Top surnames from the 1881 census in Romaldkirk, Yorkshire

Romaldkirk 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
BAINBRIDGE238.3032591.26
ROBINSON217.581223.78
ALDERSON196.8592494.79
GATES124.3321279.72
FOREST124.33211,518.99
DENT93.2491170.45
SMITH93.24912.30
COLLISON93.2491789.47
OLIVER93.249145.55
KIPLING82.88811,212.12
SAYER82.8881220.39
WALKER72.52717.55
HELMER72.52717,777.78
WHITFIELD72.5271126.58
THOMPSON62.16617.23
LEE62.166113.25
RUMBOLD51.8051819.67
DICKINSON41.444033.81
HODGSON41.444020.83
MORTON41.444027.03
WOOD41.44404.53
ALLISON41.444050.83
LONGSTAFF31.0830153.85
WILKINSON31.08307.10
TROTTER31.0830103.45
BARKER31.08308.28
LANGSTAFF31.0830857.14
SMEDLEY31.0830132.16
WATSON20.72203.11
HOLMES20.72205.93
CLEVELAND20.7220370.37
WRIGHT20.72202.25
FORREST20.722028.01
LAYTON20.722090.09
WALTON20.722010.26
CHAPMAN20.72205.08
HEPWORTH20.722063.29
METCALF20.722035.65
CULLEN10.361020.62
RAINE10.361043.29
NEWTON10.36104.71
TEMPLE10.361027.47
BEAVIS10.361088.50
SHIELDS10.361023.36
ATKINSON10.36103.71
JERVIS10.361046.95
CROPLEY10.3610227.27
PICKERING10.361010.01
LIND10.3610212.77
DARKE10.3610153.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HELMER7,777.7872.5271
FOREST1,518.99124.3321
KIPLING1,212.1282.8881
LANGSTAFF857.1431.0830
RUMBOLD819.6751.8051
COLLISON789.4793.2491
BAINBRIDGE591.26238.3032
ALDERSON494.79196.8592
CLEVELAND370.3720.7220
GATES279.72124.3321
CROPLEY227.2710.3610
SAYER220.3982.8881
LIND212.7710.3610
DENT170.4593.2491
DARKE153.8510.3610
LONGSTAFF153.8531.0830
SMEDLEY132.1631.0830
WHITFIELD126.5872.5271
TROTTER103.4531.0830
LAYTON90.0920.7220
BEAVIS88.5010.3610
HEPWORTH63.2920.7220
ALLISON50.8341.4440
JERVIS46.9510.3610
OLIVER45.5593.2491
RAINE43.2910.3610
METCALF35.6520.7220
DICKINSON33.8141.4440
FORREST28.0120.7220
TEMPLE27.4710.3610
MORTON27.0341.4440
REDFERN25.9110.3610
ROBINSON23.78217.5812
SHIELDS23.3610.3610
HODGSON20.8341.4440
CULLEN20.6210.3610
HORN15.9010.3610
LEE13.2562.1661
WALLIS10.6610.3610
WALTON10.2620.7220
PICKERING10.0110.3610
BARKER8.2831.0830
WALKER7.5572.5271
THOMPSON7.2362.1661
WILKINSON7.1031.0830
WILLIS6.7910.3610
HOLMES5.9320.7220
CHAPMAN5.0820.7220
NEWTON4.7110.3610
WOOD4.5341.4440

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called HELMER in Romaldkirk 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 2.5271 in Romaldkirk means that 2.5271% of the people in Romaldkirk on census day were called HELMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HELMER 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 HELMER 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 HELMER 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 HELMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,777.78 in Romaldkirk means that you are 7,777.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HELMER in Romaldkirk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Romaldkirk in 1881

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

ALDERSON (19)  ALLISON (4)  ATKINSON (1)  BAINBRIDGE (23)  BARKER (3)  BEAVIS (1)  BROWN (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLEVELAND (2)  COLLISON (9)  CROPLEY (1)  CULLEN (1)  DARKE (1)  DENT (9)  DICKINSON (4)  FAWCET (2)  FORREST (2)  FOREST (12)  FOSTER (1)  GAMBOL (1)  GATES (12)  HELMER (7)  HEPWORTH (2)  HEWIT (2)  HODGSON (4)  HOLMES (2)  HORN (1)  HUGGINSON (3)  JERVIS (1)  KIPLING (8)  LANGSTAFF (3)  LOWSON (4)  LEE (6)  LAYTON (2)  LIND (1)  LONGSTAFF (3)  METCALF (2)  MORTON (4)  NEWTON (1)  OLIVER (9)  PICKERING (1)  RAINE (1)  REDFERN (1)  ROBINSON (21)  RUMBOLD (5)  SAYER (8)  SCRAFTON (10)  SHIELDS (1)  SMEDLEY (3)  SMITH (9)  TEMPLE (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TROTTER (3)  TUGNAN (1)  WALKER (7)  WALLIS (1)  WALTON (2)  WATSON (2)  WHITFIELD (7)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIS (1)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHT (2)  WRIGHTSON (1)