Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yapham With Meltonby, Yorkshire

Yapham With Meltonby 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
SMITH114.68093.32
BONSER83.40431,290.32
TOWSE83.40432,580.65
WRIGHT72.97879.29
TURNER72.978710.70
HATFIELD72.9787416.67
FOSTER62.553219.10
WARD62.553211.69
COULSON62.5532142.18
STUBBS62.553296.62
PEARSON62.553221.98
KIRBY62.553267.26
CULLUM52.1277543.48
RICHARDSON52.127712.50
SINGLETON52.1277107.53
BEAN52.1277164.47
SIMPSON41.70219.73
NORTON41.702151.22
MITCHEL41.7021173.91
IRVIN41.7021579.71
BURTON41.702119.98
WAITES41.7021677.97
DYKES31.2766185.19
HALL31.27664.34
FOUNTAIN31.2766186.34
ENGLISH31.276667.87
ADAMS20.85115.78
STEWART20.85115.44
ADAMSON20.851132.15
NICHOLLS20.851116.30
BRIGGS20.851115.67
MAJOR20.851163.09
CROSS20.851112.37
CLARKSON10.425516.05
PAYNE10.42554.73
STONES10.425535.71
BROWN10.42550.65
MOLLET10.4255588.24
LYMAN10.4255833.33
CURSON10.4255185.19
BARROWS10.4255169.49
JENNINGS10.42558.40
TWEDDLE10.4255123.46
PICKERING10.425511.79
ASKWITH10.4255500.00
CHARTER10.4255222.22
EVERETT10.425523.70
STOKES10.425510.08
BRISTOW10.425531.45
WEST10.42554.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOWSE2,580.6583.4043
BONSER1,290.3283.4043
LYMAN833.3310.4255
WAITES677.9741.7021
MOLLET588.2410.4255
IRVIN579.7141.7021
CULLUM543.4852.1277
ASKWITH500.0010.4255
HATFIELD416.6772.9787
CHARTER222.2210.4255
FOUNTAIN186.3431.2766
DYKES185.1931.2766
CURSON185.1910.4255
MITCHEL173.9141.7021
BARROWS169.4910.4255
BEAN164.4752.1277
COULSON142.1862.5532
TWEDDLE123.4610.4255
SINGLETON107.5352.1277
STUBBS96.6262.5532
BLADES75.1910.4255
STORY68.4910.4255
ENGLISH67.8731.2766
KIRBY67.2662.5532
MAJOR63.0920.8511
POULTER57.1410.4255
NORTON51.2241.7021
STONES35.7110.4255
STOCK34.2510.4255
ADAMSON32.1520.8511
BRISTOW31.4510.4255
EVERETT23.7010.4255
BAINES22.2210.4255
PEARSON21.9862.5532
BURTON19.9841.7021
FOSTER19.1062.5532
NICHOLLS16.3020.8511
CLARKSON16.0510.4255
BRIGGS15.6720.8511
RICHARDSON12.5052.1277
CROSS12.3720.8511
PICKERING11.7910.4255
WARD11.6962.5532
TURNER10.7072.9787
STOKES10.0810.4255
SIMPSON9.7341.7021
DOBSON9.6410.4255
WRIGHT9.2972.9787
JENNINGS8.4010.4255
LAMB8.0610.4255

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called TOWSE in Yapham With Meltonby 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 3.4043 in Yapham With Meltonby means that 3.4043% of the people in Yapham With Meltonby on census day were called TOWSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOWSE 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 TOWSE 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 TOWSE 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 TOWSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,580.65 in Yapham With Meltonby means that you are 2,580.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOWSE in Yapham With Meltonby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yapham With Meltonby in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ADAMSON (2)  ASKWITH (1)  BAINES (1)  BAMBROUGH (3)  BARKER (1)  BEAN (5)  BLADES (1)  BONSER (8)  BRIGGS (2)  BRISTOW (1)  BROWN (1)  BARROWS (1)  BURTON (4)  CAMPLING (7)  CURSON (1)  CHARTER (1)  CLARKSON (1)  COOK (1)  COWTON (2)  COULSON (6)  CROSS (2)  CURTIS (1)  DYKES (3)  DOBSON (1)  EVERETT (1)  EXELBY (2)  FINDALE (1)  FOSTER (6)  FOUNTAIN (3)  GATENBY (1)  JEBSON (5)  GOLBY (1)  HALL (3)  HATFIELD (7)  HESP (6)  HEWITSON (1)  ENGLISH (3)  IRISON (1)  IRVIN (4)  JENNINGS (1)  JARAM (7)  KIRBY (6)  LAMB (1)  LYMAN (1)  LISSONS (1)  MAJOR (2)  CULLUM (5)  MITCHEL (4)  MOLLET (1)  NICHOLLS (2)  NORTON (4)  PAYNE (1)  PEARSON (6)  PICKERING (1)  POTTAGE (1)  POULTER (1)  RATFORD (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  SAWS (2)  SIMPSON (4)  SINGLETON (5)  SMITH (11)  STAINTON (1)  STEWART (2)  STOCK (1)  STOKES (1)  STONES (1)  STORY (1)  STUBBS (6)  TINDALE (3)  TOWSE (8)  TURNER (7)  TWEDDLE (1)  WALKER (1)  WARD (6)  WEST (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WRIGHT (7)  WRIGHTSON (6)  WAITES (4)