Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winestead, Yorkshire

Winestead 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
SCOTT137.975531.52
NICHOLSON127.3620103.63
JEFFERSON84.9080451.98
RICHARDSON74.294525.23
SAVAGE74.2945111.82
WINSHIP63.68101,818.18
BOSMAN63.681020,000.00
CURTIS53.067554.05
ROBINSON53.06759.62
BEELBY53.067550,000.00
JACKSON53.067510.98
BUCK42.4540114.61
NOBLE31.840544.31
MELLISH31.8405857.14
BAILEY31.840512.22
BRANTON21.2270689.66
STEPHENSON21.227021.46
COTTON21.227051.41
FILLINGHAM21.2270588.24
TOWSE21.2270952.38
JOHNSON21.22703.65
SKINNER10.613512.09
ADAMS10.61354.16
JACKLIN10.6135227.27
CHAPMAN10.61354.32
HARDING10.61358.47
GIBSON10.61355.05
WAINWRIGHT10.613528.99
BENSON10.613522.62
EGAN10.613574.07
TAYLOR10.61350.96
BARKER10.61354.69
CUFF10.6135156.25
HUNTER10.61355.97
BUTLER10.61356.29
GODDARD10.613515.27
BOYD10.613517.48
GARTON10.6135125.00
TURNER10.61352.20
KITCHEN10.613535.97
DEARING10.6135322.58
HIRD10.613579.37
PROCTOR10.613524.94
GILES10.613516.10
WILKINSON10.61354.02
MOODY10.613523.47
BEAL10.613565.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEELBY50,000.0053.0675
BOSMAN20,000.0063.6810
WINSHIP1,818.1863.6810
TOWSE952.3821.2270
MELLISH857.1431.8405
BRANTON689.6621.2270
FILLINGHAM588.2421.2270
JEFFERSON451.9884.9080
DEARING322.5810.6135
JACKLIN227.2710.6135
CUFF156.2510.6135
GARTON125.0010.6135
BUCK114.6142.4540
SAVAGE111.8274.2945
NICHOLSON103.63127.3620
HIRD79.3710.6135
EGAN74.0710.6135
BEAL65.3610.6135
CURTIS54.0553.0675
COTTON51.4121.2270
NOBLE44.3131.8405
KITCHEN35.9710.6135
SCOTT31.52137.9755
WAINWRIGHT28.9910.6135
RICHARDSON25.2374.2945
PROCTOR24.9410.6135
MOODY23.4710.6135
BENSON22.6210.6135
STEPHENSON21.4621.2270
BOYD17.4810.6135
GILES16.1010.6135
GODDARD15.2710.6135
BAILEY12.2231.8405
SKINNER12.0910.6135
JACKSON10.9853.0675
ROBINSON9.6253.0675
HARDING8.4710.6135
BUTLER6.2910.6135
HUNTER5.9710.6135
GIBSON5.0510.6135
BARKER4.6910.6135
CHAPMAN4.3210.6135
ADAMS4.1610.6135
WILKINSON4.0210.6135
JOHNSON3.6521.2270
TURNER2.2010.6135
TAYLOR0.9610.6135

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called BEELBY in Winestead 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 3.0675 in Winestead means that 3.0675% of the people in Winestead on census day were called BEELBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEELBY 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 BEELBY 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 BEELBY 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 BEELBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Winestead means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEELBY in Winestead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winestead in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  BAILEY (3)  BARKER (1)  BEAL (1)  BEELBY (5)  BENSON (1)  BIBBING (1)  BOSMAN (6)  BOYD (1)  BRANTON (2)  BUCK (4)  BUTLER (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  COTTON (2)  CUFF (1)  CURTIS (5)  CUTTON (2)  DEARING (1)  EGAN (1)  FILLINGHAM (2)  GORBUTT (2)  GARTON (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILES (1)  GLEADHILL (6)  GODDARD (1)  HARDING (1)  HIRD (1)  HUNTER (1)  JACKLIN (1)  JACKSON (5)  JEFFERSON (8)  JOHNSON (2)  JOYS (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KITCHINGSON (1)  MEDFORTH (5)  MELLISH (3)  MOODY (1)  NICHOLSON (12)  NOBLE (3)  OGGLESBY (1)  PROCTOR (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  ROBINSON (5)  SAVAGE (7)  SCOTT (13)  SKINNER (1)  SPROXTON (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TIPLADY (8)  TOWSE (2)  TURNER (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WINSHIP (6)  WREATHALL (5)