Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harton, Yorkshire

Harton 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
PIERCY85.88241,632.65
THOMPSON75.147117.18
EDMOND75.14711,521.74
BROWN75.14717.81
BEALL64.41183,157.89
DAVISON53.6765102.88
BUTTERY53.6765961.54
ATKINSON42.941230.19
SIMPSON42.941216.81
MARSHALL42.941217.54
MATTHEW42.9412388.35
BROUGH32.2059180.72
SMITH32.20591.56
FREER21.4706266.67
DIXON21.470613.42
WRAY21.4706109.29
JENNINGS21.470629.03
WOOD10.73532.31
BELT10.7353625.00
MASTERMAN10.7353294.12
LYON10.735335.09
LEAK10.7353192.31
CARR10.735310.19
HUMPHREY10.735327.62
YOUNG10.73533.42
MOORE10.73533.68
HAGGARD10.7353833.33
WEDGEWOOD10.7353833.33
ELLWOOD10.7353133.33
TAYLOR10.73531.15
LUND10.735368.03
ROLLINSON10.7353136.99
KING10.73533.37
PETTIT10.735392.59
HALL10.73532.50
BRIGGS10.735313.53
GRAY10.73535.15
WALKER10.73532.20
BAINE10.73531,000.00
MARSDEN10.735317.76
LEONARD10.735333.90
CLARK10.73532.45
ROBINSON10.73532.31
NOTTINGHAM10.7353277.78
HAIGH10.735321.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEALL3,157.8964.4118
PIERCY1,632.6585.8824
EDMOND1,521.7475.1471
BAINE1,000.0010.7353
BUTTERY961.5453.6765
WEDGEWOOD833.3310.7353
HAGGARD833.3310.7353
BELT625.0010.7353
MATTHEW388.3542.9412
MASTERMAN294.1210.7353
NOTTINGHAM277.7810.7353
FREER266.6721.4706
LEAK192.3110.7353
BROUGH180.7232.2059
ROLLINSON136.9910.7353
ELLWOOD133.3310.7353
WRAY109.2921.4706
DAVISON102.8853.6765
PETTIT92.5910.7353
LUND68.0310.7353
LYON35.0910.7353
LEONARD33.9010.7353
ATKINSON30.1942.9412
JENNINGS29.0321.4706
HUMPHREY27.6210.7353
HAIGH21.3210.7353
MARSDEN17.7610.7353
MARSHALL17.5442.9412
THOMPSON17.1875.1471
SIMPSON16.8142.9412
BRIGGS13.5310.7353
DIXON13.4221.4706
CARR10.1910.7353
BROWN7.8175.1471
GRAY5.1510.7353
MOORE3.6810.7353
YOUNG3.4210.7353
KING3.3710.7353
HALL2.5010.7353
CLARK2.4510.7353
WOOD2.3110.7353
ROBINSON2.3110.7353
WALKER2.2010.7353
SMITH1.5632.2059
TAYLOR1.1510.7353

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called BEALL in Harton 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 4.4118 in Harton means that 4.4118% of the people in Harton on census day were called BEALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEALL 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 BEALL 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 BEALL 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 BEALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,157.89 in Harton means that you are 3,157.89 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEALL in Harton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harton in 1881

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

ATKINSON (4)  BAINE (1)  BAWLEY (1)  BEALL (6)  BELT (1)  BORWELL (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BROUGH (3)  BROWN (7)  BUTTERY (5)  CARR (1)  CLARK (1)  DAVISON (5)  DIXON (2)  DRING (4)  DUFFITT (5)  EDMOND (7)  ELLWOOD (1)  FREER (2)  GALTRY (1)  GRAY (1)  HAGGARD (1)  HALL (1)  HAIGH (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  JENNINGS (2)  KING (1)  KERTON (5)  LEAK (1)  LEONARD (1)  LUND (1)  LYON (1)  MARSDEN (1)  MARSHALL (4)  MASTERMAN (1)  MATTHEW (4)  MOORE (1)  NENDICK (1)  NOTTINGHAM (1)  OSTICK (1)  PALLISSER (1)  PETTIT (1)  PIERCY (8)  PLAXTON (2)  WRAY (2)  ROLLINSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWLAY (7)  SALTWELL (1)  SIMPSON (4)  SMITH (3)  SOMERVILL (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (7)  WALKER (1)  WEDGEWOOD (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)