Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hill Top, Yorkshire

Hill Top 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
HARRISON76.930731.22
WHITAKER76.9307245.61
BENSON65.9406218.98
HEPWORTH65.9406521.74
FAWCETT65.9406307.69
TAYLOR54.95057.74
SYKES43.960482.47
BRIGGS32.970354.64
ADAMS32.970320.16
BECKET32.97031,500.00
MIDDLETON21.980237.74
HEPTINSTALL21.98022,857.14
GUEST21.980292.59
SPENCER10.990110.85
JAGGER10.9901125.00
THORNTON10.990119.69
GREGSON10.990171.43
STEAD10.990148.31
SHORT10.990125.32
HARGREAVES10.990123.75
STARBUCK10.9901625.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEPTINSTALL2,857.1421.9802
BECKET1,500.0032.9703
STARBUCK625.0010.9901
HEPWORTH521.7465.9406
FAWCETT307.6965.9406
WHITAKER245.6176.9307
BENSON218.9865.9406
JAGGER125.0010.9901
GUEST92.5921.9802
SYKES82.4743.9604
GREGSON71.4310.9901
BRIGGS54.6432.9703
STEAD48.3110.9901
MIDDLETON37.7421.9802
HARRISON31.2276.9307
SHORT25.3210.9901
HARGREAVES23.7510.9901
ADAMS20.1632.9703
THORNTON19.6910.9901
SPENCER10.8510.9901
TAYLOR7.7454.9505

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called HEPTINSTALL in Hill Top 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 1.9802 in Hill Top means that 1.9802% of the people in Hill Top on census day were called HEPTINSTALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEPTINSTALL 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 HEPTINSTALL 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 HEPTINSTALL 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 HEPTINSTALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,857.14 in Hill Top means that you are 2,857.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEPTINSTALL in Hill Top than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hill Top in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  BECKET (3)  BENSON (6)  BRIGGS (3)  CARTRIDGE (7)  FAWCETT (6)  GREGSON (1)  GUEST (2)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARRISON (7)  HEPTINSTALL (2)  HEPWORTH (6)  HORNCASTLE (17)  HUMPHERIES (2)  JAGGER (1)  JAWITT (7)  JOWITT (1)  MIDDLETON (2)  SHORT (1)  SPENCER (1)  STARBUCK (1)  STEAD (1)  SYKES (4)  TAYLOR (5)  THORNTON (1)  WEATHERELL (3)  WHITAKER (7)