Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aldwark, Yorkshire

Aldwark 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
KENDALL104.4843208.33
ARROWSMITH94.0359520.23
GRIMES83.5874310.08
CASS83.5874506.33
WHITE83.587411.16
FARNELL83.5874975.61
HALL73.139010.67
WILSON73.13906.83
KITCHIN73.13901,458.33
WHARTON62.6906192.31
VARLEY62.6906196.08
JEFFERSON52.2422206.61
MORRELL52.2422238.10
MASTERMAN52.2422892.86
METCALF52.2422110.62
RATCHFORD52.24223,333.33
WARD52.242210.26
BARRETT52.242233.38
TENNANT41.7937168.07
NELSON41.793737.04
SMITH41.79371.27
JACKSON31.34534.81
BROTHERTON31.3453263.16
BOWRING31.3453416.67
LEDGER20.8969130.72
DANBY20.8969210.53
WATSON20.89693.87
WRIGHT20.89692.80
COCHRANE20.896957.97
ALDERMAN20.8969227.27
THOMPSON20.89692.99
WEBSTER20.896910.31
NEWTON10.44845.85
ARMSTRONG10.44845.87
WADE10.448411.20
COATS10.448499.01
AKERS10.448492.59
BURK10.4484125.00
GARBUTT10.448462.11
RICHARD10.448452.08
BRAITHWAITE10.448438.61
OGRAM10.44841,111.11
AYERS10.448474.63
COOK10.44842.26
ANDERSON10.44842.27
CLAY10.448421.83
MARRINER10.4484270.27
WILKINSON10.44842.94
FAWCETT10.448423.20
LARKIN10.448450.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RATCHFORD3,333.3352.2422
KITCHIN1,458.3373.1390
OGRAM1,111.1110.4484
FARNELL975.6183.5874
MASTERMAN892.8652.2422
ARROWSMITH520.2394.0359
CASS506.3383.5874
BOWRING416.6731.3453
GRIMES310.0883.5874
MARRINER270.2710.4484
BROTHERTON263.1631.3453
MORRELL238.1052.2422
ALDERMAN227.2720.8969
COULTAS222.2210.4484
DANBY210.5320.8969
KENDALL208.33104.4843
JEFFERSON206.6152.2422
VARLEY196.0862.6906
WHARTON192.3162.6906
TENNANT168.0741.7937
LEDGER130.7220.8969
BURK125.0010.4484
METCALF110.6252.2422
PURDIE108.7010.4484
COATS99.0110.4484
AKERS92.5910.4484
BRANDON88.5010.4484
AYERS74.6310.4484
LOWTHER73.5310.4484
RIPLEY68.0310.4484
GARBUTT62.1110.4484
COCHRANE57.9720.8969
RICHARD52.0810.4484
LARKIN50.0010.4484
BRAITHWAITE38.6110.4484
CROSBY37.8810.4484
NELSON37.0441.7937
BARRETT33.3852.2422
NEILSON31.8510.4484
OATES28.7410.4484
FAWCETT23.2010.4484
CLAY21.8310.4484
WADE11.2010.4484
WHITE11.1683.5874
HALL10.6773.1390
WEBSTER10.3120.8969
WARD10.2652.2422
JENNINGS8.8410.4484
WILSON6.8373.1390
GILL6.3410.4484

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called RATCHFORD in Aldwark 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 2.2422 in Aldwark means that 2.2422% of the people in Aldwark on census day were called RATCHFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RATCHFORD 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 RATCHFORD 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 RATCHFORD 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 RATCHFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Aldwark means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RATCHFORD in Aldwark than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aldwark in 1881

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

AKERS (1)  ALDERMAN (2)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ARROWSMITH (9)  ASHBURY (1)  ATLEY (1)  BARRETT (5)  BURK (1)  BOWRING (3)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRANDON (1)  BROTHERTON (3)  CASS (8)  CLAY (1)  COATS (1)  COCHRANE (2)  COOK (1)  COULTAS (1)  CROSBY (1)  CUNDALL (2)  DANBY (2)  ESHELBY (1)  AYERS (1)  FARNELL (8)  FAWCETT (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GILL (1)  MC GREVE (1)  GRIMES (8)  GUDGEON (1)  HALL (7)  HEBDITCH (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HENSBY (6)  HUITSON (9)  JACKSON (3)  JEFFERSON (5)  JENNINGS (1)  KENDALL (10)  KITCHIN (7)  LARKIN (1)  LEDGER (2)  LOWTHER (1)  MARRINER (1)  MASTERMAN (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  METCALF (5)  MORRELL (5)  NELSON (4)  NEILSON (1)  NEWTON (1)  OATES (1)  OGRAM (1)  PALLISTER (1)  PURDIE (1)  RATCHFORD (5)  RICHARD (1)  RIPLEY (1)  SMITH (4)  SUDDES (9)  TENNANT (4)  THOMPSON (2)  VARLEY (6)  WADE (1)  WARD (5)  WATSON (2)  WELLS (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WHARTON (6)  WHITE (8)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (1)  WORLLEN (1)  WRIGHT (2)