Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire

Great Ouseburn 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
CHAPMAN153.006021.17
DANIEL122.4048108.89
PLOWMAN112.2044431.37
WALKER102.00405.99
THOMPSON102.00406.69
BELL102.004010.66
SCHOLFIELD91.8036708.66
PRESTON91.803636.10
UPTON81.603284.12
JOHNSON71.40284.18
ROBSON71.402821.32
LAMB71.402826.60
REED71.402819.21
BARNES71.402811.66
KETTLEWELL71.4028457.52
JENNINGS71.402827.67
ROBINSON71.40284.40
DIXON61.202410.97
PARKER61.20246.32
RICHMOND61.202454.89
DODGSON61.2024247.93
DAVISON61.202433.63
SIMPSON51.00205.73
BURLEY51.0020105.71
STEEL51.002024.58
WADDINGTON51.002061.73
LONSDALE51.0020120.77
BUCKLE51.002092.08
METCALF40.801639.56
RIED40.80161,379.31
SELDON40.8016444.44
BRUCE40.801617.12
SHIELDS40.801651.88
KAY40.801615.43
COUPLAND40.8016126.58
WALLS40.801666.67
CASS40.8016112.99
SLATER40.801613.24
LANGSTAFF40.8016645.16
STEPHENSON30.601210.51
CARTWRIGHT30.601215.77
WILSON30.60121.31
DODSWORTH30.6012144.23
GRAHAM30.60125.24
BARRITT30.6012230.77
BRIGGS30.601211.07
MIDGLEY30.601244.84
NORRIS30.601214.00
BATEMAN30.601223.27
DOVE20.400835.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ABBAY6,666.6720.4008
WIST3,333.3310.2004
RIED1,379.3140.8016
KITCHELL1,250.0010.2004
SCHOTT1,111.1110.2004
SCHOLFIELD708.6691.8036
LANGSTAFF645.1640.8016
HARISON625.0020.4008
KETTLEWELL457.5271.4028
SELDON444.4440.8016
TESSEYMAN434.7810.2004
PLOWMAN431.37112.2044
FALLS416.6710.2004
WILBURN285.7110.2004
NEEDS273.9720.4008
DODGSON247.9361.2024
ELLERBY243.9020.4008
BARRITT230.7730.6012
HORSEMAN227.2720.4008
SCRUTON227.2720.4008
BURRILL178.5710.2004
CAWOOD169.4920.4008
WILLES169.4910.2004
WHEATER158.7310.2004
DODSWORTH144.2330.6012
SUMMERTON138.8910.2004
COUPLAND126.5840.8016
LONSDALE120.7751.0020
CASS112.9940.8016
DANIEL108.89122.4048
BURLEY105.7151.0020
BUCKLE92.0851.0020
UPTON84.1281.6032
PYBUS67.5710.2004
BURNELL66.8920.4008
WALLS66.6740.8016
PICK62.8920.4008
WADDINGTON61.7351.0020
HAW60.6110.2004
RICHMOND54.8961.2024
BARRELL52.9110.2004
SHIELDS51.8840.8016
DALBY49.5120.4008
MIDGLEY44.8430.6012
COATS44.4410.2004
BARTLEY41.6710.2004
WINN41.2420.4008
METCALF39.5640.8016
TASKER37.6620.4008
PRESTON36.1091.8036

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called ABBAY in Great Ouseburn 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 0.4008 in Great Ouseburn means that 0.4008% of the people in Great Ouseburn on census day were called ABBAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ABBAY 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 ABBAY 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 ABBAY 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 ABBAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Great Ouseburn means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ABBAY in Great Ouseburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Ouseburn in 1881

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

ABBAY (2)  ADDISON (2)  ALLINSON (1)  ATKIN (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (7)  BARRITT (3)  BARTLEY (1)  BATEMAN (3)  BELL (10)  BENSON (1)  BEST (2)  BICKERDIKE (4)  BIRCH (1)  BREEZE (1)  BRIGGS (3)  BRUCE (4)  BUCKLE (5)  BULLOCK (1)  BURLEY (5)  BURNELL (2)  BARRELL (1)  BURRILL (1)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CASS (4)  CAWOOD (2)  CHAPMAN (15)  COATES (1)  COATS (1)  COUPLAND (4)  COULSON (1)  CUNDALL (8)  CUTHBERT (1)  DALBY (2)  DANIEL (12)  DAVISON (6)  DAVY (1)  DAVIS (1)  DEAN (1)  DESELL (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DIXON (6)  DODGSON (6)  DODSWORTH (3)  DOVE (2)  DUNN (1)  DUNWELL (1)  EASBY (1)  ELLERBY (2)  ELERBY (7)  ESHELBY (3)  EYELIFFE (1)  FEARN (1)  FLINT (1)  GIBSON (1)  GLENTON (1)  GRAHAM (3)  GREENWOOD (1)  GUDGEON (13)  HALL (1)  HALLAM (1)  HANSON (1)  HARBISHER (1)  HARE (1)  HARISON (2)  HARRISON (1)  HASTINGS (1)  HAW (1)  HAWKRIDGE (2)  HENLOCK (1)  HILL (2)  HILLIER (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOPKINSON (2)  HORNER (1)  HORSEMAN (2)  HULLAH (2)  HOXTOBY (2)  HUDSON (2)  HUSTWAITE (1)  JEMINSON (10)  JENNINGS (7)  JOHNSON (7)  KAY (4)  KETTLEWELL (7)  KIRBY (1)  KITCHELL (1)  LAMB (7)  LANGSTAFF (4)  LEE (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LONSDALE (5)  MARSTON (1)  MASSINGALL (2)  FALLS (1)  MARRELL (1)  METCALF (4)  MIDGLEY (3)  MILLER (1)  MORLEY (1)  MORRELL (1)  NEILL (1)  NEEDS (2)  NELSON (1)  NOBLE (1)  NORRIS (3)  OXTOBY (5)  PANNET (1)  PARKER (6)  PAWSON (1)  PEACOCK (2)  PEARSON (1)  PERCY (1)  PICK (2)  PLOWMAN (11)  POPE (2)  PRESTON (9)  PYBUS (1)  RHEEDER (2)  RIED (4)  REED (7)  RENNISON (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RICHMOND (6)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (7)  ROBSON (7)  SANDERSON (2)  SCHOLFIELD (9)  SCHOTT (1)  SCRATCHARD (3)  SCRATCHER (3)  SCRUTON (2)  SELDON (4)  SHARP (1)  SHIELDS (4)  SIMPSON (5)  SLATER (4)  SMITH (2)  SPENCER (1)  SPENCELY (5)  STANLEY (1)  STANWIC (1)  STEEL (5)  STEPHENSON (3)  STUBBS (1)  SUMMERTON (1)  TASKER (2)  TESSEYMAN (1)  THOMPSON (10)  TOES (9)  UMPLEBY (1)  UPTON (8)  WADDINGTON (5)  WALKER (10)  WALLS (4)  WATSON (2)  WILBURN (1)  WELLS (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WETHEREL (1)  WHEATER (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLES (1)  WILSON (3)  WINN (2)  WIST (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHTSON (1)  YOUNG (1)