Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melbecks, Yorkshire

Melbecks 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
PRATT655.574697.03
RAW625.31731,472.68
BELL433.687819.63
RUTTER423.6021236.49
METCALFE403.4305150.26
CALVERT393.3448164.00
ALDERSON383.2590234.86
HARKER363.0875293.16
MILNER342.9160127.15
WHITE332.83028.80
PEACOCK322.744476.98
COATES272.315662.11
HUGILL262.2298890.41
ALTON211.8010662.46
REYNOLDSON201.71534,878.05
WAGGETT201.71532,061.86
CLARKSON181.543758.23
WOODWARD171.458029.55
PLACE171.4580278.23
CLOSE171.4580167.16
PEDLEY161.3722270.73
CLARK161.37224.57
CHERRY161.3722134.12
THOMPSON151.28644.29
DUNN151.286415.47
TAYLOR141.20071.88
COTTINGHAM141.2007450.16
BROWN131.11491.69
BUXTON131.114974.20
BRUNSKILL131.1149479.70
HESLOP110.9434110.00
SIMPSON110.94345.39
PARKIN100.857631.90
KNOWLES90.771914.45
URWIN90.7719169.49
NEWTON90.771910.07
COOPER80.68612.82
SMITHSON70.600362.61
STOREY70.600323.62
SPENCE70.600318.15
GALLOWAY70.600334.86
BATTY60.514633.67
GILBERT60.51469.03
NICHOLSON60.51467.24
WATSON60.51462.22
ABBOTT50.42889.72
WHALEY50.4288127.55
IVESON50.4288150.60
KILBURN50.428883.19
THWAITES40.343157.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REYNOLDSON4,878.05201.7153
WAGGETT2,061.86201.7153
RAW1,472.68625.3173
HUGILL890.41262.2298
ALTON662.46211.8010
BRUNSKILL479.70131.1149
COTTINGHAM450.16141.2007
HARKER293.16363.0875
PLACE278.23171.4580
PEDLEY270.73161.3722
RUTTER236.49423.6021
ALDERSON234.86383.2590
URWIN169.4990.7719
CLOSE167.16171.4580
CALVERT164.00393.3448
IVESON150.6050.4288
METCALFE150.26403.4305
CHERRY134.12161.3722
CONNON133.3320.1715
WHALEY127.5550.4288
MILNER127.15342.9160
HESLOP110.00110.9434
DAYKIN99.2640.3431
PRATT97.03655.5746
KILBURN83.1950.4288
PEACOCK76.98322.7444
BUXTON74.20131.1149
DOLPHIN69.1230.2573
COLLIN65.9040.3431
SMITHSON62.6170.6003
COATES62.11272.3156
CLARKSON58.23181.5437
THWAITES57.3940.3431
GALLOWAY34.8670.6003
BATTY33.6760.5146
DINSDALE33.3320.1715
PARKIN31.90100.8576
WOODWARD29.55171.4580
STOREY23.6270.6003
MARR22.5630.2573
PERCIVAL21.8940.3431
BELL19.63433.6878
SPENCE18.1570.6003
WHITFIELD17.1740.3431
GUY15.6740.3431
DUNN15.47151.2864
KNOWLES14.4590.7719
COURT13.4920.1715
NEWTON10.0790.7719
ABBOTT9.7250.4288

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 20 people called REYNOLDSON in Melbecks 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 1.7153 in Melbecks means that 1.7153% of the people in Melbecks on census day were called REYNOLDSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,878.05 in Melbecks means that you are 4,878.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REYNOLDSON in Melbecks than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Melbecks in 1881

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

ABBOTT (5)  ALDERSON (38)  ALTON (21)  ATKINSON (2)  BATTY (6)  BEARPARK (4)  BELL (43)  BIRBECK (2)  BIRKBECK (9)  BERKBECK (2)  BORROWDALE (1)  BOYD (2)  BRADBURY (1)  BROWN (13)  BRUNSKILL (13)  BUXTON (13)  CALVERT (39)  CHERRY (16)  CLARK (16)  CLARKSON (18)  CLEMINSON (2)  CLOSE (17)  COATES (27)  COLLIN (4)  CONNON (2)  COOPER (8)  COTTINGHAM (14)  COURT (2)  DAYKIN (4)  DEMAIN (8)  DICKENSON (1)  DINSDALE (2)  DOLPHIN (3)  DOUGILL (14)  DUNN (15)  DYKIN (5)  ECLES (19)  FAWCETT (2)  GALLOWAY (7)  GATUS (1)  GILBERT (6)  GILL (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GUY (4)  HARKER (36)  HARRIS (2)  HESLOP (11)  HEZELTINE (5)  HORNE (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUGILL (26)  HUNTER (3)  URWIN (9)  IVESON (5)  JOHNSON (1)  KILBURN (5)  KIRKBRIDE (1)  KEARTON (4)  KNOWLES (9)  MALIN (1)  MARTIN (2)  MCPHAIL (1)  METCALFE (40)  METCALF (1)  MILNER (34)  MUIR (4)  MARR (3)  NEWTON (9)  NICHOLSON (6)  PARKER (3)  PARKIN (10)  PEACOCK (32)  PEDLEY (16)  PERCIVAL (4)  PLACE (17)  PRATT (65)  RAINE (1)  RAW (62)  REYNOLDSON (20)  RIDER (1)  ROBINSON (4)  RUTTER (42)  SARGINSON (2)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (1)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMPSON (11)  SMITHSON (7)  SPENCE (7)  SPENCELY (1)  SPENSLEY (15)  STOREY (7)  STUBBS (1)  SUNTER (49)  TAYLOR (14)  THEXTON (4)  THOMPSON (15)  THWAITES (4)  TIPLADY (3)  WAGGETT (20)  WALKER (1)  WHALEY (5)  WALLER (2)  WATERS (2)  WATSON (6)  WHITE (33)  WHITFIELD (4)  WHITELL (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOODWARD (17)