Top surnames from the 1881 census in Allerthorpe, Yorkshire

Allerthorpe 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
BELL128.000042.57
HATFIELD106.6667934.58
SMITH85.33333.78
ROBERTS85.333314.18
MASSEY74.6667182.29
COVERDALE64.00001,463.41
WHITAKER53.3333117.92
TURNER42.66679.58
LUND42.6667246.91
SANDERSON42.666764.52
PARKINSON32.000041.67
IRWIN32.0000238.10
HARRISON32.00009.01
WILSON21.33332.90
SMITHSON21.3333138.89
JACKSON21.33334.77
CHAPMAN21.33339.39
WOOD10.66672.09
BIRD10.66678.73
RHODES10.666714.37
HICK10.6667142.86
WILDE10.666745.87
BASSETT10.666742.74
HACKNEY10.6667153.85
IVES10.666756.82
CASS10.666794.34
RYAN10.666721.51
HUNTER10.66676.49
WINTER10.666718.80
BETTS10.666731.15
POTTER10.666710.28
OGRAM10.66671,666.67
GUNN10.666727.25
SUGGITT10.6667833.33
KEY10.666748.31
CONSTABLE10.666760.24
SIMPSON10.66673.81
BOULTON10.666737.04
HOLMES10.66675.47
PENROSE10.6667172.41
WEBB10.66674.92
GREEN10.66672.37
IRELAND10.666728.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OGRAM1,666.6710.6667
COVERDALE1,463.4164.0000
HATFIELD934.58106.6667
SUGGITT833.3310.6667
LUND246.9142.6667
IRWIN238.1032.0000
MASSEY182.2974.6667
PENROSE172.4110.6667
HACKNEY153.8510.6667
HICK142.8610.6667
SMITHSON138.8921.3333
WHITAKER117.9253.3333
CASS94.3410.6667
SANDERSON64.5242.6667
CONSTABLE60.2410.6667
IVES56.8210.6667
KEY48.3110.6667
WILDE45.8710.6667
BASSETT42.7410.6667
BELL42.57128.0000
PARKINSON41.6732.0000
BOULTON37.0410.6667
BETTS31.1510.6667
IRELAND28.7410.6667
GUNN27.2510.6667
RYAN21.5110.6667
WINTER18.8010.6667
RHODES14.3710.6667
ROBERTS14.1885.3333
POTTER10.2810.6667
TURNER9.5842.6667
CHAPMAN9.3921.3333
HARRISON9.0132.0000
BIRD8.7310.6667
HUNTER6.4910.6667
HOLMES5.4710.6667
WEBB4.9210.6667
JACKSON4.7721.3333
SIMPSON3.8110.6667
SMITH3.7885.3333
WILSON2.9021.3333
GREEN2.3710.6667
WOOD2.0910.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called OGRAM in Allerthorpe 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 0.6667 in Allerthorpe means that 0.6667% of the people in Allerthorpe on census day were called OGRAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OGRAM 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 OGRAM 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 OGRAM 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 OGRAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,666.67 in Allerthorpe means that you are 1,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OGRAM in Allerthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Allerthorpe in 1881

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

BASSETT (1)  BELL (12)  BETTS (1)  BURKILL (3)  BIRD (1)  BOULTON (1)  BOTTERILL (1)  BOUNER (1)  CASS (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CONSTABLE (1)  COVERDALE (6)  DEWSBURY (1)  GOSPELL (7)  GREEN (1)  GUNN (1)  HACKNEY (1)  HARRISON (3)  HATFIELD (10)  HICK (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUNTER (1)  IRELAND (1)  IRWIN (3)  IVES (1)  JACKSON (2)  KEY (1)  LAVERACK (6)  LUND (4)  MASSEY (7)  OGRAM (1)  PARKINSON (3)  PENROSE (1)  POTTER (1)  RHODES (1)  ROBERTS (8)  RUDSON (5)  RYAN (1)  SANDERSON (4)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (8)  SMITHSON (2)  SUGGITT (1)  TURNER (4)  TUTCHER (4)  WELSTER (11)  WEBB (1)  WHITAKER (5)  WILDE (1)  WILSON (2)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (1)