Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ainderby Quernhow, Yorkshire

Ainderby Quernhow 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
SIMPSON97.758644.36
KEMP97.7586139.97
BURTON86.896680.97
MEGGISON86.896616,000.00
CALVERT76.0345295.36
FORTH65.17242,068.97
RICHMOND54.3103196.85
TAYLOR54.31036.74
DURHAM54.3103500.00
MYERS43.4483132.01
ADKINSON32.58625,000.00
NICHOLSON21.724124.27
STEEL21.724142.28
KING21.72417.91
WIGNALL21.7241338.98
LAKIN21.7241294.12
ROBINSON21.72415.41
HAMILTON10.862111.49
WASS10.8621158.73
MIDDLETON10.862116.42
GARNETT10.862169.44
THOMPSON10.86212.88
LANGSTAFF10.8621714.29
CLEMENT10.862185.47
JACKSON10.86213.08
BARKER10.86216.59
NEILSON10.862161.35
GREENHALGH10.862142.02
WARD10.86213.95
LAMBERT10.862115.80
CLEASBY10.8621769.23
BUTCHER10.862120.45
OTTER10.8621344.83
HARRIS10.86213.39
BANKS10.862116.81
GILL10.862112.18
WAIN10.8621103.09
LOFTHOUSE10.8621116.28
SWEETING10.8621217.39
CLAPHAM10.8621100.00
JONES10.86210.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEGGISON16,000.0086.8966
ADKINSON5,000.0032.5862
FORTH2,068.9765.1724
CLEASBY769.2310.8621
LANGSTAFF714.2910.8621
DURHAM500.0054.3103
OTTER344.8310.8621
WIGNALL338.9821.7241
CALVERT295.3676.0345
LAKIN294.1221.7241
SWEETING217.3910.8621
RICHMOND196.8554.3103
WASS158.7310.8621
KEMP139.9797.7586
MYERS132.0143.4483
LOFTHOUSE116.2810.8621
WAIN103.0910.8621
CLAPHAM100.0010.8621
CLEMENT85.4710.8621
BURTON80.9786.8966
GARNETT69.4410.8621
NEILSON61.3510.8621
SIMPSON44.3697.7586
STEEL42.2821.7241
GREENHALGH42.0210.8621
NICHOLSON24.2721.7241
BUTCHER20.4510.8621
BANKS16.8110.8621
MIDDLETON16.4210.8621
LAMBERT15.8010.8621
GILL12.1810.8621
HAMILTON11.4910.8621
KING7.9121.7241
TAYLOR6.7454.3103
BARKER6.5910.8621
ROBINSON5.4121.7241
WARD3.9510.8621
HARRIS3.3910.8621
JACKSON3.0810.8621
THOMPSON2.8810.8621
JONES0.7610.8621

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called MEGGISON in Ainderby Quernhow 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 6.8966 in Ainderby Quernhow means that 6.8966% of the people in Ainderby Quernhow on census day were called MEGGISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEGGISON 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 MEGGISON 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 MEGGISON 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 MEGGISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,000.00 in Ainderby Quernhow means that you are 16,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEGGISON in Ainderby Quernhow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ainderby Quernhow in 1881

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

ADKINSON (3)  BANKS (1)  BARKER (1)  BELLERBY (3)  BURTON (8)  BUTCHER (1)  CALVERT (7)  CLAPHAM (1)  CLEASBY (1)  CLEMENT (1)  DONOLINE (1)  DURHAM (5)  FORTH (6)  GARNETT (1)  GILL (1)  GREENHALGH (1)  HIGHMOOR (4)  HAMILTON (1)  HARRIS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (1)  KEMP (9)  KING (2)  LAKIN (2)  LAMBERT (1)  LANGSTAFF (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  MEGGISON (8)  MIDDLETON (1)  MONETON (1)  MYERS (4)  NEILSON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  OTTER (1)  PIMLOTT (1)  RICHMOND (5)  ROBINSON (2)  SIMPSON (9)  STEEL (2)  SUFFIL (1)  SWEETING (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (1)  WAIN (1)  WARD (1)  WASS (1)  WIGNALL (2)