Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wold Newton, Yorkshire

Wold Newton 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
STEPHENSON216.7093117.25
WATSON123.833916.53
GRICE92.8754278.64
MYERS92.8754110.29
CARTER82.555915.23
ATKINSON82.555926.24
SPECK82.55591,428.57
WILSON72.23644.87
LUNN72.2364172.84
PRATT72.236438.93
HEWSON72.2364274.51
STORK61.91691,176.47
FORDON61.916920,000.00
ROBINSON61.91696.01
BANNISTER61.9169111.11
EDWARDS61.91696.88
LAYCOCK61.9169139.53
SUTTON61.916930.11
BENNISON51.5974568.18
WAITES51.5974632.91
REDSHAW51.5974537.63
SUMMERS51.597456.95
WRAY51.5974118.76
BAKKER41.278020,000.00
HICKS41.278030.53
REED41.278017.51
SOUTHWELL30.9585153.06
EDMOND30.9585283.02
PLANK30.9585545.45
CADMAN30.9585117.65
WILES30.9585110.70
BOWMAN30.958536.67
BANK30.95851,000.00
ACKLAND20.6390194.17
HALL20.63902.17
BROOKS20.63906.54
COOPER20.63902.63
COLLINSON20.639054.50
BROWN20.63900.97
COULTAS20.6390322.58
COATES10.31958.57
POOLE10.31956.63
PARKER10.31951.68
MOORE10.31951.60
SELLERS10.319541.49
MALLORY10.3195500.00
SUTER10.3195107.53
CLARKE10.31951.58
PALMER10.31952.71
FAIRBURN10.3195123.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAKKER20,000.0041.2780
FORDON20,000.0061.9169
MOMENT2,500.0010.3195
DAYE1,666.6710.3195
CHAMPLIN1,428.5710.3195
SPECK1,428.5782.5559
STORK1,176.4761.9169
BANK1,000.0030.9585
WAITES632.9151.5974
BENNISON568.1851.5974
PLANK545.4530.9585
REDSHAW537.6351.5974
MALLORY500.0010.3195
COULTAS322.5820.6390
EDMOND283.0230.9585
GRICE278.6492.8754
HEWSON274.5172.2364
SEVERS243.9010.3195
THAKE232.5610.3195
ACKLAND194.1720.6390
LUNN172.8472.2364
SOUTHWELL153.0630.9585
LAYCOCK139.5361.9169
MASTERMAN126.5810.3195
FAIRBURN123.4610.3195
WRAY118.7651.5974
CADMAN117.6530.9585
STEPHENSON117.25216.7093
BANNISTER111.1161.9169
WILES110.7030.9585
MYERS110.2992.8754
SUTER107.5310.3195
SUMMERS56.9551.5974
COLLINSON54.5020.6390
SNOWDON42.9210.3195
SELLERS41.4910.3195
PRATT38.9372.2364
BOWMAN36.6730.9585
PATTINSON35.7110.3195
HICKS30.5341.2780
SUTTON30.1161.9169
BRAITHWAITE27.5510.3195
ATKINSON26.2482.5559
REED17.5141.2780
WATSON16.53123.8339
CARTER15.2382.5559
COATES8.5710.3195
EDWARDS6.8861.9169
POOLE6.6310.3195
BROOKS6.5420.6390

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BAKKER in Wold Newton 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 1.2780 in Wold Newton means that 1.2780% of the people in Wold Newton on census day were called BAKKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAKKER 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 BAKKER 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 BAKKER 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 BAKKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Wold Newton means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAKKER in Wold Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wold Newton in 1881

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

ACKLAND (2)  ATKINSON (8)  BAKKER (4)  BANK (3)  BANNISTER (6)  BATTERICE (1)  BENNISON (5)  BOWMAN (3)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BREEZER (4)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (2)  CADMAN (3)  CARTER (8)  CHAMPLIN (1)  CHAMPTIN (1)  CHANTER (1)  CLARKE (1)  COATES (1)  COLLINSON (2)  COOPER (2)  COWTON (9)  COULTAS (2)  LANGTON ((COWTON)) (4)  DAYE (1)  DUGGLEBY (4)  EASTERBY (3)  EDMOND (3)  EDWARDS (6)  ELVIDGE (8)  FAIRBURN (1)  FLOUNDERS (1)  FORDON (6)  GARDHAM (1)  GILL (1)  GRICE (9)  HALL (2)  HEWSON (7)  HICKS (4)  JEEVES (1)  LAYCOCK (6)  LILLYMAN (1)  LUNN (7)  MALLORY (1)  MARCHULL (1)  MASTERMAN (1)  MAYMEN (1)  MENCHELL (1)  MOMENT (1)  MOORE (1)  MUSSLEBY (1)  MYERS (9)  NESFIELD (7)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (1)  PATTINSON (1)  PLANK (3)  POOLE (1)  PRATT (7)  WRAY (5)  REDSHAW (5)  REED (4)  RIKENGALL (1)  ROBINSON (6)  SAVIALL (1)  SAWDON (7)  SELLERS (1)  SEVERS (1)  SNOWDON (1)  SUTER (1)  SOUTHWELL (3)  SPECK (8)  STAVELEY (6)  STEPHENSON (21)  STORK (6)  SUMMERS (5)  SUTTON (6)  THAKE (1)  TINEGATE (2)  WALGATE (9)  WATSON (12)  WILES (3)  WILSON (7)  WAITES (5)