Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bellasize, Yorkshire

Bellasize 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
WILSON1311.206924.40
DALES86.89662,222.22
WALKER76.034518.03
BINNS65.1724312.50
MARSHALL65.172430.83
COOK54.310321.70
MORRELL54.3103458.72
CAMP54.3103746.27
DOBSON43.448378.13
ADAMSON32.586297.72
HAIGH32.586275.00
LOFTHOUSE21.7241232.56
HARRISON21.72417.77
ECCLES21.7241107.53
JAQUES21.7241232.56
HUTCHINSON21.724130.35
SWEETING21.7241434.78
FRANKLIN21.724151.95
SHERBURN21.72412,222.22
OLIVER21.724124.15
BLANCHARD10.8621105.26
STOREY10.862133.90
PRATT10.862115.02
SMITH10.86210.61
PENROSE10.8621222.22
ARRAND10.86211,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DALES2,222.2286.8966
SHERBURN2,222.2221.7241
ARRAND1,666.6710.8621
CAMP746.2754.3103
MORRELL458.7254.3103
SWEETING434.7821.7241
BINNS312.5065.1724
LOFTHOUSE232.5621.7241
JAQUES232.5621.7241
PENROSE222.2210.8621
ECCLES107.5321.7241
BLANCHARD105.2610.8621
ADAMSON97.7232.5862
DOBSON78.1343.4483
HAIGH75.0032.5862
FRANKLIN51.9521.7241
STOREY33.9010.8621
MARSHALL30.8365.1724
HUTCHINSON30.3521.7241
WILSON24.401311.2069
OLIVER24.1521.7241
COOK21.7054.3103
WALKER18.0376.0345
PRATT15.0210.8621
HARRISON7.7721.7241
SMITH0.6110.8621

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called DALES in Bellasize 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 6.8966 in Bellasize means that 6.8966% of the people in Bellasize on census day were called DALES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DALES 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 DALES 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 DALES 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 DALES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,222.22 in Bellasize means that you are 2,222.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DALES in Bellasize than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bellasize in 1881

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

ADAMSON (3)  ARRAND (1)  BINNS (6)  BLANCHARD (1)  CAMP (5)  CHAFER (2)  COOK (5)  COULIN (1)  DALES (8)  DOBSON (4)  DOULAN (1)  ECCLES (2)  FRANKLIN (2)  HARRISON (2)  HAIRSINE (5)  HAIGH (3)  HOPLEY (1)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JAQUES (2)  LOFTHOUSE (2)  MARGRAVE (3)  MARSHALL (6)  MC GAYHEY (1)  MERRYWETHER (6)  MORRELL (5)  OLIVER (2)  PENROSE (1)  PRATT (1)  SHEARSMITH (3)  SHERBURN (2)  SMITH (1)  STOREY (1)  SWEETING (2)  TAFFENDER (1)  TARBOTTOM (3)  WALKER (7)  WILSON (13)