Top surnames from the 1881 census in Adwick Le Street, Yorkshire

Adwick Le Street 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
WOODCOCK155.8366204.64
SMITH145.44753.86
CLARK135.058416.83
BYWATER83.1128620.16
MACHIN83.1128311.28
TURTON72.7237242.21
MAW72.7237744.68
SANDERSON72.723765.91
LINDSEY62.3346458.02
HANSON62.334672.38
WILLIS62.334643.92
CROSSLAND51.9455221.24
PEMBERTON51.9455153.37
TINDALL51.9455320.51
NEEDHAM51.945591.41
STEVENSON51.945527.73
CUTT41.55641,538.46
PEACE41.5564171.67
HEWITT41.556431.95
ATKINSON31.167311.99
HIRST31.167335.80
NOTTAGE31.1673588.24
WALKER31.16733.49
MARSH31.167316.37
BIGWOOD31.1673789.47
ROBERTS31.16733.10
THOMPSON31.16733.90
HUTCHINSON31.167320.55
APPLEYARD20.778285.11
BISBY20.77821,111.11
FISHER20.77826.65
BAILEY20.77825.17
ASKEW20.778268.97
SHAW20.77824.24
KNOWLES20.778214.58
VALENTINE20.778260.61
ARGYLE20.7782465.12
BOTTOMLEY20.778246.73
GOTT20.7782180.18
WARD20.77823.56
DRURY20.778249.02
RICHMOND10.389117.76
HENSON10.389133.22
THOMAS10.38910.94
CAMM10.3891121.95
WINTER10.389110.98
HALL10.38911.32
WHEATER10.3891312.50
ROWLEY10.389114.81
HOWETH10.38912,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOWETH2,500.0010.3891
CUTT1,538.4641.5564
BISBY1,111.1120.7782
HALLER833.3310.3891
BIGWOOD789.4731.1673
MAW744.6872.7237
BYWATER620.1683.1128
NOTTAGE588.2431.1673
ARGYLE465.1220.7782
LINDSEY458.0262.3346
TINDALL320.5151.9455
WHEATER312.5010.3891
MACHIN311.2883.1128
TURTON242.2172.7237
CROSSLAND221.2451.9455
WOODCOCK204.64155.8366
GOTT180.1820.7782
PEACE171.6741.5564
PEMBERTON153.3751.9455
CAMM121.9510.3891
NEEDHAM91.4151.9455
APPLEYARD85.1120.7782
HANSON72.3862.3346
ASKEW68.9720.7782
SANDERSON65.9172.7237
VALENTINE60.6120.7782
SNOWDON52.0810.3891
DODSON50.2510.3891
DRURY49.0220.7782
BOTTOMLEY46.7320.7782
WILLIS43.9262.3346
HEY43.8610.3891
HIRST35.8031.1673
HENSON33.2210.3891
HEWITT31.9541.5564
AYRES28.0110.3891
STEVENSON27.7351.9455
BATTY25.4510.3891
HUTCHINSON20.5531.1673
RICHMOND17.7610.3891
CLARK16.83135.0584
MARSH16.3731.1673
ROWLEY14.8110.3891
KNOWLES14.5820.7782
ATKINSON11.9931.1673
HAIGH11.2910.3891
WINTER10.9810.3891
FISHER6.6520.7782
CROSS5.6510.3891
BAILEY5.1720.7782

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called HOWETH in Adwick Le Street 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 0.3891 in Adwick Le Street means that 0.3891% of the people in Adwick Le Street on census day were called HOWETH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOWETH 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 HOWETH 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 HOWETH 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 HOWETH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Adwick Le Street means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOWETH in Adwick Le Street than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Adwick Le Street in 1881

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

APPLEYARD (2)  ARGYLE (2)  ASKEW (2)  ASKHAM (6)  ATKINSON (3)  ATLEY (1)  AUSTWIGG (1)  AUGHTY (1)  BAILEY (2)  BATTY (1)  BIGWOOD (3)  BIRKENSHAW (1)  BISBEY (2)  BISBY (2)  BOTTOMLEY (2)  BOWDWEN (1)  BYWATER (8)  CAMM (1)  CLARK (13)  CUTT (4)  CROSS (1)  CROSSLAND (5)  DODSON (1)  DRURY (2)  DUCKITT (8)  DUTCHMAN (4)  EVANS (1)  AYRES (1)  FELLINGHAM (1)  FISHER (2)  FITZGEORGE (3)  GOTT (2)  HALL (1)  HALLER (1)  HANSON (6)  HEY (1)  HAIGH (1)  HENSON (1)  HEWITT (4)  HISGATE (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOWETH (1)  HIRST (3)  HUTCHINSON (3)  KNOWLES (2)  LINDSEY (6)  MACHIN (8)  O'MALLY (1)  MARSH (3)  MAW (7)  METTON (1)  MILLS (1)  NEEDHAM (5)  NOTTAGE (3)  PEACE (4)  PEMBERTON (5)  POSLIFF (1)  REMMINGTON (2)  RICHMOND (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROWLEY (1)  SAILES (4)  SANDERSON (7)  SENESCAL (6)  SHAW (2)  SKEATH (1)  SMITH (14)  SNOWDON (1)  SPITTLEHOUSE (1)  STEVENSON (5)  STUFFING (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TINDALL (5)  TURTON (7)  VALENTINE (2)  WALKER (3)  WARD (2)  WELLS (1)  WHEATER (1)  WILLIS (6)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (1)  WOODCOCK (15)