Top surnames from the 1881 census in Salterforth, Yorkshire

Salterforth 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
KING338.439938.73
CRABTREE328.1841406.61
BAXTER225.626694.42
BROWN205.11517.76
BERRY184.603658.01
MARSDEN164.092198.83
RUSHWORTH153.8363464.40
HARTLEY143.580657.12
LUPTON102.5575353.36
SLATER92.301838.02
BARRETT92.301834.27
PICKLES82.0460100.63
PRESTON82.046040.96
SUGDEN71.7903154.87
PEEL61.534585.47
LUND61.5345141.51
CRAGG61.5345241.94
STARKEY61.5345154.64
HANSON61.534547.54
DOBSON51.278828.99
SUGAR51.27884,166.67
POLLARD51.278835.06
STOREY51.278850.30
BROUGHTON51.278868.59
HAGGETT41.0230689.66
BINNS41.023061.73
EDMONDSON41.023088.50
BAILEY30.76735.09
HARRISON30.76733.46
RUSHTON30.767337.22
SUTCLIFFE30.767319.43
HEAP30.767345.25
WHITAKER30.767327.15
JOHNSTONE30.767316.98
HODGSON30.767311.07
PETTY20.511551.68
WILKINSON20.51153.35
DUCKWORTH20.511526.46
HARGREAVES20.511512.27
WILLOCK20.5115384.62
BRIERLEY20.511528.82
SWIRE20.5115512.82
HEPWORTH10.255822.42
MIDGLEY10.255819.08
WINDLE10.255845.05
SMITH10.25580.18
BOOTHMAN10.255866.67
THOMPSON10.25580.85
HOLGATE10.255830.86
CROOK10.25588.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUGAR4,166.6751.2788
HAGGETT689.6641.0230
SWIRES588.2410.2558
SWIRE512.8220.5115
RUSHWORTH464.40153.8363
CRABTREE406.61328.1841
WILLOCK384.6220.5115
LUPTON353.36102.5575
CRAGG241.9461.5345
MANION181.8210.2558
SUGDEN154.8771.7903
STARKEY154.6461.5345
LUND141.5161.5345
COWGILL102.0410.2558
PICKLES100.6382.0460
MARSDEN98.83164.0921
BAXTER94.42225.6266
EDMONDSON88.5041.0230
PEEL85.4761.5345
BROUGHTON68.5951.2788
BOOTHMAN66.6710.2558
BINNS61.7341.0230
BERRY58.01184.6036
HARTLEY57.12143.5806
PETTY51.6820.5115
STOREY50.3051.2788
HANSON47.5461.5345
HEAP45.2530.7673
WINDLE45.0510.2558
PRESTON40.9682.0460
KING38.73338.4399
SLATER38.0292.3018
FOULDS37.7410.2558
RUSHTON37.2230.7673
POLLARD35.0651.2788
BARRETT34.2792.3018
HOLGATE30.8610.2558
DOBSON28.9951.2788
BRIERLEY28.8220.5115
WHITAKER27.1530.7673
DUCKWORTH26.4620.5115
HEPWORTH22.4210.2558
ISHERWOOD22.1210.2558
SUTCLIFFE19.4330.7673
MIDGLEY19.0810.2558
JOHNSTONE16.9830.7673
DRIVER13.8110.2558
HARGREAVES12.2720.5115
HODGSON11.0730.7673
PROCTOR10.4110.2558

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called SUGAR in Salterforth 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 1.2788 in Salterforth means that 1.2788% of the people in Salterforth on census day were called SUGAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUGAR 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 SUGAR 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 SUGAR 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 SUGAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,166.67 in Salterforth means that you are 4,166.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUGAR in Salterforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Salterforth in 1881

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

BAILEY (3)  BARRETT (9)  BAXTER (22)  BERRY (18)  BINNS (4)  BRIERLEY (2)  BROUGHTON (5)  BROWN (20)  BURTON (1)  COWGILL (1)  CRABTREE (32)  CRAGG (6)  CROOK (1)  DOBSON (5)  DRIVER (1)  DUCKWORTH (2)  EDMONDSON (4)  FOULDS (1)  HAGGETT (4)  HANSON (6)  HARGREAVES (2)  HARRISON (3)  HARTLEY (14)  HEAP (3)  HEPWORTH (1)  HODGSON (3)  HOLGATE (1)  ISHERWOOD (1)  JOHNSTONE (3)  KING (33)  BOOTHMAN (1)  LEE (1)  LUND (6)  LUPTON (10)  MANION (1)  MARSDEN (16)  MIDGLEY (1)  MORPHET (1)  NELSON (1)  PECKHOVER (1)  PEEL (6)  PETTY (2)  PICKOVER (11)  PICKLES (8)  POLLARD (5)  PRESTON (8)  PROCTOR (1)  RAWSTHORNE (4)  RAWSTHORN (2)  RUSHTON (3)  RUSHWORTH (15)  SLATER (9)  SMITH (1)  STARKEY (6)  STOREY (5)  SUGAR (5)  SUGDEN (7)  SUTCLIFFE (3)  SWIRE (2)  SWIRES (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITAKER (3)  WHITEOAK (14)  WIDDUP (12)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLOCK (2)  WILSON (1)  WINDLE (1)