Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wetwang, Yorkshire

Wetwang 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
AGAR203.2051833.33
SHARP182.884634.62
BECKETT142.2436112.54
HOPPER121.9231134.68
PARSONS121.923125.32
SYKES111.762836.74
WALKER111.76285.27
WRAY111.7628131.11
BULLOCK111.762854.19
DONKIN101.6026431.03
CARR101.602622.21
NICHOLSON101.602622.55
SCOTT91.44235.70
WILES91.4423166.36
MOODY91.442355.21
WAITES91.4423573.25
COLE91.442315.83
PAUL91.442357.62
EDMOND91.4423426.54
GILLINGS81.2821544.22
BARRETT81.282119.09
BRAND71.121876.00
BUTLER71.121811.51
FOSTER71.12188.39
MILLNER71.12181,129.03
BURKS60.9615779.22
BROWN60.96151.46
HERRINGTON60.9615255.32
COUPLAND60.9615151.90
COVERDALE60.9615350.88
LILE50.80132,380.95
SANDERSON50.801319.39
PRINCE50.801335.44
DOWSON50.8013146.63
TAYLOR50.80131.25
ROOKS50.8013370.37
SNELL50.801342.34
SIMPSON50.80134.58
SMITH40.64100.45
ANDERSON40.64103.25
HODGSON40.64109.25
WILSON40.64101.40
HARRISON40.64102.89
BEAN40.641049.51
MARKELL40.64102,105.26
HOMEWOOD40.6410203.05
MYERS40.641024.57
NORMAN30.480810.37
KITCHEN30.480828.22
CLEMENTS30.480814.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COVAL15,000.0030.4808
LILE2,380.9550.8013
MARKELL2,105.2640.6410
MILLNER1,129.0371.1218
OVERFIELD1,000.0020.3205
AGAR833.33203.2051
BURKS779.2260.9615
EGAR666.6710.1603
WAITES573.2591.4423
GILLINGS544.2281.2821
LEVERS468.7530.4808
DONKIN431.03101.6026
EDMOND426.5491.4423
ROOKS370.3750.8013
COVERDALE350.8860.9615
HERRINGTON255.3260.9615
GREENLAW238.1010.1603
HOMEWOOD203.0540.6410
PENNOCK202.0220.3205
WILES166.3691.4423
KITCHER163.9310.1603
WHEATCROFT160.4330.4808
COUPLAND151.9060.9615
DOWSON146.6350.8013
HOPPER134.68121.9231
WRAY131.11111.7628
BECKETT112.54142.2436
STONEHOUSE109.8930.4808
CHEW94.6430.4808
KERBY87.7210.1603
WITTY80.6510.1603
BRAND76.0071.1218
PAUL57.6291.4423
MOODY55.2191.4423
BULLOCK54.19111.7628
OGLE50.2510.1603
BEAN49.5140.6410
RIGGS48.0810.1603
MELTON45.4510.1603
SNELL42.3450.8013
WARDELL40.3210.1603
SWEETING40.0010.1603
SYKES36.74111.7628
MAJOR35.6330.4808
PRINCE35.4450.8013
SHARP34.62182.8846
LAZENBY33.9010.1603
PEGG32.6820.3205
MURRY30.3010.1603
KITCHEN28.2230.4808

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called COVAL in Wetwang 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 0.4808 in Wetwang means that 0.4808% of the people in Wetwang on census day were called COVAL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COVAL 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 COVAL 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 COVAL 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 COVAL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in Wetwang means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COVAL in Wetwang than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wetwang in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AGAR (20)  ANDERSON (4)  ATKINSON (1)  BAKER (1)  BANKS (1)  BARMBY (5)  BARRETT (8)  BEAN (4)  BECKETT (14)  BEWELL (1)  BURKS (6)  BURKE (1)  BLOWMAN (8)  BLYTHE (1)  BRAND (7)  BROWN (6)  BULLOCK (11)  BUNELL (1)  BUTLER (7)  BUTTLE (4)  CARR (10)  CHEW (3)  CLARKE (2)  CLEMENTS (3)  COLE (9)  COOPER (2)  COUPLAND (6)  COULTES (1)  COVAL (3)  COVERDALE (6)  CROFS (1)  CRUST (2)  DOWSON (5)  DONKIN (10)  EAST (1)  EGAR (1)  EDMOND (9)  ELGEY (3)  ELLIFFE (2)  ELLIFF (SIMPSON) (2)  ELLIS (1)  FEWSTER (4)  FLEETHAM (1)  FOSTER (7)  FRANKISH (3)  GARNER (1)  GILBANK (18)  GILLINGS (8)  GILLEATT (4)  GREENLAW (1)  HERRINGTON (6)  HARRISON (4)  HARAH (1)  HODGE (3)  HODGSON (4)  HOLMES (1)  HOLTBY (13)  HOMEWOOD (4)  HOPPER (12)  HOTHAM (3)  HUGGENS (2)  HYDE (1)  IBSON (7)  IRELAND (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (2)  KETTLEWOOD (1)  KERBY (1)  KITCHEN (3)  KITCHER (1)  LAKEN (4)  LAMPLOUGH (3)  LAYCOCK (1)  LAZENBY (1)  LEVERS (3)  LILE (5)  LINKLER (4)  LYRED (1)  MAJOR (3)  MARKELL (4)  CALEM (1)  MILLNER (7)  MELTON (1)  MONKMAN (16)  MOODY (9)  MOWTHORPE (3)  MURRY (1)  MYERS (4)  NEWLOVE (1)  NICHOLSON (10)  NORMAN (3)  OGLE (1)  OVERFIELD (2)  OXTOBY (5)  PALFREMAN (1)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (12)  PATRICK (1)  PAUL (9)  PEAM (1)  PEGG (2)  PENNOCK (2)  POTTER (1)  PRINCE (5)  WRAY (11)  RIGGS (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROBSON (2)  ROOKS (5)  ROE (2)  ROTHAM (1)  SANDERSON (5)  SERGINSON (11)  SCOTT (9)  SCURRAH (5)  SHARP (18)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (4)  SNELL (5)  SOWERSBY (10)  STANELEY (1)  STOCKS (1)  STOKES (1)  STONEHOUSE (3)  SWEETING (1)  SYKES (11)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (2)  TRUEMAN (1)  WALKER (11)  WALLER (1)  WARD (1)  WARDELL (1)  WATSON (1)  WHEATCROFT (3)  WILBERFOSS (5)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILES (9)  WILSON (4)  WINDMILL (1)  WINDUSS (8)  WITTY (1)  WOODHILL (1)  WAITES (9)