Top surnames from the 1881 census in New Village, Yorkshire

New Village 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
WILLIAMSON354.032344.98
KIRK242.765063.86
HARRISON222.534611.42
BROWN192.18893.32
SCOTT182.07378.20
STOREY171.958577.06
WILSON171.95854.26
WARD151.72817.91
HUTCHINSON131.497726.36
LAMB131.497728.39
CLARK111.26734.22
ANDERSON111.26736.42
ELLIS101.15217.93
WALMSLEY101.152155.68
QUINN91.036954.25
HORNSBY91.0369159.57
STORY91.0369167.29
ROBERTS91.03692.76
HILL91.03694.07
JACKSON91.03693.71
GREEN80.92173.27
FEATHERSTONE80.9217102.43
HUNTER80.92178.97
LEVITT80.9217275.86
WOODALL80.9217114.61
BUTTON70.806567.96
LEE70.80654.93
ROONEY70.806590.44
UNDERWOOD70.806529.89
SELLERS70.8065104.95
DAVIES70.80651.59
THOMPSON70.80652.69
CALLAGHAN70.806571.21
JOHNSON70.80652.40
FELL70.806557.42
SAVILLE60.691276.14
HARLAND60.691282.99
SCHOFIELD60.691212.75
TURNER60.69122.48
DARLING60.691272.20
DUDDING60.6912882.35
GARNETT60.691255.66
CONLIN50.5760310.56
DOUGLASS50.576090.58
FERGUSON50.57608.13
RYDER50.576033.27
HOLMES50.57604.73
HOBSON50.576022.20
MASSEY50.576022.52
SHAW50.57603.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEACY1,818.1820.2304
BYAS1,538.4620.2304
HOLLADAY1,379.3140.4608
MANKIN1,176.4740.4608
DUDDING882.3560.6912
WAMSLEY512.8220.2304
CONLIN310.5650.5760
LEVITT275.8680.9217
STORY167.2991.0369
BRIGHAM163.9330.3456
HORNSBY159.5791.0369
FEENEY135.5940.4608
DUNNINGTON133.3310.1152
SCRUTON130.7220.2304
WOODALL114.6180.9217
BEVERLEY114.5030.3456
SELLERS104.9570.8065
FEATHERSTONE102.4380.9217
PINCHBECK101.0110.1152
MAYS100.8150.5760
PARROT100.0010.1152
DOUGLASS90.5850.5760
ROONEY90.4470.8065
GELDER82.9920.2304
HARLAND82.9960.6912
STOREY77.06171.9585
SAVILLE76.1460.6912
DARLING72.2060.6912
CALLAGHAN71.2170.8065
BUTTON67.9670.8065
KIRK63.86242.7650
FELL57.4270.8065
WALMSLEY55.68101.1521
GARNETT55.6660.6912
QUINN54.2591.0369
SHILLITO47.8510.1152
WILLIAMSON44.98354.0323
HEDGER42.5510.1152
CAWTHORNE42.0210.1152
WILBY39.2920.2304
CROSBY38.9540.4608
DALES36.9010.1152
RANSOME36.5010.1152
BULLER35.3410.1152
RYDER33.2750.5760
NUTT31.9020.2304
RAMSEY31.8130.3456
UNDERWOOD29.8970.8065
LAMB28.39131.4977
HOPKINSON28.1940.4608

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called PEACY in New Village 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 0.2304 in New Village means that 0.2304% of the people in New Village on census day were called PEACY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEACY 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 PEACY 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 PEACY 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 PEACY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,818.18 in New Village means that you are 1,818.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEACY in New Village than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in New Village in 1881

