Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lunedale, Yorkshire

Lunedale 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
RAINE389.87011,183.80
BAINBRIDGE297.5325536.04
SOWERBY246.23381,153.85
COLLINSON225.7143486.73
DENT205.1948272.85
WATSON143.636415.68
DOWSON133.3766619.05
GIBSON133.376627.82
LEE123.116919.07
SMITH112.85712.02
PORTER112.857138.08
SHIELD102.5974571.43
PINKNEY82.0779529.80
SAYER71.8182138.89
BURNEY71.81821,346.15
HORN61.558468.57
BAYLES61.5584789.47
IRELAND61.558467.11
ROBINSON61.55844.89
FOSTER51.29879.71
EDMONSON51.29871,219.51
ARMSTRONG51.298716.99
BARKER51.29879.92
PARKIN51.298748.31
HEWARD41.0390540.54
KIPLING30.7792326.09
METCALF30.779238.46
HUTCHINSON30.779213.72
THOMPSON20.51951.73
GRAHAM20.51954.52
CAMERON20.51956.68
ALDERSON10.259718.73
RICHARDSON10.25971.53
GRAY10.25971.82
DICKINSON10.25976.08
COATES10.25976.97
RUTTER10.259717.06
BLADES10.259745.66
WALTON10.25973.69
BARR10.259710.74
PEART10.259745.66
SCOTT10.25971.03
HENDERSON10.25972.39
BELL10.25971.38
WAKE10.259732.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURNEY1,346.1571.8182
EDMONSON1,219.5151.2987
RAINE1,183.80389.8701
SOWERBY1,153.85246.2338
BAYLES789.4761.5584
DOWSON619.05133.3766
SHIELD571.43102.5974
HEWARD540.5441.0390
BAINBRIDGE536.04297.5325
PINKNEY529.8082.0779
COLLINSON486.73225.7143
KIPLING326.0930.7792
DENT272.85205.1948
SAYER138.8971.8182
HORN68.5761.5584
IRELAND67.1161.5584
PARKIN48.3151.2987
PEART45.6610.2597
BLADES45.6610.2597
METCALF38.4630.7792
PORTER38.08112.8571
WAKE32.2610.2597
GIBSON27.82133.3766
LEE19.07123.1169
ALDERSON18.7310.2597
RUTTER17.0610.2597
ARMSTRONG16.9951.2987
WATSON15.68143.6364
HUTCHINSON13.7230.7792
BARR10.7410.2597
BARKER9.9251.2987
FOSTER9.7151.2987
COATES6.9710.2597
CAMERON6.6820.5195
DICKINSON6.0810.2597
ROBINSON4.8961.5584
GRAHAM4.5220.5195
WALTON3.6910.2597
HENDERSON2.3910.2597
SMITH2.02112.8571
GRAY1.8210.2597
THOMPSON1.7320.5195
RICHARDSON1.5310.2597
BELL1.3810.2597
SCOTT1.0310.2597

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called BURNEY in Lunedale 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 1.8182 in Lunedale means that 1.8182% of the people in Lunedale on census day were called BURNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURNEY 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 BURNEY 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 BURNEY 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 BURNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,346.15 in Lunedale means that you are 1,346.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURNEY in Lunedale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lunedale in 1881

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

ADDINSON (2)  ALDERSON (1)  ALLINSON (26)  ALLISSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (5)  BAINBRIDGE (29)  BARKER (5)  BARR (1)  BAYLES (6)  BELL (1)  BLADES (1)  BOUSFIELD (2)  BRECKINFIELD (8)  BRUMONELL (1)  BURNEY (7)  CAMERON (2)  COATES (1)  COLLINSON (22)  DENT (20)  DICKINSON (1)  DOWSON (13)  EDMONSON (5)  FADDER (1)  FOSTER (5)  GIBSON (13)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAY (1)  HAWKRIDGE (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HEWARD (4)  HORN (6)  HORSEFIELD (2)  HUTCHINSON (3)  IRELAND (6)  KEENLYSIDE (1)  KIPLING (3)  LEE (12)  LONGSTAF (7)  MCKENAN (2)  METCALF (3)  PARKIN (5)  PEART (1)  PINKNEY (8)  PLEWS (1)  PORTER (11)  RAINE (38)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (6)  RUTTER (1)  SAYER (7)  SCOTT (1)  SHIELD (10)  SMITH (11)  SOBERBY (1)  SOWERBY (24)  STOKELD (5)  TALLENTIRE (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WAKE (1)  WALTON (1)  WATSON (14)  WEARMOUTH (1)  WEARMOUTT (1)