Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eryholme, Yorkshire

Eryholme 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
BUCKLE158.1081746.27
WAKE137.0270872.48
CURRY115.9459415.09
BEAVIS94.86491,184.21
CLARKE94.864924.01
ETHERINGTON73.7838500.00
MILLER73.783821.15
ALTON73.78381,400.00
SPEARS73.78381,590.91
BAXTER63.243254.45
WILKINSON42.162214.17
HALL42.16227.35
ALLEN31.62168.58
NELSON31.621633.48
COOPER31.62166.67
ALLAN31.621625.84
PYBUS31.6216545.45
PICKERING31.621644.98
MARTIN31.62166.58
JOHNSON31.62164.83
SCOTT31.62166.41
RICHARDSON21.08116.35
SMITH21.08110.77
APPLEBY21.081166.23
DODSWORTH21.0811259.74
THOMAS21.08112.62
SIMPSON21.08116.18
ROBINSON21.08113.39
HUNTER21.081110.53
ABBEY10.5405147.06
THOMPSON10.54051.80
LAMB10.540510.25
JEPSON10.540555.25
ROBSON10.54058.21
HOGG10.540514.97
KIRBY10.540514.25
HUTCHINSON10.54059.51
ADAMS10.54053.67
BALDWIN10.540512.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPEARS1,590.9173.7838
ALTON1,400.0073.7838
BEAVIS1,184.2194.8649
WAKE872.48137.0270
BUCKLE746.27158.1081
PYBUS545.4531.6216
ETHERINGTON500.0073.7838
CURRY415.09115.9459
DODSWORTH259.7421.0811
ABBEY147.0610.5405
APPLEBY66.2321.0811
JEPSON55.2510.5405
BAXTER54.4563.2432
PICKERING44.9831.6216
NELSON33.4831.6216
ALLAN25.8431.6216
CLARKE24.0194.8649
MILLER21.1573.7838
HOGG14.9710.5405
KIRBY14.2510.5405
WILKINSON14.1742.1622
BALDWIN12.6710.5405
HUNTER10.5321.0811
LAMB10.2510.5405
HUTCHINSON9.5110.5405
ALLEN8.5831.6216
ROBSON8.2110.5405
HALL7.3542.1622
COOPER6.6731.6216
MARTIN6.5831.6216
SCOTT6.4131.6216
RICHARDSON6.3521.0811
SIMPSON6.1821.0811
JOHNSON4.8331.6216
ADAMS3.6710.5405
ROBINSON3.3921.0811
THOMAS2.6221.0811
THOMPSON1.8010.5405
SMITH0.7721.0811

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called SPEARS in Eryholme 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 3.7838 in Eryholme means that 3.7838% of the people in Eryholme on census day were called SPEARS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPEARS 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 SPEARS 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 SPEARS 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 SPEARS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,590.91 in Eryholme means that you are 1,590.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPEARS in Eryholme than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eryholme in 1881

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

ABBEY (1)  ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (3)  ALLAN (3)  ALTON (7)  APPLEBY (2)  BALDWIN (1)  BAXTER (6)  BEAVIS (9)  BEILBY (4)  BUCKLE (15)  CLARKE (9)  COOPER (3)  CURRY (11)  DODSWORTH (2)  ETHERINGTON (7)  FARNABY (1)  GEALL (1)  GELDARD (1)  JEPSON (1)  HALL (4)  HOGGART (2)  HOGG (1)  HUNTER (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KIRBY (1)  LAMB (1)  MARTIN (3)  MEYNELL (3)  MILLER (7)  MUSTHER (3)  NELSON (3)  NODDEN (8)  PALLISER (1)  PICKERING (3)  PYBUS (3)  RAGUN (4)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  SCOTT (3)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (2)  SPEARS (7)  STAINSBY (5)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (1)  WAKE (13)  WILKINSON (4)