Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brearton, Yorkshire

Brearton 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
DICKINSON2013.2450310.08
REYNARD95.96033,600.00
MOUNTAIN85.2980747.66
CHAPMAN74.635832.63
CALVERT74.6358227.27
DUFFIELD74.6358534.35
WELLS74.635855.73
BRAITHWAITE53.3113285.71
DRURY53.3113208.33
MANNERS53.3113666.67
SMITH53.31132.35
MORRELL53.3113352.11
STEEL42.649065.04
DOOLAN42.64901,333.33
CHAMBERS42.649046.57
WEBSTER31.986822.85
MARSHALL31.986811.84
TASKER31.9868186.34
FAWCETT21.324568.49
LEE21.32458.10
HILL21.32455.20
NUSSEY21.32452,000.00
THOMPSON21.32454.42
HOUSEMAN21.3245571.43
NETTLETON21.3245307.69
SIMPSON21.32457.57
PULLAN10.6623166.67
WRIGHT10.66232.06
ALMOND10.662353.48
MUDD10.6623156.25
COATES10.662317.76
CAMERON10.66238.52
BENTLEY10.662315.65
DUNNING10.662378.13
WILSON10.66231.44
PURCELL10.662395.24
FOX10.66237.13
BEECROFT10.6623156.25
LOVEDAY10.6623108.70
HORNER10.662334.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REYNARD3,600.0095.9603
NUSSEY2,000.0021.3245
DOOLAN1,333.3342.6490
MOUNTAIN747.6685.2980
MANNERS666.6753.3113
HOUSEMAN571.4321.3245
DUFFIELD534.3574.6358
MORRELL352.1153.3113
DICKINSON310.082013.2450
NETTLETON307.6921.3245
BRAITHWAITE285.7153.3113
CALVERT227.2774.6358
DRURY208.3353.3113
TASKER186.3431.9868
PULLAN166.6710.6623
BEECROFT156.2510.6623
MUDD156.2510.6623
LOVEDAY108.7010.6623
PURCELL95.2410.6623
DUNNING78.1310.6623
FAWCETT68.4921.3245
STEEL65.0442.6490
WELLS55.7374.6358
ALMOND53.4810.6623
CHAMBERS46.5742.6490
HORNER34.8410.6623
CHAPMAN32.6374.6358
WEBSTER22.8531.9868
COATES17.7610.6623
BENTLEY15.6510.6623
MARSHALL11.8431.9868
CAMERON8.5210.6623
LEE8.1021.3245
SIMPSON7.5721.3245
FOX7.1310.6623
HILL5.2021.3245
THOMPSON4.4221.3245
SMITH2.3553.3113
WRIGHT2.0610.6623
WILSON1.4410.6623

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called REYNARD in Brearton 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 5.9603 in Brearton means that 5.9603% of the people in Brearton on census day were called REYNARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REYNARD 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 REYNARD 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 REYNARD 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 REYNARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,600.00 in Brearton means that you are 3,600.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REYNARD in Brearton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brearton in 1881

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

ALMOND (1)  BEECROFT (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BRAITHWAITE (5)  CALVERT (7)  CAMERON (1)  CARLING (1)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHAPMAN (7)  COATES (1)  DICKINSON (20)  DOOLAN (4)  DRURY (5)  DUFFIELD (7)  DUNNING (1)  FAWCETT (2)  FEASBY (3)  FOX (1)  HILL (2)  HORNER (1)  HOUSEMAN (2)  LEAROYD (1)  LEE (2)  LOVEDAY (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MANNERS (5)  MORRELL (5)  MOUNTAIN (8)  MUDD (1)  NETTLETON (2)  NUSSEY (2)  PULLAN (1)  PURCELL (1)  REYNARD (9)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (5)  STEEL (4)  TASKER (3)  THACKRAY (3)  THOMPSON (2)  WELLHAM (2)  WELLS (7)  WEBSTER (3)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)