Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leven, Yorkshire

Leven 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
SIMPSON303.529420.18
MYERS273.1765121.79
DAWSON212.470622.41
STEPHENSON212.470643.18
HEBB202.35292,469.14
ATKIN202.3529176.06
JACKSON202.35298.42
BROWN172.00003.03
ROBINSON161.88245.90
GRAY141.647111.54
GIBSON131.529412.60
WINTER121.411839.81
HOBSON121.411854.42
CLARK121.41184.70
DUNN121.411816.98
TURNER121.41185.07
DOWNS121.411879.37
MITCHELL111.29416.38
COOK111.29416.52
IRELAND101.176550.68
WRIGHT101.17653.67
FORGE91.05881,184.21
DERBYSHIRE91.0588101.58
GRANTHAM80.9412152.96
PINKNEY80.9412240.24
ATKINSON80.94129.66
COOKMAN80.94121,176.47
TRAIN80.9412418.85
WATSON80.94124.06
SHAW70.82354.48
SMITH70.82350.58
CLARKSON70.823531.06
NORTH60.705921.29
THURLOW60.7059146.34
WILES60.705981.41
BALLS60.705955.10
CARTON50.58821,063.83
COOPER50.58822.42
DINSDALE50.5882114.16
COLLINSON50.588250.10
KITCHEN50.588234.53
TAYLOR50.58820.92
METCALF50.588229.05
SANDERS50.588212.98
WATERS50.588214.64
PALMER50.58824.99
TRIPP50.5882120.48
SCOTT50.58822.32
KELSEY50.588279.49
CROSS50.58828.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FAILEY3,750.0030.3529
HEBB2,469.14202.3529
FORGE1,184.2191.0588
COOKMAN1,176.4780.9412
CARTON1,063.8350.5882
GOFORTH476.1910.1176
TRAIN418.8580.9412
WILDES416.6710.1176
TOYN384.6210.1176
OVERFIELD370.3710.1176
NORTHERN344.8320.2353
SCARBROUGH270.2710.1176
SERVANT270.2710.1176
PINKNEY240.2480.9412
WITTY236.6940.4706
ATKIN176.06202.3529
MEALEY172.4110.1176
MILSON163.0430.3529
GRANTHAM152.9680.9412
THURLOW146.3460.7059
MARLIN135.1410.1176
JORDON130.8950.5882
MYERS121.79273.1765
TRIPP120.4850.5882
SPRUCE116.9620.2353
DINSDALE114.1650.5882
DALES113.2130.3529
DERBYSHIRE101.5891.0588
CRESSEY88.5010.1176
WILES81.4160.7059
KELSEY79.4950.5882
DOWNS79.37121.4118
CROSLEY76.3410.1176
COGGAN69.9310.1176
DANDY63.6910.1176
HEWARD61.3510.1176
MULDOON59.8810.1176
LAWLEY58.5930.3529
WINFIELD56.6640.4706
BILTON55.4020.2353
BALLS55.1060.7059
HOBSON54.42121.4118
IRELAND50.68101.1765
COLLINSON50.1050.5882
LAZENBY49.7520.2353
MATSON48.0810.1176
DENNISON45.6630.3529
STEPHENSON43.18212.4706
COVERDALE42.9210.1176
WYLIE40.4440.4706

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called FAILEY in Leven 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 0.3529 in Leven means that 0.3529% of the people in Leven on census day were called FAILEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FAILEY 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 FAILEY 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 FAILEY 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 FAILEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,750.00 in Leven means that you are 3,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FAILEY in Leven than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leven in 1881

