Top surnames from the 1881 census in Halton East, Yorkshire

Halton East 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
ROBINSON124.332113.59
METCALFE124.3321189.87
HOLGATE113.9711478.26
BURNETT113.9711143.60
DEMAINE82.88813,333.33
JOHNSON82.88818.60
JONES72.52712.23
SHAW72.527113.76
WRIGHT72.52717.88
FORSYTH62.1661101.52
FRENCH62.166144.38
PHILLIPS62.166112.11
JEFFERSON62.1661199.34
WINFIELD62.1661260.87
ARCHER51.805143.63
WHARTON41.4440103.09
WALLBANK41.4440465.12
WALKER41.44404.31
JENKINSON31.083061.86
MASON31.08308.05
HOLDEN31.083019.78
SMITH31.08300.77
WILSON20.72201.57
SKELTON20.722049.63
THOMPSON20.72202.41
RUDGE20.722092.17
TEMPEST20.7220155.04
WEST20.72207.50
SCOTT20.72202.85
MYRES20.7220800.00
THOMAS20.72201.75
ATKINSON20.72207.41
WHITTAKER20.722015.24
DINSDALE20.7220139.86
HARRIES20.722038.39
DAVIS20.72203.29
BEGG20.7220118.34
TESSEYMAN20.72201,538.46
HOWDEN10.361071.43
POTTER10.36105.57
LOVELL10.361017.24
CARR10.36105.00
STEWART10.36102.31
HICK10.361077.52
ABRAM10.3610101.01
PETTY10.361036.50
EVANS10.36100.83
LACY10.361055.25
BROWN10.36100.55
HARTLEY10.36105.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AIKENS3,333.3310.3610
DEMAINE3,333.3382.8881
TESSEYMAN1,538.4620.7220
MYRES800.0020.7220
HOLGATE478.26113.9711
WALLBANK465.1241.4440
LILES400.0010.3610
WINFIELD260.8762.1661
SEARL243.9010.3610
JEFFERSON199.3462.1661
METCALFE189.87124.3321
KINGS185.1910.3610
TEMPEST155.0420.7220
BURNETT143.60113.9711
DINSDALE139.8620.7220
BEGG118.3420.7220
PEDDER103.0910.3610
WHARTON103.0941.4440
FORSYTH101.5262.1661
ABRAM101.0110.3610
SHUTT100.0010.3610
RUDGE92.1720.7220
SCAIFE81.3010.3610
HICK77.5210.3610
BUTTERS73.5310.3610
HOWDEN71.4310.3610
PHILLIP70.9210.3610
ACTON62.5010.3610
JENKINSON61.8631.0830
LACY55.2510.3610
SPALDING50.5110.3610
NEWSOME50.2510.3610
SKELTON49.6320.7220
HERD49.2610.3610
NUTTER47.3910.3610
DENNISON46.7310.3610
BLUNT44.6410.3610
FRENCH44.3862.1661
ARCHER43.6351.8051
CLIFF41.3210.3610
PAIN40.1610.3610
HELLIWELL39.2210.3610
HARRIES38.3920.7220
PETTY36.5010.3610
JESSOP30.4010.3610
MALCOLM27.4710.3610
FELL25.7110.3610
HOLDEN19.7831.0830
FAWCETT18.6610.3610
KIDD17.7310.3610

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called AIKENS in Halton East 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 0.3610 in Halton East means that 0.3610% of the people in Halton East on census day were called AIKENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AIKENS 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 AIKENS 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 AIKENS 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 AIKENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Halton East means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AIKENS in Halton East than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Halton East in 1881

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

ABRAM (1)  ACTON (1)  ARCHER (5)  AIKENS (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BAIRSTOW (1)  BALL (1)  BECKINGHAM (10)  BEGG (2)  BENTLEY (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLUNT (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BOOCH (1)  BURNETT (11)  BUTTERS (1)  CARR (1)  CASSEN (1)  CHIDLER (1)  CLIFF (1)  COCKBAIN (1)  COCKIN (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  CROASDILL (1)  DAGGITT (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAVIES (1)  DEMAINE (8)  DENNISON (1)  DINSDALE (2)  DODD (1)  IDESON (1)  EVANS (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FELL (1)  FORSYTH (6)  FOX (1)  FRENCH (6)  GRAHAM (1)  HALL (1)  HELLIWELL (1)  HARDING (1)  HARRIES (2)  HARRISON (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HERD (1)  HICK (1)  HOLDEN (3)  HOLGATE (11)  HOWDEN (1)  HUSTWICK (5)  JABOX (1)  JEFFERSON (6)  JENKINSON (3)  JESSOP (1)  JOHNSON (8)  JONES (7)  KIDD (1)  KINGS (1)  LACY (1)  LILES (1)  LORD (1)  LOVELL (1)  MALCOLM (1)  MASON (3)  MAUDSLEY (1)  METCALFE (12)  MORPHET (1)  MYRES (2)  NELSON (1)  NEWSOME (1)  NUTTER (1)  ORMANDY (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PAIN (1)  PEDDER (1)  PETTY (1)  PHILLIPS (6)  PHILLIP (1)  POTTER (1)  RAWDEN (1)  ROBINSON (12)  RUDGE (2)  SCAIFE (1)  SKAIFE (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHUTT (1)  SEARL (1)  SHAW (7)  SKELTON (2)  SMITH (3)  SPALDING (1)  STEARD (1)  STEWART (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMPEST (2)  TESSEYMAN (2)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNBER (1)  TIBBOT (6)  TAWSE (4)  WALKER (4)  WALLACE (1)  WALLBANK (4)  WALLER (1)  WEEB (1)  WEST (2)  WHARTON (4)  WHITTAKER (2)  WHITTAM (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (2)  WINFIELD (6)  WOOD (1)  WOODRUP (1)  WRIGHT (7)