Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wansford, Yorkshire

Wansford 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
ROBINSON115.263216.51
LAMB104.784790.66
WARD94.306219.71
CLARK83.827812.73
WATTS83.827845.66
DIXON73.349330.57
NICHOLS62.870888.11
SYKES62.870859.82
PASHLEY52.3923649.35
MOOR52.3923170.65
HARRISON52.392310.78
MOY52.39231,162.79
BIELBY52.39231,515.15
WOODALL41.9139238.10
RICHARDSON41.913911.24
BEALS41.91392,500.00
PRESTON41.913938.31
COBB41.9139134.68
MOODY41.913973.26
BARON41.9139185.19
THOMPSON31.43544.79
WALKER31.43544.29
BRIGGS31.435426.43
WATSON31.43546.19
TRANMER31.43544,285.71
CHERRY31.4354140.19
PROCTER31.4354110.70
ATKINSON20.95699.82
CLAYTON20.956917.61
MARSON20.9569210.53
DUNCAN20.956913.99
WOOD20.95693.00
WILKINSON20.95696.27
SELLERS20.9569124.22
RINGROSE20.9569392.16
GILES10.478512.56
COUSINS10.478526.60
RODGERS10.478517.48
WILSON10.47851.04
BRIGHTMAN10.4785200.00
HOPKINSON10.478529.24
WATT10.478512.48
READ10.47857.42
PEARSON10.47854.12
COATES10.478512.84
MATTHEWS10.47855.49
WITTY10.4785238.10
KITSON10.478559.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRANMER4,285.7131.4354
BEALS2,500.0041.9139
BIELBY1,515.1552.3923
MOY1,162.7952.3923
PASHLEY649.3552.3923
RINGROSE392.1620.9569
WITTY238.1010.4785
WOODALL238.1041.9139
MARSON210.5320.9569
BRIGHTMAN200.0010.4785
BARON185.1941.9139
MOOR170.6552.3923
CHERRY140.1931.4354
COBB134.6841.9139
SELLERS124.2220.9569
PROCTER110.7031.4354
LAMB90.66104.7847
NICHOLS88.1162.8708
MOODY73.2641.9139
KITSON59.8810.4785
SYKES59.8262.8708
WATTS45.6683.8278
PRESTON38.3141.9139
DIXON30.5773.3493
HOPKINSON29.2410.4785
COUSINS26.6010.4785
BRIGGS26.4331.4354
WARD19.7194.3062
CLAYTON17.6120.9569
RODGERS17.4810.4785
ROBINSON16.51115.2632
DUNCAN13.9920.9569
COATES12.8410.4785
CLARK12.7383.8278
GILES12.5610.4785
WATT12.4810.4785
RICHARDSON11.2441.9139
HARRISON10.7852.3923
ATKINSON9.8220.9569
READ7.4210.4785
WILKINSON6.2720.9569
WATSON6.1931.4354
MATTHEWS5.4910.4785
THOMPSON4.7931.4354
WALKER4.2931.4354
PEARSON4.1210.4785
WOOD3.0020.9569
WILSON1.0410.4785

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called TRANMER in Wansford 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 1.4354 in Wansford means that 1.4354% of the people in Wansford on census day were called TRANMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRANMER 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 TRANMER 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 TRANMER 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 TRANMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,285.71 in Wansford means that you are 4,285.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRANMER in Wansford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wansford in 1881

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

ATKINSON (2)  BARNBY (16)  BARON (4)  BEALS (4)  BIELBY (5)  BOVILL (1)  BRIGGS (3)  BRIGHTMAN (1)  CHERRY (3)  CHESWICK (2)  CLARK (8)  CLAYTON (2)  COATES (1)  COBB (4)  COUSINS (1)  CROSER (4)  DIXON (7)  DUNCAN (2)  GILES (1)  HARRISON (5)  HOLTBY (2)  HOPKINSON (1)  HOUGHT (2)  KITSON (1)  LAMB (10)  LAYBOURN (3)  MARSON (2)  MATTHEWS (1)  MOODY (4)  MOOR (5)  MOY (5)  NEWBOURN (1)  NICHOLS (6)  OUBRIDGE (5)  PASHLEY (5)  PEARSON (1)  POTTOR (2)  PRESTON (4)  PROCTER (3)  READ (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  RINGROSE (2)  ROBINSON (11)  RODGERS (1)  SELLERS (2)  SHEPHERDSON (1)  SISSONS (1)  SYKES (6)  THOMPSON (3)  TRANMER (3)  VAREY (1)  WALKER (3)  WARD (9)  WATSON (3)  WATTS (8)  WATT (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (1)  WITTY (1)  WOOD (2)  WOODALL (4)