Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wrelton, Yorkshire

Wrelton 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
TURNBULL2310.0437238.34
HARDWICK208.7336571.43
STEAD156.5502320.51
WARD125.240223.99
HORNER104.3668229.36
PEARSON93.930133.83
BOWES83.4934380.95
HEBDEN73.0568972.22
PICKERING62.620172.64
SMITH52.18341.55
DOWSON52.1834400.00
JOHNSON52.18346.50
MORRILL52.18342,000.00
ADDISON41.7467126.18
KIRK41.746740.36
BOWERS41.746795.69
ELLIS41.746712.03
IRVING31.310058.82
ALLAN31.310020.86
BODDY31.3100236.22
JACKSON31.31004.69
WARRICK31.3100857.14
COVERDALE20.8734317.46
WRIGHT20.87342.72
ROPER20.873441.93
WHITE20.87342.72
FEATHERSTONE20.873497.09
WATSON20.87343.77
AGAR20.8734227.27
LIGHTFOOT20.873462.70
DIXON20.87347.97
ALLEN20.87344.62
DUFFIELD10.436750.25
BARKER10.43673.34
MORLEY10.436710.93
STOREY10.436717.18
CARR10.43676.05
SKILTON10.4367163.93
WOOD10.43671.37
POTTER10.43676.73
HAMMOND10.43677.67
ATKINSON10.43674.48
NICHOLSON10.43676.15
UNDERWOOD10.436716.18
SHERWOOD10.436734.25
WILSON10.43670.95
BECK10.436718.69
GILLMAN10.4367156.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORRILL2,000.0052.1834
HEBDEN972.2273.0568
WARRICK857.1431.3100
HARDWICK571.43208.7336
DOWSON400.0052.1834
BOWES380.9583.4934
STEAD320.51156.5502
COVERDALE317.4620.8734
TURNBULL238.342310.0437
BODDY236.2231.3100
HORNER229.36104.3668
AGAR227.2720.8734
SKILTON163.9310.4367
GILLMAN156.2510.4367
ADDISON126.1841.7467
FEATHERSTONE97.0920.8734
BOWERS95.6941.7467
PICKERING72.6462.6201
LIGHTFOOT62.7020.8734
IRVING58.8231.3100
DUFFIELD50.2510.4367
ROPER41.9320.8734
KIRK40.3641.7467
SHERWOOD34.2510.4367
PEARSON33.8393.9301
WARD23.99125.2402
ALLAN20.8631.3100
BECK18.6910.4367
STOREY17.1810.4367
UNDERWOOD16.1810.4367
ELLIS12.0341.7467
MORLEY10.9310.4367
DIXON7.9720.8734
HAMMOND7.6710.4367
POTTER6.7310.4367
JOHNSON6.5052.1834
NICHOLSON6.1510.4367
CARR6.0510.4367
JACKSON4.6931.3100
ALLEN4.6220.8734
ATKINSON4.4810.4367
WATSON3.7720.8734
BARKER3.3410.4367
WRIGHT2.7220.8734
WHITE2.7220.8734
SMITH1.5552.1834
WOOD1.3710.4367
WILSON0.9510.4367

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called MORRILL in Wrelton 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 2.1834 in Wrelton means that 2.1834% of the people in Wrelton on census day were called MORRILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORRILL 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 MORRILL 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 MORRILL 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 MORRILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Wrelton means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORRILL in Wrelton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wrelton in 1881

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

ADDISON (4)  AGAR (2)  ALLAN (3)  ALLEN (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BOLDOCK (1)  BARKER (1)  BECK (1)  BERRIMAN (1)  BODDY (3)  BOWERS (4)  BOWES (8)  CARR (1)  COVERDALE (2)  DINSLEY (5)  DIXON (2)  DOWSON (5)  DUFFIELD (1)  ELLIS (4)  FEATHERSTONE (2)  FEWSTER (1)  FOXTON (2)  GARBUT (3)  GATUS (3)  GILLMAN (1)  GOWDALE (1)  GRUNDEY (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARDWICK (20)  HARTAS (1)  HEBDEN (7)  HOLBORN (3)  HORNER (10)  IRVING (3)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (5)  KIRK (4)  LIGHTFOOT (2)  NAWTON (2)  MORLEY (1)  MORRILL (5)  NICHOLSON (1)  PEARSON (9)  PICKERING (6)  POTTER (1)  PROWSDALE (1)  ROPER (2)  SHERWOOD (1)  SKILTON (1)  SMITH (5)  SPENCELY (1)  STEAD (15)  STOREY (1)  TURNBULL (23)  TURNBUL (6)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WARD (12)  WARRICK (3)  WATSON (2)  WHITE (2)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (2)