Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire

Nether Wyresdale 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
HALL203.300311.22
HOLDEN172.805351.22
PEDDER162.6403751.17
RICHMOND142.3102105.42
SMITH142.31021.64
CORLESS111.8152643.27
DAVIS111.81528.26
PARKINSON111.815237.84
COOKE111.815232.89
STANDING111.8152284.97
LAMBERT111.815233.26
METCALF111.815289.65
TOPPING91.4851215.83
JACKSON91.48515.31
CARR91.485120.58
SALISBURY91.4851149.50
CAMPBELL91.48518.78
GARNETT81.3201106.24
REEDER81.3201487.80
MELLING81.3201213.33
BRADLEY81.320116.44
BUTLER81.320113.54
WINDER71.1551175.88
RICHARDSON71.15516.79
WHITTAKER71.155124.39
DICKINSON60.990123.18
WILKINSON60.99016.49
BROWN60.99011.50
DICKSON60.990126.74
MILLINGTON50.825154.47
LEEMING50.8251133.33
GARDNER50.825112.15
SHAW50.82514.49
PICKUP50.825163.78
GLOVER50.825119.36
WILLS50.825127.59
FOX50.82518.89
RHODES50.825117.77
JARVIS50.825118.38
WARING50.825165.70
CROSS40.66019.59
AITKIN40.6601384.62
WHITAKER40.660123.36
WALMSLEY40.660131.90
MORRIS40.66012.97
ALMOND40.660153.26
CHARNLEY40.6601141.84
SERGEANT40.6601138.41
GREAVES30.495016.89
LING30.495052.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEDDER0.61606751.1737
CORLESS0.61606643.2749
REEDER0.61606487.8049
AITKIN0.61606384.6154
SCOLES0.61606370.3704
STANDING0.61606284.9741
DERHAM0.61606280.3738
TEBAY0.61606243.9024
TOPPING0.61606215.8273
MELLING0.61606213.3333
WINDER0.61606175.8794
SALISBURY0.61606149.5017
CHARNLEY0.61606141.8440
DYAS0.61606140.8451
SERGEANT0.61606138.4083
LEEMING0.61606133.3333
GARNETT0.61606106.2417
RICHMOND0.61606105.4217
METCALF0.6160689.6496
YAPP0.6160684.0336
RAMSBOTTOM0.6160673.3496
THRELFALL0.6160672.7273
COUPE0.6160670.9220
RABY0.6160668.7285
WARING0.6160665.7030
BELFIELD0.6160664.9351
BLOWERS0.6160664.9351
PICKUP0.6160663.7755
MILLINGTON0.6160654.4662
ALMOND0.6160653.2623
LING0.6160652.3560
HOLDEN0.6160651.2202
PYKE0.6160647.8469
BATTERSBY0.6160646.7290
PARKINSON0.6160637.8397
KNIGHTS0.6160637.6648
WAUGH0.6160636.3196
COCKERILL0.6160634.2466
LAMBERT0.6160633.2628
PYE0.6160633.1126
COOKE0.6160632.8947
HIGHAM0.6160632.3625
WALMSLEY0.6160631.8979
GRIME0.6160631.4465
JOLLEY0.6160631.3480
BRAMWELL0.6160629.2398
COWARD0.6160628.7770
WILLS0.6160627.5938
DICKSON0.6160626.7380
HOWSON0.6160626.4550

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 606 people called PEDDER in Nether Wyresdale 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 751.1737 in Nether Wyresdale means that 751.1737% of the people in Nether Wyresdale on census day were called PEDDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEDDER 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 PEDDER 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 PEDDER 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 PEDDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Nether Wyresdale means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEDDER in Nether Wyresdale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nether Wyresdale in 1881

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

ALMOND (4)  ALSTON (1)  ANDERTON (1)  ARKENSTALL (2)  ARMERIDING (6)  ARMRIDING (7)  ASHLEY (1)  AITKIN (4)  AUGEL (5)  BATTERSBY (2)  BELFIELD (1)  BENNETT (1)  BENSON (1)  BILLINGTON (1)  BLAND (3)  BLOWERS (1)  BORMELL (1)  BRADLEY (8)  BRAMWELL (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (6)  BUTCHER (1)  BUTLER (8)  CAMPBELL (9)  CORLESS (11)  CARR (9)  CHARNLEY (4)  CLARKE (1)  COCKERILL (1)  COOKE (11)  COOK (1)  COUPE (3)  COWARD (2)  CROSS (4)  DAUDERDALE (5)  DAVIDSON (3)  DAVIS (11)  DENHAM (1)  DERHAM (3)  DICKINSON (6)  DICKSON (6)  DOWNING (1)  DUNDERDALE (4)  DYAS (1)  FOX (5)  GABBOTT (4)  GARDNER (5)  GARNETT (8)  GLOVER (5)  GORST (10)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAYSTONE (2)  GREAVES (3)  GREEN (1)  GREENSMITH (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GRIME (1)  GRUNDY (3)  HALL (20)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HAMER (3)  HAYES (2)  HEAD (1)  HELME (1)  HIGHAM (2)  HODGSON (1)  HOGGARTH (5)  HOLDEN (17)  HORSEFIELD (2)  HOWSON (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (9)  JARVIS (5)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (3)  JOLLEY (1)  JONES (2)  KNIGHTS (2)  LAMBERT (11)  LEEMING (5)  LAIDLEY (1)  LING (3)  MACKAY (1)  MELLING (8)  METCALF (11)  MILLER (1)  MILLINGTON (5)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (4)  ORMROD (1)  PARK (1)  PARKER (2)  PARKINSON (11)  PEDDER (16)  PICKTHALL (6)  PICKUP (5)  PYKE (1)  PRESTON (3)  PYE (3)  RABY (2)  RAY (1)  RAMSBOTTOM (3)  REEDER (8)  RHODES (5)  RIBCHESTER (3)  RICHARDSON (7)  RICHMOND (14)  ROBINSON (1)  ROFSALL (4)  RYNASTON (1)  SALISBURY (9)  SANDWELL (7)  SERGEANT (4)  SCAMBLER (6)  SCOLES (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEED (1)  SHAW (5)  SMITH (14)  SMITHSON (1)  SPEDDY (4)  SPLAINE (2)  STANDING (11)  STEVENS (1)  SUGDEN (1)  SWARBRICK (15)  SWINDLEHURST (10)  SYKES (1)  TEBAY (1)  THOMPSON (3)  THRELFALL (2)  TOPPING (9)  TURNER (1)  TYFIELD (1)  WALMSLEY (4)  WARING (5)  WAUGH (3)  WHITTAKER (7)  WHITAKER (4)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLS (5)  WINDER (7)  WYNNE (1)  WISE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YAPP (1)