Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilnwick Percy, Yorkshire

Kilnwick Percy 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
SELLERS86.7797879.12
HOPE75.9322174.13
BENNETT75.932236.10
BRADLY65.08472,307.69
COTTAM54.2373694.44
DOBSON54.237395.97
FRIER43.38981,666.67
WARRINER43.38981,142.86
LAWTON43.3898131.58
CHRISTIAN32.5424256.41
HORNE32.5424116.73
NORWOOD32.5424625.00
LEADBETTER32.5424491.80
DAWSON21.694915.37
LAWSON21.694928.74
SCOTT21.69496.70
CHRISTON21.69493,333.33
SKELTON21.6949116.28
JACKSON21.69496.06
CASS21.6949238.10
PROCTOR10.847534.48
GORDON10.847513.44
APPLETON10.847554.05
LOFT10.8475333.33
WOOD10.84752.66
BROWN10.84751.29
SANDS10.847575.76
HAIGH10.847524.57
BOOTH10.84758.59
LAMB10.847516.08
CHADWICK10.847519.38
BREWER10.847531.95
RICHARDS10.84755.61
GRANT10.84758.54
MASTERMAN10.8475333.33
SAVAGE10.847522.08
HARDACRE10.8475357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHRISTON3,333.3321.6949
BRADLY2,307.6965.0847
FRIER1,666.6743.3898
WARRINER1,142.8643.3898
SELLERS879.1286.7797
COTTAM694.4454.2373
NORWOOD625.0032.5424
LEADBETTER491.8032.5424
HARDACRE357.1410.8475
MASTERMAN333.3310.8475
LOFT333.3310.8475
CHRISTIAN256.4132.5424
CASS238.1021.6949
HOPE174.1375.9322
LAWTON131.5843.3898
HORNE116.7332.5424
SKELTON116.2821.6949
DOBSON95.9754.2373
SANDS75.7610.8475
APPLETON54.0510.8475
BENNETT36.1075.9322
PROCTOR34.4810.8475
BREWER31.9510.8475
LAWSON28.7421.6949
HAIGH24.5710.8475
SAVAGE22.0810.8475
CHADWICK19.3810.8475
LAMB16.0810.8475
DAWSON15.3721.6949
GORDON13.4410.8475
BOOTH8.5910.8475
GRANT8.5410.8475
SCOTT6.7021.6949
JACKSON6.0621.6949
RICHARDS5.6110.8475
WOOD2.6610.8475
BROWN1.2910.8475

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called CHRISTON in Kilnwick Percy 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 1.6949 in Kilnwick Percy means that 1.6949% of the people in Kilnwick Percy on census day were called CHRISTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kilnwick Percy in 1881

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

ANNAKIN (1)  APPLETON (1)  BARNSTABLE (5)  BENNETT (7)  BOOTH (1)  BRADLY (6)  BREWER (1)  BROWN (1)  CASS (2)  CHADWICK (1)  CHOPPING (1)  CHRISTON (2)  CHRISTIAN (3)  COTTAM (5)  DAWSON (2)  DOBSON (5)  FERISY (2)  FRIER (4)  GORDON (1)  GRANT (1)  GRINDALL (4)  HARDACRE (1)  HARNELL (3)  HARNOLD (1)  HAIGH (1)  HOPE (7)  HORNE (3)  JACKSON (2)  LAMB (1)  LAWSON (2)  LAWTON (4)  LEADBETTER (3)  LOFT (1)  MASTERMAN (1)  MEDCALFE (1)  NORWOOD (3)  PROCTOR (1)  REVILL (1)  RICHARDS (1)  SANDS (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SCOTT (2)  SELLERS (8)  SKELTON (2)  SPENCLEY (1)  TOWNSHEND (4)  WARRINER (4)  WITCHEL (1)  WOOD (1)