Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nidd, Yorkshire

Nidd 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
MORRELL96.5217692.31
METCALF96.5217322.58
COWLING85.7971661.16
SMITH85.79714.11
ANDREWS75.072552.95
MOUNTAIN75.0725714.29
CLAYTON64.347880.00
GAINS53.62322,777.78
HARRISON53.623216.32
ROBSON53.623255.07
BOOTH42.898629.39
YELLOW42.898613,333.33
JUDSON42.8986634.92
BODDY42.8986526.32
SCAIFE32.1739491.80
HOLT32.173932.47
BARKER32.173916.61
WILSON21.44933.16
JEFFREY21.449378.43
ILES21.4493188.68
MITCHELL21.44937.15
BUCKLE21.4493133.33
BROWN21.44932.20
HENSON10.724661.73
THOMPSON10.72462.42
MARQUIS10.7246416.67
CARVER10.724680.00
SMITHSON10.724675.76
BRIAN10.7246156.25
BARNETT10.724616.08
PATRICK10.724636.36
WETHERILL10.7246555.56
SWALES10.7246104.17
LIGHT10.724678.74
JAMES10.72463.69
GATES10.724646.73
WAITE10.724634.97
STEVENSON10.724610.33
SIMPSON10.72464.14
INMAN10.7246106.38
RAWSON10.724666.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YELLOW13,333.3342.8986
GAINS2,777.7853.6232
MOUNTAIN714.2975.0725
MORRELL692.3196.5217
COWLING661.1685.7971
JUDSON634.9242.8986
WETHERILL555.5610.7246
BODDY526.3242.8986
SCAIFE491.8032.1739
MARQUIS416.6710.7246
METCALF322.5896.5217
ILES188.6821.4493
BRIAN156.2510.7246
BUCKLE133.3321.4493
INMAN106.3810.7246
SWALES104.1710.7246
CLAYTON80.0064.3478
CARVER80.0010.7246
LIGHT78.7410.7246
JEFFREY78.4321.4493
SMITHSON75.7610.7246
RAWSON66.2310.7246
HENSON61.7310.7246
ROBSON55.0753.6232
ANDREWS52.9575.0725
GATES46.7310.7246
PATRICK36.3610.7246
WAITE34.9710.7246
HOLT32.4732.1739
BOOTH29.3942.8986
BARKER16.6132.1739
HARRISON16.3253.6232
BARNETT16.0810.7246
STEVENSON10.3310.7246
MITCHELL7.1521.4493
SIMPSON4.1410.7246
SMITH4.1185.7971
JAMES3.6910.7246
WILSON3.1621.4493
THOMPSON2.4210.7246
BROWN2.2021.4493

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called YELLOW in Nidd 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 2.8986 in Nidd means that 2.8986% of the people in Nidd on census day were called YELLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YELLOW 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 YELLOW 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 YELLOW 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 YELLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,333.33 in Nidd means that you are 13,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YELLOW in Nidd than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nidd in 1881

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

ANDREWS (7)  BARKER (3)  BARNETT (1)  BODDY (4)  BOOTH (4)  BROWN (2)  BRIAN (1)  BUCKLE (2)  CARVER (1)  CLAYTON (6)  CORKETT (1)  COWLING (8)  GATES (1)  HARBISHER (3)  HARRISON (5)  HENSON (1)  HOLT (3)  ILES (2)  INMAN (1)  JAMES (1)  GAINS (5)  JEFFREY (2)  JUDSON (4)  LIGHT (1)  MARQUIS (1)  METCALF (9)  MITCHELL (2)  MORRELL (9)  MOUNTAIN (7)  OUTHWAITE (1)  PATRICK (1)  PEANE (1)  RAWSON (1)  ROBSON (5)  SCAIFE (3)  SCARGILL (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (8)  SMITHSON (1)  SOWLER (1)  STEVENSON (1)  SWALES (1)  THACKRAY (1)  THOMPSON (1)  UMPLEBY (5)  WETHERILL (1)  WILSON (2)  WAITE (1)  YELLOW (4)