Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alwoodley, Yorkshire

Alwoodley 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
SMITH419.15186.48
JOHNSON214.687513.95
TODD173.794674.56
VERITY163.5714837.70
BROWN122.67864.06
FISHER81.785715.26
MARSH81.785725.03
BRAY71.562546.48
HARGREAVES71.562537.49
NUTT71.5625216.05
MATHERS71.5625262.17
CLEVERLEY71.56251,320.75
WELLS71.562518.78
CLARKE61.33936.61
ELLIS61.33939.22
BROOKS61.339313.70
JONES51.11610.99
DEAN51.116116.08
MERRITT51.1161158.73
RHODES51.116124.04
PRENTICE40.892975.90
MIDGLEY40.892966.67
CLARK40.89292.97
SPENCE40.892926.99
THOMPSON40.89292.98
TURNER40.89293.21
GALE30.669622.35
SPENCER30.66967.34
JACKSON30.66962.40
HUGHES30.66962.39
WILLIAMS30.66960.93
WHITE30.66962.08
RIDER30.669668.81
HAINSWORTH30.6696105.26
WOOD30.66962.10
CORNICK30.6696468.75
JEFFREY20.446424.15
YOUNG20.44642.08
ADAMS20.44643.03
DAVIS20.44642.03
CANNING20.446462.89
ROBERTS20.44641.19
KING20.44642.05
PALMER20.44643.79
SIMPSON20.44642.55
EASTWOOD20.446418.89
NEEDS20.4464303.03
WRIGHT20.44641.39
STEPHENSON20.44647.80
DAVIES20.44640.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELVINGTON10,000.0010.2232
WILKER5,000.0010.2232
LAMBDIN3,333.3310.2232
LEPLEY2,500.0010.2232
CLEVERLEY1,320.7571.5625
TREVES1,000.0010.2232
VERITY837.70163.5714
CORNICK468.7530.6696
BLADE357.1410.2232
NEEDS303.0320.4464
BOOR270.2710.2232
MATHERS262.1771.5625
WINDERS238.1010.2232
NUTT216.0571.5625
KEYWORTH194.1720.4464
DOCKRAY188.6810.2232
MERRITT158.7351.1161
REYNARD133.3310.2232
HAINSWORTH105.2630.6696
KITCHIN104.1710.2232
RAYSON78.1310.2232
HARDISTY77.5210.2232
STOWE76.3410.2232
PRENTICE75.9040.8929
TODD74.56173.7946
RIDER68.8130.6696
MIDGLEY66.6740.8929
BRIDGMAN64.9410.2232
CANNING62.8920.4464
MEAKIN57.3120.4464
BILTON52.6310.2232
BRAY46.4871.5625
SIDEBOTTOM38.9110.2232
HARGREAVES37.4971.5625
HORROCKS36.3620.4464
RAYNOR32.1510.2232
SELF31.4510.2232
NEWBOLD30.5810.2232
MATTHEW29.5910.2232
FRAZER28.8210.2232
BLUNT27.6210.2232
SPENCE26.9940.8929
SEXTON25.9110.2232
LONGBOTTOM25.1310.2232
MARSH25.0381.7857
PITMAN24.4510.2232
JEFFREY24.1520.4464
RHODES24.0451.1161
GALE22.3530.6696
STEAD21.8320.4464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ELVINGTON in Alwoodley 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 0.2232 in Alwoodley means that 0.2232% of the people in Alwoodley on census day were called ELVINGTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Alwoodley in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  HAINSWORTH (3)  ANDREWS (1)  ARKMAN (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BAKER (1)  BALL (2)  BENNETT (1)  BERGOYNE (1)  BECKERTON (1)  BILTON (1)  BURKE (1)  BLADE (1)  BLUNT (1)  BOLTON (1)  BOND (1)  BOOTH (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRAY (7)  BRIDGMAN (1)  BREARE (1)  BRIGHT (1)  BROADBELT (1)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (12)  BOOR (1)  BUTERWICK (1)  BUTTON (1)  CALVERT (1)  CANNING (2)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (6)  CLEVERLEY (7)  COATES (1)  COLES (1)  COOK (2)  COOPER (1)  CORNICK (3)  COX (1)  CURRY (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAVIS (2)  DAVIES (2)  DEAKIN (1)  DEAN (5)  DOCKRAY (1)  DODD (1)  ERNSHAW (1)  EASTWOOD (2)  ECCLES (1)  ELLIS (6)  ELVINGTON (1)  EVANS (1)  FELL (1)  FINCH (1)  FISHER (8)  FLIFT (1)  FRAZER (1)  GALE (3)  GILBERT (2)  GOODWING (2)  GREEN (1)  GREENHALGH (1)  HALL (1)  HARDISTY (1)  HARE (1)  HARGREAVES (7)  HAVENHAND (1)  HAWKSWORTH (1)  HENSON (1)  HEYWOOD (1)  HOBMAN (3)  HOOD (1)  HORROCKS (2)  HOSLAR (1)  HUGHES (3)  HUNT (1)  INGHAM (1)  JACKSON (3)  JACUBS (1)  JEFFREY (2)  JOHNSON (21)  JONES (5)  KENNY (1)  KEYWORTH (2)  KING (2)  KIRK (1)  KITCHIN (1)  KITCHNER (1)  NUTT (7)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMBDIN (1)  LAPPER (1)  LAURENCE (1)  LEPLEY (1)  LONGBOTTOM (1)  LOVELL (1)  MERRITT (5)  MARSH (8)  MATHERS (7)  MATTHEW (1)  MEAKIN (2)  MENDHAM (1)  MEYNELL (1)  MIDGLEY (4)  MILES (1)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (1)  MOSS (2)  NEEDS (2)  NEWBOLD (1)  NUNN (1)  OAKES (1)  OBEE (1)  OSBORN (1)  OVERHALL (1)  PALMER (2)  PARR (1)  PAUL (1)  PELLAN (1)  PERMANAGH (1)  PICKTHALL (1)  PITTFORD (1)  PITMAN (1)  POLLARD (1)  POWELL (1)  PRENTICE (4)  PRESTON (1)  RAGY (1)  REYNARD (1)  RAYNOR (1)  RAYSON (1)  REEVES (1)  RHODES (5)  RIDER (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROUNDELL (2)  SELF (1)  SAYNER (6)  SEXTON (1)  SHAW (1)  SIDEBOTTOM (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SIMMS (1)  SMITH (41)  SPENCE (4)  SPENCER (3)  STANDIGE (1)  STANLEY (2)  STEAD (2)  STEELE (1)  STEMSON (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  STONELY (1)  STOWE (1)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMPORAL (2)  TENDY (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TODD (17)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TREVES (1)  TURNER (4)  VERITY (16)  VICKERS (1)  WALKER (1)  WALTERS (1)  WARD (1)  WARREN (2)  WATKINS (1)  WELLS (7)  WEST (2)  WHARTON (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITE (3)  WILKS (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILKER (1)  WINDERS (1)  WITHBY (1)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (2)