Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilburn, Yorkshire

Kilburn 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
ELLIS184.651232.03
BOLTON184.6512108.04
BARKER143.617627.65
COATES133.359290.09
KIRK123.100871.60
GARBUTT102.5840357.14
BENTLEY102.584061.09
THOMPSON92.32567.76
BUTTON92.3256196.08
MOORE82.067210.34
JACKSON82.06727.40
COBB82.0672145.45
BURN82.0672153.55
SHEPHERD82.067228.21
TODD71.808835.55
RAINE71.8088217.39
TAYLOR61.55042.42
HUTCHINSON61.550427.30
HIND61.5504122.70
DIXON61.550414.15
COLLEY51.2920101.83
BURTON51.292015.17
ROSE51.292017.42
BARNETT51.292028.65
YELLOW41.03364,444.44
SMITH41.03360.73
LUMLEY41.0336169.49
MOSEY41.03361,333.33
JONAS41.0336597.01
SHIPLEY41.0336116.96
LAMBERT41.033618.94
GOODRICK41.0336754.72
EYLES41.0336223.46
BELL30.77524.13
KAY30.775214.92
BAINS30.7752312.50
HORSEMAN30.7752434.78
WALKER30.77522.32
SHARROW30.775210,000.00
MORRILL30.7752714.29
BRAITHWAITE30.775266.82
COOKE20.51689.36
GAMBLE20.516836.10
CRISPIN20.5168238.10
SMITHSON20.516853.91
WEDGEWOOD20.5168555.56
RAIN10.2584144.93
STEVENSON10.25843.68
FRANKLAND10.258434.84
CLAXTON10.258440.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARROW10,000.0030.7752
YELLOW4,444.4441.0336
MOSEY1,333.3341.0336
GOODRICK754.7241.0336
MORRILL714.2930.7752
JONAS597.0141.0336
WEDGEWOOD555.5620.5168
HORSEMAN434.7830.7752
GARBUTT357.14102.5840
BAINS312.5030.7752
CRISPIN238.1020.5168
EYLES223.4641.0336
RAINE217.3971.8088
BUTTON196.0892.3256
LUMLEY169.4941.0336
BURN153.5582.0672
COBB145.4582.0672
RAIN144.9310.2584
HIND122.7061.5504
SHIPLEY116.9641.0336
WEATHERILL112.3610.2584
EGGLESTON109.8910.2584
LOCKEY108.7010.2584
BOLTON108.04184.6512
RYMER107.5310.2584
WILEY105.2610.2584
WILDER102.0410.2584
COLLEY101.8351.2920
COATES90.09133.3592
STURDY81.3010.2584
KIRK71.60123.1008
BRAITHWAITE66.8230.7752
BENTLEY61.09102.5840
SMITHSON53.9120.5168
FOTHERGILL45.0510.2584
STEADMAN42.0210.2584
CLAXTON40.8210.2584
HADDOCK40.1610.2584
GAMBLE36.1020.5168
TODD35.5571.8088
FRANKLAND34.8410.2584
ELLIS32.03184.6512
BARNETT28.6551.2920
SHEPHERD28.2182.0672
BARKER27.65143.6176
HUTCHINSON27.3061.5504
LAMBERT18.9441.0336
LIGHTFOOT18.5910.2584
ROSE17.4251.2920
WARE15.7210.2584

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called SHARROW in Kilburn 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 0.7752 in Kilburn means that 0.7752% of the people in Kilburn on census day were called SHARROW.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kilburn in 1881

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

AGARS (4)  ASKINTH (1)  ATKINSONL (1)  BAINS (3)  BARKER (14)  BARNETT (5)  BELL (3)  BENTLEY (10)  BOLTON (18)  BRAITHWAITE (3)  BURN (8)  BURTON (5)  BUTTON (9)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLAXTON (1)  COATES (13)  COBB (8)  COLLEY (5)  COOKE (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  CRISPIN (2)  DEACON (1)  DIXON (6)  DUNHILL (3)  EYLES (4)  EGGLESTON (1)  ELLIS (18)  FOTHERGILL (1)  FRANKLAND (1)  GALE (1)  GAMBLE (2)  GARBUTT (10)  GOODRICK (4)  HADDOCK (1)  HARDBOTTLE (4)  HARRISON (1)  HIND (6)  HOULDSWORTH (3)  HORSEMAN (3)  HUGGAN (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUTCHINSON (6)  JACKSON (8)  JONAS (4)  JOHNSON (1)  KAY (3)  KENDALL (1)  KIDSON (2)  KIRBY (1)  KIRK (12)  LAMBERT (4)  LEALMAN (1)  LEAROYD (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LOCKEY (1)  LOVE (1)  LUDLEY (1)  LUMLEY (4)  MASON (1)  MAWE (6)  NAWTON (6)  METCALFE (1)  MOORE (8)  MORRILL (3)  MOSEY (4)  NESFIELD (1)  PLOUGHMAN (1)  PROWDE (11)  RAIN (1)  RAINE (7)  RYMER (1)  ROSE (5)  SHARROW (3)  SHAW (1)  SHEPHERD (8)  SHIPLEY (4)  SIGSWORTH (3)  SMITH (4)  SMITHSON (2)  STEADMAN (1)  STEVENSON (1)  STURDY (1)  SUNLEY (8)  SWAINSON (5)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (9)  TODD (7)  WALKER (3)  WARE (1)  WATSON (1)  WEDGEWOOD (2)  WEATHERILL (1)  WIKELEY (9)  WILDER (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WILEY (1)  YARKER (1)  YELLOW (4)