Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Bretton, Yorkshire

West Bretton 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
WOOD123.428610.76
WILKINSON113.142920.60
LAWTON102.8571110.86
WAINWRIGHT102.8571135.14
TAYLOR92.57144.02
SYKES92.571453.60
HARRIS92.571410.12
SHARP82.285727.43
WHITEHEAD72.000029.59
OXLEY72.0000142.86
LANGFIELD72.00001,842.11
ORMAN72.00001,489.36
RICHARDSON72.000011.75
PEAKER72.00001,944.44
ROBERTSHAW72.0000244.76
PICKLES72.000098.45
CLARKSON61.714364.66
BROADHEAD61.7143233.46
HARRISON61.71437.72
WILLEY61.7143190.48
COPLEY61.7143221.40
HANBY61.71431,304.35
SAVILLE61.7143188.68
FLEETWOOD61.7143491.80
SUTCLIFFE61.714343.42
ROGERSON51.4286116.01
HANSON51.428644.25
KAYE51.428695.24
HORSFIELD51.4286212.77
COOPER41.14294.70
MOODY41.142943.76
EXLEY41.1429240.96
PICKERING41.142931.67
BELL41.14296.08
PRIEST41.142987.34
THORP30.857163.29
RILEY30.857110.83
POULTER30.8571115.38
ROBINS30.857140.43
GARSIDE30.857159.41
POPPLEWELL30.8571260.87
NORTON30.857125.77
LANGFORD30.857154.55
BEDFORD30.857136.14
HARMAN30.857157.36
BECKWITH20.571497.09
STEPHENSON20.57149.99
CLIFTON20.571440.40
GREENWOOD20.57147.36
LOUNDS20.5714769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEAKER1,944.4472.0000
LANGFIELD1,842.1172.0000
ORMAN1,489.3672.0000
HANBY1,304.3561.7143
LOUNDS769.2320.5714
FLEETWOOD491.8061.7143
BLADE454.5510.2857
KILLINGBECK384.6210.2857
POPPLEWELL260.8730.8571
ROBERTSHAW244.7672.0000
EXLEY240.9641.1429
BROADHEAD233.4661.7143
COPLEY221.4061.7143
HORSFIELD212.7751.4286
WILLEY190.4861.7143
SAVILLE188.6861.7143
OXLEY142.8672.0000
WAINWRIGHT135.14102.8571
ROGERSON116.0151.4286
POULTER115.3830.8571
LAWTON110.86102.8571
PICKLES98.4572.0000
BECKWITH97.0920.5714
KAYE95.2451.4286
GODLEY90.9110.2857
PRIEST87.3441.1429
DOLPHIN76.9210.2857
HINDE68.4910.2857
WATERWORTH65.7910.2857
CLARKSON64.6661.7143
THORP63.2930.8571
GARSIDE59.4130.8571
LAUGHTON58.8210.2857
HARMAN57.3630.8571
LANGFORD54.5530.8571
SYKES53.6092.5714
HANSON44.2551.4286
MOODY43.7641.1429
SUTCLIFFE43.4261.7143
ROBINS40.4330.8571
CLIFTON40.4020.5714
BEDFORD36.1430.8571
PICKERING31.6741.1429
WINTERBOTTOM30.9610.2857
WHITEHEAD29.5972.0000
SHARP27.4382.2857
NORTON25.7730.8571
LANCASTER22.9920.5714
WILKINSON20.60113.1429
WADSWORTH20.4910.2857

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called PEAKER in West Bretton 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 2.0000 in West Bretton means that 2.0000% of the people in West Bretton on census day were called PEAKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEAKER 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 PEAKER 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 PEAKER 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 PEAKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,944.44 in West Bretton means that you are 1,944.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEAKER in West Bretton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Bretton in 1881

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

ALLOTT (6)  BAKER (1)  BATTY (1)  BECKWITH (2)  BEDFORD (3)  BELL (4)  BENNETT (1)  BEST (1)  BLADE (1)  BROADHEAD (6)  CARR (2)  CHEESBROUGH (1)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (6)  CLEGG (2)  CLIFTON (2)  COOPER (4)  COPLEY (6)  DEPLEDGE (3)  DICKENSON (1)  DOLPHIN (1)  DOWNEND (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EXLEY (4)  FEARNSIDE (1)  FLEETWOOD (6)  FROGGATT (3)  GARSIDE (3)  GARTERY (4)  GODLEY (1)  GOSLING (1)  GREENWOOD (2)  GRINDLEY (1)  GUEST (1)  HANBY (6)  HANSON (5)  HARMAN (3)  HARRIS (9)  HARRISON (6)  HEALEY (1)  HINDE (1)  HOLMES (1)  HORSFIELD (5)  HOWARTH (1)  IBBOTTSON (6)  JACKSON (1)  JENNINGS (1)  KAYE (5)  KILLINGBECK (1)  LANCASTER (2)  LANGFIELD (7)  LANGFORD (3)  LAWTON (10)  LAUGHTON (1)  LEES (1)  LOUNDS (2)  MOODY (4)  MOXON (6)  NATERS (1)  NORTON (3)  ORMAN (7)  OXLEY (7)  PEAKER (7)  PICKERING (4)  PICKLES (7)  POPPLEWELL (3)  POULTER (3)  PRIEST (4)  RICHARDSON (7)  RILEY (3)  ROBERTSHAW (7)  ROBINS (3)  ROGERSON (5)  SAVILLE (6)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SCHOLEFIELD (5)  SHARP (8)  SMITH (2)  STEPHENSON (2)  SUTCLIFFE (6)  SYKES (9)  TAYLOR (9)  TERRY (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORP (3)  URQUART (2)  WADSWORTH (1)  WAINWRIGHT (10)  WALKER (1)  WATERWORTH (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (7)  WILKINSON (11)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINTERBOTTOM (1)  WOOD (12)  WILLEY (6)