Top surnames from the 1881 census in Appleton Wiske, Yorkshire

Appleton Wiske 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
WILKINSON185.438135.64
TREWHITT123.625412,000.00
WALLS103.0211251.26
CAMERON82.416931.09
GREEN82.41698.58
MAUD72.1148945.95
LISTER72.114874.15
BRAITHWAITE72.1148182.29
DODDS61.812786.08
FINNEY61.8127209.06
JOHNSON61.81275.40
HARRISON61.81278.17
RICHARDSON61.812710.65
DUNN61.812721.79
PASSMAN51.51063,571.43
GIBSON51.510612.44
ELLIOTT51.510617.81
PARK51.510648.73
SCOTT51.51065.97
ROBINSON51.51064.74
TRELOAR51.5106781.25
BAINBRIDGE41.208586.02
SHIPLEY41.2085136.52
ADAMSON41.208545.66
RATCLIFF41.2085187.79
PEACOCK41.208533.90
ROBSON41.208518.37
JEFFERSON41.2085111.11
MUSGRAVE41.2085200.00
WADDINGTON41.208574.35
METCALFE41.208552.91
RHYMER41.20853,076.92
STEVENSON41.208517.22
PLACE30.9063172.41
LINCOLN30.9063120.48
EMMERSON30.906391.74
WHEATLEY30.906344.51
MOORE30.90634.53
HOGG30.906325.08
TODD30.906317.81
SHANKS30.9063119.05
POUNDER30.9063277.78
SPECK30.9063508.47
ALDERSON30.906365.36
LUNN30.906370.09
RUSSELL20.60424.95
RIDLEY20.604231.25
ALLEN20.60423.20
JACKSON20.60422.16
DIXON20.60425.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TREWHITT12,000.00123.6254
PASSMAN3,571.4351.5106
RHYMER3,076.9241.2085
MAUD945.9572.1148
TRELOAR781.2551.5106
SPECK508.4730.9063
FRAIN454.5520.6042
UNTHANK370.3710.3021
POUNDER277.7830.9063
WALLS251.26103.0211
FINNEY209.0661.8127
MUSGRAVE200.0041.2085
RATCLIFF187.7941.2085
BRAITHWAITE182.2972.1148
PLACE172.4130.9063
CALLENDER149.2510.3021
GARTH136.9910.3021
SHIPLEY136.5241.2085
LINCOLN120.4830.9063
SHANKS119.0530.9063
EVENS114.9410.3021
JEFFERSON111.1141.2085
EMMERSON91.7430.9063
DODDS86.0861.8127
BAINBRIDGE86.0241.2085
WADDINGTON74.3541.2085
LISTER74.1572.1148
LUNN70.0930.9063
ALDERSON65.3630.9063
METCALFE52.9141.2085
PARK48.7351.5106
ADAMSON45.6641.2085
THORP44.5420.6042
WHEATLEY44.5130.9063
PATTISON37.9520.6042
WILKINSON35.64185.4381
PEACOCK33.9041.2085
RIDLEY31.2520.6042
CAMERON31.0982.4169
HOGG25.0830.9063
YORK22.8810.3021
DUNN21.7961.8127
ROBSON18.3741.2085
TODD17.8130.9063
ELLIOTT17.8151.5106
STEVENSON17.2241.2085
LODGE16.6110.3021
GIBSON12.4451.5106
JAMIESON10.8510.3021
RICHARDSON10.6561.8127

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called TREWHITT in Appleton Wiske 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 3.6254 in Appleton Wiske means that 3.6254% of the people in Appleton Wiske on census day were called TREWHITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TREWHITT 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 TREWHITT 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 TREWHITT 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 TREWHITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,000.00 in Appleton Wiske means that you are 12,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TREWHITT in Appleton Wiske than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Appleton Wiske in 1881

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

ADAMSON (4)  ALDERSON (3)  ALLEN (2)  BAINBRIDGE (4)  BARNETT (1)  BURDY (2)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAITHWAITE (7)  BURTON (2)  CALLENDER (1)  CAMERON (8)  CHIPCHACE (5)  CHIPCHASE (2)  CLITHEROE (1)  CRAGGS (2)  DELAFIELD (4)  DELLAFIELD (2)  DIXON (2)  DODDS (6)  DUNN (6)  EASBY (23)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELSTROPE (1)  EMMERSON (3)  EVENS (1)  FINNEY (6)  FRAIN (2)  GARTH (1)  GIBSON (5)  GREEN (8)  HARRISON (6)  HEBBRON (1)  HOGG (3)  HOLT (1)  HOMLEY (3)  JACKSON (2)  JAMIESON (1)  JEFFERSON (4)  JOBLIN (1)  JOHNSON (6)  LAVRICK (3)  LAVERICK (3)  LINCOLN (3)  LISTER (7)  LODGE (1)  LUNN (3)  MARTIN (1)  MAUD (7)  METCALFE (4)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORE (3)  MAWER (2)  MUSGRAVE (4)  PARK (5)  PASSMAN (5)  PATTISON (2)  PEACOCK (4)  PLACE (3)  POUNDER (3)  RATCLIFF (4)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDSDALE (1)  RIDLEY (2)  RHYMER (4)  ROBINSON (5)  ROBSON (4)  RUSSELL (2)  SCAMER (1)  SCOTT (5)  SEYMOOR (1)  SHANKS (3)  SHIPLEY (4)  SPECK (3)  SPENCE (1)  STEVENSON (4)  STYNE (1)  THORP (2)  TODD (3)  TRELOAR (5)  TREWITT (2)  TREWHITT (12)  TUPLIN (5)  UNTHANK (1)  WADDINGTON (4)  WALLS (10)  WHEATLEY (3)  WILKINSON (18)  WILSON (1)  YORK (1)