEY in Little Houghton 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 1.0526 in Little Houghton means that 1.0526% of the people in Little Houghton on census day were called CHAMPNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHAMPNEY 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 CHAMPNEY 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 CHAMPNEY 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 CHAMPNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Little Houghton means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHAMPNEY in Little Houghton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Houghton in 1881

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

BEEVORS (7)  BENNETT (1)  BIRKINSHAW (5)  BRINKLEY (3)  BARROW (2)  BURTON (1)  BUSH (7)  CAW (1)  CHAMPNEY (2)  DAWSON (4)  DOLPHIN (4)  DUNBAR (8)  ELLIOTT (6)  FENWICK (6)  FOX (1)  GARDNER (5)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALL (6)  HAMMER (1)  HATTERSLEY (2)  HAWKSWORTH (1)  HAY (1)  HEARNSHAW (7)  HOLMES (4)  HOPKINSON (1)  HORSMAN (5)  HOWARTH (1)  HIRST (4)  IRVIN (2)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KAY (1)  LEE (1)  LEWESS (1)  MAHON (1)  MASON (3)  NELSON (1)  NEWTON (5)  KNOWLAND (1)  PEARCE (6)  PINDER (1)  POWELL (2)  PROBERTS (3)  RANDERSON (7)  RAWSON (1)  RAYNOR (2)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBINSON (2)  SAY (4)  SIDDALL (1)  SIDDONS (7)  SIMMS (1)  SMEATON (1)  SMITH (1)  SNOWDEN (1)  THOMAS (2)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITE (9)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (4)  WOODYATT (1)  WRIGHT (3)