Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilnwick, Yorkshire

Kilnwick 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
PICKERING145.8091160.92
BENTLEY124.9793117.76
CLARK114.564315.19
FOSTER93.734427.93
ROBSON83.319550.44
LAMB83.319562.94
DAVIS83.319515.11
OLDROYD83.3195655.74
DALTON83.3195144.67
USHER72.9046263.16
SHAW62.489613.55
NICHOLSON62.489635.05
HODGSON62.489635.93
HARPER62.489638.89
PINDER62.4896206.90
JOHNSON52.07476.18
CARTER52.074712.36
HARRISON52.07479.35
BLANCHARD52.0747252.53
BARRETT41.659824.71
WILSON41.65983.61
SMITHSON41.6598173.16
FOX31.244813.40
TATE31.244864.52
ROGERS31.24489.59
THURLOW31.2448258.62
SANDERSON31.244830.12
CLARKE31.24486.14
EVERITT31.2448148.51
MURRAY20.82996.69
WISE20.829939.84
DANIELS20.829926.42
COLLIER20.829924.81
BELL20.82994.42
ALDEN20.8299322.58
JORDON10.414992.59
THOMPSON10.41491.39
DARLEY10.414997.09
NORTON10.414912.48
ADCOCK10.414942.02
HUNT10.41493.12
COOK10.41492.09
HARRIMAN10.4149161.29
ROOKS10.4149192.31
MIDDLETON10.41497.91
DRURY10.414926.11
PARSON10.414992.59
BARR10.414917.15
SHARP10.41494.98
MOORE10.41492.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OLDROYD655.7483.3195
ALDEN322.5820.8299
USHER263.1672.9046
THURLOW258.6231.2448
BLANCHARD252.5352.0747
PINDER206.9062.4896
ROOKS192.3110.4149
SMITHSON173.1641.6598
HARRIMAN161.2910.4149
PICKERING160.92145.8091
EVERITT148.5131.2448
DALTON144.6783.3195
BENTLEY117.76124.9793
DARLEY97.0910.4149
JORDON92.5910.4149
PARSON92.5910.4149
LAZENBY87.7210.4149
TATE64.5231.2448
LAMB62.9483.3195
ROEBUCK61.3510.4149
ROBSON50.4483.3195
ADCOCK42.0210.4149
WISE39.8420.8299
HARPER38.8962.4896
HODGSON35.9362.4896
NICHOLSON35.0562.4896
SANDERSON30.1231.2448
FOSTER27.9393.7344
DANIELS26.4220.8299
DRURY26.1110.4149
COLLIER24.8120.8299
BARRETT24.7141.6598
KITCHEN24.3310.4149
JENKINSON23.7010.4149
MILNER18.0810.4149
BARR17.1510.4149
CLARK15.19114.5643
DAVIS15.1183.3195
SHAW13.5562.4896
FOX13.4031.2448
HANSON12.8510.4149
NORTON12.4810.4149
CARTER12.3652.0747
ROGERS9.5931.2448
HARRISON9.3552.0747
NELSON8.5710.4149
MIDDLETON7.9110.4149
MURRAY6.6920.8299
JOHNSON6.1852.0747
CLARKE6.1431.2448

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called OLDROYD in Kilnwick 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 3.3195 in Kilnwick means that 3.3195% of the people in Kilnwick on census day were called OLDROYD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OLDROYD 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 OLDROYD 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 OLDROYD 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 OLDROYD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 655.74 in Kilnwick means that you are 655.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OLDROYD in Kilnwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilnwick in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  ALDEN (2)  BARR (1)  BARRETT (4)  BELL (2)  BENTLEY (12)  BLANCHARD (5)  BROADLEY (1)  CARTER (5)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (11)  COLLIER (2)  COOK (1)  DALTON (8)  DANIELS (2)  DARLEY (1)  DAVIS (8)  DRURY (1)  DUGGLEBY (6)  ELLERKER (1)  EVERITT (3)  FOSTER (9)  FOX (3)  GERWOOD (3)  JORDON (1)  HANSON (1)  HARPER (6)  HARRIMAN (1)  HARRISON (5)  HODGSON (6)  OLDROYD (8)  HORNABELL (5)  HUNT (1)  JENKINSON (1)  JOHNSON (5)  KITCHEN (1)  LAMB (8)  LAZENBY (1)  LOUNT (1)  MARTIN (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILNER (1)  MOORE (1)  MURRAY (2)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLSON (6)  NORTON (1)  PARSON (1)  PICKERING (14)  PINDER (6)  RICEBROOK (1)  ROBSON (8)  ROEBUCK (1)  ROGERS (3)  ROOKS (1)  SANDERSON (3)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (6)  SILVERSIDES (3)  SMITHSON (4)  STAVELEY (1)  STEFFINS (1)  TATE (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THURLOW (3)  TOOK (6)  USHER (7)  WEBSTER (1)  WILSON (4)  WISE (2)