Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aldfield, Yorkshire

Aldfield 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
METCALFE107.9365347.22
BALL107.936596.06
PARKIN107.9365294.99
SPEAK97.14292,045.45
GILL86.349289.69
HARRISON86.349228.60
COATES75.5556148.94
SPENCE64.7619143.88
BUCK53.9683185.19
HUDSON53.968348.45
LEEMING53.9683641.03
KNOWLES43.174659.44
PREST43.17461,025.64
BARKER43.174624.26
BATTIE32.38105,000.00
GRAINGER10.793751.55
RICHMOND10.793736.23
MARSHALL10.79374.73
THWAITES10.7937133.33
SHEPPARD10.793722.94
CLOSE10.793790.91
NICHOLSON10.793711.17
SALMON10.793734.84
CONNOR10.793726.88
PEACOCK10.793722.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BATTIE5,000.0032.3810
SPEAK2,045.4597.1429
PREST1,025.6443.1746
LEEMING641.0353.9683
METCALFE347.22107.9365
PARKIN294.99107.9365
BUCK185.1953.9683
COATES148.9475.5556
SPENCE143.8864.7619
THWAITES133.3310.7937
BALL96.06107.9365
CLOSE90.9110.7937
GILL89.6986.3492
KNOWLES59.4443.1746
GRAINGER51.5510.7937
HUDSON48.4553.9683
RICHMOND36.2310.7937
SALMON34.8410.7937
HARRISON28.6086.3492
CONNOR26.8810.7937
BARKER24.2643.1746
SHEPPARD22.9410.7937
PEACOCK22.2710.7937
NICHOLSON11.1710.7937
MARSHALL4.7310.7937

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called BATTIE in Aldfield 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 2.3810 in Aldfield means that 2.3810% of the people in Aldfield on census day were called BATTIE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Aldfield in 1881

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

BALL (10)  BARKER (4)  BATTIE (3)  BUCK (5)  CARLING (10)  CLOSE (1)  COATES (7)  CONNOR (1)  DUMVILLE (3)  GILL (8)  GRAINGER (1)  HARRISON (8)  HUDSON (5)  KNOWLES (4)  LEEMING (5)  MARIONE (1)  MARSHALL (1)  METCALFE (10)  MORONSY (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARKIN (10)  PEACOCK (1)  PREST (4)  RICHMOND (1)  SALMON (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SPEAK (9)  SPENCE (6)  THACKWRAY (3)  THWAITES (1)