Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hambleton, Lancashire

Hambleton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lancashire

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
THOMPSON338.483328.32
BEE246.16971,095.89
HULL174.3702209.10
BLACKBURN123.084881.80
JACKSON102.57079.20
BARON92.3136223.33
PRESTON92.313646.32
PARKINSON92.313648.23
BOWMAN92.313688.58
WILKINSON92.313615.16
WHITESIDE92.3136290.32
CROFT82.056687.05
THORNTON82.056640.90
POOLE82.056642.69
DEASON82.05663,200.00
HALL71.79956.12
VALLIANT71.799523,333.33
SALISBURY71.7995181.35
HODGSON71.799525.96
BALDERSTON61.54241,714.29
STOCKDALE61.5424198.02
DOBSON61.542434.97
ROSS51.285311.76
HOLMES51.285310.56
GREGSON51.285392.94
HOUGHTON51.285336.79
EAVES41.0283188.68
ROBINSON41.02833.23
BALLARD41.028368.49
HIGGINSON41.0283102.83
KIRKHAM41.028373.66
RONSON30.7712769.23
PORTER30.771210.28
BOND30.771214.57
BRAMWELL30.7712136.36
EASTHAM30.7712150.75
SINGLETON30.771239.01
GARDNER20.51417.57
THOMAS20.51411.25
HOUGH20.514129.85
DANSON20.5141229.89
BARLOW20.51419.52
PARKER20.51412.70
ROWBOTTOM20.514186.21
BATTERSBY20.514172.73
CURTIS20.51419.06
CLARKE20.51412.54
WINCHESTER20.5141135.14
WHITEHEAD10.25713.80
CROSS10.25713.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VALLIANT0.3938923333.3333
DEASON0.393893200.0000
BALDERSTON0.393891714.2857
BEE0.393891095.8904
RONSON0.39389769.2308
WHITESIDE0.39389290.3226
DANSON0.39389229.8851
BARON0.39389223.3251
HULL0.39389209.1021
STOCKDALE0.39389198.0198
EAVES0.39389188.6792
SALISBURY0.39389181.3472
EASTHAM0.39389150.7538
BRAMWELL0.39389136.3636
WINCHESTER0.39389135.1351
HIGGINSON0.39389102.8278
GREGSON0.3938992.9368
BOWMAN0.3938988.5827
CROFT0.3938987.0511
ROWBOTTOM0.3938986.2069
BLACKBURN0.3938981.7996
KIRKHAM0.3938973.6648
BATTERSBY0.3938972.7273
BALLARD0.3938968.4932
PARKINSON0.3938948.2315
PRESTON0.3938946.3201
POOLE0.3938942.6894
THORNTON0.3938940.8998
SINGLETON0.3938939.0117
HOUGHTON0.3938936.7918
DOBSON0.3938934.9650
HOUGH0.3938929.8507
THOMPSON0.3938928.3189
HODGSON0.3938925.9644
GASKELL0.3938925.0627
HORNBY0.3938922.5734
WARING0.3938920.4499
WILKINSON0.3938915.1617
BOND0.3938914.5702
ROSS0.3938911.7619
HOLMES0.3938910.5552
PORTER0.3938910.2775
DREW0.393899.7276
BREWER0.393899.6899
BARLOW0.393899.5193
JACKSON0.393899.1988
CURTIS0.393899.0580
GARDNER0.393897.5729
HALL0.393896.1167
WHITEHEAD0.393893.8037

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 389 people called VALLIANT in Hambleton 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 23333.3333 in Hambleton means that 23333.3333% of the people in Hambleton on census day were called VALLIANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VALLIANT 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 VALLIANT 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 VALLIANT 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 VALLIANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Hambleton means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VALLIANT in Hambleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hambleton in 1881

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

BAGOT (1)  BALDERSTON (6)  BALLARD (4)  BARLOW (2)  BARON (9)  BATTERSBY (2)  BEE (24)  BLACKBURN (12)  BOND (3)  BOWMAN (9)  BROWNBILL (2)  BRAMWELL (3)  BREWER (1)  BREKELL (11)  BROWN (1)  CATTERALL (1)  CLARKE (2)  CROFT (8)  CROSS (1)  CUMPSTY (2)  CURTIS (2)  CURWEN (1)  DANSON (2)  DOBSON (6)  DREW (1)  DEASON (8)  EASTHAM (3)  EAVES (4)  GARDNER (2)  GASKELL (1)  GREGSON (5)  HALL (7)  HIGGINSON (4)  HODSKINSON (6)  HODGSON (7)  HOLMES (5)  HORNBY (1)  HOUGH (2)  HOUGHTON (5)  HULL (17)  JACKSON (10)  KIRKHAM (4)  LEWTAS (5)  PARKER (2)  PARKINSON (9)  POOLE (8)  PORTER (3)  PRESTON (9)  RAWCLIFFE (8)  REDMONE (1)  ROBINSON (4)  RONSON (3)  ROSKELL (12)  ROSS (5)  ROSSALL (1)  ROWBOTTOM (2)  SALISBURY (7)  SANDHAM (1)  SINGLETON (3)  STOCKDALE (6)  SUDDAL (4)  SWARBRICK (16)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (33)  THORNTON (8)  VALLIANT (7)  WARING (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITESIDE (9)  WILKINSON (9)  WINCHESTER (2)