Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hipswell, Yorkshire

Hipswell 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
COATES134.7970128.71
KING124.428020.32
HARRISON103.690016.62
METCALFE103.6900161.55
WATSON103.690015.91
PICKERSGILL103.6900704.23
BURN93.3210246.58
MANSFIELD93.3210176.82
SLEDGE82.95208,000.00
CHANDLER82.952091.85
BARKER72.583019.74
SEDGWICK62.2140304.57
GREEN62.21407.86
BLYTH62.2140140.52
ROBINSON62.21406.94
WRIGHT51.84505.75
LEWIS41.47605.61
CLARKE41.47607.28
ATKINSON41.476015.15
PEARSON41.476012.71
BECK41.476063.09
WALKER41.47604.41
LOFTHOUSE41.4760198.02
BELL31.10705.89
STARK31.107080.86
SEVERS31.1070857.14
HORNER31.107058.14
MIDDLEMISS20.7380312.50
LAWSON20.738012.52
WELLS20.73808.87
JOWETT20.738067.80
WINN20.738076.05
GILL20.738010.43
SMITH20.73800.52
BOLLAND20.7380222.22
MASON20.73805.49
WETHERELL10.3690192.31
KETTLEWELL10.3690120.48
WARD10.36901.69
HESLOP10.369043.10
TRACY10.3690133.33
BROADBENT10.369017.21
WHITTON10.369060.24
DIXON10.36903.37
SINGLETON10.369018.66
BUCKLE10.369033.90
NAYLOR10.36909.79
THOMPSON10.36901.23
BRADLEY10.36904.60
BEST10.369013.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SLEDGE8,000.0082.9520
SEVERS857.1431.1070
PICKERSGILL704.23103.6900
STELLING476.1910.3690
MOSEY476.1910.3690
MIDDLEMISS312.5020.7380
SEDGWICK304.5762.2140
BURN246.5893.3210
BOLLAND222.2220.7380
LOFTHOUSE198.0241.4760
WETHERELL192.3110.3690
MANSFIELD176.8293.3210
METCALFE161.55103.6900
BLYTH140.5262.2140
TRACY133.3310.3690
COATES128.71134.7970
KETTLEWELL120.4810.3690
CHANDLER91.8582.9520
STARK80.8631.1070
WINN76.0520.7380
JOWETT67.8020.7380
BECK63.0941.4760
WHITBY60.6110.3690
WHITTON60.2410.3690
HORNER58.1431.1070
GREGG52.3610.3690
HESLOP43.1010.3690
BUCKLE33.9010.3690
BUXTON24.5710.3690
WADDINGTON22.7310.3690
KING20.32124.4280
BARKER19.7472.5830
SINGLETON18.6610.3690
BROADBENT17.2110.3690
HARRISON16.62103.6900
WATSON15.91103.6900
ATKINSON15.1541.4760
BEST13.7010.3690
PEARSON12.7141.4760
LAWSON12.5220.7380
GILL10.4320.7380
NAYLOR9.7910.3690
WELLS8.8720.7380
GREEN7.8662.2140
CLARKE7.2841.4760
ROBINSON6.9462.2140
BELL5.8931.1070
WRIGHT5.7551.8450
LEWIS5.6141.4760
MASON5.4920.7380

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called SLEDGE in Hipswell 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 2.9520 in Hipswell means that 2.9520% of the people in Hipswell on census day were called SLEDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SLEDGE 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 SLEDGE 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 SLEDGE 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 SLEDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,000.00 in Hipswell means that you are 8,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SLEDGE in Hipswell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hipswell in 1881

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

ATKINSON (4)  MC EVER (5)  BARKER (7)  BECK (4)  BELL (3)  BEST (1)  BLENKISON (1)  BLYTH (6)  BOLLAND (2)  BRADLEY (1)  BROADBENT (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BURN (9)  BUXTON (1)  CAMBERG (1)  CHANDLER (8)  CLARKE (4)  COATES (13)  CLANE (1)  DARNSBY (4)  DIXON (1)  DE LA FIELD (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FIRBY (9)  GALLGAR (1)  GILL (2)  GLENTON (7)  GREEN (6)  GREGG (1)  HARRISON (10)  HESLOP (1)  HORNER (3)  JOWETT (2)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KING (12)  LAWSON (2)  LEWIS (4)  LOFTHOUSE (4)  MANSFIELD (9)  MASON (2)  METCALFE (10)  MIDDLEMISS (2)  MOSEY (1)  NAYLOR (1)  OUTHWAITE (6)  PEARSON (4)  PICKERSGILL (10)  PLEWS (4)  RETTON (1)  ROBINSON (6)  SEDGWICK (6)  SEVENS (7)  SEVERS (3)  SINGLETON (1)  SLEDGE (8)  SMITH (2)  STARK (3)  STELLING (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TRACY (1)  TRACEY (TRACY) (4)  TUNSTILL (1)  MC VITTY (2)  WADDINGTON (1)  WALKER (4)  WARD (1)  WATSON (10)  WELLS (2)  WETHERELL (1)  WHITBY (1)  WHITTON (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WINN (2)  WRIGHT (5)