Top surnames from the 1881 census in Riccall, Yorkshire

Riccall 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
BULMER293.6943466.99
TOMLINSON243.057366.30
WATSON182.29309.89
HARE182.2930148.51
JACKSON172.16567.75
CREASER151.91082,000.00
MOSS141.783428.94
WOOD141.78345.60
BRADLEY131.656120.63
SHEPHERD131.656122.60
DANIEL121.528769.20
HARRIMAN121.5287594.06
STEAD121.528774.72
MARSDEN111.401333.84
BELL111.40137.46
SLATER111.401323.14
KILLAM101.273914,285.71
SMITH101.27390.90
ROMANS101.27392,857.14
SIMPSON91.14656.56
TAYLOR91.14651.79
BENSON91.146542.29
TATE91.146559.37
HAWKINS81.019114.08
PRATT81.019117.74
SPINK81.0191126.38
CASS81.0191143.88
HARPER81.019115.92
CLARK70.89172.97
WALKER70.89172.66
WHEATLEY70.891743.78
WILSON70.89171.94
THOMPSON70.89172.98
LAMBERT60.764314.01
ABBOT60.7643161.73
WHITEHEAD60.764311.31
ROBINSON60.76432.40
TYE60.7643132.74
PAYNE60.76438.49
BREWSTER60.764378.95
NEEDHAM60.764335.91
GOTT60.7643176.47
DOBSON50.636914.44
KIRK50.636914.71
JOHNSON50.63691.90
BARTON50.636911.79
LEACH50.636915.44
HEPWORTH50.636955.87
FENWICK50.636948.59
RICHARDSON50.63693.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KILLAM14,285.71101.2739
RYTHER10,000.0020.2548
ROMANS2,857.14101.2739
CREASER2,000.00151.9108
MATTA769.2310.1274
HARRIMAN594.06121.5287
BULMER466.99293.6943
LONGFIELD266.6720.2548
WHEATER202.0220.2548
GOTT176.4760.7643
ABBOT161.7360.7643
HARE148.51182.2930
CASS143.8881.0191
TYE132.7460.7643
SPINK126.3881.0191
DRINKALL119.0510.1274
DOUGLASS100.2050.6369
KIRKMAN99.6050.6369
LAZENBY80.8630.3822
BREWSTER78.9560.7643
STEAD74.72121.5287
HORSEMAN71.9410.1274
DANIEL69.20121.5287
TOMLINSON66.30243.0573
TATE59.3791.1465
SPIVEY57.4710.1274
HORSFIELD56.9330.3822
HEPWORTH55.8750.6369
DEIGHTON50.8920.2548
PROCTER49.0750.6369
FENWICK48.5950.6369
DURHAM44.3830.3822
WHEATLEY43.7870.8917
DENHAM43.3530.3822
BENSON42.2991.1465
KETTLEWELL41.4910.1274
BUSSEY37.5910.1274
LIVSEY35.9710.1274
NEEDHAM35.9160.7643
MARSDEN33.84111.4013
WALMSLEY30.7950.6369
VALENTINE29.7930.3822
MOSS28.94141.7834
BRITTON28.7840.5096
WRAY28.4430.3822
PICKARD27.4030.3822
HORNER26.7740.5096
SLATER23.14111.4013
SHEPHERD22.60131.6561
COUSINS21.2530.3822

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called KILLAM in Riccall 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 1.2739 in Riccall means that 1.2739% of the people in Riccall on census day were called KILLAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KILLAM 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 KILLAM 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 KILLAM 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 KILLAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 14,285.71 in Riccall means that you are 14,285.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KILLAM in Riccall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Riccall in 1881

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

ABBOT (6)  ABBOTT (2)  ASHWORTH (1)  ATLEY (5)  BARTON (5)  BEAN (1)  BEASLEY (1)  BECK (3)  BELL (11)  BENSON (9)  BEST (1)  BLANSHARD (2)  BOSOMWORTH (3)  BOWMAN DAVISON (10)  BOWMAN (3)  BRADLEY (13)  BRAY (1)  BREWSTER (6)  BRITTON (4)  BROOK (2)  BROWN (2)  BUCK (2)  BULMER (29)  BURNETT (1)  BARROW (1)  BUSSEY (1)  CAMPLEJOHN (11)  CASS (8)  CASTLE (3)  CATTLEY (4)  CHATTAM (1)  CLARK (7)  COATES (1)  COBB (1)  COLEMAN (4)  COLLINS (5)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  COUSINS (3)  CREASER (15)  CROMPTON (1)  DANIEL (12)  DAVINSON (2)  DEIGHTON (2)  DENHAM (3)  DIXON (4)  DOBSON (5)  DOUGLASS (5)  DRINKALL (1)  DRURY (1)  DUNN (2)  DURHAM (3)  EASTWOOD (2)  AYRES (2)  FAIRWETHER (4)  FARROW (2)  FAULKNER (1)  FELLOWES (1)  FENTIMAN (5)  FENTON (1)  FENWICK (5)  FITZGERALD (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (3)  FOWLER (2)  FRANKS (1)  GOWTHORP (8)  GILL (1)  GOTT (6)  GRAINGER (2)  HADDLESEY (1)  HARE (18)  HARPER (8)  HARRIMAN (12)  HAWKINS (8)  HAYNES (1)  HEPWORTH (5)  HILL (1)  HOLTASS (1)  HORNER (4)  HORSEMAN (1)  HORSFIELD (3)  HOUFE (18)  HUDSON (2)  HUGHES (1)  IRELAND (1)  ISSAT (2)  JACKSON (17)  JOHNSON (5)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KILLAM (10)  KIRK (5)  KIRKMAN (5)  LAMB (1)  LAMBERT (6)  LONGFIELD (2)  LAZENBY (3)  LEACH (5)  LIVSEY (1)  MARSDEN (11)  MASSEY (1)  MATTA (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MORLEY (2)  MOSS (14)  MURRAY (2)  NEEDHAM (6)  NICHOLSON (2)  NUTBROWN (6)  PARKER (1)  PAYNE (6)  PICKARD (3)  PICKERING (1)  POOL (1)  PRATT (8)  PROCTER (5)  WRAY (3)  RENNISON (4)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBINSON (6)  ROMANS (10)  ROYSON (1)  RYTHER (2)  SCHOLEY (2)  SAYBURN (2)  SHAW (1)  SHEPHERD (13)  SHILLITOE (7)  SILVERSIDES (16)  SIMPSON (9)  SLATER (11)  SMAILES (4)  SMITH (10)  SOLLIT (1)  SPINK (8)  SPIVEY (1)  STAINTON (9)  STEAD (12)  STOKES (1)  SWINBANK (7)  TATE (9)  TAYLOR (9)  TERRY (3)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (2)  TOMLINSON (24)  TURNER (1)  TYE (6)  ULLERTON (2)  VALENTINE (3)  WARRINGTON (1)  WALKER (7)  WALMSLEY (5)  WASLIN (4)  WATSON (18)  WHEATER (2)  WHEATLEY (7)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WILSON (7)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (14)  WRIGHT (2)  WAITE (2)