Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Bradford, Yorkshire

West Bradford 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
HARGREAVES258.0386192.90
JACKSON216.752424.16
COTTAM165.1447846.56
NUTTALL165.1447204.08
WILKINSON144.501629.50
BRIGGS92.893953.29
CLOUGH92.8939129.68
CHESTER82.5723209.97
WATSON82.572311.09
HITCHEN82.5723377.36
SMALLEY82.5723284.70
ATKINSON72.250823.11
RUSHTON72.2508109.20
WALMSLEY72.2508108.70
FRANKLAND72.2508304.35
CLARKE72.250811.11
WILSON61.92934.20
HINDLE61.9293137.30
HOLGATE61.9293232.56
PARKINSON61.929340.21
SLATER61.929331.86
TOMLINSON61.929341.84
HARRISON51.60777.24
MOFFAT41.286271.05
COOK41.28626.48
ALSTON41.2862197.04
SHARPLES30.964655.15
BULLER30.9646294.12
NOWELL30.9646205.48
TITTERINGTON30.9646666.67
LEEMING30.9646155.44
WHITTAKER30.964620.37
IRELAND20.643127.70
GREEN20.64312.28
SLINGER20.6431212.77
ROBINSON20.64312.02
BURGESS20.64319.26
BROWN20.64310.98
MITCHELL20.64313.17
BLEAZARD20.64311,333.33
COATES10.32158.63
AINSWORTH10.321516.23
PILLING10.321526.67
LAW10.32157.11
CALVERLEY10.3215151.52
BUCKLEY10.32155.91
STONE10.32154.45
BOOTH10.32153.26
LAYCOCK10.321523.42
FELL10.321522.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLEAZARD1,333.3320.6431
COTTAM846.56165.1447
TITTERINGTON666.6730.9646
HITCHEN377.3682.5723
FRANKLAND304.3572.2508
BULLER294.1230.9646
SMALLEY284.7082.5723
HOLGATE232.5661.9293
SLINGER212.7720.6431
CHESTER209.9782.5723
NOWELL205.4830.9646
NUTTALL204.08165.1447
ALSTON197.0441.2862
HARGREAVES192.90258.0386
LEEMING155.4430.9646
CALVERLEY151.5210.3215
HINDLE137.3061.9293
CLOUGH129.6892.8939
RUSHTON109.2072.2508
WALMSLEY108.7072.2508
MOFFAT71.0541.2862
SHARPLES55.1530.9646
BRIGGS53.2992.8939
TOMLINSON41.8461.9293
PARKINSON40.2161.9293
SLATER31.8661.9293
WILKINSON29.50144.5016
IRELAND27.7020.6431
PILLING26.6710.3215
JACKSON24.16216.7524
LAYCOCK23.4210.3215
ATKINSON23.1172.2508
FELL22.8810.3215
WHITTAKER20.3730.9646
AINSWORTH16.2310.3215
CLARKE11.1172.2508
WATSON11.0982.5723
BURGESS9.2620.6431
COATES8.6310.3215
HARRISON7.2451.6077
LAW7.1110.3215
COOK6.4841.2862
BUCKLEY5.9110.3215
LAWSON5.4610.3215
STONE4.4510.3215
WILSON4.2061.9293
BOOTH3.2610.3215
MITCHELL3.1720.6431
GREEN2.2820.6431
ROBINSON2.0220.6431

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called BLEAZARD in West Bradford 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 0.6431 in West Bradford means that 0.6431% of the people in West Bradford on census day were called BLEAZARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLEAZARD 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 BLEAZARD 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 BLEAZARD 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 BLEAZARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,333.33 in West Bradford means that you are 1,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLEAZARD in West Bradford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Bradford in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  ALSTON (4)  ALTHAM (3)  ATKINSON (7)  BLEAZARD (2)  BOOTH (1)  BRIGGS (9)  BROWN (2)  BUCKLEY (1)  BULLER (3)  BURGESS (2)  CALVERLEY (1)  CHESTER (8)  CHIPPINDALE (5)  CLARKE (7)  CLOUGH (9)  COATES (1)  COOK (4)  COTTAM (16)  COULTHURST (1)  FELL (1)  FRANKLAND (7)  GREEN (2)  HARGREVES (1)  HARGREAVES (25)  HARRISON (5)  HINDLE (6)  HITCHEN (8)  HITCHON (5)  HOLGATE (6)  IRELAND (2)  JACKSON (21)  NOWELL (3)  LAYTHAM (4)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (1)  LAYCOCK (1)  LEEMING (3)  LYNCE (1)  MAWDESLEY (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MOFFAT (4)  NUTTALL (16)  ODDIE (11)  PARKINSON (6)  PILLING (1)  ROBINSON (2)  RUSHTON (7)  SHARPLES (3)  SHEORD (2)  SLATER (6)  SLINGER (2)  SMALLEY (8)  SMITHIES (2)  STONE (1)  TITTERINGTON (3)  TOMLINSON (6)  WALMSLEY (7)  WATSON (8)  WHITTAKER (3)  WILKINSON (14)  WILSON (6)