Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Elmshall, Yorkshire

South Elmshall 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
CROSSLEY366.8311248.79
BROOKS142.656527.17
BEAUMONT132.466883.23
WALKER122.27706.80
WATSON112.08739.00
THEAKER112.0873894.31
FOX112.087322.48
LUKE112.0873214.43
PETCH101.8975427.35
ROWLEY101.897572.25
RAMSDEN101.8975104.06
HANDLEY91.7078101.12
OATES81.518097.44
FRANCE81.518099.88
OGLEY81.51801,481.48
PALMER81.518012.88
LEVITT71.3283397.73
JOHNSON61.13853.39
BUTCHER61.138527.01
BATTY61.138574.53
FLETCHER61.13859.97
KITCHEN61.138566.82
MILES61.138519.30
DAVISON61.138531.85
SENIOR61.138549.71
HAYMER50.94883,846.15
ROBERTS50.94882.52
GRAY50.94886.65
RICHARDSON50.94885.57
HARDY50.948815.84
ELLIOTT50.948811.18
MORTON50.948817.75
RATCLIFFE40.759027.49
HIVES40.7590851.06
TURNER40.75902.73
HAMMOND40.759013.33
HUTT40.7590176.99
SHAY40.7590727.27
POOR40.7590952.38
HINCHCLIFF40.7590645.16
FOSTER40.75905.68
VASEY40.7590212.77
SAY30.5693234.38
EXLEY30.5693119.52
KNOWLES30.569310.66
WILBY30.569397.09
NEWCOMB30.5693241.94
SPINK30.569370.59
WAIDE30.56932,307.69
SCOTT30.56932.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAYMER3,846.1550.9488
WAIDE2,307.6930.5693
OGLEY1,481.4881.5180
POOR952.3840.7590
THEAKER894.31112.0873
HIVES851.0640.7590
SHAY727.2740.7590
HINCHCLIFF645.1640.7590
WETHERILL428.5730.5693
PETCH427.35101.8975
LEVITT397.7371.3283
CROSSLEY248.79366.8311
NEWCOMB241.9430.5693
SAY234.3830.5693
LUKE214.43112.0873
VASEY212.7740.7590
LAMING185.1920.3795
HUTT176.9940.7590
EXLEY119.5230.5693
RAMSDEN104.06101.8975
DWYER101.6930.5693
HANDLEY101.1291.7078
FRANCE99.8881.5180
OATES97.4481.5180
WILBY97.0930.5693
WOOLHOUSE86.9610.1898
BEAUMONT83.23132.4668
BATTY74.5361.1385
MADDOX74.3520.3795
ROWLEY72.25101.8975
SPINK70.5930.5693
KITCHEN66.8261.1385
GANT52.6310.1898
HARROP50.0830.5693
SENIOR49.7161.1385
LEWIN47.0620.3795
BUTT44.1230.5693
CRAMPTON38.9110.1898
COWARD33.1120.3795
DAVISON31.8561.1385
SOUTHWELL30.3010.1898
RATCLIFFE27.4940.7590
BROOKS27.17142.6565
BUTCHER27.0161.1385
DICKENSON25.0320.3795
WARRINGTON23.1510.1898
WINDSOR22.7810.1898
FOX22.48112.0873
PEACE20.9210.1898
ALDRIDGE19.5720.3795

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called HAYMER in South Elmshall 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 0.9488 in South Elmshall means that 0.9488% of the people in South Elmshall on census day were called HAYMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAYMER 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 HAYMER 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 HAYMER 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 HAYMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,846.15 in South Elmshall means that you are 3,846.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAYMER in South Elmshall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Elmshall in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (2)  AUTY (10)  BAINES (1)  BAINTON (6)  BASINDALE (3)  BATTY (6)  BEAUMONT (13)  BEEVORS (2)  BELL (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BRITTLEBANK (2)  BROOKS (14)  BROWN (1)  BUTCHER (6)  BUTT (3)  BUTTERWOOD (6)  CARTER (3)  CLAYTON (1)  COOKSON (1)  COOKSOON (1)  CORNILL (1)  COWARD (2)  CRAMPTON (1)  CROSSBY (1)  CROSS (2)  CROSSLEY (36)  CURTIS (3)  DAVISON (6)  DENSHAW (1)  DICKENSON (2)  DRAKE (2)  DWYER (3)  DYSON (2)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELLIS (2)  EXLEY (3)  EYRE (1)  FLETCHER (6)  FOSTER (4)  FOX (11)  FRANCE (8)  GANT (1)  GILL (2)  GILLOT (2)  GOODLIFF (4)  GRAY (5)  HALL (2)  HALMSHAW (4)  HAYMER (5)  HAMMOND (4)  HANDLEY (9)  HARDY (5)  HARROP (3)  HASELGROVE (1)  HEAVERS (3)  HEWITT (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HINCHCLIFF (4)  HIVES (4)  HOBSON (1)  OUGHTON (1)  HIRST (2)  HUTT (4)  IMMS (5)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (1)  KICKARD (2)  KITCHEN (6)  KNOWLES (3)  LAMING (2)  LEEDHAM (2)  LEEMON (4)  LEVITT (7)  LEWIN (2)  LUKE (11)  LIAL (10)  MADDOX (2)  MAPLETOFT (7)  MIDDLETON (3)  MILES (6)  MOOR (1)  MORTON (5)  NEEDHAM (2)  NELSTROP (1)  NEWCOMB (3)  NEWLOVE (5)  NEWTON (1)  NOBLE (3)  OATES (8)  OGLEY (8)  OLIVER (3)  PALMER (8)  PEACE (1)  PETCH (10)  POOR (4)  PROWN (1)  RAMSDEN (10)  RATCLIFFE (4)  REEVES (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWLEY (10)  SEEKER (1)  SAY (3)  SCHOLES (1)  SCOTT (3)  SENIOR (6)  SAYMOR (1)  SHAY (4)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHWELL (1)  SPINK (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THEAKER (11)  THORP (1)  TOMLINSON (2)  TURNER (4)  TURVER (1)  VASEY (4)  WARRINGTON (1)  WAIDE (3)  WADE (1)  WALKER (12)  WATSON (11)  WEST (1)  WETHERILL (3)  WETHERIL (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILLIS (3)  WILBY (3)  WILSON (1)  WINDSOR (1)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOOLHOUSE (1)