Top surnames from the 1881 census in Azerley, Yorkshire

Azerley 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
BAUL243.483314,117.65
BROWN213.04794.62
METCALF192.7576136.20
PICKERSGILL172.4673469.61
WOOD142.03196.38
DALTON142.031988.55
HOBSON121.741767.15
HAW111.5965482.46
ROCK111.5965280.61
HEATH101.451429.23
GREGG91.3062185.57
TOPHAM91.3062178.93
PREST81.1611375.59
BILTON81.1611273.04
RICHMOND81.161153.02
GILL81.161116.41
WAITE81.161155.94
PARKER81.16116.11
SMITH81.16110.82
WADE81.161129.01
SLY71.0160268.20
SWIRES71.01602,258.06
CALVERT71.016049.82
GRAHAM71.01608.85
DALE71.016024.05
NOONAN71.0160593.22
HARLAND71.0160121.95
CLOSE71.0160116.47
HANSON71.016031.47
BELL71.01605.41
WELLS71.016012.21
NEWSHAM60.8708277.78
TRACEY60.8708137.30
THWAITES60.8708145.63
CALVERLEY60.8708410.96
MACKLEY60.8708566.04
JANSON50.7257446.43
CARTWRIGHT50.725719.04
HOLDSWORTH50.725743.07
MILLER50.72574.06
BARKER50.72575.55
FOWLES50.7257147.93
FEATHERSTONE50.725780.65
ATKINSON40.58065.96
CRABTREE40.580628.82
IMESON40.5806615.38
KYLE40.5806104.44
WEBSTER40.58066.68
HANLEY40.580670.42
STUBBS40.580621.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAUL14,117.65243.4833
SWIRES2,258.0671.0160
IMESON615.3840.5806
HAMIL606.0620.2903
NOONAN593.2271.0160
MACKLEY566.0460.8708
HAW482.46111.5965
PICKERSGILL469.61172.4673
JANSON446.4350.7257
CALVERLEY410.9660.8708
HAWKING384.6230.4354
PREST375.5981.1611
CONOLY357.1410.1451
ASKWITH338.9820.2903
ROCK280.61111.5965
NEWSHAM277.7860.8708
BILTON273.0481.1611
SLY268.2071.0160
CONNORS267.8630.4354
JORDISON227.2710.1451
LOBLEY217.3930.4354
MEEHAN217.3930.4354
GREGG185.5791.3062
EVETTS185.1910.1451
TOPHAM178.9391.3062
FOWLES147.9350.7257
THWAITES145.6360.8708
OFFICER144.9310.1451
TRACEY137.3060.8708
METCALF136.20192.7576
SCANLON122.7020.2903
HARLAND121.9571.0160
CLOSE116.4771.0160
KYLE104.4440.5806
HANNAM94.7920.2903
GORRINGE90.9110.1451
DALTON88.55142.0319
MALLON87.7210.1451
PLACE83.1030.4354
FEATHERSTONE80.6550.7257
MULLIGAN77.9230.4354
ALLANSON74.0710.1451
BECKWITH74.0730.4354
MARNEY73.5310.1451
HANLEY70.4240.5806
WILLISON68.9710.1451
HOBSON67.15121.7417
HORSFIELD64.9430.4354
NEAVE61.7320.2903
WAITES57.8010.1451

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 24 people called BAUL in Azerley 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 3.4833 in Azerley means that 3.4833% of the people in Azerley on census day were called BAUL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAUL 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 BAUL 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 BAUL 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 BAUL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 14,117.65 in Azerley means that you are 14,117.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAUL in Azerley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Azerley in 1881

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

ABBEY (1)  ALLANSON (1)  ASCOUGH (2)  ASKWITH (2)  ATKINSON (4)  BAUL (24)  BARKER (5)  BECK (1)  BECKWITH (3)  BELL (7)  BENSON (1)  BARRY (1)  JE BETT (2)  BILTON (8)  BIRD (1)  BLAND (1)  BOGGITT (2)  BOLTON (3)  BOWES (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BROWN (21)  CALAGHAN (1)  CALVERLEY (6)  CALVERT (7)  CAREY (2)  CARLING (6)  CARTER (2)  CARTMAN (7)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CAYGILL (10)  CHILD (1)  MACKLEY (6)  CLOSE (7)  COATES (2)  CONOLY (1)  CONNORS (3)  CRABTREE (4)  CROMPTON (2)  DALE (7)  DALTON (14)  DONELY (4)  EMMERSON (3)  EVETTS (1)  EXELBY (2)  FARMERY (1)  FAWBERT (4)  FEATHERSTONE (5)  FORBES (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLES (5)  FRANKLAND (1)  FRYER (1)  GAMBLE (1)  GELDART (1)  GILL (8)  GILLAN (1)  GORRINGE (1)  GRAHAM (7)  GREAVES (1)  GREGG (9)  HAMIL (2)  HAMMOND (3)  HANLEY (4)  HANNAM (2)  HANSON (7)  HAREKIN (9)  HARLAND (7)  HARRISON (3)  HARTLEY (3)  HAW (11)  HAWKING (3)  HAYTON (1)  HEATH (10)  HOBSON (12)  HOLDSWORTH (5)  HOPKINS (1)  HORNED (1)  HORNER (3)  HORSFIELD (3)  HULLAH (7)  IMESON (4)  INGLEBY (5)  INGLELY (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JANSON (5)  JENKINSON (1)  JOCKHART (1)  JORDISON (1)  KAYE (2)  KIRKBY (2)  KYLE (4)  LAMBERT (1)  LEATHLEY (5)  LOBBY (1)  LOBLEY (3)  LOFTHOUSE (2)  MALLON (1)  MARNEY (1)  MASON (1)  MAXWELL (2)  MC KIEVA (6)  MC LOUGHLIN (1)  MC MANNUS (3)  MEEHAN (3)  MELLOR (1)  METCALF (19)  MILBURN (1)  MILLER (5)  MULLIGAN (3)  MOORE (2)  MOORHOUSE (1)  MYAS (7)  MYERS (2)  NEAVE (2)  NELSON (3)  NEWSHAM (6)  NICHOLSON (1)  NOONAN (7)  OFFICER (1)  PARKER (8)  PATRICK (1)  PURT (1)  PENTY (3)  PETTY (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKERSGILL (17)  PIGOTT (1)  PLACE (3)  PREST (8)  RAOWN (1)  RAWSON (4)  REDEN (1)  REGAN (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RICHMOND (8)  RIDSDALE (7)  READY (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROCK (11)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  SAUNDERSON (1)  SCANLON (2)  SCOTT (3)  SEALEY (1)  SEWART (1)  SHANKS (3)  SHAW (1)  SHIRDEN (2)  SLY (7)  SMITH (8)  STAINTHORP (7)  STEPHENSON (2)  STOREY (1)  STUBBS (4)  SWIRES (7)  TENNANT (3)  THACKWRAY (1)  THWAITES (6)  TINSLEY (1)  TOPHAM (9)  TRACEY (6)  WADDINGTON (1)  WADE (8)  WARAM (WHARAM) (2)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (7)  WEBSTER (4)  WHARAM (4)  WHEELER (1)  WHITWHAM (7)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLISON (1)  WILSON (2)  WINTERSGILL (5)  WOOD (14)  WRIGHT (1)  WAITE (8)  WAITES (1)