Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wykeham, Yorkshire

Wykeham 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
THOMPSON162.79239.32
FOSTER142.443318.27
ROBINSON122.09426.57
HARDY122.094234.97
BELL111.919710.22
WARD111.91978.79
MARSHALL111.919711.45
TEMPLE111.9197146.28
TINDALL111.9197317.00
JACKSON101.74526.24
HART91.570718.42
KNOX91.570791.46
STONEHOUSE81.3962320.00
HAW81.3962421.05
ELLIS71.22168.41
BERRYMAN71.2216220.13
GREENLEY71.22162,187.50
ADAMS71.22168.29
SMITH71.22160.87
POTTER71.221618.84
COULTAS71.2216614.04
STEPHENSON61.047118.30
PICKERING61.047129.03
TATE61.047154.20
COCKERILL61.0471217.39
WILSON61.04712.28
SCHOLES50.872675.30
BOWES50.872695.06
PEARSON50.87267.51
HUGGARD50.87266,250.00
MORRIS40.69813.14
ABBEY40.6981190.48
GREENWOOD40.69818.99
COULSON40.698138.91
HOPPER40.698148.84
HEDGES40.698160.98
WATSON40.69813.01
CARTER40.69814.16
ANDERSON40.69813.53
SIMPKIN40.6981186.05
JONES40.69810.62
BARKER30.52364.00
HUNTER30.52365.10
JEFFERSON30.523648.23
DANIEL30.523623.70
KIDD30.523625.73
BOULTON30.523629.04
SHARPE30.523617.76
HARRISON20.34901.57
SKELTON20.349023.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUGGARD6,250.0050.8726
GREENLEY2,187.5071.2216
COULTAS614.0471.2216
MOONE555.5610.1745
DARRELL434.7820.3490
HAW421.0581.3962
NELLIS357.1410.1745
STONEHOUSE320.0081.3962
TINDALL317.00111.9197
BELT298.5120.3490
MALLORY270.2710.1745
BERRYMAN220.1371.2216
COCKERILL217.3961.0471
BUMBY204.0810.1745
ALLISTON196.0810.1745
ABBEY190.4840.6981
SIMPKIN186.0540.6981
JENNING169.4910.1745
TEMPLE146.28111.9197
RODGERSON140.8510.1745
WHITELOCK121.2120.3490
REX109.8910.1745
SPECK98.0410.1745
BOWES95.0650.8726
KNOX91.4691.5707
BUTTERY90.9120.3490
GASH84.7510.1745
DANBY81.6320.3490
SCHOLES75.3050.8726
DOWSON63.9020.3490
HEDGES60.9840.6981
OGLE54.6410.1745
TATE54.2061.0471
MALKIN53.1910.1745
HICKSON50.6320.3490
VASEY49.0210.1745
HOPPER48.8440.6981
JEFFERSON48.2330.5236
MAW47.8510.1745
DENISON45.8710.1745
BEECROFT41.4910.1745
GOTT40.3210.1745
WILLOUGHBY40.1620.3490
COULSON38.9140.6981
HARDY34.97122.0942
BOULTON29.0430.5236
PICKERING29.0361.0471
KIDD25.7330.5236
SKELTON23.9820.3490
DANIEL23.7030.5236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called HUGGARD in Wykeham 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 0.8726 in Wykeham means that 0.8726% of the people in Wykeham on census day were called HUGGARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUGGARD 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 HUGGARD 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 HUGGARD 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 HUGGARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,250.00 in Wykeham means that you are 6,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUGGARD in Wykeham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wykeham in 1881

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

ABBEY (4)  ADAMS (7)  ADAMSON (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLAN (1)  ALLISTON (1)  ANDERSON (4)  ARCHER (1)  ATKINSON (1)  AVERY (2)  BAKER (2)  BARKER (3)  BEAL (1)  BEECROFT (1)  BELL (11)  BELT (2)  BERRYMAN (7)  BOULTON (3)  BOWS (7)  BOWES (BOWS) (12)  BOWES (5)  BROWN (1)  BUMBY (1)  BUTTERY (2)  CALVERT (1)  CARTER (4)  CHARLES (1)  CLARKE (1)  COCKERILL (6)  CORNHILE (1)  COULSON (4)  COULTAS (7)  COUSINS (1)  DALE (1)  DANBY (2)  DANIEL (3)  DARBY (1)  DARLING (1)  DARRELL (2)  DENISON (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DITCHBURN (4)  DOUTHWAITE (1)  DOWSON (2)  ELLERKER (1)  ULLIOT (2)  ELLIS (7)  FENBY (2)  FEWSTER (1)  FOSTER (14)  FOX (2)  GASH (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILLANCE (10)  GILLANA (6)  GOTT (1)  GRANLEY (1)  GRASON (1)  GRAY (1)  GREENWOOD (4)  GREENLEY (7)  HALL (1)  HARDY (12)  HARRISON (2)  HART (9)  HARWOOD (1)  HAW (8)  HEPWORTH (1)  HESP (1)  HICKSON (2)  HEDGES (4)  HUGGARD (5)  HOPPER (4)  HOVINGTON (2)  HUDSON (1)  HULL (1)  HUNTER (3)  IDLE (1)  JACKSON (10)  JEFFERSON (3)  GAFFREY (1)  JENKINSON (1)  JENNING (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (4)  JOWSEY (12)  KIDD (3)  KING (2)  KNOX (9)  LAWSON (1)  LONBOROUGH (1)  MACKWOOD (9)  MALKIN (1)  MALLORY (1)  MARFLITT (2)  MARSHALL (11)  MAW (1)  MEAD (2)  MYSON (12)  MOONE (1)  MORRIS (4)  MORTIMER (1)  MOULSON (1)  MOYHT (1)  NELLIS (1)  OGLE (1)  PEARSON (5)  PICKERING (6)  PLAXTON (5)  POAD (7)  POTTER (7)  WRAY (1)  RAINE (1)  READMAN (REDMAN) (12)  REDMAN (1)  REX (1)  RIBY (18)  ROBINSON (12)  ROBSON (1)  RODGERSON (1)  SAWDON (8)  SCHOLES (5)  SHARPE (3)  SHAW (2)  SHEBBEAN (SHEBEAN) (14)  SHEBEAN (2)  SHERWOOD (1)  SIMPKIN (4)  SIMPSON (2)  SKELTON (2)  SMITH (7)  SPAVIN (1)  SPECK (1)  STEPHENSON (6)  STEVENSON (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  STONEHOUSE (8)  STUBBS (1)  TATE (6)  TAYLOR (2)  TEMPLE (11)  THOMPSON (16)  TINDALE (1)  TINDALL (11)  TWEDLE (1)  TYSON (1)  VASEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (1)  WARD (11)  WATSON (4)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITELOCK (2)  WIDD (1)  WILLIAM (1)  WILLOUGHBY (2)  WILSON (6)  WOODHALL (1)