Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wheldrake, Yorkshire

Wheldrake 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
WATSON244.013417.30
HARRISON223.678916.57
FAIRBURN162.67561,032.26
BROWN162.67564.06
WOOD142.34117.35
JACKSON122.00677.18
LOFTHOUSE111.8395247.19
WALLS111.8395152.99
ARNOLD101.672231.02
WEATHERILL101.6722729.93
FRENCH101.672234.25
BOLTON91.505034.95
ETHERINGTON91.5050199.56
SMITH91.50501.07
FOERSTER91.505022,500.00
MARSHALL91.50508.97
HUDSON91.505018.38
ABBOTT81.337830.34
LAMB81.337825.36
MYERS81.337851.28
PEMBERTON81.3378105.26
DURHAM81.3378155.34
WILD81.337832.84
REYNOLDS71.170613.51
DALTON71.170650.98
VAUSE71.1706760.87
BURDON61.0033306.12
NORMAN61.003321.65
BODDY61.0033181.27
DOOLEY61.0033162.60
KIRBY61.003326.44
METCALFE61.003343.96
RIDGWAY50.836191.07
JORDAN50.836118.93
METCALF50.836141.29
ATKINSON50.83618.58
KNOTT50.836142.16
HUGHES50.83612.98
YOUNG50.83613.89
BREWSTER50.836186.36
LANG50.836137.51
ROBINSON50.83612.62
POTTER50.836112.89
BARKER50.83616.39
BRADLEY40.66898.33
HEMSWORTH40.6689430.11
TIMBS40.66891,142.86
BUCKLE40.668961.44
FROST40.668911.90
BELL40.66893.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOERSTER22,500.0091.5050
ECKLES1,250.0010.1672
TIMBS1,142.8640.6689
FAIRBURN1,032.26162.6756
VAUSE760.8771.1706
WEATHERILL729.93101.6722
HERRIMAN434.7810.1672
HEMSWORTH430.1140.6689
TESSEYMAN357.1410.1672
BURDON306.1261.0033
LOFTHOUSE247.19111.8395
HEBDON238.1010.1672
ETHERINGTON199.5691.5050
BODDY181.2761.0033
DOOLEY162.6061.0033
DURHAM155.3481.3378
WALLS152.99111.8395
SPARLING128.2110.1672
BAYNES127.1230.5017
LEADLEY125.0010.1672
FINLEY121.2120.3344
HICK107.5330.5017
WALLINGTON106.9520.3344
PEMBERTON105.2681.3378
ELSTON103.4530.5017
COLBERT101.0110.1672
RIDGWAY91.0750.8361
BREWSTER86.3650.8361
DODSWORTH80.0020.3344
GALPIN72.4610.1672
PURKISS70.4210.1672
BUCKLE61.4440.6689
MYERS51.2881.3378
DALTON50.9871.1706
LIVSEY47.3910.1672
METCALFE43.9661.0033
KNOTT42.1650.8361
STRICKLAND41.9320.3344
METCALF41.2950.8361
BLACKIE40.8210.1672
PETCH37.7410.1672
LANG37.5150.8361
LAZENBY35.3410.1672
BOLTON34.9591.5050
FRENCH34.25101.6722
WILD32.8481.3378
DUCK31.1510.1672
ARNOLD31.02101.6722
ABBOTT30.3481.3378
BOWN30.2110.1672

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called FOERSTER in Wheldrake 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 1.5050 in Wheldrake means that 1.5050% of the people in Wheldrake on census day were called FOERSTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOERSTER 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 FOERSTER 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 FOERSTER 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 FOERSTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 22,500.00 in Wheldrake means that you are 22,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOERSTER in Wheldrake than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wheldrake in 1881

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

ABBOTT (8)  ALGAR (2)  ARNOLD (10)  ATKINSON (5)  AUSTWICK (1)  BAYNES (3)  BARKER (5)  BECKETT (1)  BEILBY (43)  BELL (4)  BENSON (1)  BINNS (2)  BISCOMB (6)  BLACKIE (1)  BODDY (6)  BOLTON (9)  BOOTMAN (1)  BURDON (6)  BOWMAN (2)  BOWN (1)  BRADLEY (4)  BREATHWAITE (2)  BREWSTER (5)  BRISTOW (2)  BRESTOW (5)  BROWN (16)  BUCKLE (4)  BURLEY (1)  BURTON (1)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CLARK (2)  COOK (1)  CROFT (1)  COLBERT (1)  DALTON (7)  DARLOW (1)  DODSWORTH (2)  DOOLEY (6)  DUCK (1)  DURHAM (8)  ECKLES (1)  ELLIS (1)  ELSTON (3)  ETHERINGTON (9)  FAIRBURN (16)  FIELD (2)  FINLEY (2)  FLETCHER (1)  FLETCHER (PEMBERTON) (4)  FLIGG (1)  FOERSTER (9)  FOSTER (1)  FRENCH (10)  FROST (4)  GALPIN (1)  GLUC (1)  GOLICHER (4)  JORDAN (5)  GRAY (1)  HARNELL (1)  HERRIMAN (1)  HARRISON (22)  HARVEY (1)  HEBDON (1)  HEMSWORTH (4)  HENRY (1)  HICK (3)  HILLWELL (1)  HODG (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUDSON (9)  HUGHES (5)  UMPHRIE (1)  IBBOTSON (1)  ILLING (1)  INOGIN (1)  JACKSON (12)  JOHNSON (1)  KILVINGTON (3)  KIRBY (6)  KNOTT (5)  LACKWOOD (1)  LAMB (8)  LANG (5)  LAZENBY (1)  LECTBY (1)  LEADLEY (1)  LIVSEY (1)  LOFTHOUSE (11)  MACGEA (1)  MARSHALL (9)  MARTIN (1)  METCALFE (6)  METCALF (5)  MITCHIL (1)  MOORE (1)  MYERS (8)  NEWSOME (1)  NORMAN (6)  NORTH (1)  PARKER (1)  PEMBERTON (8)  PURKES (1)  PURKISS (1)  PETCH (1)  PICKARD (1)  POOL (1)  POTTER (5)  POTTAGE (11)  REYNOLDS (7)  RICHARDSON (2)  RICHMOND (1)  RIDGWAY (5)  ROBINSON (5)  ROBSON (1)  RUDD (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIDDALL (1)  SILVERSIDES (4)  SMALLIE (2)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (9)  SNOWDEN (1)  SPARLING (1)  STOKER (1)  STOKES (1)  STRICKLAND (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TESSEYMAN (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNBURN (1)  TIMBS (4)  TOMLINSON (2)  VAUSE (7)  WAKE (1)  WALLS (11)  WATSON (24)  WELLANBY (1)  WALLINGTON (2)  WEST (2)  WEATHERILL (10)  WITWELL (1)  WILD (8)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (14)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (5)