Top surnames from the 1881 census in Henderskelf, Yorkshire

Henderskelf 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
COULSON96.8182379.75
JEFFREY86.0606327.87
KIRBY75.3030139.72
WRIGHT75.303016.53
ROBINSON75.303016.63
SUTHERLAND64.545590.23
WILD53.787992.94
WARD43.030313.87
JEFFERSON43.0303279.72
SUTTON43.030347.62
LAMB43.030357.47
DICKINSON43.030370.92
LEEMING32.2727365.85
KIRKBY32.2727400.00
NICHOLLS32.272743.54
BURDETT32.2727322.58
BIELBY32.27271,428.57
BEAL32.2727241.94
ATKINSON21.515215.55
DUTHIE21.5152281.69
BEDELL21.51522,500.00
MARTIN21.51526.15
BERRYMAN10.7576136.99
FLINTON10.75762,000.00
RAWLINGS10.757651.81
CRAVEN10.757639.22
HALL10.75762.58
WILLIAMS10.75761.05
MANSELL10.757664.94
GARRETT10.757633.33
WALKER10.75762.26
LAZENBY10.7576161.29
FISHER10.75766.47
SUFFIELD10.7576833.33
DREW10.757628.65
PIGGOTT10.7576104.17
JACKSON10.75762.71
MORLEY10.757618.94
GREENHALGH10.757637.04
LIGHTFOOT10.757654.35
FREEMAN10.757611.86
FIRTH10.757622.83
PHILLIPS10.75764.23
HODGSON10.757610.93
WISE10.757636.36
CLAXTON10.7576119.05
GRAY10.75765.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEDELL2,500.0021.5152
FLINTON2,000.0010.7576
BIELBY1,428.5732.2727
SUFFIELD833.3310.7576
KIRKBY400.0032.2727
COULSON379.7596.8182
LEEMING365.8532.2727
JEFFREY327.8786.0606
BURDETT322.5832.2727
DUTHIE281.6921.5152
JEFFERSON279.7243.0303
BEAL241.9432.2727
LAZENBY161.2910.7576
KIRBY139.7275.3030
BERRYMAN136.9910.7576
CLAXTON119.0510.7576
PIGGOTT104.1710.7576
WILD92.9453.7879
SUTHERLAND90.2364.5455
DICKINSON70.9243.0303
MANSELL64.9410.7576
LAMB57.4743.0303
LIGHTFOOT54.3510.7576
RAWLINGS51.8110.7576
SUTTON47.6243.0303
NICHOLLS43.5432.2727
CRAVEN39.2210.7576
GREENHALGH37.0410.7576
WISE36.3610.7576
GARRETT33.3310.7576
DREW28.6510.7576
FIRTH22.8310.7576
MORLEY18.9410.7576
ROBINSON16.6375.3030
WRIGHT16.5375.3030
ATKINSON15.5521.5152
WARD13.8743.0303
FREEMAN11.8610.7576
HODGSON10.9310.7576
FISHER6.4710.7576
MARTIN6.1521.5152
GRAY5.3110.7576
PHILLIPS4.2310.7576
JACKSON2.7110.7576
HALL2.5810.7576
WALKER2.2610.7576
WILLIAMS1.0510.7576

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called BEDELL in Henderskelf 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 1.5152 in Henderskelf means that 1.5152% of the people in Henderskelf on census day were called BEDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEDELL 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 BEDELL 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 BEDELL 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 BEDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Henderskelf means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEDELL in Henderskelf than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Henderskelf in 1881

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

ATKINSON (2)  BEDELL (2)  BEAL (3)  BIELBY (3)  BERRYMAN (1)  BURDETT (3)  CLAXTON (1)  COULSON (9)  CRAVEN (1)  DICKINSON (4)  DREW (1)  DURSEY (1)  DUTHIE (2)  FIRTH (1)  FISHER (1)  FLINTON (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GARRETT (1)  GRAY (1)  GREENHALGH (1)  HALL (1)  HODGSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFERSON (4)  JEFFREY (8)  KIRBY (7)  KIRKBY (3)  LAMB (4)  LAZENBY (1)  LEEMING (3)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  MANSELL (1)  MARTIN (2)  MENNELL (3)  MORLEY (1)  NICHOLLS (3)  NORMINTON (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PIGGOTT (1)  ROBINSON (7)  RAWLIN (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  SIMESON (1)  SOLLITT (1)  SPOFFORTH (4)  SUFFIELD (1)  SUTHERLAND (6)  SUTTON (4)  WALKER (1)  WARD (4)  WILD (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WISE (1)  WRIGHT (7)