Top surnames from the 1881 census in Welwick, Yorkshire

Welwick 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
LAMBERT113.225859.11
FOX92.639328.43
BUTCHER82.346055.67
BRANTON82.34601,311.48
WRIGHT82.34607.31
RIDER72.0528210.84
NORRIS72.052847.78
BURNHAM72.0528333.33
STEPHENSON72.052835.88
JACKSON61.75956.30
WOODHOUSE61.759574.26
GARTON61.7595357.14
ROBINSON61.75955.52
SERGEANT51.4663308.64
CARTER51.46638.74
JOHNSON51.46634.36
HYDE51.466347.66
DICKINSON51.466334.34
GARNETT51.4663118.20
THOMPSON51.46634.89
DAVIS51.46636.67
CROSS51.466321.30
GOOD51.4663117.92
CASTLE41.173059.08
LOCKWOOD41.173053.12
SHARP41.173014.07
HARRISON41.17305.28
ADAMSON30.879833.26
HODGSON30.879812.70
COLEMAN30.879817.66
BOYNTON30.8798434.78
LEONARD30.879840.60
WILKINSON30.87985.76
ROBERTS30.87982.34
WARRINER20.5865200.00
SHIELDS20.586537.95
DALES20.5865188.68
HARMAN20.586539.29
FOSTER20.58654.39
HILL20.58652.30
HUNTER20.58655.71
MARSHALL20.58653.50
BARR20.586524.24
TAYLOR10.29330.46
DOUGLAS10.29336.05
MASTERMAN10.2933116.28
BOOTH10.29332.97
BAILY10.293346.30
WALLIS10.29338.66
RAMSEY10.293326.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRANTON1,311.4882.3460
BOYNTON434.7830.8798
GARTON357.1461.7595
BURNHAM333.3372.0528
SERGEANT308.6451.4663
RIDER210.8472.0528
WARRINER200.0020.5865
DALES188.6820.5865
GARNETT118.2051.4663
GOOD117.9251.4663
MASTERMAN116.2810.2933
WOODHOUSE74.2661.7595
NESS64.5210.2933
COCKERILL60.9810.2933
LAMBERT59.11113.2258
CASTLE59.0841.1730
BUTCHER55.6782.3460
LOCKWOOD53.1241.1730
NORRIS47.7872.0528
HYDE47.6651.4663
BAILY46.3010.2933
LEONARD40.6030.8798
HARMAN39.2920.5865
SHIELDS37.9520.5865
SARGEANT37.1710.2933
STEPHENSON35.8872.0528
DICKINSON34.3451.4663
ADAMSON33.2630.8798
FOX28.4392.6393
BOYES28.0910.2933
JEFFERSON27.0310.2933
RAMSEY26.9510.2933
BARR24.2420.5865
CROSS21.3051.4663
BATTY19.1910.2933
COLEMAN17.6630.8798
SHARP14.0741.1730
SEWELL13.8710.2933
HODGSON12.7030.8798
MYERS11.2410.2933
FINCH8.8110.2933
CARTER8.7451.4663
WALLIS8.6610.2933
WRIGHT7.3182.3460
DAVIS6.6751.4663
JACKSON6.3061.7595
DOUGLAS6.0510.2933
WILKINSON5.7630.8798
HUNTER5.7120.5865
ROBINSON5.5261.7595

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called BRANTON in Welwick 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 2.3460 in Welwick means that 2.3460% of the people in Welwick on census day were called BRANTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRANTON 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 BRANTON 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 BRANTON 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 BRANTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,311.48 in Welwick means that you are 1,311.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRANTON in Welwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Welwick in 1881

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

ADAMSON (3)  ATKINSON (1)  BAILY (1)  BARR (2)  BATTY (1)  BILLANY (6)  BOOTH (1)  BOYES (1)  BOYNTON (3)  BRANTON (8)  BRIGLIN (1)  BROWN (1)  BURNHAM (7)  BUTCHER (8)  BUTLER (1)  CARTER (5)  CASTLE (4)  CAWKWELL (1)  COAKWELL (1)  COCKERILL (1)  COLEMAN (3)  CRAWFORTH (10)  CROSS (5)  CURTIS (1)  DALES (2)  DAVIS (5)  DIBNAH (22)  DICKINSON (5)  DUGLASS (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  FAIRBOURN (1)  FINCH (1)  FOSTER (2)  FOX (9)  FUSSEY (4)  GARNETT (5)  GARTON (6)  GOOD (5)  GRAYBURN (2)  HAGGITT (2)  HALL (1)  HARMAN (2)  HARRISON (4)  HILL (2)  HITCHING (5)  HODGSON (3)  HODGESON (1)  HOTHAM (4)  HOYES (1)  HUNTER (2)  HYDE (5)  JACKSON (6)  JENESON (1)  JEFFERSON (1)  JOBLING (1)  JOHNSON (5)  LAISBY (4)  LAMBERT (11)  LANGDALL (1)  LONGHORN (2)  LECKONBY (4)  LEONARD (3)  LOCKWOOD (4)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (1)  MARTLOCK (1)  MASTERMAN (1)  MEDFORTH (7)  MITCHINSON (4)  MYERS (1)  NESS (1)  NORRIS (7)  OUTHWAITE (1)  PALFRAMAN (1)  PRAIN (1)  PRICE (1)  RAMSEY (1)  RIDER (7)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBINSON (6)  SEELE (2)  SERGEANT (5)  SARGEANT (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEWELL (1)  SHARP (4)  SHIELDS (2)  SIGSWORTH (6)  SIMPSON (1)  STEPHENSON (7)  SUDDABY (7)  TASHER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (5)  WADDINGHAM (5)  WALGATE (2)  WALLIS (1)  WARRINER (2)  WILKINSON (3)  WINTERINGHAM (2)  WOODHOUSE (6)  WRIGHT (8)