Top surnames from the 1881 census in Warthill Copyhold, Yorkshire

Warthill Copyhold 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
CARTWRIGHT136.8063178.57
SMITH136.80634.82
BLAKE94.712097.30
DODDS84.1885199.01
HICK73.6649786.52
AGAR73.6649945.95
PARKER73.664919.27
LAMB63.141459.52
WATTERSON63.1414967.74
THOMPSON63.141410.49
WRIGHT63.14149.79
JOHNSON52.61787.79
CROFT52.6178110.86
COOK52.617813.18
CRAIG42.094247.68
RICHMOND42.094295.69
ATKINSON42.094221.51
LINDSAY31.570748.15
WAKE31.5707194.81
SIDDALL31.5707214.29
STEEL31.570738.56
LEADLEY31.57071,200.00
WALKER21.04713.13
ROBINSON21.04713.28
BENSON21.047138.61
CORNFORTH21.0471454.55
KENDALL21.047148.66
BODDY21.0471188.68
NICHOLSON10.52367.37
TATTERSALL10.523637.74
BRITTON10.523629.59
JONES10.52360.46
WEBSTER10.52366.02
POLL10.5236333.33
NELSON10.523610.81
STEVENSON10.52367.46
LEE10.52363.20
CARR10.52367.26
MASON10.52363.89
BUCKLE10.523648.08
SCOTT10.52362.07
KELSEY10.523670.92
PORTEUS10.5236500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEADLEY1,200.0031.5707
WATTERSON967.7463.1414
AGAR945.9573.6649
HICK786.5273.6649
PORTEUS500.0010.5236
CORNFORTH454.5521.0471
POLL333.3310.5236
SIDDALL214.2931.5707
DODDS199.0184.1885
WAKE194.8131.5707
BODDY188.6821.0471
CARTWRIGHT178.57136.8063
CROFT110.8652.6178
BLAKE97.3094.7120
RICHMOND95.6942.0942
KELSEY70.9210.5236
LAMB59.5263.1414
KENDALL48.6621.0471
LINDSAY48.1531.5707
BUCKLE48.0810.5236
CRAIG47.6842.0942
BENSON38.6121.0471
STEEL38.5631.5707
TATTERSALL37.7410.5236
BRITTON29.5910.5236
ATKINSON21.5142.0942
PARKER19.2773.6649
COOK13.1852.6178
NELSON10.8110.5236
THOMPSON10.4963.1414
WRIGHT9.7963.1414
JOHNSON7.7952.6178
STEVENSON7.4610.5236
NICHOLSON7.3710.5236
CARR7.2610.5236
WEBSTER6.0210.5236
SMITH4.82136.8063
MASON3.8910.5236
ROBINSON3.2821.0471
LEE3.2010.5236
WALKER3.1321.0471
SCOTT2.0710.5236
JONES0.4610.5236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called LEADLEY in Warthill Copyhold 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 1.5707 in Warthill Copyhold means that 1.5707% of the people in Warthill Copyhold on census day were called LEADLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEADLEY 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 LEADLEY 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 LEADLEY 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 LEADLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,200.00 in Warthill Copyhold means that you are 1,200.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEADLEY in Warthill Copyhold than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Warthill Copyhold in 1881

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

AGAR (7)  ATKINSON (4)  BELLERBY (2)  BENSON (2)  BLAKE (9)  BODDY (2)  BRITTON (1)  BUCKLE (1)  CARR (1)  CARTWRIGHT (13)  COOK (5)  COOKSHAW (4)  CORNFORTH (2)  CRAIG (4)  CROFT (5)  CULLOME (1)  KIRLEW (8)  DARFIELD (2)  DODDS (8)  FEWSTER (2)  HICK (7)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (1)  KELSEY (1)  KENDALL (2)  LAMB (6)  LARCUM (4)  LEE (1)  LEADLEY (3)  LINDSAY (3)  LOADMAN (1)  MASON (1)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PALFRAMAN (1)  PARKER (7)  PICLEY OR PICTEY (2)  POLL (1)  PORTEUS (1)  RICHMOND (4)  ROBINSON (2)  SCOTT (1)  SIDDALL (3)  SISSONS (5)  SMITH (13)  STEEL (3)  STEVENSON (1)  TATTERSALL (1)  THOMPSON (6)  VAREY (1)  WAKE (3)  WALKER (2)  WATTERSON (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WOKES (1)  WRIGHT (6)