Top surnames from the 1881 census in Malham Moor, Yorkshire

Malham Moor 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
METCALFE107.9365347.22
WARD97.142932.69
COULTHARD86.34921,142.86
RICHARDSON86.349237.30
KETTLEWELL64.76191,538.46
NEWHOUSE64.76194,285.71
SHARP64.761957.14
COOPER53.968316.31
CARR53.968355.01
PRATT43.174655.25
FRANKLAND43.1746430.11
SPENCER43.174634.78
NELSON21.587332.79
LEE21.58739.71
HODGSON10.793711.45
ASHTON10.793716.21
CARLISLE10.7937151.52
MCKENZIE10.7937238.10
BROWN10.79371.20
SMITH10.79370.56
LAMBERT10.793714.53
BATTERSBY10.7937112.36
RYDER10.793745.87
HARGREAVES10.793719.05
PEACOCK10.793722.27
MITTON10.7937270.27
CALVERT10.793738.91
LUND10.793773.53
BENTHAM10.7937172.41
SHEPHERD10.793710.83
ATKINSON10.79378.15
BRUNSKILL10.7937344.83
BEATTIE10.793737.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEWHOUSE4,285.7164.7619
KETTLEWELL1,538.4664.7619
COULTHARD1,142.8686.3492
FRANKLAND430.1143.1746
METCALFE347.22107.9365
BRUNSKILL344.8310.7937
MITTON270.2710.7937
MCKENZIE238.1010.7937
BENTHAM172.4110.7937
CARLISLE151.5210.7937
BATTERSBY112.3610.7937
LUND73.5310.7937
SHARP57.1464.7619
PRATT55.2543.1746
CARR55.0153.9683
RYDER45.8710.7937
CALVERT38.9110.7937
RICHARDSON37.3086.3492
BEATTIE37.0410.7937
SPENCER34.7843.1746
NELSON32.7921.5873
WARD32.6997.1429
PEACOCK22.2710.7937
HARGREAVES19.0510.7937
COOPER16.3153.9683
ASHTON16.2110.7937
LAMBERT14.5310.7937
HODGSON11.4510.7937
SHEPHERD10.8310.7937
LEE9.7121.5873
ATKINSON8.1510.7937
BROWN1.2010.7937
SMITH0.5610.7937

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called NEWHOUSE in Malham Moor 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 4.7619 in Malham Moor means that 4.7619% of the people in Malham Moor on census day were called NEWHOUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEWHOUSE 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 NEWHOUSE 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 NEWHOUSE 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 NEWHOUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,285.71 in Malham Moor means that you are 4,285.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEWHOUSE in Malham Moor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Malham Moor in 1881

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

ASHTON (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BATTERSBY (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BENTHAM (1)  BRAYSHAY (2)  BROWN (1)  BRUNSKILL (1)  CALVERT (1)  CARLISLE (1)  CARR (5)  COOPER (5)  COULTHARD (8)  ELLERSHAW (6)  EMMOT (1)  FRANKLAND (4)  GORNALL (1)  HAMAND (1)  HARGREAVES (1)  HESELTON (1)  HODGSON (1)  KETTLEWELL (6)  LAMBERT (1)  LEE (2)  LUND (1)  MACKINNELL (1)  MCKENZIE (1)  METCALFE (10)  MITTON (1)  NELSON (2)  NEWHOUSE (6)  PEACOCK (1)  PRATT (4)  RICHARDSON (8)  RYDER (1)  RIDDING (1)  SHARP (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (4)  SUARD (1)  SWINBANK (13)  WARD (9)