Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Ouseburn, Yorkshire

Little Ouseburn 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
SMITH145.80914.11
WALLS104.1494344.83
ROBINSON104.149413.01
WHITEHEAD93.734455.25
DICKSON83.319589.69
ANDERSON72.904614.71
HARISON72.90464,375.00
KIRBY72.904676.59
DICKINSON62.489658.31
DOBSON62.489656.44
ROBSON62.489637.83
SIMPSON52.074711.86
BURRELL52.0747159.24
DAWSON52.074718.82
ERSKINE52.0747335.57
SADLER52.074788.03
PICK52.0747324.68
COATS41.6598366.97
PAYLOR41.65983,636.36
BARRITT41.6598634.92
MIDDLETON41.659831.62
MARK41.6598330.58
ARROWSMITH41.6598213.90
DARNEL41.659820,000.00
TOWLER41.6598370.37
MORGAN41.65988.35
WOODWARD41.659833.64
MASON31.24489.26
WALLIS31.244836.76
WILSON31.24482.71
PIERCY31.2448344.83
BOWSER31.2448833.33
WHITAKER20.829929.37
SCOTT20.82993.28
COUPLAND20.8299130.72
OLIVER20.829911.63
COCKER20.8299101.01
STALKER20.8299168.07
DANIEL10.414918.80
RUDD10.414926.32
KETTLEWELL10.4149135.14
RICHARDSON10.41492.44
TAYLOR10.41490.65
WARD10.41491.90
HORNER10.414921.79
TURNER10.41491.49
CALE10.4149204.08
STORY10.414967.11
BULLOCK10.414912.76
SLATER10.41496.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DARNEL20,000.0041.6598
HARISON4,375.0072.9046
PAYLOR3,636.3641.6598
BOWSER833.3331.2448
BARRITT634.9241.6598
TOWLER370.3741.6598
COATS366.9741.6598
WALLS344.83104.1494
PIERCY344.8331.2448
ERSKINE335.5752.0747
MARK330.5841.6598
PICK324.6852.0747
ARROWSMITH213.9041.6598
CALE204.0810.4149
STALKER168.0720.8299
BURRELL159.2452.0747
KETTLEWELL135.1410.4149
COUPLAND130.7220.8299
COCKER101.0120.8299
DICKSON89.6983.3195
SADLER88.0352.0747
KIRBY76.5972.9046
STORY67.1110.4149
DICKINSON58.3162.4896
DOBSON56.4462.4896
WHITEHEAD55.2593.7344
EDEN40.8210.4149
ROBSON37.8362.4896
WALLIS36.7631.2448
WOODWARD33.6441.6598
MIDDLETON31.6241.6598
WHITAKER29.3720.8299
RUDD26.3210.4149
HORNER21.7910.4149
METCALF20.4910.4149
HAYWOOD19.7610.4149
DAWSON18.8252.0747
DANIEL18.8010.4149
ANDERSON14.7172.9046
ROBINSON13.01104.1494
BULLOCK12.7610.4149
SIMPSON11.8652.0747
OLIVER11.6320.8299
MASON9.2631.2448
MORGAN8.3541.6598
SLATER6.8510.4149
BURTON4.8710.4149
SMITH4.11145.8091
SCOTT3.2820.8299
WILSON2.7131.2448

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called DARNEL in Little Ouseburn 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 1.6598 in Little Ouseburn means that 1.6598% of the people in Little Ouseburn on census day were called DARNEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DARNEL 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 DARNEL 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 DARNEL 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 DARNEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Little Ouseburn means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DARNEL in Little Ouseburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Ouseburn in 1881

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

ANDERSON (7)  ARROWSMITH (4)  BARRITT (4)  BOWSER (3)  BULLOCK (1)  BURRELL (5)  BURTON (1)  COATS (4)  COCKER (2)  COUPLAND (2)  DANIEL (1)  DARNEL (4)  DAWSON (5)  DICKINSON (6)  DICKSON (8)  DOBSON (6)  EDEN (1)  ERSKINE (5)  GRUNWELL (2)  GUDGEON (1)  HARISON (7)  HIELD (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HORNER (1)  HULLAH (5)  JENNINSON (1)  CALE (1)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KIRBY (7)  MAISLEY (1)  MARK (4)  MASON (3)  METCALF (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MORGAN (4)  OLIVER (2)  PAYLOR (4)  FEBB (TEBB) (2)  PIERCY (3)  PICK (5)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (10)  ROBSON (6)  RUDD (1)  SADLER (5)  SCOTT (2)  SEMBRIDGE (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (14)  STALKER (2)  STORY (1)  STYAN (6)  TAYLOR (1)  TEBB (3)  THEAKSTONE (2)  TOWLER (4)  TOES (7)  TURNER (1)  WALLS (10)  WALLIS (3)  WARD (1)  WHITAKER (2)  WHITEHEAD (9)  WILSON (3)  WOODWARD (4)  WRIGHTSON (5)