Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weaverthorpe, Yorkshire

Weaverthorpe 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
IRLAND223.416115,714.29
COOPER213.260913.40
DOBSON203.105670.40
ANDERSON192.950314.94
MILNER172.6398115.10
WALKER172.63987.89
RICHARDSON162.484514.59
HODGSON152.329233.61
WEBSTER132.018623.21
JACKSON132.01867.22
BAYES132.0186677.08
SMITH132.01861.43
BOYES111.7081163.45
JOHNSON111.70815.08
BEAN111.7081132.05
GRICE101.5528150.60
BURNETT91.397550.51
FOSTER91.397510.45
ELLIS91.39759.62
HALL91.39754.75
PICKERING81.242234.42
NELSON81.242225.65
RINGROSE81.2422509.55
PATRICK71.087054.56
GORDON71.087017.25
HEBBLETHWAITE71.0870654.21
SELLERS71.0870141.41
ROBINSON71.08703.41
REX71.0870686.27
BRADFORD71.087055.73
WOODALL60.9317115.83
WILLIAMSON60.931710.39
TOPHAM60.9317127.39
NAYLOR50.776420.60
ELLIOTT50.77649.15
BELL50.77644.13
BANNISTER50.776444.96
ARMSTRONG50.776410.16
BAYLY40.6211425.53
SHEPHARD40.621164.72
BARKER40.62114.75
MILNES40.621170.30
ABBOTT30.465810.56
LAWSON30.46587.90
ROBSON30.46587.08
TAYLOR30.46580.73
HARDING30.46586.44
BROWN30.46580.71
MALKIN30.4658142.18
WINTER30.465813.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
IRLAND15,714.29223.4161
MOMENT1,250.0010.1553
REX686.2771.0870
BAYES677.08132.0186
HEBBLETHWAITE654.2171.0870
RINGROSE509.5581.2422
BAYLY425.5340.6211
LESLEY303.0310.1553
DUNNINGTON178.5710.1553
BOYES163.45111.7081
RAINES153.8520.3106
GRICE150.60101.5528
MALKIN142.1830.4658
SELLERS141.4171.0870
BEAN132.05111.7081
TOPHAM127.3960.9317
WOODALL115.8360.9317
MILNER115.10172.6398
COVERDALE113.6420.3106
BOOTHBY109.2920.3106
STOWE105.8220.3106
GOODWILL87.7210.1553
JAMISON78.1310.1553
DARLEY72.9920.3106
DANBY72.7320.3106
LEAMAN72.4610.1553
DOBSON70.40203.1056
MILNES70.3040.6211
SHEPHARD64.7240.6211
COCKERILL64.3120.3106
MASTERMAN61.7310.1553
ROLLINSON57.4720.3106
BRADFORD55.7371.0870
PATRICK54.5671.0870
ASQUITH53.0520.3106
BURNETT50.5191.3975
KEEBLE45.2520.3106
BANNISTER44.9650.7764
VASEY43.6710.1553
PICKERING34.4281.2422
HODGSON33.61152.3292
DEIGHTON30.9610.1553
NELSON25.6581.2422
WEBSTER23.21132.0186
LAND21.5510.1553
KELSEY20.9610.1553
NAYLOR20.6050.7764
BLANCHARD18.9410.1553
GORDON17.2571.0870
BARON14.9910.1553

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 22 people called IRLAND in Weaverthorpe 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 3.4161 in Weaverthorpe means that 3.4161% of the people in Weaverthorpe on census day were called IRLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called IRLAND 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 IRLAND 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 IRLAND 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 IRLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,714.29 in Weaverthorpe means that you are 15,714.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of IRLAND in Weaverthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weaverthorpe in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ADAMSON (2)  ANDERSON (19)  ANGUS (1)  APPALBY (5)  ARMSTRONG (5)  ASH (1)  ASQUITH (2)  BAYLY (4)  BANNISTER (5)  BARKER (4)  BARMBY (2)  BARON (1)  BEAN (11)  BELL (5)  BERRIMAN (1)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOOTHBY (2)  BOVIL (1)  BOYES (11)  BRADFORD (7)  BROWN (3)  BURNETT (9)  BURTON (2)  BUTLER (1)  BAYES (13)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHEWE (1)  CLARKESON (1)  COCKERILL (2)  COOPER (21)  COVERDALE (2)  CRAWTHORN (1)  CRAWTHORPE (1)  CURTUS (1)  DANBY (2)  DARLEY (2)  DAWSON (3)  DEIGHTON (1)  DINNSWELL (1)  DINSLEY (1)  DOBSON (20)  DOWSLAND (1)  DUNNINGTON (1)  EDGE (1)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELLIS (9)  ELVIDGE (6)  FARROW (1)  FERNDALE (1)  FITZGERALD (1)  FOLEY (1)  FOSTER (9)  FOX (2)  GILBANK (1)  GOODWILL (1)  GORDON (7)  GREEN (1)  GREENWOOD (2)  GRICE (10)  HALL (9)  HARDING (3)  HARDY (1)  HARE (1)  HESELWOOD (1)  HESSELWOOD (4)  HEBBLETHWAITE (7)  HESP (1)  HODGSON (15)  HOLLILEY (1)  HOPE (2)  HUDSON (1)  HURST (1)  IBBERSON (1)  IRLAND (22)  JACKSON (13)  JAMISON (1)  JOHNSON (11)  KEEBLE (2)  KELLINGTON (4)  KELSEY (1)  LAND (1)  LAWTY (1)  LAWSON (3)  LEAMAN (1)  LESLEY (1)  LICKERS (5)  LODGE (1)  LOVEL (5)  MALKIN (3)  MARSHALL (1)  MASTERMAN (1)  MEDD (15)  METCALFE (2)  MILNES (4)  MILNER (17)  MOMENT (1)  MONKMAN (8)  NAYLOR (5)  NELSON (8)  NENDICK (3)  NICHOLSON (1)  PATRICK (7)  PICKERING (8)  POSTHILL (9)  PRATT (1)  RAINES (2)  ROLLINSON (2)  REX (7)  RICHARDSON (16)  RIDSDILL (1)  RINGROSE (8)  ROBINSON (7)  ROBSON (3)  SANDYMAN (4)  SAWDON (13)  SCORSBY (1)  SELLERS (7)  SHEPHARD (4)  SMITH (13)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOWE (2)  SUMMERSGILL (4)  SUNDERLAND (1)  SOWDON (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNBURN (4)  TOPHAM (6)  VASEY (1)  WAINS (1)  WALKER (17)  WARD (1)  WARDILL (19)  WEBSTER (13)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (2)  WINDROP (3)  WINTER (3)  WOOD (2)  WOODALL (6)