Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rowley, Yorkshire

Rowley 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
HARPER213.322851.90
WILSON182.84816.20
HOPPER172.6899188.26
WRAY162.5316188.46
FOSTER142.215216.57
SMITH132.05701.46
CASH121.8987286.40
WATSON121.89878.19
BARTRAM111.7405351.44
HYDE101.582351.44
HALL101.58235.38
MOORE81.26586.33
WITTY81.2658634.92
PARKINSON81.265826.39
BARRETT81.265818.85
BROWN71.10761.68
LAWSON71.107618.79
IRELAND60.949440.90
CLARK60.94943.16
SANDERSON60.949422.98
RHODES60.949420.45
BANKS60.949418.51
WHITING60.949449.30
THACKERAY60.9494652.17
SUTTON60.949414.91
BEALE60.949474.81
VERITY60.9494223.05
CLARKE60.94944.69
TOMLINSON60.949420.58
SCOTT60.94943.75
CHAPMAN60.94946.68
BEAL50.791184.18
WOOD50.79112.48
BARR50.791132.72
DEAN50.791111.40
GRIFFITHS50.79114.83
HILL50.79113.11
HODGSON40.63299.13
THOMPSON40.63292.11
JOHNSON40.63291.88
HANSON40.632919.61
WAITE40.632930.49
YOUNG40.63292.95
SHARP40.63297.59
BICKETT40.63291,818.18
DAVIS40.63292.88
MILNER40.632927.61
REED40.63298.67
THORNTON40.632912.59
THACKER40.632987.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENNINGS10,000.0010.1582
ROGINSON2,500.0010.1582
BICKETT1,818.1840.6329
BRUNING1,250.0010.1582
BROME909.0910.1582
THACKERAY652.1760.9494
WITTY634.9281.2658
KIRTLAND476.1930.4747
ELRIDGE454.5510.1582
BRIMFIELD454.5510.1582
CHATMAN416.6710.1582
BARTRAM351.44111.7405
CASH286.40121.8987
ADKINSON285.7110.1582
VERITY223.0560.9494
WRAY188.46162.5316
HOPPER188.26172.6899
WELBY158.7310.1582
WASH151.5210.1582
DOCKRAY135.1410.1582
BENNISON112.3620.3165
PADGETT106.3820.3165
SPECK89.2910.1582
THACKER87.3440.6329
BEAL84.1850.7911
DELL80.8630.4747
BEALE74.8160.9494
DANBY74.0720.3165
GILLINGS67.1110.1582
RINGROSE64.9410.1582
LOFT61.7310.1582
HARPER51.90213.3228
HYDE51.44101.5823
WHITING49.3060.9494
ETHERINGTON41.9320.3165
IRELAND40.9060.9494
CROWDER39.8410.1582
DORAN38.1020.3165
MEARS33.5620.3165
BARR32.7250.7911
PARISH30.7730.4747
WAITE30.4940.6329
JEFFERSON29.1520.3165
ASKEW28.0120.3165
MILNER27.6140.6329
PARKINSON26.3981.2658
TINDALL26.1110.1582
SANDERSON22.9860.9494
TOMLINSON20.5860.9494
RHODES20.4560.9494

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BENNINGS in Rowley 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 0.1582 in Rowley means that 0.1582% of the people in Rowley on census day were called BENNINGS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Rowley in 1881

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

ACKLAM (5)  ALEXANDER (1)  ANCOCK (1)  ASKEW (2)  ADKINSON (1)  BAKER (1)  BELSHAW OR BERTSHAW (22)  BANKS (6)  BARR (5)  BARRETT (8)  BARTRAM (11)  BATES (1)  BATTY (1)  BAXTER (2)  BEAL (5)  BEALE (6)  BECKETT (1)  BELL (1)  BENNINGS (1)  BENNISON (2)  BENTLEY (1)  BICKETT (4)  BIMMINGTON (2)  BLAKESTONE (1)  BOLTON (1)  BOND (1)  BRATLING (1)  BRIGGS (3)  BRIMFIELD (1)  BROME (1)  BROWN (7)  BROXHOLME (1)  BRUNING (1)  BRUSBY (1)  BRYAN (1)  BUGG OR BUFF (2)  BURTON (1)  BUTCHER (1)  CANNON (1)  CARLIC (1)  CASH (12)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHATMAN (1)  CLARK (6)  CLARKE (6)  COLE (3)  CONSETT (1)  COOK (2)  COWNAN (1)  CROSS (1)  CROWDER (1)  TAYLOR (DALTON) (2)  DANBY (2)  DAVIS (4)  DYE ? (1)  DEAN (5)  DELL (3)  DESBOROUGH (3)  DEXTURE (2)  DINSDALL (1)  DOCKRAY (1)  DORAN (2)  DRINKSON (1)  DUNWELL (5)  EDWARDS (1)  ELDRIDGE (1)  ELRIDGE (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELMTREE (1)  ENGLAND (1)  EPTON (1)  ETHERINGTON (2)  EVERINGHAM (1)  FARROW (1)  FENWICK (1)  FLEMING (2)  FLINTOFT (2)  FOSSILL (1)  FOSTER (14)  FULLER (1)  FRANHISH OR FRANKISH (2)  FUSSEY (4)  GAMBLE (1)  GARDHAM (3)  GILES (1)  GILLINGS (1)  GODFREY (1)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  GRIFFITHS (5)  GRUMMER (1)  HAGUE (1)  HALL (10)  HANSON (4)  HARDY (3)  HARPER (21)  HARRISON (1)  HESSELWOOD (1)  HESOM (1)  HEWITT (2)  HILDYARD (2)  HILL (5)  HODGSON (4)  HOLIDGE (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPPER (17)  HUDSON (1)  HUTCHINSON (2)  HUTTY (1)  HYDE (10)  TANSON OR IANSON (18)  IANSON (5)  INGLEBY (1)  IRELAND (6)  JEFFERSON (2)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (3)  KENDALL (1)  KING (2)  KIRTLAND (3)  LORRE (1)  LAWSON (7)  LEIVER (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOFT (1)  LORENER OR LORENES (2)  LOWISH (1)  LOYEN (1)  MARKWICH (2)  MASSEY (2)  MILNER (4)  MOORE (8)  MOORFOOT (1)  MOWFORTH (1)  MOWTHORP (2)  MYERS (1)  MEARS (2)  NEARTHAN (1)  NEWLOVE (5)  NOBLE (3)  PADGETT (2)  PARISH (3)  PARKINSON (8)  PICKERING (3)  PORTER (1)  PRATT (1)  PRESTON (2)  PULLITT (2)  WRAY (16)  REDIDALE (1)  REED (4)  RHODES (6)  RIDE (1)  RINGROSE (1)  RISPIN (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  ROGINSON (1)  ROLLAGE (1)  ROWE (1)  SANDERSON (6)  SCOTT (6)  SHARP (4)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (13)  SPECK (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOCKWOOD (1)  SUTTON (6)  TAIRY (6)  TAYLOR (1)  THACKER (4)  THACKERAY (6)  THINKSTONE (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNTON (4)  THORPE (3)  TILBROOKS (1)  TINDALL (1)  TOMLINSON (6)  TOOTIL (1)  TURM (1)  TURNER (1)  VASSELL (1)  VERITY (6)  WALACE (1)  WALLER (1)  WARRAND (1)  WASH (1)  WATSON (12)  WIFFIN (1)  WHITING (6)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WELBY (1)  WILSON (18)  WINSHAW (1)  WITTY (8)  WOOD (5)  WAITE (4)  YOUNG (4)