Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dewsbury Ossett Cum, Yorkshire

Dewsbury Ossett Cum 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
WILSON213.33337.26
CRAVEN162.5397131.58
ELLIS152.381016.40
MERCER152.381090.74
MITCHELL121.90489.39
NETTLETON121.9048442.80
MOORHOUSE121.9048153.85
TALBOTT111.7460769.23
DENTON101.587386.36
ILLINGWORTH101.5873140.25
HEALD101.5873255.75
HALSTEAD101.5873190.84
IBBOTSON101.5873231.48
BEDFORD101.587366.89
RILEY91.428618.06
HALLAS91.4286382.98
WHITE91.42864.44
JACKSON91.42865.11
SCHOFIELD91.428626.35
ARCHER91.428634.54
WATERHOUSE91.428693.75
HOLDER81.269894.45
NOBLE81.269830.58
PEACE81.2698140.11
SMITH81.26980.90
SPENCER71.111112.17
SIMPSON71.11116.35
EASTWOOD71.111146.98
BOOTH71.111111.26
EVANS71.11112.54
CLARKSON71.111141.92
EARL60.952472.82
BRITTON60.952453.76
PARKES60.952446.51
WAINWRIGHT60.952445.01
LAWRENCE60.952414.67
ROLLINSON60.9524176.47
RICHARDSON60.95245.59
SALISBURY60.952495.85
OXLEY60.952468.03
GEE60.952437.31
CLOUGH60.952442.64
BROWN50.79371.20
ALLSOP50.793777.28
OLDROYD50.7937156.74
FOTHERGILL50.7937138.50
TOLSON50.7937279.33
BROOK50.793720.58
HARGREAVES50.793719.04
WHITAKER50.793728.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TALBOTT769.23111.7460
NETTLETON442.80121.9048
HALLAS382.9891.4286
TOLSON279.3350.7937
HEALD255.75101.5873
IBBOTSON231.48101.5873
HALSTEAD190.84101.5873
ROLLINSON176.4760.9524
TEAL166.6740.6349
OLDROYD156.7450.7937
MOORHOUSE153.85121.9048
ILLINGWORTH140.25101.5873
PEACE140.1181.2698
FOTHERGILL138.5050.7937
DEWS136.9920.3175
CRAVEN131.58162.5397
NORBURY125.7940.6349
WILBY108.1140.6349
SALISBURY95.8560.9524
HOLDER94.4581.2698
WATERHOUSE93.7591.4286
MERCER90.74152.3810
BOOCOCK90.0920.3175
WOMACK90.0910.1587
DENTON86.36101.5873
ALLSOP77.2850.7937
LONSDALE76.4840.6349
KILNER76.0520.3175
EARL72.8260.9524
WIDDOP69.9310.1587
OXLEY68.0360.9524
BEDFORD66.89101.5873
COCKBURN62.1950.7937
WADSWORTH56.9550.7937
BRITTON53.7660.9524
EASTWOOD46.9871.1111
LEATHER46.5120.3175
PARKES46.5160.9524
LAYCOCK46.1940.6349
WAINWRIGHT45.0160.9524
LAND44.0520.3175
BROADHEAD43.2020.3175
CLOUGH42.6460.9524
CLARKSON41.9271.1111
KITSON39.7620.3175
SPEIGHT39.0620.3175
GEE37.3160.9524
ROLFE36.7230.4762
ARCHER34.5491.4286
WILCOCK33.4830.4762

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called TALBOTT in Dewsbury Ossett Cum 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 1.7460 in Dewsbury Ossett Cum means that 1.7460% of the people in Dewsbury Ossett Cum on census day were called TALBOTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TALBOTT 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 TALBOTT 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 TALBOTT 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 TALBOTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 769.23 in Dewsbury Ossett Cum means that you are 769.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TALBOTT in Dewsbury Ossett Cum than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dewsbury Ossett Cum in 1881

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

ALLSOP (5)  ANDREW (2)  ARCHER (9)  AUDSLEY (7)  BAILEY (2)  BATTY (3)  BECKWITH (1)  BEDFORD (10)  BENNETT (2)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOOCOCK (2)  BOOTH (7)  BRITTON (6)  BROADHEAD (2)  BROOK (5)  BROWN (5)  CLARKSON (7)  CLEGG (3)  CLOUGH (6)  COCKBURN (5)  CRABTREE ((CROWTHER)) (2)  CRABTREE (3)  CRAVEN (16)  DAY (3)  DENTON (10)  DEWS (2)  DYSON (4)  EARL (6)  EARNSHAW (1)  EASTWOOD (7)  ELLIS (15)  EVANS (7)  FEARNSIDE (5)  FOTHERGILL (5)  FOZARD (15)  FRANKISH (1)  GEE (6)  GILBERT (1)  GLOVER (2)  GOODARE (2)  HALL (1)  HALSTEAD (10)  HARGREAVES (5)  HARRISON (4)  HAIGH (1)  HEALD (10)  HEMINGWAY (1)  HOLDER (8)  HALLAS (9)  OLDROYD (5)  HOOK (1)  HUTCHINSON (4)  IBBOTSON (10)  ALIFFE (2)  ILLINGWORTH (10)  JACKSON (9)  JAGGAR (2)  JONES (1)  JOWETT (2)  KILNER (2)  KING (4)  KITSON (2)  LAND (2)  LANGLEY (2)  LAWRENCE (6)  LAYCOCK (4)  LEATHER (2)  LISTER (2)  LOCKWOOD (4)  LONG (3)  LONSDALE (4)  LUCAS (2)  MEGSON (8)  MERCER (15)  MICKLETHWAITE (1)  MITCHELL (12)  MOORHOUSE (12)  NETTLETON (12)  NOBLE (8)  NORBURY (4)  OXLEY (6)  PARKES (6)  PARKER (3)  PATTERSON (4)  PEACE (8)  POLLARD (4)  RADWELL (1)  ROLLINSON (6)  RHODES (5)  RICHARDSON (6)  RILEY (9)  ROLFE (3)  ROSS (1)  SALISBURY (6)  SCHOFIELD (9)  SCHORAH (6)  SCOTT (2)  SILWOOD (5)  SENIOR (2)  SIMPSON (7)  SMITH (8)  SPEIGHT (2)  SPENCER (7)  SQUIRE (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STRAFFORD (2)  TALBOTT (11)  TEAL (4)  TOLSON (5)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWNEND (4)  WADSWORTH (5)  WAINWRIGHT (6)  WOMERSLEY (3)  WATERHOUSE (9)  WHITAKER (5)  WHITE (9)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WIDDOP (1)  WILCOCK (3)  WILBY (4)  WILSON (21)  WOMACK (1)  WOOD (4)  YOUNG (3)