Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langcliffe, Yorkshire

Langcliffe 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
RALPH152.1676142.32
ROBERTS142.02315.38
HOWSON142.0231324.07
SYERS121.73412,926.83
JACKSON101.44515.17
JACKMAN101.4451155.52
OVINGTON101.44512,000.00
GRAHAM101.445112.59
ABRAHAM91.3006131.77
WATSON91.30065.61
YEADON91.3006473.68
JOHNSON91.30063.87
SMITH91.30060.92
WHITELEY91.300672.41
HIGGINSON91.3006129.87
WEST91.300613.51
LOVE91.300654.88
PARKER91.30066.84
GRUNDY91.300663.51
BENTHAM91.3006284.81
GILBERT81.156120.29
HUNTER81.156111.26
WARNES81.1561349.35
FARROW81.156161.59
METCALFE81.156150.63
PRESTON71.011620.25
SANDBERG71.011611,666.67
GERRY71.0116526.32
POTTER71.011615.60
HAYES71.011616.27
NEWHOUSE71.0116933.33
DAVY71.011682.06
WILD71.011624.83
INGHAM60.867134.86
MADDERN60.8671779.22
WILSON60.86711.89
MORTIMER60.867141.47
BURROUGHS60.8671270.27
WARREN60.867112.97
CLEMENCE60.86711,000.00
HARTLEY60.867113.83
ROGERS60.86716.68
BOWKER60.867188.89
CLARK60.86712.88
KING50.72253.32
WARING50.722557.54
BINNS50.722543.59
PROCTER50.722555.68
HEARD50.722567.93
SPENCER50.72257.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANDBERG11,666.6771.0116
SYERS2,926.83121.7341
OVINGTON2,000.00101.4451
LIMMER1,111.1140.5780
CLEMENCE1,000.0060.8671
NEWHOUSE933.3371.0116
MADDERN779.2260.8671
FOULK588.2410.1445
TRUBY526.3220.2890
GERRY526.3271.0116
YEADON473.6891.3006
WARNES349.3581.1561
HOWSON324.07142.0231
BENTHAM284.8191.3006
BURROUGHS270.2760.8671
CLINCH200.0040.5780
CAMM180.1840.5780
JACKMAN155.52101.4451
RALPH142.32152.1676
ABRAHAM131.7791.3006
HIGGINSON129.8791.3006
TRAFFORD107.9130.4335
HIGHFIELD103.6320.2890
WILDMAN94.5640.5780
WAIGHT92.5910.1445
BOWKER88.8960.8671
DUXBURY86.2140.5780
WAIN86.0650.7225
DAVY82.0671.0116
JEFFERYS76.3410.1445
WHITELEY72.4191.3006
CRAGG68.3430.4335
HEARD67.9350.7225
HIGSON67.8730.4335
DUCKETT67.8730.4335
GRUNDY63.5191.3006
FARROW61.5981.1561
HAYTON59.0020.2890
WARING57.5450.7225
CRAWSHAW55.7630.4335
PROCTER55.6850.7225
LOVE54.8891.3006
HOCKING53.1030.4335
HUDDLESTON51.5510.1445
METCALFE50.6381.1561
KNIGHTS49.5130.4335
JEFFREYS48.5420.2890
GARNETT46.5740.5780
DELANEY44.9420.2890
BINNS43.5950.7225

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called SANDBERG in Langcliffe 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 1.0116 in Langcliffe means that 1.0116% of the people in Langcliffe on census day were called SANDBERG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANDBERG 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 SANDBERG 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 SANDBERG 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 SANDBERG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,666.67 in Langcliffe means that you are 11,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANDBERG in Langcliffe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langcliffe in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (9)  ADAMS (4)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHTON (2)  BARNES (1)  BARRETT (4)  BENTHAM (9)  BINNS (5)  BLAND (1)  BOWKER (6)  BRADLEY (2)  BRASSINGTON (1)  BROWN (3)  BULLOCK (3)  BURROUGHS (6)  CAMM (4)  CAPSTICK (4)  CHESTER (1)  CHILISTONE (2)  CHRISTIE (2)  CLARK (6)  CLEMENCE (6)  CLINCH (4)  COATS (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  COULTHURST (3)  CRAGG (3)  CRAWSHAW (3)  DALEY (1)  DAVY (7)  DELANEY (2)  DINSDALE (1)  DOWNEY (1)  DOWNING (1)  DUCKETT (3)  DUXBURY (4)  EDDISON (4)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLERSHAW (9)  FARROW (8)  FLETCHER (4)  FOULK (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FRENCH (2)  FROST (1)  GARNETT (4)  GERRY (7)  GILBERT (8)  GILL (1)  GOULD (1)  GRAHAM (10)  GREEN (1)  GRIGG (1)  GRUNDY (9)  GYTE (10)  HADFIELD (4)  HANDBY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARTLEY (6)  HOCKING (3)  HAYES (7)  HAYTON (2)  HEARD (5)  HIGSON (3)  HIGGINSON (9)  HIGHFIELD (2)  HILL (3)  HILTON (4)  HORNER (3)  HOWSON (14)  HUDDLESTON (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (8)  HURST (3)  INGHAM (6)  JACKMAN (10)  JACKSON (10)  JEFFREYS (2)  JEFFERYS (1)  JOHNSON (9)  KEMP (2)  KING (5)  KNIGHTS (3)  LANGSTRETH (1)  SEGGER OR LEGGER (18)  LIMMER (4)  LITTLEPROUD (5)  LOVE (9)  MADDERN (6)  MAGGINESS (1)  MASON (3)  MATTHEWS (4)  MC IVER (1)  METCALFE (8)  MINIKIN (1)  MOORE (4)  MORTIMER (6)  MUSGROVE (1)  NEWHOUSE (7)  NEWTON (4)  OVINGTON (10)  PARKER (9)  PATTERSON (1)  PATRICK (2)  POTTER (7)  PRESTON (7)  PROCTER (5)  RAMSEY (2)  REED (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (14)  ROBINSON (2)  ROGERS (6)  RALPH (15)  ROTHWELL (1)  SANDBERG (7)  SAUNDERS (2)  SYERS (12)  SCOTT (1)  SEAWORTHY (5)  SHORT (3)  SIMMS (2)  SMALES (4)  SMITH (9)  SPENCER (5)  STIRKE (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THISTLETHWAITE (1)  THOMAS (1)  THORNE (1)  TODD (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWNSON (1)  TRAFFORD (3)  TRINIMAN (2)  TRUBY (2)  TWISLETON (7)  TWISTLETON (3)  VERRAN (7)  WAIN (5)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALKER (2)  WALTON (3)  WARING (5)  WARNES (8)  WARNER (3)  WARREN (6)  WATSON (9)  WEST (9)  WEBSTER (2)  WHEELDON (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITELEY (9)  WILD (7)  WILDMAN (4)  WILSON (6)  WINDLE (1)  WOOLSTENCROFT (2)  WOODCRAFT (1)  WOODINGS (1)  WRIGHT (2)  WAIGHT (1)  WHAITES (13)  YEADON (9)  YEOMANS (2)