Top surnames from the 1881 census in Appleton Le Moors, Yorkshire

Appleton Le Moors 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
HARDING3010.0000138.19
SMITH186.00004.25
WHITE186.000018.67
GRAY93.000021.01
TOMLINSON82.666757.80
BOYES82.6667254.78
TOPHAM82.6667365.30
BAILEY72.333315.49
SHEPHERD72.333331.85
THOMPSON72.33337.79
POTTER72.333335.97
LISTER62.000070.18
DOWSON62.0000365.85
BARKER62.000015.28
COLE62.000021.95
WOODCOCK51.666758.41
KIRBY51.666743.94
PAGE51.666720.85
FOTHERGILL51.6667290.70
WARD51.66677.63
COOPER51.66676.85
WELBURN41.3333677.97
COULTAS41.3333666.67
HODGSON41.333319.24
HAMMOND41.333323.42
BAXTER31.000016.78
RICHARDSON20.66673.92
PICKERING20.666718.48
COATES20.666717.89
WILSON20.66671.45
ENGLISH20.666735.46
DIXON20.66676.08
WORSFOLD20.6667204.08
LANCASTER20.666726.81
PARROTTE20.666720,000.00
HEDLEY20.666765.36
FISHER10.33332.85
HUMBLE10.333370.42
STORK10.3333204.08
MASTERMAN10.3333133.33
BARTON10.33336.17
LIGHTBODY10.3333188.68
PREWETT10.3333384.62
KAYE10.333322.22
PEACOCK10.33339.35
MORGAN10.33331.68
STEPHENSON10.33335.83
LOWTHER10.333354.64
FLETCHER10.33332.92
ROBSON10.33335.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARROTTE20,000.0020.6667
WELBURN677.9741.3333
COULTAS666.6741.3333
PREWETT384.6210.3333
DOWSON365.8562.0000
TOPHAM365.3082.6667
FOTHERGILL290.7051.6667
BOYES254.7882.6667
WORSFOLD204.0820.6667
STORK204.0810.3333
LIGHTBODY188.6810.3333
HARDING138.193010.0000
MASTERMAN133.3310.3333
STURDY105.2610.3333
HUMBLE70.4210.3333
LISTER70.1862.0000
HEDLEY65.3620.6667
DUCK62.1110.3333
WOODCOCK58.4151.6667
TOMLINSON57.8082.6667
LOWTHER54.6410.3333
KIRBY43.9451.6667
POTTER35.9772.3333
ENGLISH35.4620.6667
SHEPHERD31.8572.3333
LANCASTER26.8120.6667
HAMMOND23.4241.3333
KAYE22.2210.3333
COLE21.9562.0000
GRAY21.0193.0000
PAGE20.8551.6667
HODGSON19.2441.3333
WHITE18.67186.0000
PICKERING18.4820.6667
COATES17.8920.6667
BAXTER16.7831.0000
BAILEY15.4972.3333
BARKER15.2862.0000
METCALFE14.6010.3333
PEACOCK9.3510.3333
THOMPSON7.7972.3333
WARD7.6351.6667
COOPER6.8551.6667
CRAWFORD6.8110.3333
BARTON6.1710.3333
DIXON6.0820.6667
STEPHENSON5.8310.3333
ROBSON5.0710.3333
SMITH4.25186.0000
RICHARDSON3.9220.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called PARROTTE in Appleton Le Moors 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 0.6667 in Appleton Le Moors means that 0.6667% of the people in Appleton Le Moors on census day were called PARROTTE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Appleton Le Moors in 1881

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

BAILEY (7)  BARKER (6)  BARTON (1)  BAXTER (3)  BERRIMAN (4)  BOYES (8)  CLEMMITT (10)  COATES (2)  COLE (6)  COOPER (5)  COULTAS (4)  CRAWFORD (1)  DIXON (2)  DOWSON (6)  DUCK (1)  ELLERKER (8)  FISHER (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOTHERGILL (5)  GRAY (9)  HAMMOND (4)  HARDING (30)  HEDLEY (2)  HODGSON (4)  HOLTBY (2)  HUMBLE (1)  ENGLISH (2)  JACKSON (1)  KAYE (1)  KIRBY (5)  LANCASTER (2)  LIGHTBODY (1)  LISTER (6)  LOWTHER (1)  MASTERMAN (1)  MEDD (3)  METCALFE (1)  MILESTONE (8)  MORGAN (1)  OTTERBURN (20)  PAGE (5)  PARROTTE (2)  PEACOCK (1)  PICKERING (2)  POTTER (7)  PREWETT (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  SHEPHERD (7)  SMITH (18)  SPAREN (1)  SPENCELEY (4)  STEPHENSON (1)  STORK (1)  STURDY (1)  SULLINGS (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TOMLINSON (8)  TOPHAM (8)  WARD (5)  WELBURN (4)  WHITE (18)  WILSON (2)  WOODCOCK (5)  WORSFOLD (2)