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

ARKSEY (2)  ARMITAGE (1)  ATKIN (20)  ATKINSON (8)  BALLS (6)  BATESON (1)  BEALES (1)  BEACH (1)  BELL (4)  BILTON (2)  BLANCHARD (2)  BOWMAN (4)  BRADLEY (2)  BRENNAN (1)  BRITTAM (2)  BROWN (17)  LE BUTT (1)  CARES (1)  CATTLE (2)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLAPPISON (1)  CLARK (12)  CLARKSON (7)  COFORTH (1)  COGGAN (1)  COLLINSON (5)  COOK (11)  COOKMAN (8)  COOPER (5)  COVERDALE (1)  CRANTHAM (1)  CRAYBURN (1)  CRESSEY (1)  CROSS (5)  CROSLEY (1)  CUNLOY (1)  DALES (3)  DALE (1)  DANDY (1)  DARCY OR DARAY (4)  DAWSON (21)  DAWSON (STEPHENSON) (2)  DENNISON (3)  DERBYSHIRE (9)  DINSDALE (5)  DOUTHWAITE (2)  DOWNS (12)  DUNN (12)  ELERINGTON (1)  ELLIS (2)  ELVIDGE (5)  FALLADOWN (3)  FOREMAN (3)  FORGE (9)  FOSTER (4)  FETHERBY (1)  FRANKISH (4)  FRANKS (1)  GARLEN (2)  GIBBON (1)  GIBBS (1)  GIBSON (13)  GOFORTH (1)  GOLDSMITH (1)  JORDON (5)  GRANTHAM (8)  GRAY (14)  GREYSON (1)  GREEN (2)  HALL (1)  HALLERON (2)  HARDBOTTLE (1)  HARLAND (1)  HARRISON (2)  HARTIER (1)  HATFIELD (1)  HEBB (20)  HEBBLEWHITE (3)  HEIRKIN (3)  HELLAS (1)  HERDSMAN (10)  HEWARD (1)  HEWITT (5)  HEWSON (2)  HOBSON (12)  HODGSON (2)  HOLMES (1)  HORSLEY (1)  HOTHAM (6)  HOWARD (2)  HUDSON (1)  IBESON (5)  IRELAND (10)  JACKSON (20)  JARVIS (1)  CALY (6)  KELSEY (5)  KILVINGTON (2)  CARTON (5)  KITCHEN (5)  LAMPLOUGH (4)  LAND (1)  LAWLEY (3)  LAZENBY (2)  LYON (1)  MARLIN (1)  MARSTER (1)  MATSON (1)  MAXWELL (4)  MAYES (1)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MC FARLAN (2)  MC MILLAN (2)  FAILEY (3)  MEALEY (1)  MEDD (2)  METCALF (5)  MEDCALF (1)  MEDFORTH (6)  MILSON (3)  MITCHELL (11)  MOORE (1)  MOOR (1)  MULDOON (1)  MYERS (27)  NEWMAN (1)  NORTHGRAVES (17)  NORTH (6)  NORTHERN (2)  OVERFIELD (1)  PALMER (5)  PICKERING (1)  PIERCY (1)  PINKNEY (8)  POOL (2)  POWELL (1)  PRATT (2)  RANSON (1)  RICHMOND (3)  RICKET (3)  ROASTOBY (3)  ROBINSON (16)  ROGERS (1)  ROGERSON (1)  ROSE (4)  ROUNDING (1)  ROWNTREE (1)  ROWSTOBY (8)  SAMMING (1)  SANDERS (5)  SCARBROUGH (1)  SCOTT (5)  SCROWTON (1)  SEDLEY (1)  SERVANT (1)  SHARP (3)  SHAW (7)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHIELDS (5)  SILVESTER (1)  SIMPSON (30)  SISSONS (3)  SMITH (7)  SOFIFIS (1)  SPOFFORTH (1)  SPRUCE (2)  STAMP (1)  STATHERS (2)  STAVELEY (6)  STEPHENSON (21)  SUDDOBY (1)  SWABRIDGE (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THEAKSTON (1)  THIRSH (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THURLOW (6)  TIVOY (1)  TOYN (1)  TRAIN (8)  TRIPP (5)  TRUEMAN (2)  TURNER (12)  WALGATE (1)  WALKER (4)  WALLIS (2)  WARD (1)  WATERLAND (1)  WATERS (5)  WATSON (8)  WAUDBY (3)  WISKER (1)  WHITING (4)  WILDES (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILES (6)  WILSON (3)  WINFIELD (4)  WINTER (12)  WITLY (2)  WITTY (4)  WOOD (1)  WOODWARD (2)  WRIGHT (10)  WYLIE (4)