Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire

Bolton Abbey 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
READ1711.9718185.79
RENTON96.33801,034.48
CARR85.633878.05
SPEED74.9296614.04
HAGAR74.929617,500.00
MARSDEN53.521185.03
MAWSON42.8169347.83
LEACH42.816968.26
HALL32.11277.18
DEMAINE32.11272,500.00
KITCHING32.1127365.85
WILLIAMS32.11272.94
THOMPSON21.40854.70
BIRCH21.408534.36
MITCHELL21.40856.94
PARKER10.70423.70
WHITAKER10.704224.94
BARLOW10.704213.04
MERCER10.704226.81
FIRTH10.704221.19
CLARKE10.70423.48
HOLMES10.70425.78
WRIGHT10.70422.20
BROOKS10.70427.20
NEWMAN10.70429.47
WHELDON10.7042416.67
ELSWORTH10.7042192.31
TAYLOR10.70421.10
COOPER10.70422.90
SHELTON10.704259.88
HUDSON10.70428.60
CARSON10.704264.10
HIND10.704255.87
FOSTER10.70425.27
WEST10.70427.32
MATHER10.704228.41
DOWNS10.704239.53
SWEENEY10.704252.63
LAMBERT10.704212.90
CLAY10.704234.36
SENIOR10.704230.77
HOMES10.7042416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAGAR17,500.0074.9296
DEMAINE2,500.0032.1127
RENTON1,034.4896.3380
SPEED614.0474.9296
HOMES416.6710.7042
WHELDON416.6710.7042
KITCHING365.8532.1127
MAWSON347.8342.8169
ELSWORTH192.3110.7042
READ185.791711.9718
MARSDEN85.0353.5211
CARR78.0585.6338
LEACH68.2642.8169
CARSON64.1010.7042
SHELTON59.8810.7042
HIND55.8710.7042
SWEENEY52.6310.7042
DOWNS39.5310.7042
CLAY34.3610.7042
BIRCH34.3621.4085
SENIOR30.7710.7042
MATHER28.4110.7042
MERCER26.8110.7042
WHITAKER24.9410.7042
FIRTH21.1910.7042
BARLOW13.0410.7042
LAMBERT12.9010.7042
NEWMAN9.4710.7042
HUDSON8.6010.7042
WEST7.3210.7042
BROOKS7.2010.7042
HALL7.1832.1127
MITCHELL6.9421.4085
HOLMES5.7810.7042
FOSTER5.2710.7042
THOMPSON4.7021.4085
PARKER3.7010.7042
CLARKE3.4810.7042
WILLIAMS2.9432.1127
COOPER2.9010.7042
WRIGHT2.2010.7042
TAYLOR1.1010.7042

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called HAGAR in Bolton Abbey 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 4.9296 in Bolton Abbey means that 4.9296% of the people in Bolton Abbey on census day were called HAGAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAGAR 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 HAGAR 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 HAGAR 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 HAGAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 17,500.00 in Bolton Abbey means that you are 17,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAGAR in Bolton Abbey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bolton Abbey in 1881

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

BEACON (1)  BARLOW (1)  BELLAIRS (9)  BIRCH (2)  BROOKS (1)  CARR (8)  CARSON (1)  CHILDE (3)  CLARKE (1)  CLAY (1)  COOPER (1)  DAYNS (1)  DEMAINE (3)  DOWNS (1)  IDESON (2)  ELSWORTH (1)  FIRTH (1)  FOSTER (1)  HAGAR (7)  HALL (3)  HAYTHORNTHWAITE (8)  HIBERD (5)  HIND (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUDSON (1)  HOMES (1)  HUSTWICK (2)  KITCHING (3)  LAMBERT (1)  LEACH (4)  MARSDEN (5)  MATHER (1)  MAWSON (4)  MEDD (1)  MERCER (1)  MITCHELL (2)  NEWMAN (1)  PARKER (1)  PETYT (4)  READ (17)  RENTON (9)  SENIOR (1)  SHELTON (1)  SPEED (7)  SWEENEY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WEST (1)  WHELDON (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WRIGHT (1)