Top surnames from the 1881 census in Braithwell, Yorkshire

Braithwell 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
MARSHALL154.132224.63
ALLISON123.3058116.28
WOOD123.305810.38
CLARKSON113.0303114.35
SPENCER113.030333.19
BAILEY102.754818.29
MOUNTAIN92.4793348.84
WATSON82.20399.50
SANDERSON82.203953.33
HALL82.20397.49
PYE82.2039147.33
GREEN71.92846.85
WEYMAN71.92842,413.79
FIDLER71.9284301.72
MARKHAM71.9284162.04
SAYLES71.92841,296.30
ATKINSON61.652916.97
COLBECK61.6529731.71
BRADBURY51.377447.66
BARKER51.377410.53
ROBERTS51.37743.66
THOMPSON51.37744.60
HOUGHTON51.377439.43
SHEPHERD51.377418.80
BENTLEY51.377432.57
COE51.377484.75
OSBORNE41.101923.09
HIRST41.101933.78
VICKERS41.101942.92
RICHARDSON41.10196.47
GARNETT41.101988.69
WATERHOUSE41.101972.33
HODGSON41.101915.90
TRAVIS30.826470.42
BURTON30.82649.70
BECK30.826435.34
BROOKS30.82648.46
HOYLAND30.8264222.22
BAYES30.8264277.78
WILD30.826420.28
BARRACLOUGH30.826483.57
RIDGEWAY30.8264283.02
WORTLEY20.5510181.82
JOHNSON20.55101.64
SYKES20.551011.48
FOSTER20.55104.12
SHAW20.55103.00
EUSTACE20.5510196.08
MOSES20.551053.91
HOLMES20.55104.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HADY5,000.0010.2755
WEYMAN2,413.7971.9284
SAYLES1,296.3071.9284
COLBECK731.7161.6529
HOSKINSON555.5610.2755
WELDING400.0010.2755
MOUNTAIN348.8492.4793
FIDLER301.7271.9284
RIDGEWAY283.0230.8264
BAYES277.7830.8264
HOYLAND222.2230.8264
HARPHAM200.0010.2755
EUSTACE196.0820.5510
WORTLEY181.8220.5510
MARKHAM162.0471.9284
PYE147.3382.2039
ALLISON116.28123.3058
CLARKSON114.35113.0303
GARNETT88.6941.1019
COE84.7551.3774
BARRACLOUGH83.5730.8264
BLOW73.5310.2755
WATERHOUSE72.3341.1019
TRAVIS70.4230.8264
LAUGHTON56.8210.2755
JUBB54.9510.2755
MOSES53.9120.5510
SANDERSON53.3382.2039
BRADBURY47.6651.3774
VICKERS42.9241.1019
DEAKIN39.8420.5510
HOUGHTON39.4351.3774
THURSTON39.0610.2755
BECK35.3430.8264
HIRST33.7841.1019
SPENCER33.19113.0303
BENTLEY32.5751.3774
HARDCASTLE31.1510.2755
COPELAND29.0710.2755
MARSHALL24.63154.1322
SCHOLES23.7510.2755
OSBORNE23.0941.1019
FENWICK21.0110.2755
WILD20.2830.8264
CORNISH19.0810.2755
SHEPHERD18.8051.3774
BAILEY18.29102.7548
ATKINSON16.9761.6529
HODGSON15.9041.1019
BRADSHAW13.4120.5510

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called HADY in Braithwell 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 0.2755 in Braithwell means that 0.2755% of the people in Braithwell on census day were called HADY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HADY 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 HADY 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 HADY 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 HADY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Braithwell means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HADY in Braithwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Braithwell in 1881

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

ALLISON (12)  ASHTON (1)  ATKINS (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BAILEY (10)  BARKER (5)  BARRACLOUGH (3)  BAT (1)  BEIGHTON (6)  BECK (3)  BENTLEY (5)  BIRKINSHAW (2)  BLOW (1)  BRADBURY (5)  BRADSHAW (2)  BROOKS (3)  BURTON (3)  BAYES (3)  CARILL (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKSON (11)  COE (5)  COLBECK (6)  COPELAND (1)  CORNISH (1)  DEAKIN (2)  EUSTACE (2)  FENWICK (1)  FIDLER (7)  FOSTER (2)  FOX (2)  GARNETT (4)  GLEADHALL (10)  GREEN (7)  HADY (1)  HALL (8)  HARDCASTLE (1)  HARPHAM (1)  HIGGETT (6)  HODGSON (4)  HOLMES (2)  HOUGHTON (5)  HOYLAND (3)  HIRST (4)  HOSKINSON (1)  JOELL (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JUBB (1)  KAY OR SHAY (2)  KENDALL (1)  LAW (2)  LAUGHTON (1)  LINDSAY (1)  LIVERSIEDGE (2)  LOCKWOOD (1)  MARKHAM (7)  MARSHALL (15)  MASON (2)  MULOY (12)  MOSES (2)  MOUNTAIN (9)  MOXON (1)  NEAL (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  OSBORNE (4)  PYE (8)  REVILL (5)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIDGEWAY (3)  ROBERTS (5)  SAYLES (7)  SANDERSON (8)  SATTERFITT (4)  SCHOLES (1)  SCHOLEY (1)  SHAW (2)  SHEPHERD (5)  SPENCER (11)  STENTON (2)  SYKES (2)  THOMPSON (5)  THURSTON (1)  TRAVIS (3)  TURNER (1)  VICKERS (4)  WALKER (1)  WATERHOUSE (4)  WATSON (8)  WEYMAN (7)  WEBSTER (1)  WELDING (1)  WILD (3)  WOOD (12)  WORTLEY (2)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (1)