Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bilbrough, Yorkshire

Bilbrough 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
DICKINSON94.5226105.88
FLETCHER94.522639.61
ECCLES94.5226283.02
MEDCALF84.02011,025.64
BRITTON84.0201227.27
JAGGER73.5176443.04
YOUNG73.517616.37
HOWARD52.512625.60
ROBINSON52.51267.88
BLADES52.5126442.48
WRIGHT52.51267.83
FAIRFAX42.01012,352.94
HOLMES42.010116.51
DELLEY42.010140,000.00
POWELL42.010116.11
BROWN42.01013.05
POOL42.0101173.16
SPINK31.5075186.34
JOHNSON31.50754.49
SANDERSON21.005024.33
BUCKLE21.005092.17
BECKETT21.005050.38
HARRISON21.00504.53
WILSON21.00502.19
ELLAND21.00503,333.33
DUNNINGTON21.00501,176.47
ATKINSON21.005010.32
CARR21.005013.93
WAUD21.00502,000.00
BIRD10.50256.57
ANSON10.5025135.14
HODGSON10.50257.25
COLBECK10.5025222.22
RAPER10.5025120.48
GANT10.5025138.89
WOODWARD10.502510.18
PICKERING10.502513.93
WARD10.50252.30
BOOTH10.50255.09
EASON10.5025117.65
SHEPHARD10.502552.36
CARTWRIGHT10.502513.18
WADE10.502512.56
JACKSON10.50251.80
SEPTON10.50253,333.33
HOLGATE10.502560.61
DANIEL10.502522.73
RICHARDSON10.50252.95
HALL10.50251.71
FENWICK10.502538.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DELLEY40,000.0042.0101
ELLAND3,333.3321.0050
SEPTON3,333.3310.5025
FAIRFAX2,352.9442.0101
WAUD2,000.0021.0050
DUNNINGTON1,176.4721.0050
MEDCALF1,025.6484.0201
JAGGER443.0473.5176
BLADES442.4852.5126
ECCLES283.0294.5226
BRITTON227.2784.0201
COLBECK222.2210.5025
SPINK186.3431.5075
POOL173.1642.0101
GANT138.8910.5025
ANSON135.1410.5025
RAPER120.4810.5025
EASON117.6510.5025
DICKINSON105.8894.5226
BUCKLE92.1721.0050
HOLGATE60.6110.5025
SHEPHARD52.3610.5025
BECKETT50.3821.0050
FLETCHER39.6194.5226
FENWICK38.3110.5025
HOWARD25.6052.5126
SANDERSON24.3321.0050
DANIEL22.7310.5025
HOLMES16.5142.0101
YOUNG16.3773.5176
POWELL16.1142.0101
PICKERING13.9310.5025
CARR13.9321.0050
CARTWRIGHT13.1810.5025
WADE12.5610.5025
ATKINSON10.3221.0050
WOODWARD10.1810.5025
ROBINSON7.8852.5126
WRIGHT7.8352.5126
HODGSON7.2510.5025
BIRD6.5710.5025
BOOTH5.0910.5025
HARRISON4.5321.0050
JOHNSON4.4931.5075
BROWN3.0542.0101
RICHARDSON2.9510.5025
WARD2.3010.5025
WILSON2.1921.0050
JACKSON1.8010.5025
HALL1.7110.5025

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called DELLEY in Bilbrough 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 2.0101 in Bilbrough means that 2.0101% of the people in Bilbrough on census day were called DELLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DELLEY 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 DELLEY 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 DELLEY 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 DELLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 40,000.00 in Bilbrough means that you are 40,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DELLEY in Bilbrough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bilbrough in 1881

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

ELLAND (2)  ANSON (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BECKETT (2)  BIRD (1)  BLADES (5)  BOOTH (1)  BRESE (1)  BRITTON (8)  BROWN (4)  BUCKLE (2)  CARLERT (4)  CARR (2)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CLEATON (1)  COLBECK (1)  DELLEY (4)  DANIEL (1)  DERVES (1)  DICKINSON (9)  DRIFFLEY (5)  DUNNILL (1)  DUNNINGTON (2)  DUNWELL (1)  EASON (1)  EASTERBY (1)  ECCLES (9)  FAIRFAX (4)  FENWICK (1)  FLETCHER (9)  FEARBY (7)  GATTRESS (2)  GANT (1)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (2)  HARRAP (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLGATE (1)  HOLMES (4)  HOWARD (5)  JACKSON (1)  JAGGER (7)  JOHNSON (3)  KILDIN (2)  KINGSMILL (1)  KNEESHAN (8)  MENNEL (1)  MEDCALF (8)  MOUNCER (5)  PICKERING (1)  POOL (4)  POWELL (4)  RAPER (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDSDALE (4)  ROBINSON (5)  O'ROURKE (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SEPTON (1)  SHEPHARD (1)  SPINK (3)  WADE (1)  WARD (1)  WAUD (2)  WHINCUP (2)  WILMAN (1)  WILSON (2)  WOODBARN (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNG (7)