Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kexborough, Yorkshire

Kexborough 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
BEAUMONT264.1868141.23
CREIGHTON243.8647979.59
SMITH223.54272.51
DYSON203.220699.45
WALKER152.41557.22
ADDY142.2544530.30
FOUNTAIN132.0934304.45
BROOK132.093454.30
BROWN121.93242.93
JACKSON101.61035.76
HEPWORTH101.6103141.24
SANDERSON101.610338.99
EXLEY101.6103338.98
COTTON101.610367.48
CHALLENGER101.6103806.45
SIMPSON91.44938.29
HODGSON81.288218.59
SLACK81.288281.80
JENKINSON71.127264.40
HILL71.12724.43
DIXON71.127210.29
JEBB71.1272909.09
HILEY71.1272443.04
FLATHERS71.12723,333.33
MILLER71.12726.30
HAIGH71.127232.70
GOLDTHORPE60.9662394.74
STEPHENSON60.966216.89
SHEARMAN60.9662235.29
WAKEFIELD60.966253.96
SUNDERLAND60.966284.15
GILL60.966213.66
CLAYTON60.966217.77
ALDERSON60.966269.61
JOHNSON60.96622.88
BATTY50.805252.69
SCHOEFIELD50.80522,500.00
GARSIDE50.805255.80
WINTER50.805222.71
LEAKE50.8052196.08
SCHOFIELD50.805214.85
EASTWOOD50.805234.04
GRAHAM40.64415.61
WILKINSON40.64414.22
HANSON30.483114.97
SHARP30.48315.80
STEELE30.483118.05
JORDAN30.483110.93
WAGSTAFF30.483138.81
GORDON30.48317.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FLATHERS3,333.3371.1272
SCHOEFIELD2,500.0050.8052
CREIGHTON979.59243.8647
JEBB909.0971.1272
CHALLENGER806.45101.6103
ADDY530.30142.2544
STORE526.3210.1610
HILEY443.0471.1272
GOLDTHORPE394.7460.9662
EXLEY338.98101.6103
MCDOWALL333.3310.1610
FOUNTAIN304.45132.0934
SHEARMAN235.2960.9662
LEAKE196.0850.8052
BURNLEY155.0420.3221
BLACKER147.7830.4831
HEPWORTH141.24101.6103
BEAUMONT141.23264.1868
MCGREGOR121.9510.1610
DYSON99.45203.2206
LEVITT96.6220.3221
PILL85.4710.1610
SUNDERLAND84.1560.9662
SLACK81.8081.2882
SILVERWOOD75.1910.1610
ALDERSON69.6160.9662
COTTON67.48101.6103
LISLE64.5210.1610
JENKINSON64.4071.1272
GARSIDE55.8050.8052
BROOK54.30132.0934
WAKEFIELD53.9660.9662
BATTY52.6950.8052
COLTON48.0810.1610
SANDERSON38.99101.6103
WAGSTAFF38.8130.4831
KILNER38.4610.1610
GASCOIGNE34.9710.1610
EASTWOOD34.0450.8052
HAIGH32.7071.1272
RACE29.5910.1610
WINTER22.7150.8052
BROOKE21.6220.3221
HODGSON18.5981.2882
STEELE18.0530.4831
CLAYTON17.7760.9662
PEACE17.7610.1610
STEPHENSON16.8960.9662
LINDLEY16.2910.1610
KIDD15.8220.3221

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called FLATHERS in Kexborough 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 1.1272 in Kexborough means that 1.1272% of the people in Kexborough on census day were called FLATHERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FLATHERS 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 FLATHERS 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 FLATHERS 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 FLATHERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Kexborough means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FLATHERS in Kexborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kexborough in 1881

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

ALDERSON (6)  ALLOTT (23)  AUCKLAND (17)  AUSTIN (2)  AUCOCK (8)  BATTY (5)  BATTYE (3)  BEAUMONT (26)  BECKETT (1)  BIRKINSHAW (1)  BLACKER (3)  BROOK (13)  BROOKE (2)  BROOK (BROOKE) (2)  BROWN (12)  BURNLEY (2)  BURTON (1)  CHALLENGER (10)  CLAYTON (6)  COLTON (1)  COTTON (10)  COWARD (1)  CREIGHTON (24)  DEPLEDGE (6)  DIXON (7)  DUNHILL (1)  DYSON (20)  EASTWOOD (5)  ADDY (14)  ELLAM (1)  EXLEY (10)  FIRTH (1)  FLATHERS (7)  FOUNTAIN (13)  GARSIDE (5)  GASCOIGNE (1)  GILL (6)  GOLDTHORPE (6)  GORDON (3)  JORDAN (3)  GRAHAM (4)  HALL (1)  HANSON (3)  HARRINGTON (1)  HAWKSWORTH (20)  HAIGH (7)  HEAP (1)  HEPWORTH (10)  HILEY (7)  HILL (7)  HODGSON (8)  HORBURY (12)  HOWARD (1)  HOWCROFT (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (10)  JEBB (7)  JENKINSON (7)  JESSOME (1)  JOHNSON (6)  KIDD (2)  KILNER (1)  KITRICK (1)  LEAKE (5)  LISLE (1)  LEVITT (2)  LINDLEY (1)  LODGE (1)  MALCOLM (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MCDOWALL (1)  MCGREGOR (1)  MELLOR (2)  MILLER (7)  MOODY (2)  MOXON (10)  OVEREND (7)  PEACE (1)  PENISTONE (2)  PILL (1)  RACE (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROODHOUSE (8)  SANDERSON (10)  SCHOFIELD (5)  SCHOEFIELD (5)  SACKER (10)  SHEARMAN (6)  SHARPE (1)  SHARP (SHARPE) (10)  SHARP (3)  SHAW (2)  SILVERWOOD (1)  SIMPSON (9)  SLACK (8)  SMITH (22)  STEELE (3)  STEPHENSON (6)  STORE (1)  SUNDERLAND (6)  TAIT (1)  TOWNEND (10)  WAGSTAFF (3)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WALKER (15)  WHITE (1)  WHITELEY (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WINTER (5)  WOOD (2)