Top surnames from the 1881 census in Appleton, Yorkshire

Appleton 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
PEACOCK87.6923215.63
DICKENSON76.7308443.04
FLYNN76.7308351.76
BULMER76.7308853.66
RICHARDSON54.807728.25
WILLIAMSON54.807753.65
JONES43.84623.40
BARRETT43.846257.31
NORFOLK43.84621,379.31
STOREY43.8462151.52
JACKSON32.884610.32
NORTH32.884686.96
CHILTON32.8846357.14
KAY32.884655.56
INGRAM21.923162.89
HILL21.92317.55
BOYLES10.9615500.00
SAVERY10.9615625.00
ALLEN10.96155.09
GAVIN10.9615196.08
WRAY10.961571.43
METCALFE10.961542.19
CARTER10.96155.73
WHITE10.96152.99
PATTISON10.961560.24
COATES10.961525.77
WOODWARD10.961519.49
LANCASTER10.961538.76
JEFFERSON10.961588.50
ARNOLD10.961517.83
RAPER10.9615227.27
ORTON10.9615102.04
DUNN10.961511.56
NICHOLSON10.961513.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NORFOLK1,379.3143.8462
BULMER853.6676.7308
SAVERY625.0010.9615
BOYLES500.0010.9615
DICKENSON443.0476.7308
CHILTON357.1432.8846
FLYNN351.7676.7308
RAPER227.2710.9615
PEACOCK215.6387.6923
GAVIN196.0810.9615
STOREY151.5243.8462
ORTON102.0410.9615
JEFFERSON88.5010.9615
NORTH86.9632.8846
WRAY71.4310.9615
INGRAM62.8921.9231
PATTISON60.2410.9615
BARRETT57.3143.8462
KAY55.5632.8846
WILLIAMSON53.6554.8077
METCALFE42.1910.9615
LANCASTER38.7610.9615
RICHARDSON28.2554.8077
COATES25.7710.9615
WOODWARD19.4910.9615
ARNOLD17.8310.9615
NICHOLSON13.5310.9615
DUNN11.5610.9615
JACKSON10.3232.8846
HILL7.5521.9231
CARTER5.7310.9615
ALLEN5.0910.9615
JONES3.4043.8462
WHITE2.9910.9615

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called NORFOLK in Appleton 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 3.8462 in Appleton means that 3.8462% of the people in Appleton on census day were called NORFOLK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NORFOLK 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 NORFOLK 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 NORFOLK 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 NORFOLK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,379.31 in Appleton means that you are 1,379.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NORFOLK in Appleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Appleton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BARRETT (4)  BOYLES (1)  BULMER (7)  CARPES (1)  CARTER (1)  CHILTON (3)  CLEMINSON (3)  CLEMMIT (1)  COATES (1)  DICKENSON (7)  DUNN (1)  FLYNN (7)  GAVIN (1)  HILL (2)  INGRAM (2)  JACKSON (3)  JEFFERSON (1)  JONES (4)  KAY (3)  LANCASTER (1)  METCALFE (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORFOLK (4)  NORTH (3)  ORTON (1)  PATTISON (1)  PEACOCK (8)  WRAY (1)  RAMSHAY (5)  RAPER (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  RICKMANN (1)  SAVERY (1)  SEFTLY (2)  STOREY (4)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILOY (2)  WOODWARD (1)