Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hebden, Yorkshire

Hebden 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
RODWELL237.34821,360.95
BAINES206.3898333.89
RODGERS154.7923175.03
WORSLEY123.8339437.96
JOY123.8339456.27
BIRCH123.833993.53
TOWNSON113.5144839.69
CLARK103.194910.63
METCALFE103.1949139.86
STOCKDALE103.1949409.84
HODGSON82.555936.88
PICKLES82.5559125.79
WALTON82.555936.31
BECK72.236495.63
ASHTON72.236445.66
HILL72.23648.78
HARGRAVES72.2364642.20
HEBDEN61.9169612.24
MOORE61.91699.59
NIXON51.597452.47
ROBINSON51.59745.01
HAMMOND51.597428.06
HOYLES51.5974925.93
BELL51.59748.50
TATTERSALL41.278091.95
LUND41.2780117.99
HARDACRE41.2780540.54
ROWE41.278022.50
HUDSON41.278015.61
BEAUMONT41.278043.10
STOBBS30.9585329.67
BROWN30.95851.45
ANDERSON20.63903.24
LISTER10.319511.21
GLADWIN10.319584.75
WATSON10.31951.38
WALL10.31959.14
MILLICAN10.3195169.49
ASHWORTH10.31958.01
LAMBERT10.31955.85
WILLIAMSON10.31953.56
GILL10.31954.51
WARDMAN10.3195125.00
CARR10.31954.43
NICHOLSON10.31954.50
HIRD10.319541.32
BENNETT10.31951.94
HASTINGS10.319525.06
LONGBOTTOM10.319535.97
KITCHING10.319554.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODWELL1,360.95237.3482
HOYLES925.9351.5974
TOWNSON839.69113.5144
WIGGAN833.3310.3195
HARGRAVES642.2072.2364
HEBDEN612.2461.9169
HARDACRE540.5441.2780
JOY456.27123.8339
WORSLEY437.96123.8339
STOCKDALE409.84103.1949
BAINES333.89206.3898
STOBBS329.6730.9585
RODGERS175.03154.7923
MILLICAN169.4910.3195
METCALFE139.86103.1949
PICKLES125.7982.5559
WARDMAN125.0010.3195
LUND117.9941.2780
BECK95.6372.2364
BIRCH93.53123.8339
TATTERSALL91.9541.2780
GLADWIN84.7510.3195
KITCHING54.9510.3195
NIXON52.4751.5974
DUCKETT50.0010.3195
ASHTON45.6672.2364
BEAUMONT43.1041.2780
HIRD41.3210.3195
HODGSON36.8882.5559
WALTON36.3182.5559
LONGBOTTOM35.9710.3195
TENNANT29.9410.3195
HAMMOND28.0651.5974
HASTINGS25.0610.3195
ROWE22.5041.2780
HUDSON15.6141.2780
LISTER11.2110.3195
CLARK10.63103.1949
MOORE9.5961.9169
WALL9.1410.3195
HILL8.7872.2364
BELL8.5051.5974
ASHWORTH8.0110.3195
LAMBERT5.8510.3195
ROBINSON5.0151.5974
GILL4.5110.3195
NICHOLSON4.5010.3195
CARR4.4310.3195
WILLIAMSON3.5610.3195
ANDERSON3.2420.6390

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 23 people called RODWELL in Hebden 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 7.3482 in Hebden means that 7.3482% of the people in Hebden on census day were called RODWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODWELL 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 RODWELL 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 RODWELL 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 RODWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,360.95 in Hebden means that you are 1,360.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODWELL in Hebden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hebden in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  ASHTON (7)  ASHWORTH (1)  BAINES (20)  BEAUMONT (4)  BECK (7)  BELL (5)  BENNETT (1)  BIRCH (12)  BOWDIN (11)  BEWSHER (1)  BRAYSHAW (1)  BROWN (3)  CARR (1)  CLARK (10)  DUCKETT (1)  FRANZEE (1)  GILL (1)  GLADWIN (1)  HAMMOND (5)  HARDACRE (4)  HARGRAVES (7)  HASTINGS (1)  HIRD (1)  HEBDEN (6)  HILL (7)  HODGSON (8)  HOYLES (5)  HUDSON (4)  JOY (12)  KITCHING (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LISTER (1)  LONGBOTTOM (1)  LONGTHORN (2)  LUND (4)  MASON (1)  METCALFE (10)  MILLICAN (1)  MOORE (6)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIXON (5)  PEDDLEY (4)  PICKLES (8)  ROBINSON (5)  RODWELL (23)  RODGERS (15)  ROWE (4)  STOCKDALE (10)  STOBBS (3)  TATTERSALL (4)  TENNANT (1)  TOWNSON (11)  WADDILOVE (10)  WALL (1)  WALTON (8)  WARDMAN (1)  WATSON (1)  WELLOCK (6)  WIGGAN (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WORSLEY (12)