Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walton In Wetherby, Yorkshire

Walton In Wetherby 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
JOHNSTONE115.5838123.60
SMITH105.07613.60
FORTH105.07612,083.33
TODD84.060979.84
LAMB73.553367.37
WAITE73.5533171.15
DEBENHAM63.04571,621.62
MIDDLETON52.538148.36
KINGHORN52.5381877.19
WHITEHEAD52.538137.57
FLETCHER52.538122.23
KEDDY52.53818,333.33
TASKER31.5228143.54
FIRTH31.522845.87
POWELL31.522812.21
MANNERS31.5228309.28
STEAD31.522874.44
NOBLE31.522836.67
RICHMOND31.522869.44
BARKER21.01527.76
WILSON21.01522.21
CRAKER21.01522,000.00
GOOCH21.0152115.61
TREADWELL21.0152392.16
CLOUGH21.015245.45
DARBYSHIRE21.0152190.48
HOLLINGS21.0152270.27
CLARK21.01523.38
PEARSON21.01528.74
GRAHAM10.50764.42
WADE10.507612.69
FOSTER10.50763.80
HAWKINS10.50767.01
WALKINGTON10.5076434.78
CHAPMAN10.50763.57
OTTER10.5076200.00
SANDERSON10.507612.29
JOHNSTON10.50766.29
POTTER10.50767.82
HALEY10.507642.55
BRATTON10.5076400.00
GILBERT10.50768.91
LEE10.50763.11
SPINK10.507662.89
WEDGEWOOD10.5076555.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEDDY8,333.3352.5381
FORTH2,083.33105.0761
CRAKER2,000.0021.0152
DEBENHAM1,621.6263.0457
KINGHORN877.1952.5381
WEDGEWOOD555.5610.5076
WALKINGTON434.7810.5076
BRATTON400.0010.5076
TREADWELL392.1621.0152
MANNERS309.2831.5228
HOLLINGS270.2721.0152
OTTER200.0010.5076
DARBYSHIRE190.4821.0152
WAITE171.1573.5533
TASKER143.5431.5228
JOHNSTONE123.60115.5838
GOOCH115.6121.0152
TODD79.8484.0609
STEAD74.4431.5228
RICHMOND69.4431.5228
LAMB67.3773.5533
SPINK62.8910.5076
MIDDLETON48.3652.5381
FIRTH45.8731.5228
CLOUGH45.4521.0152
HALEY42.5510.5076
WHITEHEAD37.5752.5381
NOBLE36.6731.5228
FLETCHER22.2352.5381
WADE12.6910.5076
SANDERSON12.2910.5076
POWELL12.2131.5228
GILBERT8.9110.5076
PEARSON8.7421.0152
POTTER7.8210.5076
BARKER7.7621.0152
HAWKINS7.0110.5076
JOHNSTON6.2910.5076
GRAHAM4.4210.5076
FOSTER3.8010.5076
SMITH3.60105.0761
CHAPMAN3.5710.5076
CLARK3.3821.0152
LEE3.1110.5076
WILSON2.2121.0152

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called KEDDY in Walton In Wetherby 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 2.5381 in Walton In Wetherby means that 2.5381% of the people in Walton In Wetherby on census day were called KEDDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEDDY 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 KEDDY 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 KEDDY 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 KEDDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,333.33 in Walton In Wetherby means that you are 8,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEDDY in Walton In Wetherby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walton In Wetherby in 1881

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

BARKER (2)  BEIV OR BEW (4)  BLANSHARD (2)  BRATTON (1)  BOWKET (6)  KEDDY (5)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (2)  CLOUGH (2)  CRAKER (2)  DEARLOVE (5)  DEBENHAM (6)  DARBYSHIRE (2)  FIRTH (3)  FLETCHER (5)  FORTH (10)  FOSTER (1)  GAYTHORPE (1)  GILBERT (1)  GOOCH (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GREENHILD (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HALEY (1)  HOLLINGS (2)  JOHNSTONE (11)  JOHNSTON (1)  KINGHORN (5)  LAMB (7)  LEE (1)  MANNERS (3)  MIDDLETON (5)  MOUNCY (13)  NOBLE (3)  OTTER (1)  PARNABY OR PARNALY (2)  PAWSON (20)  PEARSON (2)  POTTER (1)  POWELL (3)  RENNISON (1)  RICHMOND (3)  SANDERSON (1)  SMITH (10)  SPINK (1)  STEAD (3)  TASKER (3)  TODD (8)  TREADWELL (2)  WADE (1)  WEDGEWOOD (1)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WALKINGTON (1)  WILSON (2)  WIMBLES (1)  WAITE (7)