Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yedingham, Yorkshire

Yedingham 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
MILNER107.2993318.47
ELSWORTH96.56931,800.00
THOMPSON96.569321.93
HALL96.569322.33
BROWN64.37966.64
DUNN53.649643.90
TEMPLE53.6496277.78
TINDALL53.6496602.41
HARRISON53.649616.44
MOORING53.64965,000.00
BOAK42.91973,076.92
ROWLEY42.9197111.11
DAWSON32.189819.87
FORD32.189822.49
LUMBARD32.18985,000.00
PETCH21.4599327.87
PEARSON21.459912.57
COOPER21.45996.00
GILLINGS10.7299312.50
WILLIAMSON10.72998.14
MOORE10.72993.65
LUMLEY10.7299120.48
SHERWOOD10.729957.14
HEALD10.7299117.65
COCKERILL10.7299151.52
GRICE10.729970.92
MOOR10.729952.08
DUKES10.7299196.08
SWAIN10.729937.88
CLARK10.72992.43
PERROTT10.7299212.77
GREENLEY10.72991,250.00
WILSON10.72991.59
BOYCE10.729948.78
DICKINSON10.729917.09
STOKES10.729917.27
KIRBY10.729919.23
COLLINSON10.729962.11
PORTER10.72999.73
CARTER10.72994.35
PENFOLD10.729986.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUMBARD5,000.0032.1898
MOORING5,000.0053.6496
BOAK3,076.9242.9197
ELSWORTH1,800.0096.5693
GREENLEY1,250.0010.7299
TINDALL602.4153.6496
PETCH327.8721.4599
MILNER318.47107.2993
GILLINGS312.5010.7299
TEMPLE277.7853.6496
PERROTT212.7710.7299
DUKES196.0810.7299
COCKERILL151.5210.7299
LUMLEY120.4810.7299
HEALD117.6510.7299
ROWLEY111.1142.9197
PENFOLD86.2110.7299
GRICE70.9210.7299
COLLINSON62.1110.7299
SHERWOOD57.1410.7299
MOOR52.0810.7299
BOYCE48.7810.7299
DUNN43.9053.6496
SWAIN37.8810.7299
FORD22.4932.1898
HALL22.3396.5693
THOMPSON21.9396.5693
DAWSON19.8732.1898
KIRBY19.2310.7299
STOKES17.2710.7299
DICKINSON17.0910.7299
HARRISON16.4453.6496
PEARSON12.5721.4599
PORTER9.7310.7299
WILLIAMSON8.1410.7299
BROWN6.6464.3796
COOPER6.0021.4599
CARTER4.3510.7299
MOORE3.6510.7299
CLARK2.4310.7299
WILSON1.5910.7299

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called LUMBARD in Yedingham 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 2.1898 in Yedingham means that 2.1898% of the people in Yedingham on census day were called LUMBARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUMBARD 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 LUMBARD 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 LUMBARD 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 LUMBARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Yedingham means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUMBARD in Yedingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yedingham in 1881

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

BOYCE (1)  BROWN (6)  BOAK (4)  CARTER (1)  CLARK (1)  COCKERILL (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COOPER (2)  DAWSON (3)  DICKINSON (1)  DUKES (1)  DUNN (5)  ELSWORTH (9)  FARDRELL (1)  FORD (3)  GILLINGS (1)  GRICE (1)  GREENLEY (1)  HALL (9)  HANWELL (1)  HARRISON (5)  HEALD (1)  HESLEWOOD (1)  INSOM (1)  KIRBY (1)  KNEESHAW (2)  LUMBARD (3)  LUMLEY (1)  MILNER (10)  MONKMAN (1)  MOOR (1)  MOORE (1)  MOORING (5)  NEWLOVE (1)  PERROTT (1)  PEARSON (2)  PENFOLD (1)  PETCH (2)  PORTER (1)  READMAN (7)  RINGE (1)  ROWLEY (4)  SHEPHERDSON (1)  SHERWOOD (1)  STOKES (1)  SWAIN (1)  TEMPLE (5)  THOMPSON (9)  THORNBURN (5)  TINDALL (5)  WARRENER (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)