Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dent, Yorkshire

Dent 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
MASON705.785143.02
MIDDLETON504.132278.72
SEDGWICK362.9752410.02
PARRINGTON362.97522,250.00
FAWCETT342.8099145.30
ALLEN282.314012.25
BENTHAM282.3140506.33
DIXON231.900817.35
BURTON191.570218.43
BATEMAN171.405054.38
HARPER171.405021.94
NELSON161.322327.30
FOTHERGILL151.2397216.14
GOTH151.23972,727.27
GREENWOOD141.157014.90
CRAGG131.0744169.27
BATTY131.074470.31
POWLEY131.0744346.67
PARKER120.99175.21
BAYNES110.9091230.13
ALDERSON110.909165.52
RAW110.9091251.72
BRUNSKILL110.9091391.46
CHAPMAN110.90916.40
CONDER110.90911,028.04
BIRKETT100.826485.62
HODGSON100.826411.93
LAMBERT100.826415.14
BURROW90.7438108.43
WARD80.66123.03
METCALFE80.661228.95
EDMONDSON80.661257.22
BAINE80.6612879.12
ELLISON80.661231.30
MATTINSON80.6612372.09
ARMER70.5785466.67
GOTT70.5785133.59
STEPHENSON70.578510.11
BAYNE70.5785158.01
LODGE70.578531.82
BAINES70.578530.21
BLADES70.5785101.89
PARKINSON70.578512.06
WHITE60.49591.54
CROSSLEY60.495918.06
BAINBRIDGE60.495935.27
ALLISON60.495917.45
LISTER60.495917.39
PINCH60.4959294.12
DAWSON50.41323.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOTH2,727.27151.2397
PARRINGTON2,250.00362.9752
CONDER1,028.04110.9091
BAINE879.1280.6612
BENTHAM506.33282.3140
ARMER466.6770.5785
ASHBURN421.0540.3306
SEDGWICK410.02362.9752
BRUNSKILL391.46110.9091
MATTINSON372.0980.6612
POWLEY346.67131.0744
GROSSE338.9820.1653
PINCH294.1260.4959
RAW251.72110.9091
BAYNES230.13110.9091
FOTHERGILL216.14151.2397
CRAGG169.27131.0744
BAYNE158.0170.5785
FAWCETT145.30342.8099
GOTT133.5970.5785
CORNEY123.7650.4132
BURROW108.4390.7438
BUSHBY105.2650.4132
BLADES101.8970.5785
BIRKETT85.62100.8264
MIDDLETON78.72504.1322
TATHAM73.5330.2479
BATTY70.31131.0744
ALDERSON65.52110.9091
EDMUNDSON58.3120.1653
EDMONDSON57.2280.6612
BATEMAN54.38171.4050
SHIRLEY50.5650.4132
MASON43.02705.7851
MAWSON40.9840.3306
COWPER37.7420.1653
ASKEW36.6050.4132
BRAITHWAITE35.6150.4132
BAINBRIDGE35.2760.4959
STOCKDALE31.8530.2479
LODGE31.8270.5785
ELLISON31.3080.6612
POOLEY30.7130.2479
BAINES30.2170.5785
METCALFE28.9580.6612
NELSON27.30161.3223
HOWSON26.4920.1653
WINN25.5330.2479
HARPER21.94171.4050
SHARPLES18.9140.3306

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called GOTH in Dent 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 1.2397 in Dent means that 1.2397% of the people in Dent on census day were called GOTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOTH 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 GOTH 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 GOTH 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 GOTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,727.27 in Dent means that you are 2,727.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOTH in Dent than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dent in 1881

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

AIREY (6)  AKRIGG (4)  ALDERSON (11)  ALLEN (28)  ALLISON (6)  ARMISTEAD (1)  ARMER (7)  ASHBURN (4)  ASHBURNER (4)  ASKEW (5)  ATKINSON (1)  BAINE (8)  BAYNE (7)  BAYNES (11)  BAINES (7)  BAINBRIDGE (6)  BATEMAN (17)  BATTY (13)  BEARDMORE (1)  BENSON (4)  BENTHAM (28)  BINNS (2)  BIRKETT (10)  BLACKMARE (2)  BLADES (7)  BOOTH (5)  BOWMAN (4)  BREEKS OR BRECKS (2)  BRAITHWAITE (5)  BRECKS (1)  BRUNSKILL (11)  BURROW (9)  BURTON (19)  BUSHBY (5)  CAPSTICK (52)  CARTER (3)  CHAPMAN (11)  CLARK (1)  CONDER (11)  COWPER (2)  COOPER (1)  CORNEY (5)  COWPERTHWAITE (6)  CRAGG (13)  CROSSLEY (6)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAVIS (2)  DAWSON (5)  DENT (1)  DINSDALE (1)  DIXON (23)  EDMONDSON (8)  EDMUNDSON (2)  ELLISON (8)  FARRER (1)  FAWCETT (34)  FENTON (1)  FOSTER (2)  FOTHERGILL (15)  GIBSON (3)  GILL (1)  GOSLING (2)  GOTH (15)  GOTT (7)  GRAHAM (1)  GREENBANK (43)  GREENWOOD (14)  GROSSE (2)  HAYGARTH (26)  HALL (3)  HANDLEY (2)  HARDCASTLE (1)  HARKER (2)  HARPER (17)  HARTLEY (1)  HIGGINSON (1)  HITCHING (4)  HODGSON (10)  HOLMES (2)  HOWSON (2)  HULLY (1)  HUTCHINSON (5)  IVISON (1)  JAMES (3)  JOHNSTON (5)  KELLET (1)  KITCHEN (3)  KNOWLES (2)  NOWELL (1)  LAMBERT (10)  LANGSTROTH (1)  LAW (3)  LISTER (6)  LOADMAN (1)  LODGE (7)  LORD (1)  MACKERETH (3)  MALLISON (4)  MANSAUL (1)  MASON (70)  MASSY (1)  MATTINSON (8)  MAUD (1)  MAUGHAM (1)  MAWSON (4)  METCALFE (8)  METCALF (4)  MIDDLETON (50)  MILBURNE (1)  MOFFAT (4)  MOORE (1)  MORPHET (13)  NELSON (16)  NEWTON (1)  NIXON (3)  OVERSBY (42)  PARK (1)  PARKER (12)  PARKINSON (7)  PARRINGTON (36)  PARRAT (1)  PICKERING (1)  PICKTHALL (6)  PIGHILLS (1)  PINCH (6)  POOLEY (3)  POWELL (1)  POWLEY (13)  PRESTON (1)  PRIOR (3)  PROCTER (1)  RAW (11)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIPLEY (1)  ROBINSON (3)  RODGERS (1)  SCHOEFIELD (1)  SEDGWICK (36)  SHARPLES (4)  SHAW (1)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHIRLEY (5)  STAINTON (2)  STAVELEY (23)  STEVENS (2)  STEPHENSON (7)  STOCKDALE (3)  SUNTER (7)  SUTTON (2)  SWAINBANK (11)  SWIFT (3)  TATHAM (3)  TAYLFORTH (1)  TENNANT (1)  THEXTON (3)  THISTLETHWAITE (6)  THORSBY (2)  TOMLINSON (3)  TOWERS (1)  TURNER (3)  WHALEY (1)  WALLER (2)  WALTON (1)  WARD (8)  WEARING (1)  WHITE (6)  WHITFIELD (3)  WILLAN (6)  WILSON (4)  WINN (3)  WOODS (1)