Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langtoft, Yorkshire

Langtoft 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
GRAY193.069521.50
WALKER152.42337.24
KIRBY142.261759.60
WILSON121.93864.22
SLAUGHTER121.9386393.44
COUSINS111.777198.74
GIBSON111.777114.64
WRIGHT101.61555.04
THOMPSON91.45404.85
MILLS91.454011.21
HUTCHINSON91.454025.60
NICHOLSON91.454020.46
BELL91.45407.74
WRIDE81.29241,230.77
DOWSON81.2924236.69
CLARK81.29244.30
ROBINSON81.29244.05
REDSHAW71.1309380.43
MYERS71.130943.34
GORDON71.130917.94
FEATHERSTONE71.1309125.67
VICKERMAN71.1309636.36
FORD60.96939.95
HODGSON60.969313.99
SHARP60.969311.63
HARLAND60.9693116.28
SMITH60.96930.69
CRAVEN60.969350.21
KENNEDY60.969316.08
STEPHENSON60.969316.94
FOSTER60.96937.25
WILLIAM50.807894.52
MARSHALL50.80784.82
PHILLIPS50.80784.51
RUSTON50.8078284.09
WILES50.807893.28
PRIESTLEY50.807847.71
HUNTER50.80787.87
HOOK40.646243.62
DUNKLEY40.646281.14
STABLER40.6462373.83
STORK40.6462392.16
GARDINER40.646222.48
MOODY40.646224.74
SHARPE30.484716.45
WEBSTER30.48475.57
HOYLES30.4847280.37
ETHERINGTON30.484764.24
PATTISON30.484730.46
ROBSON30.48477.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WRIDE1,230.7781.2924
DOWKER1,111.1120.3231
OVERFIELD1,052.6320.3231
RACK869.5720.3231
VICKERMAN636.3671.1309
MOORING454.5520.3231
GLASBY428.5730.4847
SLAUGHTER393.44121.9386
STORK392.1640.6462
REDSHAW380.4371.1309
STABLER373.8340.6462
LEASON322.5820.3231
RANK303.0310.1616
RUSTON284.0950.8078
HOYLES280.3730.4847
DOWSON236.6981.2924
FEATHERSTON169.4910.1616
EDMOND143.5430.4847
FEATHERSTONE125.6771.1309
KNAGGS125.0020.3231
LEADLEY121.9510.1616
HARLAND116.2860.9693
COUSINS98.74111.7771
WILLIAM94.5250.8078
BRACKLEY93.4610.1616
WILES93.2850.8078
MARTON87.7210.1616
DUNKLEY81.1440.6462
BOAST80.6510.1616
LOWTHER79.3730.4847
NETTLETON75.1920.3231
MILSON74.6310.1616
WAITES64.5210.1616
ETHERINGTON64.2430.4847
KIRBY59.60142.2617
HINES56.9330.4847
PEART56.8220.3231
SHIPLEY54.8430.4847
CRAVEN50.2160.9693
PRIESTLEY47.7150.8078
PYKE46.7310.1616
HOOK43.6240.6462
MYERS43.3471.1309
DUFFIN42.7410.1616
PEASE42.7410.1616
WARDELL40.6510.1616
KELL40.3210.1616
LAYCOCK35.2530.4847
DEIGHTON32.2610.1616
PATTISON30.4630.4847

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called WRIDE in Langtoft 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 1.2924 in Langtoft means that 1.2924% of the people in Langtoft on census day were called WRIDE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WRIDE 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 WRIDE 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 WRIDE 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 WRIDE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,230.77 in Langtoft means that you are 1,230.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WRIDE in Langtoft than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langtoft in 1881

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

ACKLAM (1)  ALSTON (1)  ARKSEY (1)  ARNILL (2)  BAILY (1)  BAKER (1)  BARMBY (1)  BAVILL (1)  BELL (9)  BERRIMAN (6)  BICKERDIKE (5)  BOAST (1)  BOVIL (1)  BOYES (1)  BRACKLEY (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BURTON (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (8)  CLIFFORD (1)  COATES (1)  COOPER (1)  COUSINS (11)  CRAVEN (6)  DEIGHTON (1)  DENNIS (3)  DOWKER (2)  DOWSON (8)  DRAKE (1)  DUFFIN (1)  DUNKLEY (4)  EDMOND (3)  ELVIDGE (4)  ETHERINGTON (3)  FEATHERSTON (1)  FEATHERSTONE (7)  FORD (6)  FOSTER (6)  GARDINER (4)  GATENBY (11)  GIBSON (11)  GLASBY (3)  GLOHARRUM (3)  GORDON (7)  JORDAN (1)  GOSSOP (3)  GOUNDRILL (8)  GRAY (19)  HARLAND (6)  HAINES (1)  HENDSBY (2)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HILLARBY (1)  HINES (3)  HODGSON (6)  HOLTBY (1)  HOPWOOD (1)  HOYLES (3)  HUNTER (5)  HOOK (4)  HUTCHINSON (9)  HUTHWAITE (2)  IBBOTSON (1)  INCHLIPP (3)  JEFFERSON (1)  KELL (1)  KENNEDY (6)  KIDD (1)  KIRBY (14)  KNAGGS (2)  LAMBERT (1)  LAMPLOUGH (23)  LAWTY (5)  LAWTRY (5)  LAYCOCK (3)  LEASON (2)  LEADLEY (1)  LOWNSBOROUGH (2)  LOWTHER (3)  MAJOR (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MARTON (1)  MEDD (1)  MILLS (9)  MILSOM (4)  MILSON (1)  MOODY (4)  MOORING (2)  MORRIS (2)  MORTIMER (1)  MYERS (7)  NETTLETON (2)  NICHOLSON (9)  OVERHALL (1)  OVERFIELD (2)  PARKER (1)  PATTISON (3)  PEASE (1)  PEART (2)  PHESBY (1)  PHILLIPS (5)  PICKERING (1)  PYKE (1)  POSTILL (7)  PRIESTLEY (5)  RACK (2)  RANK (1)  REAVLUF (1)  REDSHAW (7)  RIDSDALE (2)  WRIDE (8)  RIXTER (1)  ROBINSON (8)  ROBSON (3)  RODGERS (2)  ROOKE (1)  RUSTON (5)  SANDERSON (2)  SAWDON (10)  SCOTT (1)  SHARP (6)  SHARPE (3)  SHIPLEY (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SLAUGHTER (12)  SMITH (6)  SOWERSBY (11)  STABLER (4)  STANDY (4)  STEPHENSON (6)  STORK (4)  STUBBS (1)  SUMMERS (3)  THOMPSON (9)  THORNTON (1)  VICKERMAN (7)  WALKER (15)  WALLACE (1)  WARDEL (1)  WARDELL (1)  WARDALE (1)  WHARRAM (22)  WASS (1)  WATTS (3)  WEBSTER (3)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILLIAM (5)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILES (5)  WILSON (12)  WOODMANSEY (15)  WRIDES (3)  WRIGHT (10)  WAITES (1)