Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wensley, Yorkshire

Wensley 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
PEARSON247.453464.17
BLADES134.0373710.38
SANDAY103.105612,500.00
ROBINSON103.10569.74
GLEW92.79501,267.61
KIRKBRIDE92.7950947.37
SYKES82.484551.78
COATES82.484566.67
SCOTT82.48459.82
RUSSELL82.484520.35
SPENCE72.173965.73
TERRY72.173985.05
WILLIAMSON61.863420.78
BURTON51.552818.23
HUMBLE51.5528326.80
WALKER51.55284.64
TROTTER51.5528147.93
GAINES51.5528862.07
FEATHERSTONE41.2422137.93
DAVY41.2422100.76
IBBOTSON41.2422181.00
TOPHAM41.2422170.21
BATTY41.242281.30
METCALFE41.242254.42
LITTLE30.931719.70
KAY30.931717.93
MOON30.931744.18
INMAN30.9317136.99
BANKS30.931718.16
BELL30.93174.96
ATKINSON30.93179.57
WILLIS30.931717.52
HUNTER20.62116.05
CLARKSON20.621123.42
HARKER20.621159.00
JONES20.62110.55
LYE20.6211229.89
COLLINSON20.621152.91
WHITE20.62111.93
SMITH20.62110.44
CROFT10.310613.14
ALLISON10.310610.93
ROWNTREE10.3106105.26
LUMLEY10.310651.02
HORAN10.3106106.38
PICKARD10.310622.27
WEBSTER10.31063.57
SIMPSON10.31061.78
HODGSON10.31064.48
DOLPHIN10.310683.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANDAY12,500.00103.1056
SHELMAN10,000.0010.3106
GLEW1,267.6192.7950
KIRKBRIDE947.3792.7950
GAINES862.0751.5528
BLADES710.38134.0373
CHANDLEY526.3210.3106
ORGILL333.3310.3106
HUMBLE326.8051.5528
LYE229.8920.6211
HAILEY188.6810.3106
IBBOTSON181.0041.2422
TOPHAM170.2141.2422
TROTTER147.9351.5528
FEATHERSTONE137.9341.2422
INMAN136.9930.9317
HARDACRE131.5810.3106
SANDIFORD116.2810.3106
HORAN106.3810.3106
ROWNTREE105.2610.3106
DAVY100.7641.2422
TERRY85.0572.1739
DOLPHIN83.3310.3106
BATTY81.3041.2422
COATES66.6782.4845
SPENCE65.7372.1739
PEARSON64.17247.4534
HARKER59.0020.6211
LOADER55.8710.3106
SOWDEN54.9510.3106
METCALFE54.4241.2422
COLLINSON52.9120.6211
SYKES51.7882.4845
LUMLEY51.0210.3106
LONGLEY45.6610.3106
MOON44.1830.9317
GRAYSON41.6710.3106
SELLERS40.3210.3106
WHITESIDE39.0610.3106
WAKE38.6110.3106
KEITH28.9910.3106
HALEY26.0410.3106
EARNSHAW25.1310.3106
CLARKSON23.4220.6211
PICKARD22.2710.3106
GLEDHILL20.9210.3106
WILLIAMSON20.7861.8634
RUSSELL20.3582.4845
SHIELDS20.0810.3106
PERCIVAL19.8410.3106

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called SANDAY in Wensley 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 3.1056 in Wensley means that 3.1056% of the people in Wensley on census day were called SANDAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANDAY 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 SANDAY 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 SANDAY 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 SANDAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,500.00 in Wensley means that you are 12,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANDAY in Wensley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wensley in 1881

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

ADLEM (7)  ALLISON (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BANKS (3)  BATTY (4)  BELL (3)  BLADES (13)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURTON (5)  CANTRILL (1)  CHANDLEY (1)  CHARLETT (1)  SHERRINGTON (1)  CLARKSON (2)  COATES (8)  COLLINSON (2)  COULTON (6)  COZENS (3)  CRAIG (1)  CROFT (1)  DAVISON (1)  DAVY (4)  DAY (1)  DICK (1)  DOLPHIN (1)  DUMVILLE (1)  EARNSHAW (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FEATHERSTONE (4)  FIELDSEND (4)  GLEDHILL (1)  GLEW (9)  GOODYER (3)  GORDON (1)  GRAYSON (1)  HAGYARD (1)  HALL (1)  HARDACRE (1)  HARKER (2)  HALEY (1)  HAILEY (1)  HEWET (1)  HILLERBY (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (1)  HORAN (1)  HORN (1)  HUMBLE (5)  HUNTER (2)  IBBOTSON (4)  INMAN (3)  JACKSON (1)  GAINES (5)  JONES (2)  KAY (3)  KEITH (1)  KIRKBRIDE (9)  LONGLEY (1)  LYE (2)  LITTLE (3)  LOADER (1)  LUMLEY (1)  MASON (1)  MC KENZIE (4)  METCALFE (4)  MILLER (1)  MODLESY (1)  MOON (3)  MOUSLY (1)  NOBLE (1)  ORGILL (1)  OUTHWAITE (1)  PEARSON (24)  PERCIVAL (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKARD (1)  POWLETT (8)  RANDALL (1)  ROBINSON (10)  ROWNTREE (1)  RUSSELL (8)  SANDIFORD (1)  SANDAY (10)  SCOTT (8)  SELLERS (1)  SHELMAN (1)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (2)  SPENCE (7)  SPENSLEY (4)  STEVENSON (1)  STOREY (1)  STYAN (3)  SOWDEN (1)  SYKES (8)  TERRY (7)  THOMPSON (1)  TOPHAM (4)  TROTTER (5)  WADDINGTON (1)  WAKE (1)  WALKER (5)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (2)  WHITESIDE (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILLIS (3)  WINTER (1)  WISE (1)  YATES (1)