Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hampole, Yorkshire

Hampole 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
BUTCHER108.1301193.05
JOHNSON86.504119.36
FIRTH86.5041196.08
CLARK75.691118.93
KITSON75.6911714.29
COWARD64.8780425.53
BROWN54.06506.17
HEPWORTH54.0650357.14
LEDGER54.0650595.24
TAYLOR43.25205.09
MAPLES43.25203,076.92
ALDERSON32.4390175.44
WILSON32.43905.31
WIGHTMAN21.6260246.91
SMITH21.62601.15
KEMP21.626029.33
WATSON10.81303.51
HORSFIELD10.8130120.48
FRITH10.813081.30
YATES10.813011.83
KITCHEN10.813047.62
BOWLAND10.81301,250.00
WALES10.8130100.00
WRIGHT10.81302.53
KENYON10.813038.91
BUCK10.813037.88
WHITEHEAD10.813012.03
HOWSON10.8130129.87
BATTY10.813053.19
TURNER10.81302.92
HALL10.81302.76
PARKIN10.813030.21
DAY10.81308.64
BUTTER10.8130169.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAPLES3,076.9243.2520
BOWLAND1,250.0010.8130
KITSON714.2975.6911
LEDGER595.2454.0650
COWARD425.5364.8780
HEPWORTH357.1454.0650
WIGHTMAN246.9121.6260
FIRTH196.0886.5041
BUTCHER193.05108.1301
ALDERSON175.4432.4390
BUTTER169.4910.8130
HOWSON129.8710.8130
HORSFIELD120.4810.8130
WALES100.0010.8130
FRITH81.3010.8130
BATTY53.1910.8130
KITCHEN47.6210.8130
KENYON38.9110.8130
BUCK37.8810.8130
PARKIN30.2110.8130
KEMP29.3321.6260
JOHNSON19.3686.5041
CLARK18.9375.6911
WHITEHEAD12.0310.8130
YATES11.8310.8130
DAY8.6410.8130
BROWN6.1754.0650
WILSON5.3132.4390
TAYLOR5.0943.2520
WATSON3.5110.8130
TURNER2.9210.8130
HALL2.7610.8130
WRIGHT2.5310.8130
SMITH1.1521.6260

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called MAPLES in Hampole 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 3.2520 in Hampole means that 3.2520% of the people in Hampole on census day were called MAPLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAPLES 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 MAPLES 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 MAPLES 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 MAPLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,076.92 in Hampole means that you are 3,076.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAPLES in Hampole than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hampole in 1881

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

ALDERSON (3)  AUTEY (2)  BATTY (1)  BIRKENSHAW (1)  BOWLAND (1)  BROWN (5)  BUCK (1)  BUTCHER (10)  BUTTER (1)  CLARK (7)  COWARD (6)  DAY (1)  DUCKITT (1)  FIRTH (8)  FRITH (1)  HALL (1)  HAWCOCK (9)  HEPWORTH (5)  HORSFIELD (1)  HOWSON (1)  JOHNSON (8)  KEMP (2)  KENYON (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KITSON (7)  LEDGER (5)  O'MALLEY (1)  MAPLES (4)  OXLOR (1)  PARKIN (1)  PENISTONE (2)  SCORAH (1)  SAYNOR (4)  SMITH (2)  TAYLOR (4)  TURNER (1)  WALES (1)  WOMERSLEY (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITTLES (1)  WIGHTMAN (2)  WILSON (3)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (1)