Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckden, Yorkshire

Buckden 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
BERESFORD299.76431,324.20
METCALFE237.7441339.23
TENNANT206.7340630.91
LODGE175.7239314.81
CHAPMAN175.723940.30
FOSTER134.377132.74
PARRINGTON113.70372,820.51
HOLGATE103.3670406.50
SIMPSON93.030317.32
HEBDEN82.6936860.22
CALVERT82.6936132.01
WIGHT72.3569457.52
MALTBY62.0202352.94
MILNER62.020288.11
HIRD62.0202262.01
LAMBERT51.683530.85
WEBSTER51.683519.36
PARKER51.68358.85
PEACOCK41.346837.77
MILLAR41.346836.90
STAMP31.0101137.61
LAWSON31.010117.13
BRERETON31.0101241.94
KENDALL31.010146.95
TURNBULL31.010123.96
WILKINS20.673415.23
KIRKBRIDE20.6734227.27
WOOD20.67342.11
GILL20.67349.52
BECKWITH10.336757.14
SAYER10.336725.71
ALDERSON10.336724.27
LOCKWOOD10.336715.24
CHAMLEY10.33671,000.00
WAUGH10.336724.69
BROWN10.33670.51
NOWELL10.336771.94
HOLMES10.33672.76
BENTHAM10.336773.53
MILLNER10.3367344.83
SPENCE10.336710.18
ASHTON10.33676.87
COATES10.33679.03
ROBINSON10.33671.06
CARTER10.33672.01
KETTLEWELL10.3367109.89
WATKINSON10.336728.74
MUDD10.336780.00
STOREY10.336713.25
BELL10.33671.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARRINGTON2,820.51113.7037
BERESFORD1,324.20299.7643
CHAMLEY1,000.0010.3367
HEBDEN860.2282.6936
TENNANT630.91206.7340
WIGHT457.5272.3569
HOLGATE406.50103.3670
MALTBY352.9462.0202
MILLNER344.8310.3367
METCALFE339.23237.7441
LODGE314.81175.7239
HIRD262.0162.0202
BRERETON241.9431.0101
KIRKBRIDE227.2720.6734
STAMP137.6131.0101
CALVERT132.0182.6936
KETTLEWELL109.8910.3367
MILNER88.1162.0202
MUDD80.0010.3367
BENTHAM73.5310.3367
NOWELL71.9410.3367
BECKWITH57.1410.3367
KENDALL46.9531.0101
CHAPMAN40.30175.7239
PEACOCK37.7741.3468
MILLAR36.9041.3468
FOSTER32.74134.3771
LAMBERT30.8551.6835
WATKINSON28.7410.3367
SAYER25.7110.3367
WAUGH24.6910.3367
WISEMAN24.5110.3367
ALDERSON24.2710.3367
TURNBULL23.9631.0101
ASH20.3710.3367
WEBSTER19.3651.6835
SIMPSON17.3293.0303
LAWSON17.1331.0101
LOCKWOOD15.2410.3367
WILKINS15.2320.6734
STOREY13.2510.3367
SPENCE10.1810.3367
GILL9.5220.6734
COATES9.0310.3367
PARKER8.8551.6835
ASHTON6.8710.3367
PRESTON6.7410.3367
HOLMES2.7610.3367
WOOD2.1120.6734
CARTER2.0110.3367

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called PARRINGTON in Buckden 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 3.7037 in Buckden means that 3.7037% of the people in Buckden on census day were called PARRINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARRINGTON 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 PARRINGTON 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 PARRINGTON 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 PARRINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,820.51 in Buckden means that you are 2,820.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARRINGTON in Buckden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckden in 1881

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

AIREY (1)  ALDERSON (1)  ASH (1)  ASHTON (1)  BECKWITH (1)  BELL (1)  BENTHAM (1)  BERESFORD (29)  BRERETON (3)  BROWN (1)  CALVERT (8)  CARTER (1)  CHAMLEY (1)  CHAPMAN (17)  COATES (1)  FALSHAW (9)  FOSTER (13)  GILL (2)  HEARFIELD (3)  HESELTINE (6)  HIRD (6)  HEBDEN (8)  HOLGATE (10)  HOLMES (1)  JELFS (1)  KENDALL (3)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KIRKBRIDE (2)  NOWELL (1)  LAMBERT (5)  LAWSON (3)  LOCKWOOD (1)  LODGE (17)  MALTBY (6)  METCALFE (23)  MILLAR (4)  MILNER (6)  MILLNER (1)  MAWER (1)  MUDD (1)  PARKER (5)  PARRINGTON (11)  PAWSON (3)  PEACOCK (4)  PRESTON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SAYER (1)  SIMPSON (9)  SPENCE (1)  SPURNAY (1)  STAMP (3)  STOREY (1)  TENNANT (20)  TESSIMAN (2)  THWAITE (8)  TURNBULL (3)  WATKINSON (1)  WAUGH (1)  WEBSTER (5)  WIGHT (7)  WILKINS (2)  WISEMAN (1)  WOODD (2)  WOOD (2)