Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wyke In Wetherby, Yorkshire

Wyke In Wetherby 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
MAWSON117.7465956.52
SNOWDON96.3380849.06
BULMER74.9296625.00
HARGREAVES74.9296118.24
NOBLE74.9296118.64
GILL74.929669.65
NEWTON74.929664.34
TAYLOR64.22546.61
HARTLEY53.521156.18
GREAVES53.5211120.19
BUTLER53.521136.10
SCOTT42.816911.13
TERRY42.8169110.19
SMITH42.81692.00
ADKIN32.11271,000.00
CROWTHER32.112770.75
WHITFIELD32.1127105.63
CLOUGH32.112794.64
REEVES32.112751.55
MATHERS21.4085235.29
RENTON21.4085229.89
MCGARRY21.40853,333.33
MARSTON21.4085151.52
BIRDSALL21.4085769.23
LIVERSEDGE10.7042384.62
PICKARD10.704250.51
WRIGHT10.70422.20
MIDGLEY10.704252.63
WADE10.704217.61
LAWSON10.704211.95
HIGGINS10.704213.93
HAIGH10.704220.41
GIBBS10.704214.33
WATSON10.70423.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCGARRY3,333.3321.4085
ADKIN1,000.0032.1127
MAWSON956.52117.7465
SNOWDON849.0696.3380
BIRDSALL769.2321.4085
BULMER625.0074.9296
LIVERSEDGE384.6210.7042
MATHERS235.2921.4085
RENTON229.8921.4085
MARSTON151.5221.4085
GREAVES120.1953.5211
NOBLE118.6474.9296
HARGREAVES118.2474.9296
TERRY110.1942.8169
WHITFIELD105.6332.1127
CLOUGH94.6432.1127
CROWTHER70.7532.1127
GILL69.6574.9296
NEWTON64.3474.9296
HARTLEY56.1853.5211
MIDGLEY52.6310.7042
REEVES51.5532.1127
PICKARD50.5110.7042
BUTLER36.1053.5211
HAIGH20.4110.7042
WADE17.6110.7042
GIBBS14.3310.7042
HIGGINS13.9310.7042
LAWSON11.9510.7042
SCOTT11.1342.8169
TAYLOR6.6164.2254
WATSON3.0410.7042
WRIGHT2.2010.7042
SMITH2.0042.8169

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called MCGARRY in Wyke In Wetherby 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 1.4085 in Wyke In Wetherby means that 1.4085% of the people in Wyke In Wetherby on census day were called MCGARRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCGARRY 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 MCGARRY 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 MCGARRY 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 MCGARRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Wyke In Wetherby means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCGARRY in Wyke In Wetherby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wyke In Wetherby in 1881

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

ADKIN (3)  BIRDSALL (2)  BREWERTON (9)  BULMER (7)  BUTLER (5)  CLOUGH (3)  CROWTHER (3)  GIBBS (1)  GILL (7)  GINNANE (1)  GOODBURN (1)  GREAVES (5)  HARGREAVES (7)  HARTLEY (5)  HAIGH (1)  HINDLY (1)  HIGGINS (1)  LAWSON (1)  LIVERSEDGE (1)  MARSTON (2)  MATHERS (2)  MAWSON (11)  MCGARRY (2)  MIDDLEHAM (2)  MIDGLEY (1)  NEWTON (7)  NOBLE (7)  PICKARD (1)  REEVES (3)  RENTON (2)  ROUNDELL (5)  SCOTT (4)  SMITH (4)  SNOWDON (9)  TAYLOR (6)  TERRY (4)  WADE (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITFIELD (3)  WRIGHT (1)