Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birdsall, Yorkshire

Birdsall 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
HARLAND134.0498485.07
CROSIER123.73833,870.97
ADAMSON123.7383141.34
SMITH113.42682.43
WEATHERILL103.11531,351.35
DOWSON82.4922457.14
CLARKSON82.492294.01
CRYER82.4922451.98
TELLER72.180714,000.00
HILL72.18078.56
THORNTON72.180743.37
GARWOOD61.8692382.17
RADFORD61.869298.52
HARDY61.869231.20
WHITWELL61.8692631.58
CARR51.557621.59
MITCHELL51.55767.68
PARKE51.5576657.89
AVERY51.557692.76
COOK51.55767.84
WILSON41.24612.71
SCOTT41.24614.92
HARRISON41.24615.61
DAWSON41.246111.31
BURTON41.246114.63
REX30.9346588.24
PRIDE30.9346379.75
NEWBY30.934693.46
JOHNSON30.93462.78
BARLOW30.934617.31
MEGGINSON20.62311,333.33
ADAMS20.62314.23
LUDLAM20.6231294.12
BRINGHAM20.623120,000.00
KIRBY20.623116.42
BANKS20.623112.15
HUGILL20.6231250.00
MARSHALL20.62313.71
KIRK20.623114.39
BLADES20.6231109.89
GOODWILL20.6231350.88
RINGROSE20.6231256.41
HINDMARSH10.311577.52
ANDERSON10.31151.58
DUNNING10.311536.76
HARPER10.31154.87
DAVIDSON10.31153.71
WOODLIN10.311510,000.00
SNOWDON10.311541.84
HALL10.31151.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRINGHAM20,000.0020.6231
TELLER14,000.0072.1807
SETTLER10,000.0010.3115
WOODLIN10,000.0010.3115
CROSIER3,870.97123.7383
WEATHERILL1,351.35103.1153
MEGGINSON1,333.3320.6231
AKINS1,250.0010.3115
PARKE657.8951.5576
WHITWELL631.5861.8692
REX588.2430.9346
HARLAND485.07134.0498
DOWSON457.1482.4922
PIPES454.5510.3115
CRYER451.9882.4922
GARWOOD382.1761.8692
PRIDE379.7530.9346
GOODWILL350.8820.6231
LUDLAM294.1220.6231
RINGROSE256.4120.6231
HUGILL250.0020.6231
WHITSON217.3910.3115
REYNARD185.1910.3115
CHARTER161.2910.3115
ADAMSON141.34123.7383
FORTH126.5810.3115
BLADES109.8920.6231
RADFORD98.5261.8692
CLARKSON94.0182.4922
NEWBY93.4630.9346
AVERY92.7651.5576
EARP85.4710.3115
BOYS79.3710.3115
HINDMARSH77.5210.3115
CALVER69.9310.3115
KITCHING53.7610.3115
THORNTON43.3772.1807
SNOWDON41.8410.3115
MESSENGER40.3210.3115
DUNNING36.7610.3115
HARDY31.2061.8692
CARRINGTON29.5910.3115
RAWLINSON26.1110.3115
FELL22.1710.3115
CARR21.5951.5576
BARLOW17.3130.9346
KIRBY16.4220.6231
BURTON14.6341.2461
KIRK14.3920.6231
IRELAND13.4210.3115

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called BRINGHAM in Birdsall 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 0.6231 in Birdsall means that 0.6231% of the people in Birdsall on census day were called BRINGHAM.

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

All the surnames recorded in Birdsall in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ADAMSON (12)  ANDERSON (1)  AKINS (1)  AVERY (5)  BANKS (2)  BARFORD (3)  BARLOW (3)  BARNES (1)  BARUGH (2)  BIRD (1)  BLADES (2)  BOTTERILL (4)  BOYS (1)  BRINGHAM (2)  BURTON (4)  CALVER (1)  CARR (5)  CARRINGTON (1)  CHARTER (1)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (8)  COLEMAN (1)  COOK (5)  COOPER (1)  CROSIER (12)  CRYER (8)  DALE (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAWSON (4)  DOWSON (8)  DUNNING (1)  EARP (1)  ELLIS (1)  ETTY (8)  FELL (1)  FORTH (1)  FOXTON (3)  FUTTY (1)  GARWOOD (6)  GOODWILL (2)  GOODWELL (1)  GRAY (1)  HALL (1)  HARDY (6)  HARLAND (13)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (4)  HESELTINE (4)  HEADMANSON (1)  HILL (7)  HINDMARSH (1)  HOTHAM (1)  HUGILL (2)  IANSON (1)  IRELAND (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KILVINGTON (5)  KIRBY (2)  KIRK (2)  KITCHING (1)  LUDLAM (2)  MAGSON (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MATHEWS (1)  MEGGINSON (2)  MESSENGER (1)  MITCHELL (5)  MORRIS (1)  MUNRO (1)  NALTON (2)  NEWBY (3)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARKE (5)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (1)  PECKITT (1)  PIPES (1)  PRIDE (3)  RADFORD (6)  RAWLINSON (1)  REYNARD (1)  REX (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  RINGROSE (2)  SCOTT (4)  SETTLER (1)  SHARP (1)  SHEPHERDSON (1)  SMITH (11)  SNOWDON (1)  SPAVIN (3)  STEPHENSON (1)  STRANGEWAYS (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNTON (7)  TILBURN (7)  TELLER (7)  TOUSE (5)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (1)  WATTS (1)  WEST (1)  WEATHERILL (10)  WHITSON (1)  WHITWELL (6)  WILDON (2)  WILSON (4)  WADDS (3)  WOODLIN (1)  WOODWARD (1)