Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tockwith, Yorkshire

Tockwith 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
WILSON233.99318.69
CHAPMAN203.472224.45
ROBINSON142.43067.62
YOUNG142.430611.31
HOLMES132.256918.53
FOSTER122.083315.58
HEMSLEY122.0833416.67
WOOD122.08336.54
JOHNSON122.08336.20
NORFOLK111.9097691.82
CLARKSON111.909772.04
BENSON111.909770.42
ANDERSON101.73618.79
MILNER91.562568.13
HORNER91.562582.12
ATKINSON91.562516.04
HALL91.56255.31
ARNOLD91.562528.99
BRITTON91.562588.24
PRENTICE91.5625132.74
DANIEL91.562570.75
BRADLEY81.388917.30
BROGDEN81.3889421.05
BUCKLE81.3889127.59
SWEETING71.2153303.03
DALTON71.215352.95
BURTON61.041712.23
WALKER61.04173.11
KENDREW61.0417857.14
MOLLETT61.04171,818.18
SNOWDON50.8681116.55
CARLILL50.86812,941.18
HOPWOOD50.868176.22
LEE50.86815.31
SCOTT50.86813.43
ADAMS40.69444.71
LAMB40.694413.16
LITTLE40.694414.68
COLTON40.6944207.25
HARDY40.694411.59
WRAY40.694451.68
SWIRES40.69441,538.46
RIPLEY40.6944105.26
NICHOLSON40.69449.77
FLETCHER40.69446.08
IBBETSON40.6944312.50
BUTTERWORTH40.694419.34
PULLAN30.5208132.16
POWELL30.52084.17
PITTS30.520850.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARLILL2,941.1850.8681
MACLIN2,500.0010.1736
MOLLETT1,818.1861.0417
SWIRES1,538.4640.6944
KENDREW857.1461.0417
NORFOLK691.82111.9097
LEETHAM434.7810.1736
BROGDEN421.0581.3889
HEMSLEY416.67122.0833
IBBETSON312.5040.6944
SWEETING303.0371.2153
COLTON207.2540.6944
THOMLINSON192.3120.3472
LINSEY192.3110.1736
SALTON178.5710.1736
HOGGARD163.9310.1736
LIMBERT156.2510.1736
SHARPLEY135.1410.1736
PRENTICE132.7491.5625
PULLAN132.1630.5208
BUCKLE127.5981.3889
SNOWDON116.5550.8681
HEMSWORTH112.3610.1736
RIPLEY105.2640.6944
STUBBINS105.2610.1736
SCRUTON98.0410.1736
BRITTON88.2491.5625
HORNER82.1291.5625
SCAIFE78.4320.3472
HOPWOOD76.2250.8681
CLARKSON72.04111.9097
DANIEL70.7591.5625
BENSON70.42111.9097
MILNER68.1391.5625
GELDER62.5010.1736
DALTON52.9571.2153
WRAY51.6840.6944
PITTS50.7630.5208
FARNELL47.3910.1736
BALES46.5110.1736
GOTT40.1610.1736
FIELDHOUSE36.3610.1736
TENNANT32.5220.3472
ILLINGWORTH30.6720.3472
CHATTERTON30.5810.1736
ARNOLD28.9991.5625
HASTINGS27.2520.3472
FAWCETT26.9330.5208
CHAPMAN24.45203.4722
BERESFORD23.5810.1736

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called CARLILL in Tockwith 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 0.8681 in Tockwith means that 0.8681% of the people in Tockwith on census day were called CARLILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARLILL 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 CARLILL 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 CARLILL 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 CARLILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,941.18 in Tockwith means that you are 2,941.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARLILL in Tockwith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tockwith in 1881

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

ACOMB (4)  ADAMS (4)  AMOS (2)  ANDERSON (10)  ANDREW (1)  ARNOLD (9)  ATKINSON (9)  AUCKLAND (2)  BARLOW (1)  BARTON (2)  BALES (1)  BELL (2)  BELLERBY (1)  BENNETT (1)  BENSON (11)  BERESFORD (1)  BLACKBURN (2)  BOOTLAND (1)  BRADLEY (8)  BRITTON (9)  BROGDEN (8)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLE (8)  BURTON (6)  BUTTERWORTH (4)  CARLILL (5)  CARR (1)  CHAPMAN (20)  CHATTERTON (1)  CLARKSON (11)  CLAYTON (1)  COLTON (4)  COOPER (2)  COX (2)  DALTON (7)  DANIEL (9)  DEARLOVE (3)  DELEANEY (1)  DUNN (1)  EASTERBY (1)  FARNELL (1)  FAWCETT (3)  FEATHERSTONE (1)  FIELDHOUSE (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FLINT (1)  FOSTER (12)  FRENCH (2)  FRYATT (3)  GELDER (1)  GILBANK (1)  GILL (2)  GLEDHILL (2)  GOTT (1)  GRAHAM (3)  HALL (9)  HANCOCK (1)  HANSON (1)  HARDY (4)  HASTINGS (2)  HELSTRIP (1)  HEMSLEY (12)  HEMSWORTH (1)  HILL (1)  HOGGARD (1)  HOLGATE (1)  HOLMES (13)  HOPWOOD (5)  HORNER (9)  HEWICK (13)  IBBETSON (4)  ILLINGWORTH (2)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (12)  KENDREW (6)  KILBANK (1)  KILVINGTON (3)  CHARTON (1)  KNAPTON (6)  LAMB (4)  LEETHAM (1)  LEE (5)  LIMBERT (1)  LINSEY (1)  LITTLE (4)  MARTIN (3)  MACLIN (1)  MC NAMARA (1)  MILNER (9)  MITCHELL (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOLLETT (6)  NICHOLSON (4)  NIXON (1)  NORFOLK (11)  OATES (1)  OLDFIELD (1)  PARKER (3)  PAWSON (6)  PICKARD (1)  PUCKERING (6)  PITTS (3)  POOLE (1)  POTTER (3)  POWELL (3)  PRENTICE (9)  PRESTON (1)  PULLAN (3)  WRAY (4)  RYDILL (3)  RIDSDALE (5)  RIPLEY (4)  ROBINSON (14)  ROUNDELL (2)  ROUNDHILL (1)  RUDD (1)  SALTON (1)  SCAIFE (2)  SCOTT (5)  SCRUTON (1)  SHARPLEY (1)  SILBURN (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKIRROW (5)  SMITH (2)  SNOWDON (5)  STEWART (2)  STUBBINS (1)  STYAN (1)  SOMERTON (7)  SWEETING (7)  SWIRES (4)  TENNANT (2)  TODD (1)  THOMLINSON (2)  TRIFFITT (7)  WALKER (6)  WELLS (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHARTON (1)  WHEATLEY (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (23)  WOOD (12)  WOODWARD (1)  WORSLEY (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (14)