Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hillam, Yorkshire

Hillam 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
LONGBOTTOM216.4220721.65
BEDFORD175.1988219.07
BUCKE113.363912,222.22
ROBINSON113.363910.55
RINGROSE103.05811,250.00
TURTON103.0581272.48
WESTABY92.752318,000.00
COLLINS92.752319.18
WATSON82.446510.55
HALL82.44658.32
HUDSON82.446529.88
WELLS82.446529.40
CLARK72.14077.12
WHEATER61.83491,463.41
LAYCOCK61.8349133.63
DODGSON61.8349377.36
WHITE61.83495.71
BRACKEN51.5291925.93
CHAPMAN51.529110.77
KIRKMAN51.5291239.23
FAWCETT51.529179.11
BUTLER51.529115.68
HIRST51.529146.86
RHODES51.529132.94
SWEETING41.2232305.34
CROSLAND41.2232338.98
WILSON41.22322.66
LEACH41.223229.65
GILL41.223217.29
CHILD41.223271.94
FOWLER41.223221.42
CLARKSON30.917434.60
LISTER30.917432.19
FOX30.91749.88
WANLESS30.9174535.71
APPLEYARD30.9174100.33
BULMER30.9174115.83
TERRY20.611623.92
FURNESS20.611676.63
JOLLIFFE20.6116136.05
TURNER20.61162.20
RICHARDSON20.61163.59
BROWN20.61160.93
MOORE20.61163.06
SPINK20.611675.76
RANSOM10.305856.50
HOLLAND10.30584.30
DAVISON10.30588.55
ALLEN10.30581.62
HARVEY10.30582.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WESTABY18,000.0092.7523
BUCKE12,222.22113.3639
WHEATER1,463.4161.8349
RINGROSE1,250.00103.0581
BRACKEN925.9351.5291
LAYER833.3310.3058
LONGBOTTOM721.65216.4220
WANLESS535.7130.9174
DODGSON377.3661.8349
CROSLAND338.9841.2232
SWEETING305.3441.2232
TURTON272.48103.0581
KIRKMAN239.2351.5291
BEDFORD219.07175.1988
SEARL208.3310.3058
JOLLIFFE136.0520.6116
LAYCOCK133.6361.8349
BULMER115.8330.9174
APPLEYARD100.3330.9174
FAWCETT79.1151.5291
FURNESS76.6320.6116
SPINK75.7620.6116
RAPER72.9910.3058
CHILD71.9441.2232
RANSON61.7310.3058
RANSOM56.5010.3058
HIRST46.8651.5291
CLARKSON34.6030.9174
RHODES32.9451.5291
LISTER32.1930.9174
HUDSON29.8882.4465
LEACH29.6541.2232
WELLS29.4082.4465
TERRY23.9220.6116
PICKUP23.6410.3058
FOWLER21.4241.2232
COLLINS19.1892.7523
ECCLES19.1210.3058
GILL17.2941.2232
BUTLER15.6851.5291
KIDD15.0210.3058
EASTWOOD12.9410.3058
CHAPMAN10.7751.5291
ROBINSON10.55113.3639
WATSON10.5582.4465
FOX9.8830.9174
DAVISON8.5510.3058
HALL8.3282.4465
CLARK7.1272.1407
WHITE5.7161.8349

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called WESTABY in Hillam 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 2.7523 in Hillam means that 2.7523% of the people in Hillam on census day were called WESTABY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WESTABY 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 WESTABY 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 WESTABY 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 WESTABY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 18,000.00 in Hillam means that you are 18,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WESTABY in Hillam than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hillam in 1881

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

ADLIN (5)  ALLEN (1)  APPLEYARD (3)  ASKHAM (1)  AUSTWICK (3)  BASHLEIGH (6)  BEDFORD (17)  BRACKEN (5)  BROWN (2)  BUCKE (11)  BULMER (3)  BUTLER (5)  CAMPY (3)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHILD (4)  CLARK (7)  CLARKSON (3)  COLLINS (9)  CROSLAND (4)  DAVISON (1)  DODGSON (6)  DUNN (1)  EARLESS (3)  EASTWOOD (1)  ECCLES (1)  FAWCETT (5)  FOWLER (4)  FOX (3)  FURNESS (2)  GILL (4)  HALL (8)  HARVEY (1)  HEPTONSTALL (4)  HODGSON (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HUDSON (8)  HIRST (5)  JOLLIFFE (2)  JONES (1)  KIDD (1)  KIRKMAN (5)  KNIGHT (1)  LONGHORN (2)  LAYCOCK (6)  LAYER (1)  LEACH (4)  LISTER (3)  LONGBOTTOM (21)  MASHELL (1)  MC LEVERTY (3)  MILTHORP (2)  MOORE (2)  PICKUP (1)  RANSOM (1)  RANSON (1)  RAPER (1)  RHODES (5)  RICHARDSON (2)  RINGROSE (10)  ROBINSON (11)  SAIL (1)  SEARL (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SPINK (2)  SWEETING (4)  TERRY (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TOUTILL (2)  TUNINGLEY (6)  TURNER (2)  TURTON (10)  WADKIN (1)  WANLESS (3)  WATSON (8)  WELLBURN (1)  WELLS (8)  WESTABY (9)  WHEATER (6)  WHITE (6)  WILSON (4)  WYARD (6)