Top surnames from the 1881 census in Middleton On Wolds, Yorkshire

Middleton On Wolds 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
TOWSE274.24533,253.01
SIMPSON274.245324.27
DOVE243.7736330.12
WITTY192.98741,507.94
GREEN121.88686.70
APPLETON111.7296110.33
NORMAN101.572333.93
WILSON101.57233.42
SMITH91.41511.00
BURRELL91.4151108.56
RICHARDSON91.41518.31
ROBSON81.257919.11
LEAK81.2579326.53
WILES81.2579145.19
OGRAM71.10062,800.00
WRIGHT71.10063.43
MORRIS71.10064.94
WHITE60.94342.94
PETCH60.9434212.77
SWALES60.9434134.83
EASTWOOD60.943439.89
PICKERING60.943426.14
WARLEY50.78621,219.51
BRANTON50.7862438.60
STEPHENSON50.786213.74
POWELL50.78626.30
ARNOTT50.786293.63
COOPER50.78623.23
CHAPMAN40.62894.43
RUSTON40.6289220.99
COLLINSON40.628953.62
GEE40.628924.65
BARKER40.62894.81
CROWE40.628962.99
HANDS40.628962.70
MARSH40.62898.82
WATSON40.62892.71
TYLER40.628921.30
THOMPSON40.62892.10
IMESON40.6289666.67
ANDERSON30.47172.39
GRAY30.47173.30
BIGGINS30.4717196.08
PRICE30.47172.70
MATTHEWS30.47175.41
DUNN30.47175.67
RICHMOND30.471721.54
WELBURN30.4717240.00
BELL30.47172.51
PRATT30.47178.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOWSE3,253.01274.2453
OGRAM2,800.0071.1006
WITTY1,507.94192.9874
WARLEY1,219.5150.7862
IMESON666.6740.6289
WATES625.0020.3145
BRANTON438.6050.7862
DOVE330.12243.7736
LEAK326.5381.2579
CAVES285.7110.1572
WELCHMAN270.2710.1572
WELBURN240.0030.4717
RUSTON220.9940.6289
HAVERCROFT212.7710.1572
PETCH212.7760.9434
BIGGINS196.0830.4717
SPARE188.6810.1572
STABLER181.8220.3145
HAGGARD178.5710.1572
BRIGHAM149.2520.3145
WILES145.1981.2579
SWALES134.8360.9434
GELL119.7620.3145
APPLETON110.33111.7296
BURRELL108.5691.4151
ARNOTT93.6350.7862
JENNISON89.2910.1572
SOWERBY87.4630.4717
GLADWIN83.6820.3145
STIRK83.3310.1572
BOYNTON77.5210.1572
COLBECK69.9310.1572
THURLOW65.3620.3145
CROWE62.9940.6289
HANDS62.7040.6289
KENNEY57.1420.3145
COLLINSON53.6240.6289
WELTON43.4810.1572
PINKNEY40.0010.1572
EASTWOOD39.8960.9434
NORWOOD38.7610.1572
BLANCHARD38.3920.3145
DANBY36.7610.1572
NORMAN33.93101.5723
SLAUGHTER31.8510.1572
PETTY31.8020.3145
HAUGHTON30.8610.1572
DARBYSHIRE29.5910.1572
HOCKLEY29.1510.1572
ROLLINSON29.1510.1572

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 27 people called TOWSE in Middleton On Wolds 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 4.2453 in Middleton On Wolds means that 4.2453% of the people in Middleton On Wolds on census day were called TOWSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOWSE 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 TOWSE 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 TOWSE 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 TOWSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,253.01 in Middleton On Wolds means that you are 3,253.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOWSE in Middleton On Wolds than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Middleton On Wolds in 1881

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

ANDERSON (3)  ANDREW (2)  APPLETON (11)  ARNOTT (5)  ATKIN (1)  AUSTEN (1)  BAKER (1)  BORHAM (1)  BARKER (4)  BARNES (1)  BEAN (1)  BELL (3)  BIGGINS (3)  BLANCHARD (2)  BOTTERILL (5)  BOYNTON (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRANTON (5)  BRIGHAM (2)  BROOKSBANK (6)  BROWN (3)  BURRELL (9)  BURROWS (1)  BUTLER (3)  CAMPLING (1)  CAVES (1)  CAWKWELL (5)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARK (2)  COATES (1)  COLBECK (1)  COLE (1)  COLLINSON (4)  COOPER (5)  CROWE (4)  CUTLER (1)  DANBY (1)  DAVEY (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (2)  DARBYSHIRE (1)  DICKENS (1)  DOVE (24)  DEWSON (3)  DUFFIL (3)  DOOKS (7)  DUNN (3)  DURHAM (1)  EASTWOOD (6)  ELLMORE (1)  ELVIDGE (2)  EVANS (1)  FOSTER (2)  FOUNTAIN (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  GARRETT (2)  GEE (4)  GELL (2)  GLADWIN (2)  GOSSIP (2)  GRANGER (1)  GRAY (3)  GREEN (12)  GUY (1)  HAGGARD (1)  HAGUR (1)  HANDS (4)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (2)  HAIRSINE (12)  HART (2)  HAVERCROFT (1)  HESSLEWOOD (3)  HOCKLEY (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOPWOOD (1)  HORNBY (1)  HORSLEY (1)  HOTHAM (10)  HAUGHTON (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  HIDE (1)  IBBERTSON (2)  IMESON (4)  JACKSON (2)  JENNISON (1)  KENNEY (2)  KENT (3)  KING (1)  KITCHING (1)  KNEESHAW (1)  LEAK (8)  LAWSON (1)  LEE (3)  LEWIS (1)  LONG (1)  LOTHERINGTON (3)  MARSH (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MASON (3)  MASSEY (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MILNER (1)  MOATE (7)  MOODY (3)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (7)  MOUNTAIN (1)  NEWLOVE (16)  NORMAN (10)  NORWOOD (1)  OGRAM (7)  OXTOBY (1)  PALPEYMER (8)  PIERCE (2)  PEARSON (1)  PETCH (6)  PETTY (2)  PICKERING (6)  PINKNEY (1)  POSTILL (4)  POWELL (5)  PRATT (3)  PRICE (3)  RAILTON (16)  ROLLINSON (1)  RICHARDSON (9)  RICHMOND (3)  ROBSON (8)  RUSTON (4)  SAVOURY (4)  SEWELL (1)  SHAW (1)  SHERWOOD (1)  SIMPSON (27)  SLAUGHTER (1)  SMITH (9)  SOANES (8)  SOWERSBY (1)  SOWERBY (3)  SPARE (1)  STABLER (2)  STERRIKER (1)  STEPHENSON (5)  STIRK (1)  STOREY (1)  SWALES (6)  TAYLOR (1)  THACKRAY (8)  THOMPSON (4)  THURLOW (2)  TOWSE (27)  TRANMAR (9)  TYLER (4)  WARLEY (5)  WATSON (4)  WAUDBY (8)  WEDDALL (1)  WELBURN (3)  WELCHMAN (1)  WELTON (1)  WHITE (6)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILES (8)  WILSON (10)  WITTY (19)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (7)  WATES (2)