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

ADAMSON (4)  ANDERSON (11)  ATKINSON (2)  AUCROFT (7)  BATESON (1)  BARRY (1)  BEVERLEY (3)  BODJET (1)  BOLTON (1)  BONNARD (2)  BRABBS (3)  BRIGGS (1)  BRIGHAM (3)  BRITTON (1)  BROWN (19)  BULLER (1)  BURGESS (4)  BARROW (1)  BUTTLE (7)  BUTTON (7)  BYAS (2)  CALLAGHAN (7)  CARROLL (2)  CAWTHORNE (1)  CHELLAS (1)  CLARK (11)  CLARKSON (1)  CLEMINSHAW (6)  COATES (1)  CONLIN (5)  COOPER (4)  CRAMP (1)  CRAVEN (4)  CROSBY (4)  CROSSKILL (1)  DALES (1)  DALTON (5)  DARLING (6)  DAVIES (7)  DENNIS (3)  DOBSON (4)  DOUGLASS (5)  DRANT (2)  DUDDING (6)  DUNNINGTON (1)  ELLIS (10)  EVANS (3)  FALKINGHAM (1)  FEATHERSTONE (8)  FEENEY (4)  FELL (7)  FERGUSON (5)  FIRTH (4)  FITZGERALD (1)  FOSTER (4)  GAMWELL (1)  GANSON (2)  GARDHAM (11)  GARNETT (6)  GARSIDES (4)  GELDER (2)  GIBBONS (1)  GIBSON (2)  GILLEON (2)  GRASBY (10)  GRAY (1)  GREASBY (1)  GRAVES (1)  GREAVES (2)  GREEN (8)  HALDENBY (5)  HOLLADAY (4)  HANDESON (1)  HANDLEY (4)  HARLAND (6)  HARRISON (22)  HARVEY (1)  HAIGH (2)  HEBBLEWHITE (5)  HEDGER (1)  HENSBY (1)  HENTWISTLE (3)  HILL (9)  HINDALE (1)  HOBSON (5)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (5)  HOLTBY (1)  HOPKINSON (4)  HORNSBY (9)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (1)  HUNTER (8)  HUTCHINSON (13)  JACKSON (9)  JECKILLS (3)  JOHNSON (7)  JUDSON (1)  KIRK (24)  NUTT (2)  LAMB (13)  LAVARACK (1)  LEE (7)  LEVITT (8)  MANKIN (4)  MARTIN (1)  MASSEY (5)  MAXWELL (3)  MAYS (5)  MC DONALD (1)  MC LAREN (4)  MEGSON (3)  MIDWOOD (3)  MOORE (3)  MOOR (2)  MORGAN (1)  MOUNSER (4)  MOUNSON (4)  MOUNSOR (16)  MOWFORTH (7)  NAPPY (5)  PEACY (2)  PALMER (1)  PARROT (1)  ST PAUL (7)  PICKHAVER (7)  PINCHBECK (1)  PLAYFOOT (3)  PLAYFORTH (3)  PREACIOUS (12)  PRINCE (1)  QUINN (9)  RAMSEY (3)  RANSOME (1)  RAPER (1)  REED (2)  REYNOLDS (3)  RICKATSON (1)  RYDER (5)  RILEY (4)  ROBERTS (9)  ROBINSON (4)  ROONEY (7)  ROSE (2)  RUSHOLME (5)  SAVILLE (6)  SAYERS (1)  SCARE (1)  SCHOFIELD (6)  SCOTT (18)  SCRUTON (2)  SELLERS (7)  SHAW (5)  SHILLITO (1)  SIMPSON (4)  SISSONS (1)  SMITH (4)  SNELL (1)  STORY (9)  STOREY (17)  SUMMERS (1)  SWAIN (1)  TABRAH (2)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (3)  TURNER (6)  UNDERWOOD (7)  WADE (1)  WAKELIN (6)  WALKER (1)  WAMSLEY (2)  WALMSLEY (10)  WALSH (1)  WARD (15)  WARTERHOUSE (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WILLIAMSON (35)  WILBY (2)  WILSON (17)  WOOD (3)  WOOD OR WOAD (12)  WOODALL (8)  WOODHALL (16)