Top surnames from the 1881 census in Misson, Yorkshire

Misson 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
BROWN263.80675.77
SMITH213.07472.18
OLDFIELD213.0747186.17
HATFIELD182.6354369.61
MARSDEN172.489060.11
WILSON152.19624.78
FOWLER152.196238.46
LOVEDAY121.7570287.77
JOHNSON121.75705.23
WIGELSWORTH111.610511,000.00
JACKSON101.46415.24
WILLIAMSON101.464116.33
DICKINSON101.464134.28
CLOVER91.3177461.54
MILNER91.317757.47
ENTWISTLE91.317775.63
HOLGATE91.3177158.73
OXLEY81.171383.59
RICHARDSON81.17136.88
CLARK81.17133.90
NEEDHAM81.171355.06
LAW81.171325.89
PINDER81.171397.21
HILTON71.024929.81
OWEN71.02498.64
BRIGGS60.878516.18
POSTLETHWAITE60.8785231.66
WHITTAKER60.878518.55
GRANT60.87858.85
DOBB60.8785674.16
MERRILLS60.87851,666.67
GREAVES60.878529.97
ATKINSON60.87859.02
BINGHAM60.878559.82
JUBB50.7321146.20
ORTON50.732177.88
FAWCETT50.732137.85
WATSON50.73213.16
MASSEY50.732128.62
MARRISON50.7321649.35
BREARLEY50.7321117.10
LEE50.73214.48
TOMLINSON50.732115.87
STEADMAN50.7321119.05
ALLEN40.58573.10
HINDLEY40.585771.17
BROOKS40.58575.99
BURTON40.58576.88
HARRIS40.58572.30
WEBB40.58574.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WIGELSWORTH11,000.00111.6105
MERRILLS1,666.6760.8785
DOBB674.1660.8785
ISLE666.6720.2928
MARRISON649.3550.7321
CLOVER461.5491.3177
HARWIN384.6210.1464
HATFIELD369.61182.6354
LOVEDAY287.77121.7570
POSTLETHWAITE231.6660.8785
OLDFIELD186.17213.0747
FULLARD172.4110.1464
HOLGATE158.7391.3177
JUBB146.2050.7321
STEADMAN119.0550.7321
BREARLEY117.1050.7321
PADDISON99.0110.1464
PINDER97.2181.1713
HOOTON84.7520.2928
OXLEY83.5981.1713
THOMLINSON80.6510.1464
ORTON77.8850.7321
ENTWISTLE75.6391.3177
HINDLEY71.1740.5857
EMPSON68.0310.1464
CROOKES67.1120.2928
KEYWORTH63.6910.1464
MARSDEN60.11172.4890
BINGHAM59.8260.8785
MILNER57.4791.3177
MAYFIELD57.1410.1464
STEEDMAN56.8210.1464
NEEDHAM55.0681.1713
KIRKBY51.6820.2928
GODLEY46.5110.1464
KELSEY39.5320.2928
FOWLER38.46152.1962
FAWCETT37.8550.7321
DODSON37.8120.2928
DICKINSON34.28101.4641
TINKLER33.7810.1464
PRIEST33.5630.4392
SNOWDEN32.8920.2928
LAUGHTON30.1210.1464
GREAVES29.9760.8785
HILTON29.8171.0249
BATTY28.7430.4392
MASSEY28.6250.7321
WADDINGTON27.0530.4392
LAW25.8981.1713

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called WIGELSWORTH in Misson 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 1.6105 in Misson means that 1.6105% of the people in Misson on census day were called WIGELSWORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WIGELSWORTH 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 WIGELSWORTH 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 WIGELSWORTH 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 WIGELSWORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,000.00 in Misson means that you are 11,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WIGELSWORTH in Misson than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Misson in 1881

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

ABDY (5)  ALLEN (4)  ATKINSON (6)  ATTER (1)  BAILEY (3)  BARNETT (1)  BATTISON (4)  BATTY (3)  BEARDSHAW (15)  BELL (2)  BATTINSON (1)  BILLANY (3)  BINGHAM (6)  BOWS (2)  BRAMHILL (6)  BREARLEY (5)  BRIGGS (6)  BROOKE (2)  BROOKS (4)  BROWN (26)  BURTON (4)  BUTLER (1)  BUTTERFIELD (2)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CAPIL (4)  CAPILL (3)  CHESTER (1)  CLARK (8)  CLOVER (9)  COMPTON (1)  COTTAM (1)  CROOKES (2)  DICKINSON (10)  DOBB (6)  DODSON (2)  DRUEREY (1)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELLIOT (1)  EMPSON (1)  ENTWISTLE (9)  EVERATT (1)  FAWCETT (5)  FISH (1)  FLEET (1)  FOSTER (2)  FOWLER (15)  FOX (2)  FRANKLING (7)  FULLARD (1)  GLEADEN (1)  GODLEY (1)  JORDAN (1)  GRANT (6)  GRAY (1)  GREAVES (6)  GREGORY (1)  MC GREGORY (1)  HALL (1)  HALLAM (1)  HALLIFIELD (2)  HANSON (1)  HARRIS (4)  HARRISON (1)  HEART ? (8)  HARWIN (1)  HATFIELD (18)  HINDLEY (4)  HEWITT (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HILTON (7)  HITCHING (3)  HOLDGATE (7)  HOLGATE (9)  HOLMES (1)  HOOTON (2)  HIRST (2)  ISLE (2)  ISSATT (1)  JACKSON (10)  JOHNSON (12)  JUBB (5)  KAYE (1)  KELSEY (2)  KEYWORTH (1)  KIGHTLEY (1)  KIRKBY (2)  KITCHING (1)  KNIGHT (3)  KNOWLES (1)  LAW (8)  LAUGHTON (1)  LEE (5)  LAISTER (4)  LOVEDAY (12)  MAKIN (1)  MARRISON (5)  MARSDEN (17)  MASON (1)  MASSEY (5)  MAYFIELD (1)  CALAM (6)  MELLOWS (1)  MERRILLS (6)  MERRILS (1)  MILNER (9)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (1)  NAYLOR (2)  NEEDHAM (8)  OLDFIELD (21)  ORTON (5)  OWEN (7)  OXLEY (8)  PAGDIN (1)  PARKER (3)  PARKIN (3)  PADDISON (1)  PINDER (8)  POOLE (1)  POSTLETHWAITE (6)  PRICE (3)  PRIEST (3)  RAWLINSON (1)  RAWSON (1)  RICHARDSON (8)  ROBERTS (2)  SALES (1)  SCHOFIELD (3)  SHAWSON (1)  SLINGSBY (1)  SMITH (21)  SNOWDEN (2)  STARK (1)  STEEDMAN (1)  STEADMAN (5)  STEPHENSON (1)  STYRING (20)  TAYLOR (3)  TEMPERTON (4)  TINKLER (1)  TOMLINSON (5)  THOMLINSON (1)  WADDINGTON (3)  WAINWRIGHT (3)  WALL (1)  WATSON (5)  WEBB (4)  WHARAM (2)  WHITAKER (2)  WHITTAKER (6)  WITTAKER (1)  WHITINGTON (5)  WIGELSWORTH (11)  WILLIAMSON (10)  WILSON (15)  YOUDAN (21)