Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Haddlesey, Yorkshire

West Haddlesey 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
DAVISON149.4595264.65
WILSON74.729710.30
JOHNSON74.729714.08
SMITH74.72973.35
DARLEY64.0541952.38
BEAN64.0541312.50
TANKARD64.05412,608.70
ROBERTS53.37848.98
BEST53.3784125.31
GARLICK53.3784384.62
POPPLETON53.37841,923.08
BOGUE42.70275,000.00
CRAVEN32.0270104.90
ELLIS32.027013.96
NEEDHAM32.027095.24
GRAY32.027014.20
FOSTER32.027015.16
TURNER32.02707.28
TOMLINSON21.351429.28
SPINK21.3514168.07
WAITE21.351465.15
BULLOCK21.351441.58
DAWSON21.351412.26
CREIGHTON21.3514344.83
COLLIN21.3514259.74
SAVAGE21.351435.15
FARRAR21.3514101.52
ANSELL10.675758.48
HEMINGWAY10.6757101.01
BURLAND10.6757588.24
FREER10.6757121.95
BROCKLEBANK10.6757277.78
HORSFALL10.675767.11
COLLINS10.67574.71
TODD10.675713.28
BRAMHAM10.6757370.37
RILEY10.67578.54
WRIGHT10.67572.11
MORLEY10.675716.89
HOLLINGWORTH10.675783.33
BROWN10.67571.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOGUE5,000.0042.7027
TANKARD2,608.7064.0541
POPPLETON1,923.0853.3784
DARLEY952.3864.0541
BURLAND588.2410.6757
GARLICK384.6253.3784
BRAMHAM370.3710.6757
CREIGHTON344.8321.3514
BEAN312.5064.0541
BROCKLEBANK277.7810.6757
DAVISON264.65149.4595
COLLIN259.7421.3514
SPINK168.0721.3514
BEST125.3153.3784
FREER121.9510.6757
CRAVEN104.9032.0270
FARRAR101.5221.3514
HEMINGWAY101.0110.6757
NEEDHAM95.2432.0270
HOLLINGWORTH83.3310.6757
HORSFALL67.1110.6757
WAITE65.1521.3514
ANSELL58.4810.6757
BULLOCK41.5821.3514
SAVAGE35.1521.3514
TOMLINSON29.2821.3514
MORLEY16.8910.6757
FOSTER15.1632.0270
GRAY14.2032.0270
JOHNSON14.0874.7297
ELLIS13.9632.0270
TODD13.2810.6757
DAWSON12.2621.3514
WILSON10.3074.7297
ROBERTS8.9853.3784
RILEY8.5410.6757
TURNER7.2832.0270
COLLINS4.7110.6757
SMITH3.3574.7297
WRIGHT2.1110.6757
BROWN1.0310.6757

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BOGUE in West Haddlesey 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 2.7027 in West Haddlesey means that 2.7027% of the people in West Haddlesey on census day were called BOGUE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOGUE 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 BOGUE 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 BOGUE 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 BOGUE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in West Haddlesey means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOGUE in West Haddlesey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Haddlesey in 1881

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

ANSELL (1)  BEAN (6)  BEST (5)  BOGUE (4)  BRAMHAM (1)  BROCKLEBANK (1)  BROWN (1)  BRUNYATE (6)  BULLOCK (2)  BURLAND (1)  COLLIN (2)  COLLINS (1)  CRAVEN (3)  CREIGHTON (2)  DARLEY (6)  DAVISON (14)  DAWSON (2)  DEWSBURY (1)  ELLIS (3)  FARRAR (2)  FOSTER (3)  FREER (1)  GARLICK (5)  GRAY (3)  HECKLEY (3)  HEMINGWAY (1)  HOLLINGWORTH (1)  HORNCASTLE (2)  HORSFALL (1)  JOHNSON (7)  LARKEN (1)  MORLEY (1)  NAYLER (2)  NEEDHAM (3)  PALFRAMAN (2)  POPPLETON (5)  RAMSKILE (3)  RILEY (1)  ROBERTS (5)  SAVAGE (2)  SCRATCHARD (1)  SMITH (7)  SPINK (2)  TANKARD (6)  TODD (1)  TOMLINSON (2)  TURNER (3)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (1)  WAITE (2)