Top surnames from the 1881 census in Womersley, Yorkshire

Womersley 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
SWALES112.8646408.92
ELLIS112.864619.73
SMITH82.08331.48
HALL82.08337.08
BRIERLY82.0833987.65
SUTLIFF82.08336,666.67
WALEY82.083313,333.33
MERCER71.822969.44
FIRTH71.822954.90
BLACKER71.8229555.56
WOODCOCK71.822963.87
WHEATER61.56251,250.00
JONSON61.56252,500.00
BOOTH61.562515.84
PETTITT61.5625292.68
DOBSON61.562535.42
MOODY61.562559.82
COWARD61.5625136.36
LICKLEY61.56252,727.27
BURTON51.302115.29
CRAGG51.3021204.92
COOK51.30216.55
JACKSON51.30214.66
LILL51.3021675.68
CARTER41.04176.21
FIELD41.041720.93
LUNN41.041780.48
HEPWORTH41.041791.32
TOMILSON41.041720,000.00
FOSTER41.04177.79
SPEIGHT41.0417128.21
BRADLEY30.78139.73
STEPHENSON30.781313.66
DOUGHTY30.781361.48
RODES30.78133,750.00
HIGGINS30.781315.46
HILES20.5208229.89
LEESE20.5208119.05
SLATER20.52088.60
CROWTHER20.520817.45
SCHOFIELD20.52089.61
WICKS20.520837.04
PARKIN20.520819.36
KILBURN20.5208101.01
HAIGH20.520815.11
MARSHALL20.52083.11
STONES20.520843.76
DOUGLAS20.520810.75
STACY10.260489.29
HERMS10.260410,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOMILSON20,000.0041.0417
WALEY13,333.3382.0833
HERMS10,000.0010.2604
SUTLIFF6,666.6782.0833
RODES3,750.0030.7813
LICKLEY2,727.2761.5625
JONSON2,500.0061.5625
WHEATER1,250.0061.5625
BRIERLY987.6582.0833
LILL675.6851.3021
BLACKER555.5671.8229
SWALES408.92112.8646
PETTITT292.6861.5625
HILES229.8920.5208
CROFTON227.2710.2604
CRAGG204.9251.3021
REYNOLD188.6810.2604
CUSWORTH178.5710.2604
COWARD136.3661.5625
SPEIGHT128.2141.0417
LEESE119.0520.5208
CARE117.6510.2604
PERFECT116.2810.2604
KILBURN101.0120.5208
HEPWORTH91.3241.0417
STACY89.2910.2604
LUNN80.4841.0417
MERCER69.4471.8229
WOODCOCK63.8771.8229
DOUGHTY61.4830.7813
MOODY59.8261.5625
FIRTH54.9071.8229
STONES43.7620.5208
MILL43.1010.2604
SALES42.7410.2604
LACY40.0010.2604
WICKS37.0420.5208
DOBSON35.4261.5625
BRINDLEY34.0110.2604
AUSTEN33.9010.2604
MORE33.4410.2604
HALLS32.8910.2604
SPINK32.2610.2604
CLIFF29.7610.2604
LAWS23.4210.2604
FIELD20.9341.0417
ELLIS19.73112.8646
PARKIN19.3620.5208
CROWTHER17.4520.5208
WADDINGTON16.0310.2604

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called TOMILSON in Womersley 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 1.0417 in Womersley means that 1.0417% of the people in Womersley on census day were called TOMILSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOMILSON 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 TOMILSON 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 TOMILSON 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 TOMILSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Womersley means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOMILSON in Womersley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Womersley in 1881

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

AUSTEN (1)  BACKHOUSE (10)  BARRETT (1)  BELL (1)  BLACKER (7)  BLINKSOP (4)  BONELL (1)  BOOTH (6)  BRADLEY (3)  BRIERLY (8)  BRIERLEY (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BRINDLEY (1)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (5)  CALVERT (1)  CAMPHY (1)  CANNEL (1)  CARE (1)  CARTER (4)  CASPEN (1)  CLIFF (1)  COOK (COOCK) (2)  COOK (5)  COOCK (6)  COOCKSON (2)  COULING (5)  CORNIST (1)  COWARD (6)  COWLEY (1)  CRAGG (5)  CROFTON (1)  CROWTHER (2)  CURTIS (1)  CUSWORTH (1)  DALE (1)  DIXON (1)  DOBSON (6)  DOUGHTY (3)  DOUGLAS (2)  DUCKELS (1)  ELLIS (11)  ELVIDGE (1)  FAIRBAIN (1)  FIELD (4)  FIRTH (7)  FOSTER (4)  FOULSTON (1)  FOX (1)  FREASON (SWALES) (2)  GELDARD (1)  GREVES (1)  HALL (8)  HALLS (1)  HART (1)  HAIGH (2)  HEBLE (1)  HEPWORTH (4)  HERMS (1)  HIGGINS (3)  HILES (2)  HILTON (1)  HOBMAN (2)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWCROFT (2)  HUSCROFT (HOWCROFT) (12)  HOWDLE (4)  HUDING (1)  HUDSON (1)  HURST (1)  INGILE (1)  ISSINGTON (1)  JACKSON (5)  JONSON (6)  JOWITT (14)  KILBURN (2)  KITECHANGAN (3)  LACY (1)  LAWS (1)  LEE (1)  LEESE (2)  LEG (2)  LICKLEY (6)  LILL (5)  LIVEREDGE (2)  LUNN (4)  MALLSOLE (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MERCER (7)  MILL (1)  MOODY (6)  MORE (1)  MURGATROYD (1)  NORTON (1)  MC NULTY (2)  PERFECT (1)  PARKIN (2)  PEARSON (1)  PETTITT (6)  POTS (1)  RANBY (1)  RANDERSON (2)  REYNOLD (1)  RODES (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROE (1)  SALES (1)  SCHOFIELD (2)  SCOTT (1)  SAYNER (1)  SHAW (1)  SISSIONS (7)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (8)  SPEIGHT (4)  SPINK (1)  STACY (1)  STEEL (1)  STEPHENSON (3)  STHOHARD (1)  STONES (2)  SUTLIFF (8)  SWALES (11)  TOMILSON (4)  THOMPSON (1)  WADDINGTON (1)  WADINGTON (1)  WALEY (8)  WARD (1)  WARDINGLEY (4)  WHEATER (6)  WICKS (2)  WOOD (1)  WOODCOCK (7)