Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pockley, Yorkshire

Pockley 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
BARKER1910.052976.83
ATKINSON136.878370.61
TAYLOR94.76197.45
NICHOLSON73.703752.12
HUTCHINSON73.703765.18
RICHARDSON73.703721.76
WORTHY63.17461,304.35
ROBSON52.645540.19
COVERDALE42.1164769.23
SHARPE42.116471.81
WOOD42.11646.64
DUNNING42.1164250.00
JAMES31.58738.08
SWALES31.5873227.27
BELL31.58738.45
HALL21.05823.60
WILKES21.058260.98
HUGILL21.0582425.53
SPENCE21.058232.00
TURNER21.05823.80
BRITTAIN21.0582136.99
PETCH21.0582238.10
WILSON21.05822.30
WARRINER21.0582363.64
STURDY10.5291166.67
ASHPOLE10.5291909.09
OWSTON10.5291769.23
FOSTER10.52913.96
SLATER10.52918.74
MASON10.52913.94
LAWS10.529147.62
WARD10.52912.42
COLLEY10.529141.67
TATE10.529127.40
PICKARD10.529137.88
GOTT10.5291121.95
FLETCHER10.52914.63
SKELTON10.529136.36
MACKINNON10.5291147.06
WATSON10.52912.28
COOPER10.52912.17
SHARP10.52916.35
ROBINSON10.52911.66
HOLMES10.52914.34
FRANK10.5291125.00
SNOWDEN10.529159.52
MYERS10.529120.28
SHAW10.52912.88
LENG10.5291188.68
COLLIER10.529115.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORTHY1,304.3563.1746
ASHPOLE909.0910.5291
COVERDALE769.2342.1164
OWSTON769.2310.5291
HUGILL425.5321.0582
WARRINER363.6421.0582
DUNNING250.0042.1164
PETCH238.1021.0582
SWALES227.2731.5873
LENG188.6810.5291
STURDY166.6710.5291
MACKINNON147.0610.5291
BRITTAIN136.9921.0582
FRANK125.0010.5291
GOTT121.9510.5291
BARKER76.831910.0529
SHARPE71.8142.1164
ATKINSON70.61136.8783
HUTCHINSON65.1873.7037
WILKES60.9821.0582
SNOWDEN59.5210.5291
NICHOLSON52.1273.7037
LAWS47.6210.5291
COLLEY41.6710.5291
ROBSON40.1952.6455
PICKARD37.8810.5291
SKELTON36.3610.5291
SPENCE32.0021.0582
TATE27.4010.5291
RICHARDSON21.7673.7037
MYERS20.2810.5291
COLLIER15.8210.5291
SANDERSON12.8010.5291
SLATER8.7410.5291
BELL8.4531.5873
JAMES8.0831.5873
TAYLOR7.4594.7619
WOOD6.6442.1164
SHARP6.3510.5291
FLETCHER4.6310.5291
HOLMES4.3410.5291
FOSTER3.9610.5291
MASON3.9410.5291
TURNER3.8021.0582
HALL3.6021.0582
SHAW2.8810.5291
WARD2.4210.5291
WILSON2.3021.0582
WATSON2.2810.5291
COOPER2.1710.5291

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called WORTHY in Pockley 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 3.1746 in Pockley means that 3.1746% of the people in Pockley on census day were called WORTHY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORTHY 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 WORTHY 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 WORTHY 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 WORTHY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,304.35 in Pockley means that you are 1,304.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORTHY in Pockley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pockley in 1881

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

ALLENBY (3)  ASHPOLE (1)  ATKINSON (13)  BARKER (19)  BARTHRAM (2)  BELL (3)  BRITTAIN (2)  COLLEY (1)  COLLIER (1)  CONNING (9)  COOPER (1)  COUSI... (1)  COVERDALE (4)  DOWKES (5)  DUNNING (4)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (1)  FRANK (1)  GOTT (1)  HALL (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOULSTON (1)  HUGILL (2)  HUTCHINSON (7)  JAMES (3)  LAWS (1)  LENG (1)  MASON (1)  MACKINNON (1)  MYERS (1)  NICHOLSON (7)  OWSTON (1)  PETCH (2)  PICKARD (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (5)  SANDERSON (1)  SCALING (6)  SHARP (1)  SHARPE (4)  SHAW (1)  SIGSWORTH (1)  SKELTON (1)  SLATER (1)  SNOWDEN (1)  SONLEY (3)  SPENCE (2)  STURDY (1)  SWALES (3)  TATE (1)  TAYLOR (9)  TURNER (2)  TYREMAN (12)  WARD (1)  WARRINER (2)  WATSON (1)  WILKES (2)  WILLERBY (3)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (4)  WORTHY (6)