Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burton Cum Walden, Yorkshire

Burton Cum Walden 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
METCALFE265.8559256.41
HAMMOND194.279375.16
SAYER163.6036274.91
RICHARDSON143.153218.52
LAWSON102.252338.20
BUSHBY102.2523574.71
KILBURN102.2523436.68
PRATT92.027035.28
WEBSTER92.027023.31
MUDD92.0270478.72
THOMPSON92.02706.77
SPENCE81.801854.46
JOHNSON71.57664.69
TENNANT71.5766147.68
BROWN71.57662.39
PICKARD61.351496.93
FAWCETT61.351469.85
BELL61.35147.19
RIDER61.3514138.89
HAMMELL61.35143,000.00
WHITWELL61.3514458.02
DINSDALE61.3514262.01
NICHOLSON51.126115.85
LONGSTAFF51.1261159.74
CLARKE51.12615.56
LARKIN51.1261125.31
SHIELDS51.126172.89
PEARSON51.12619.69
MATSON51.1261458.72
ROBSON51.126117.11
MASON40.90096.70
WHITE40.90092.80
SMITH40.90090.64
HORNER40.900947.34
KIRKBRIDE40.9009305.34
SMITHSON40.900993.90
BRODERICK40.9009272.11
HARRISON40.90094.06
IRVING30.675730.33
WINN30.675769.61
DRUMMOND30.675734.01
BLACKETT30.6757176.47
ROUTH30.6757454.55
HARGRAVE30.6757211.27
RAYNOR30.675797.40
LOFTHOUSE30.675790.63
CARNEGIE30.6757205.48
COATES20.450512.08
PYBUS20.4505151.52
FRENCH20.45059.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMMELL3,000.0061.3514
PLUES1,428.5710.2252
BUSHBY574.71102.2523
MUDD478.7292.0270
EGLIN476.1920.4505
MATSON458.7251.1261
WHITWELL458.0261.3514
ROUTH454.5530.6757
KILBURN436.68102.2523
KIRKBRIDE305.3440.9009
THORNBURY285.7110.2252
SAYER274.91163.6036
BRODERICK272.1140.9009
DINSDALE262.0161.3514
METCALFE256.41265.8559
HARGRAVE211.2730.6757
CARNEGIE205.4830.6757
BLACKETT176.4730.6757
LONGSTAFF159.7451.1261
PYBUS151.5220.4505
TENNANT147.6871.5766
KETTLEWELL147.0620.4505
RIDER138.8961.3514
BOLLAND136.0520.4505
HARGRAVES129.0320.4505
LARKIN125.3151.1261
WEATHERALL116.2810.2252
BENTHAM98.5220.4505
RAYNOR97.4030.6757
PICKARD96.9361.3514
SMITHSON93.9040.9009
LOFTHOUSE90.6330.6757
HEMSLEY90.0920.4505
REDSHAW75.7610.2252
HAMMOND75.16194.2793
SHIELDS72.8951.1261
FAWCETT69.8561.3514
WINN69.6130.6757
SPENCE54.4681.8018
HORNER47.3440.9009
LAWSON38.20102.2523
BINKS38.1710.2252
THWAITES37.7410.2252
COURT35.4020.4505
PRATT35.2892.0270
DRUMMOND34.0130.6757
DAWES33.1120.4505
IRVING30.3330.6757
HIRD29.1510.2252
CRADDOCK26.8110.2252

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called HAMMELL in Burton Cum Walden 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 1.3514 in Burton Cum Walden means that 1.3514% of the people in Burton Cum Walden on census day were called HAMMELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMMELL 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 HAMMELL 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 HAMMELL 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 HAMMELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,000.00 in Burton Cum Walden means that you are 3,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMMELL in Burton Cum Walden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burton Cum Walden in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BELL (6)  BENTHAM (2)  BIKER (5)  BINKS (1)  BLACKETT (3)  BOLLAND (2)  BRODERICK (4)  BROWN (7)  BUSHBY (10)  BYWELL (2)  CAPSTICK (5)  CARNEGIE (3)  CLARKE (5)  COATES (2)  COURT (2)  CRADDOCK (1)  DAWES (2)  DAWSON (1)  DENT (2)  DINSDALE (6)  DENSDALE (1)  DRUMMOND (3)  DUCKWORTH (2)  DUISDALE (4)  EGLIN (2)  ELSDON (1)  FAWCETT (6)  FRENCH (2)  HAMMELL (6)  HAMMOND (19)  HARDCASTLE (1)  HARGRAVE (3)  HARGRAVES (2)  HARRISON (4)  HESELTINE (11)  HIRD (1)  HEMSLEY (2)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (1)  HORNER (4)  HOWE (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUTTON (2)  IRVING (3)  JOHNSON (7)  KETTLEWELL (2)  KILBURN (10)  KING (2)  KIRKBRIDE (4)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LARKIN (5)  LAWSON (10)  LOFTHOUSE (3)  LONGSTAFF (5)  MASON (4)  MATSON (5)  METCALFE (26)  MOODY (1)  MUDD (9)  NICHOLSON (5)  OUTHWAITE (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (5)  PURCHAS (8)  PICKARD (6)  PLUES (1)  PRATT (9)  PYBUS (2)  RAYNARD (1)  RAYNOR (3)  REDSHAW (1)  RICHARDSON (14)  RYDER (2)  RIDER (6)  RICHINSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (5)  ROUTH (3)  SARGINSON (2)  SAWSON (1)  SAYER (16)  SHIELDS (5)  SMITH (4)  SMITHSON (4)  SPENCE (8)  SPENCER (1)  SPENCLEY (1)  SPENSLEY (6)  STOREY (1)  SUNTER (3)  SWAINSON (3)  TENNANT (7)  TOMMEY (3)  THOMPSON (9)  THORNBURY (1)  THWAITE (11)  THWAITES (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLER (1)  WATSON (1)  WEBSTER (9)  WEATHERALL (1)  WHITE (4)  WHITWELL (6)  WINDROSS (1)  WINN (3)  WOOD (1)