Top surnames from the 1881 census in Menston, Yorkshire

Menston 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
RHODES182.719058.56
WIGGLESWORTH142.1148428.13
HARGREAVES131.963747.12
SMITH121.81271.28
GILL111.661623.48
BEAUMONT111.661656.04
WILKINSON101.51069.90
ASKEY91.3595576.92
SPEIGHT91.3595167.29
SIMPSON91.35957.77
SHEPHERD91.359518.55
POPPLEWELL91.3595414.75
WILCOCK91.359595.64
EXLEY81.2085253.97
RICHARDSON81.20857.10
BARKER81.20859.23
EKE81.2085672.27
HODGSON81.208517.44
EDMONDSON71.057491.50
HAXBY71.05741,186.44
FRANCE71.057469.51
WOOD71.05743.32
HANSON71.057432.77
WHITE71.05743.29
FRENCH71.057421.66
BYRNE60.906365.01
GREENWOOD60.906311.67
BRADLEY60.906311.29
JOHNSON60.90632.70
BOWER60.906349.46
TURNER60.90633.26
COLL60.90631,200.00
JACKSON60.90633.24
PADGETT60.9063304.57
CARSON60.906382.30
ROBERTS60.90632.41
WEIGHTMAN60.9063231.66
COLE50.75538.29
IREDALE50.7553231.48
STEVENS50.75537.23
KING50.75533.47
JENNINGS50.755314.90
DUTTON50.755333.36
IBBOTSON50.7553110.13
SANDS50.755367.48
TATHAM50.7553224.22
CALVERT50.755337.04
PETTY50.755376.34
HANCOCK50.755316.60
LOFTHOUSE50.7553101.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COLL1,200.0060.9063
HAXBY1,186.4471.0574
EKE672.2781.2085
ASKEY576.9291.3595
BORDEN555.5610.1511
OYSTON545.4530.4532
WIGGLESWORTH428.13142.1148
POPPLEWELL414.7591.3595
PADGETT304.5760.9063
PETTEY303.0310.1511
WYLDE294.1240.6042
EXLEY253.9781.2085
WEIGHTMAN231.6660.9063
IREDALE231.4850.7553
TATHAM224.2250.7553
WEAR193.2440.6042
HARDAKER174.6740.6042
SPEIGHT167.2991.3595
WEATHERHEAD158.7330.4532
EDMONSON140.8510.1511
SPARLING116.2810.1511
IBBOTSON110.1350.7553
LOFTHOUSE101.4250.7553
WILCOCK95.6491.3595
EDMONDSON91.5071.0574
WARN83.3310.1511
CARSON82.3060.9063
PETTY76.3450.7553
FRANCE69.5171.0574
COWLING68.7340.6042
SANDS67.4850.7553
BYRNE65.0160.9063
BROTHERTON59.3520.3021
RHODES58.56182.7190
CREWE57.8010.1511
BEAUMONT56.04111.6616
NORFOLK54.6410.1511
BOWER49.4660.9063
HERON47.2430.4532
HARGREAVES47.12131.9637
DOLBY40.4910.1511
CHEESEMAN38.3920.3021
COPPING37.8810.1511
CALVERT37.0450.7553
CLAPHAM35.0320.3021
DUTTON33.3650.7553
HANSON32.7771.0574
LUMB32.0020.3021
HARROP26.5620.3021
WALLS25.1320.3021

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called COLL in Menston 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 0.9063 in Menston means that 0.9063% of the people in Menston on census day were called COLL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COLL 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 COLL 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 COLL 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 COLL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,200.00 in Menston means that you are 1,200.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COLL in Menston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Menston in 1881

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

ANNUM (1)  ARMIAGE (1)  ASKEY (9)  BAIRSTOW (3)  BAKER (2)  BARKER (8)  BATES (3)  BAXTER (1)  BEAUMONT (11)  BEDFORD (1)  BISCOMBE (1)  BOLTON (1)  BOOTH (2)  BORDEN (1)  BOWER (6)  BRADLEY (6)  BRAYSHAY (1)  BROTHERTON (2)  BROWN (1)  BYRNE (6)  BYWARTER (1)  CALVERT (5)  CARR (2)  CARSON (6)  CARTER (3)  CHADWICK (2)  CHEESEMAN (2)  CLAPHAM (2)  CLAYTON (4)  CLEGG (1)  CLOUGH (1)  COLE (5)  COLL (6)  COLLIER (3)  COLLINS (4)  COPPING (1)  COWLING (4)  CREWE (1)  DAWSON (1)  DINISON (2)  DICKSON (2)  DOLBY (1)  DUTTON (5)  DUXBERRY (6)  EDMONDSON (7)  EDMONSON (1)  EKE (8)  EMMOTT (6)  EXLEY (8)  FANTHORP (1)  FARRAR (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FITZGERALD (1)  FLORAC (5)  FOWLER (2)  FRENCH (7)  FRANCE (7)  GALLOWAY (1)  GARFORTH (2)  JILKS (1)  GILL (11)  GOODCHILD (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREENWOOD (6)  GREETHAM (7)  GROVES (1)  HEELE (8)  HALL (1)  HALLIDAY (3)  HAMMOND (1)  HANCOCK (5)  HANSON (7)  HARDAKER (4)  HARGREAVES (13)  HARROP (2)  HAXBY (7)  HAIGH (1)  HAYES (4)  HESELTON (6)  HENDERSON (1)  HERON (3)  HODGSON (8)  HOLMES (1)  HOWSON (1)  HUDSON (3)  HUMPHREYS (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  IBBOTSON (5)  IREDALE (5)  JACKSON (6)  JENNINGS (5)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (3)  KING (5)  KIRBOTSON (1)  KNOTT (3)  LAMBERT (4)  LAWRENCE (1)  LOFTHOUSE (5)  LUMB (2)  MAINPRIZE (1)  MARSTON (1)  MAY (1)  MCTHEA (1)  METCALFE (3)  MILLS (1)  MOON (3)  MURGATROYD (6)  NELSON (4)  NEWMAN (4)  NEWTON (1)  NORFOLK (1)  NORRIS (1)  ODDY (3)  OLDFIELD (2)  OYSTON (3)  PADGETT (6)  PARKIN (1)  PETTY (5)  PETTEY (1)  PICKHARD (2)  PICKARD (1)  PLUMENER (5)  POLLARD (3)  POPPLEWELL (9)  RAYSTRICK (1)  RAMSDEN (2)  RAMSKILL (1)  RAWNSLEY (10)  RAYNARD (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RHODES (18)  RICHARDSON (8)  ROBERTS (6)  SANDS (5)  SAVILLE (1)  SHALDERS (3)  SHARP (2)  SHEPHERD (9)  SIMPSON (9)  SMITH (12)  DE SCHMIDT (6)  SOGN (1)  SPARLING (1)  SPEIGHT (9)  SPREEKLEY (2)  STEVENS (5)  STEPHENSON (4)  STOTT (2)  TATHAM (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THACKRAY (8)  THOMPSON (4)  THWAITE (4)  TURNER (6)  VEILLS (1)  WADDINGTON (2)  WADE (4)  WALKER (2)  WALLS (2)  WARN (1)  WATMOUGH (3)  WATSON (2)  WEATHERHEAD (3)  WEIGHTMAN (6)  WEAR (4)  WHITE (7)  WIGGLESWORTH (14)  WILCOCK (9)  WYLDE (4)  WILKINSON (10)  WALKINSON (1)  WILLEMAN (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (7)  WAITE (3)