Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wigginton, Yorkshire

Wigginton 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
JOHNSON133.22589.60
DUTTON122.9777131.58
JONES122.97772.63
BLACKBURN112.729572.42
JEFFERSON102.4814228.31
HALL102.48148.43
WELLS92.233326.84
REED92.233330.59
KENDRA92.233318,000.00
BRAND81.9851134.45
NELSON81.985140.98
WEBSTER81.985122.82
ABELL81.9851640.00
RILEY81.985125.09
WILLEY81.9851220.39
HUNTER81.985119.33
MASON71.737012.92
HIBBARD71.7370593.22
POTTER71.737026.78
DUSTON71.73707,777.78
SHAW71.73709.46
NORTON61.488844.78
DICKINSON61.488834.86
BENSON61.488854.89
STONES51.2407104.38
BELL51.24076.60
SCOTT51.24074.90
NOBLE51.240729.89
HUTCHINSON51.240721.84
CASS51.2407174.83
TEMPEST51.2407265.96
METCALFE51.240754.35
GELL40.9926377.36
MACHAN40.99262,000.00
CARLTON40.9926193.24
FIRTH40.992629.90
FORTH40.9926404.04
HALLAWAY40.99262,352.94
DANIEL40.992644.94
CORBETT30.744437.97
GRAY30.74445.21
RHODES30.744416.03
LAZENBY30.7444157.07
SMITH30.74440.53
BECKWITH30.7444126.58
REYNOLDS30.74448.59
BRIGHAM30.7444352.94
HOPWOOD20.496343.57
RICHARDSON20.49632.92
WRAY20.496336.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENDRA18,000.0092.2333
DUSTON7,777.7871.7370
HALLAWAY2,352.9440.9926
MACHAN2,000.0040.9926
RAPP769.2310.2481
ABELL640.0081.9851
HIBBARD593.2271.7370
FORTH404.0440.9926
GOATLEY384.6210.2481
GELL377.3640.9926
BRIGHAM352.9430.7444
TEMPEST265.9651.2407
JEFFERSON228.31102.4814
WILLEY220.3981.9851
CARLTON193.2440.9926
CASS174.8351.2407
LAZENBY157.0730.7444
BRAND134.4581.9851
DUTTON131.58122.9777
BECKWITH126.5830.7444
CAWOOD105.2610.2481
STONES104.3851.2407
SHERWIN92.1720.4963
HAW75.1910.2481
BLACKBURN72.42112.7295
GRAYSON66.4520.4963
WATERWORTH57.1410.2481
BENSON54.8961.4888
METCALFE54.3551.2407
WASS45.6610.2481
DANIEL44.9440.9926
NORTON44.7861.4888
HOPWOOD43.5720.4963
NELSON40.9881.9851
ABEL38.4610.2481
CORBETT37.9730.7444
WRAY36.9020.4963
DICKINSON34.8661.4888
REED30.5992.2333
FIRTH29.9040.9926
NOBLE29.8951.2407
WELLS26.8492.2333
POTTER26.7871.7370
MARSTON26.6710.2481
RILEY25.0981.9851
WEBSTER22.8281.9851
HUTCHINSON21.8451.2407
HUNTER19.3381.9851
ALDERSON17.8910.2481
RHODES16.0330.7444

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called KENDRA in Wigginton 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 2.2333 in Wigginton means that 2.2333% of the people in Wigginton on census day were called KENDRA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENDRA 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 KENDRA 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 KENDRA 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 KENDRA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 18,000.00 in Wigginton means that you are 18,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENDRA in Wigginton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wigginton in 1881

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

ABELL (8)  ABEL (1)  ALDERSON (1)  BARAK (1)  BECKWITH (3)  BELL (5)  BENSON (6)  BICKERDIKE (11)  BLACKBURN (11)  BOI (1)  BRAND (8)  BRIGHAM (3)  BROADLEY (1)  BULLOCK (1)  CASS (5)  CAWOOD (1)  CARLTON (4)  CLARKE (1)  CLARKSON (1)  COGGRAVE (1)  CORBETT (3)  DAKER (7)  DAKER (DAYKER) (8)  DANIEL (4)  DAYKER (2)  DICKINSON (6)  DOBSON (1)  DUSTON (7)  DUTTON (12)  FIRTH (4)  FORTH (4)  GALE (1)  GELL (4)  GOATLEY (1)  GOODHALL (1)  GRAY (3)  GRAYSON (2)  GREENHOW (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  HALL (10)  HARRISON (1)  HAW (1)  HIBBARD (7)  HILL (1)  HODGE (1)  HODGSON (1)  HALLAWAY (4)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOPWOOD (2)  HORN (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNTER (8)  HUTCHINSON (5)  JEFFERSON (10)  JOHNSON (13)  JONES (12)  KENDRA (9)  LAWSON (1)  LAZENBY (3)  LORKINS (1)  LORRIMAN (2)  LUMANS (2)  MACHAN (4)  MARSTON (1)  MASON (7)  METCALFE (5)  MURRAY (1)  NELSON (8)  NICHOLSON (1)  NOBLE (5)  NORTON (6)  POTTER (7)  PULLEYN (6)  WRAY (2)  RAPP (1)  REED (9)  RENNISON (6)  REYNOLDS (3)  RHODES (3)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIDSDALE (1)  RILEY (8)  SCOTT (5)  SHAW (7)  SHERWIN (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (3)  SNAITH (1)  STANDALOFT (1)  STONES (5)  TEMPEST (5)  TODD (1)  WASS (1)  WATERWORTH (1)  WELLS (9)  WEBSTER (8)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WOOD (1)  WREGLESWORTH (12)  WILLEY (8)