Top surnames from the 1881 census in Collingham, Yorkshire

Collingham 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
GROVES206.0060213.68
JOHNSON133.903911.62
MIDGLEY133.9039291.48
BOOKER123.6036300.75
FLETCHER123.603631.56
BROWN113.30335.01
LEE103.003018.38
WEBSTER92.702731.08
NOBLE82.402457.85
HODGSON82.402434.66
DALBY82.4024296.30
WHITEHEAD72.102131.10
WRIGHT72.10216.55
SCOTT72.10218.31
WARD72.10219.62
ADKIN72.10211,000.00
CALVERT72.1021103.09
SHEPHERD61.801824.59
HARDCASTLE61.8018204.08
MASON61.801813.40
WATKIN61.8018206.19
MORRELL51.5015159.74
RHODES51.501532.34
FURNESS51.5015187.97
DEAN51.501521.63
HARTLEY51.501523.96
MORLEY51.501537.57
REED51.501520.57
ALLAN41.201219.13
PARKINSON41.201225.05
BULLOCK30.900927.70
NICHOLS30.900927.65
BECKWITH30.9009153.06
MORRIS30.90094.05
WILSON30.90091.96
GESS30.90094,285.71
BRIGGS20.600611.06
KITCHEN20.600635.27
THOMPSON20.60062.00
CLARK20.60062.00
HARRISON20.60062.71
RANSOM20.6006111.11
HUME20.600642.37
STILES20.6006108.70
NEWSOM10.3003322.58
BARNES10.30032.50
YOUNG10.30031.40
HEWITT10.30036.17
COULSON10.300316.75
ADDISON10.300321.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GESS4,285.7130.9009
ADKIN1,000.0072.1021
BISBY416.6710.3003
NEWSOM322.5810.3003
WEDGEWOOD322.5810.3003
BOOKER300.75123.6036
DALBY296.3082.4024
MIDGLEY291.48133.9039
GROVES213.68206.0060
WATKIN206.1961.8018
HARDCASTLE204.0861.8018
FURNESS187.9751.5015
MORRELL159.7451.5015
BECKWITH153.0630.9009
LAWN119.0510.3003
RANSOM111.1120.6006
STILES108.7020.6006
CALVERT103.0972.1021
BROGDEN90.9110.3003
NOBLE57.8582.4024
HUME42.3720.6006
MORLEY37.5751.5015
KITCHEN35.2720.6006
HODGSON34.6682.4024
RHODES32.3451.5015
FLETCHER31.56123.6036
WHITEHEAD31.1072.1021
WEBSTER31.0892.7027
BULLOCK27.7030.9009
NICHOLS27.6530.9009
PARKINSON25.0541.2012
SHEPHERD24.5961.8018
HARTLEY23.9651.5015
ADDISON21.6910.3003
DEAN21.6351.5015
REED20.5751.5015
GLEDHILL20.2410.3003
ALLAN19.1341.2012
HAGUE19.0810.3003
LEE18.38103.0030
COULSON16.7510.3003
FAWCETT15.5310.3003
HALLIDAY14.5310.3003
MORTIMER14.3710.3003
MASON13.4061.8018
STOREY11.8210.3003
JOHNSON11.62133.9039
BRIGGS11.0620.6006
WARD9.6272.1021
SCOTT8.3172.1021

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called GESS in Collingham 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 0.9009 in Collingham means that 0.9009% of the people in Collingham on census day were called GESS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GESS 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 GESS 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 GESS 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 GESS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,285.71 in Collingham means that you are 4,285.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GESS in Collingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Collingham in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ADKIN (7)  ALLAN (4)  BARNES (1)  BEEFORTH (1)  BECKWITH (3)  BILNER (1)  BISBY (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOOKER (12)  BOOTLAND (6)  BOWNING (1)  BREWERTON (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BROGDEN (1)  BROWN (11)  BULLOCK (3)  BURNAN (1)  CALVERT (7)  CASBY (1)  CLARK (2)  COULSON (1)  DALBY (8)  DALBY (MORRELL) (8)  DEAN (5)  FAWCETT (1)  FLETCHER (12)  FURNESS (5)  GLEDHILL (1)  GOULDSBROUGH (2)  GOUTHWAITE (3)  GROVES (20)  HAGUE (1)  HALLIDAY (1)  HARDCASTLE (6)  HARRISON (2)  HARTLEY (5)  HEWITT (1)  HODGSON (8)  HALLOWAYS (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUME (2)  GESS (3)  JOHNSON (13)  KITCHEN (2)  LAWN (1)  LEE (10)  MARGERISON (4)  MASON (6)  MIDGLEY (13)  MORLEY (5)  MORRELL (5)  MORRIS (3)  MORTIMER (1)  NEWSOM (1)  NICHOLS (3)  NOBLE (8)  PARKINSON (4)  PEARSON (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  RANSOM (2)  REED (5)  RHODES (5)  ROBINSON (1)  SCATCHARD (2)  SCOTT (7)  SHEPHERD (6)  SMITH (1)  STEEL (1)  STOREY (1)  STILES (2)  SUTTILL (2)  SWALE (2)  THACKRAY (6)  THOMPSON (2)  WALKER (1)  WARD (7)  WATKIN (6)  WEDGEWOOD (1)  WEBSTER (9)  WHITEHEAD (7)  WILSON (3)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNG (1)