Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moulton, Yorkshire

Moulton 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
BROWN165.69408.64
WARD124.270519.55
ROBINSON103.558711.16
TAYLOR93.20285.01
PRATT93.202855.76
MYERS93.2028122.78
SANDERSON93.202877.52
KIRKBRIDE72.4911843.37
WILSON72.49115.42
DRYDEN62.1352355.03
COULTHARD62.1352382.17
HORNE62.135298.04
LEGG62.1352129.31
BARKER51.779413.60
WALKER51.77945.32
GILL51.779425.15
SEDGWICK51.7794245.10
BALDRIDGE51.779416,666.67
WHITE51.77945.54
MARTIN41.42355.78
LAZENBY41.4235300.75
BLAIR41.423554.95
BAKER41.42356.50
HORNER31.067656.07
ROUTH31.0676731.71
PENNOCK31.0676681.82
MARRINER31.0676652.17
PATTERSON31.067630.61
LAYFIELD31.0676588.24
WALLER31.067642.37
CRAVEN31.067655.35
BOWMAN20.711727.25
SIMPSON20.71174.07
WILKINSON20.71174.66
SMITHSON20.711774.35
DAVIDSON20.71178.46
WALBURN20.71172,222.22
DIXON20.71176.50
MERRYWEATHER20.7117317.46
CARPENTER10.355910.37
WRAY10.355926.46
MARLEY10.355961.35
ALDERSON10.355925.64
GREENWELL10.3559108.70
WILLIAMS10.35590.50
LEAR10.355960.98
SOWERBY10.355965.79
PAGE10.35594.45
BINKS10.355960.24
DENT10.355918.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALDRIDGE16,666.6751.7794
WALBURN2,222.2220.7117
KIRKBRIDE843.3772.4911
ROUTH731.7131.0676
PENNOCK681.8231.0676
MARRINER652.1731.0676
LAYFIELD588.2431.0676
COULTHARD382.1762.1352
SUGGETT357.1410.3559
DRYDEN355.0362.1352
MERRYWEATHER317.4620.7117
LAZENBY300.7541.4235
SEDGWICK245.1051.7794
LEGG129.3162.1352
MYERS122.7893.2028
GREENWELL108.7010.3559
HORNE98.0462.1352
ANSON96.1510.3559
SANDERSON77.5293.2028
SMITHSON74.3520.7117
ROBERT72.9910.3559
CARLIN69.9310.3559
SOWERBY65.7910.3559
LOWES61.3510.3559
MARLEY61.3510.3559
LEAR60.9810.3559
BINKS60.2410.3559
HORNER56.0731.0676
PRATT55.7693.2028
CRAVEN55.3531.0676
BLAIR54.9541.4235
HOLLINGSWORTH53.7610.3559
BLYTHE46.9510.3559
HIRD46.0810.3559
RAINE42.7410.3559
WALLER42.3731.0676
MILBURN39.8410.3559
TIMMS35.2110.3559
GRICE34.4810.3559
PATTERSON30.6131.0676
BEAN27.4710.3559
BOWMAN27.2520.7117
WRAY26.4610.3559
ALDERSON25.6410.3559
GILL25.1551.7794
OATES22.8310.3559
WARD19.55124.2705
DENT18.6910.3559
FAWCETT18.4210.3559
WISE17.0610.3559

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called BALDRIDGE in Moulton 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 1.7794 in Moulton means that 1.7794% of the people in Moulton on census day were called BALDRIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALDRIDGE 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 BALDRIDGE 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 BALDRIDGE 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 BALDRIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,666.67 in Moulton means that you are 16,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALDRIDGE in Moulton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moulton in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ANSON (1)  BAKER (4)  BALDRIDGE (5)  BARKER (5)  BAYNOR (1)  BEAN (1)  BELL (1)  BAISTER (15)  BINKS (1)  BLAIR (4)  BLYTHE (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BROWN (16)  CARLIN (1)  CARM (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CORPS (4)  COULTHARD (6)  COLTHARD (1)  COUSAN (1)  CRAVEN (3)  DAVIDSON (2)  DE BURGH LAWSON (14)  DENT (1)  DERLAN (1)  DIXON (2)  DODD (1)  DRYDEN (6)  DUMBELL (1)  FAWCETT (1)  GILL (5)  GREENWELL (1)  GRICE (1)  HIRD (1)  HOLLINGSWORTH (1)  HORNE (6)  HORNER (3)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JAMES (1)  KIRKBRIDE (7)  LEAR (1)  LAYFIELD (3)  LAZENBY (4)  LEGG (6)  LOWES (1)  MARRINER (3)  MARLEY (1)  MARTIN (4)  MERRYWEATHER (2)  MILBURN (1)  MOORE (1)  MYERS (9)  NATRASS (3)  OATES (1)  PAGE (1)  PATTERSON (3)  PENNOCK (3)  PRATT (9)  WRAY (1)  RAINE (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERT (1)  ROBINSON (10)  ROUTH (3)  SANDERSON (9)  SEDGWICK (5)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (1)  SMITHSON (2)  SOWERBY (1)  STEVENSON (1)  SUGGETT (1)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMPSON (1)  TIMMS (1)  WADE (1)  WALBURN (2)  WALKER (5)  WALLER (3)  WALSH (1)  WARD (12)  WEIGHTSON (1)  WHITE (5)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (7)  WISE (1)