Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lindley, Yorkshire

Lindley 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
DAVEY1119.6429478.26
CLAPHAM916.07141,875.00
HOLMES814.2857117.30
STEPHENSON47.1429125.00
BUTTERFIELD47.1429533.33
HUDSON35.357165.36
TODD23.571470.18
WALKER23.571410.67
TAYLOR23.57145.59
BENSON11.785765.79
WHITEHEAD11.785726.46
TEAL11.7857476.19
STEEL11.785743.86
DALE11.785742.19
LAWSON11.785730.30
HOBSON11.785768.97
DALBY11.7857222.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLAPHAM1,875.00916.0714
BUTTERFIELD533.3347.1429
DAVEY478.261119.6429
TEAL476.1911.7857
DALBY222.2211.7857
STEPHENSON125.0047.1429
HOLMES117.30814.2857
TODD70.1823.5714
HOBSON68.9711.7857
BENSON65.7911.7857
HUDSON65.3635.3571
STEEL43.8611.7857
DALE42.1911.7857
LAWSON30.3011.7857
WHITEHEAD26.4611.7857
WALKER10.6723.5714
TAYLOR5.5923.5714

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called CLAPHAM in Lindley 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 16.0714 in Lindley means that 16.0714% of the people in Lindley on census day were called CLAPHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLAPHAM 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 CLAPHAM 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 CLAPHAM 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 CLAPHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,875.00 in Lindley means that you are 1,875.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLAPHAM in Lindley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lindley in 1881

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

BENSON (1)  BUTTERFIELD (4)  CLAPHAM (9)  DALBY (1)  DALE (1)  DAVEY (11)  HESLINTON (1)  HOBSON (1)  HOLMES (8)  HUDSON (3)  LAWSON (1)  MASHINTER (1)  STEEL (1)  STEPHENSON (4)  TAYLOR (2)  TEAL (1)  TODD (2)  WALKER (2)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITHEAD (1)