Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boldron, Yorkshire

Boldron 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
ALDERSON117.2368521.33
WALKER117.236821.62
DONALD106.5789326.80
KIDD95.9211291.26
COATES95.9211158.73
BRUNSKILL74.60532,000.00
FORREST63.9474153.06
LAYTON63.9474491.80
SMITH63.94742.80
GREGORY53.289546.90
MITCHELL53.289516.22
ROBINSON42.63168.25
SAYER31.9737150.75
WHITE31.97376.14
SOWERBY31.9737365.85
ROBSON31.973730.00
JACKSON21.31584.71
HILLARY21.3158800.00
EDGAR21.315885.47
KIPLING21.3158555.56
TELFORD10.657974.63
HARRISON10.65792.96
RICHARDSON10.65793.86
FOSTER10.65794.92
METCALF10.657932.47
BEADLE10.657993.46
HUTCHINSON10.657911.59
PICKERING10.657918.25
JOHNSON10.65791.96
ATKINSON10.65796.76
GIBSON10.65795.42
WILKINSON10.65794.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRUNSKILL2,000.0074.6053
HILLARY800.0021.3158
KIPLING555.5621.3158
ALDERSON521.33117.2368
LAYTON491.8063.9474
SOWERBY365.8531.9737
DONALD326.80106.5789
KIDD291.2695.9211
COATES158.7395.9211
FORREST153.0663.9474
SAYER150.7531.9737
BEADLE93.4610.6579
EDGAR85.4721.3158
TELFORD74.6310.6579
GREGORY46.9053.2895
METCALF32.4710.6579
ROBSON30.0031.9737
WALKER21.62117.2368
PICKERING18.2510.6579
MITCHELL16.2253.2895
HUTCHINSON11.5910.6579
ROBINSON8.2542.6316
ATKINSON6.7610.6579
WHITE6.1431.9737
GIBSON5.4210.6579
FOSTER4.9210.6579
JACKSON4.7121.3158
WILKINSON4.3110.6579
RICHARDSON3.8610.6579
HARRISON2.9610.6579
SMITH2.8063.9474
JOHNSON1.9610.6579

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called BRUNSKILL in Boldron 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 4.6053 in Boldron means that 4.6053% of the people in Boldron on census day were called BRUNSKILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRUNSKILL 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 BRUNSKILL 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 BRUNSKILL 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 BRUNSKILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Boldron means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRUNSKILL in Boldron than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boldron in 1881

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

ALDERSON (11)  ALLINSON (4)  ATKINSON (1)  BEADLE (1)  BRUNSKILL (7)  COATES (9)  EDGAR (2)  FORREST (6)  FOSTER (1)  FREEAR (2)  GARGETT (2)  GIBSON (1)  GREGORY (5)  HARRISON (1)  HILLARY (2)  HOGGETT (5)  HURWORTH (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KIDD (9)  KIPLING (2)  LAYTON (6)  DONALD (10)  METCALF (1)  MITCHELL (5)  PICKERING (1)  PLEWS (9)  PLOWS (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROBSON (3)  SAYER (3)  SMITH (6)  SOWERBY (3)  SWINBANK (1)  TELFORD (1)  WALKER (11)  WHITE (3)  WILKINSON (1)