Top surnames from the 1881 census in Appletreewick, Yorkshire

Appletreewick 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
NEWBOLD177.0833971.43
REYNARD114.58332,750.00
STOREY104.1667163.93
BIRCH104.1667101.73
WHITELEY83.3333185.61
GILL83.333347.11
WHITAKER83.3333117.99
POUNDER83.33331,025.64
LUMB83.3333352.42
HARGREAVES72.916770.00
DUNKIN72.91673,043.48
TEAL62.5000652.17
HIRST62.500076.63
BLAND62.5000120.48
HARRISON62.500011.26
CHAPMAN62.500017.60
SEDGWICK52.0833287.36
WALL52.083359.59
HODGSON52.083330.07
BOWER41.666790.91
WISEMAN41.6667121.21
SMITHSON41.6667173.91
LAYCOCK41.6667121.21
PRESS41.6667579.71
HUDSON31.250015.27
LEECH31.250076.73
EIDSON31.250015,000.00
SWAILES20.8333740.74
ASHTON20.833317.01
LIGHT20.833390.50
WALTON20.833311.84
CONSTANTINE20.8333285.71
PRATT20.833314.50
WILLIAMSON20.83339.29
KING20.83333.82
PREST20.8333270.27
HOLMES20.83336.84
LEE20.83335.10
WATSON20.83333.59
BROWN10.41670.63
METCALFE10.416718.25
HANSON10.416712.90
SMITH10.41670.30
ROBINSON10.41671.31
CLARK10.41671.39
SYKES10.41678.68
BOYS10.4167106.38
STANTON10.416720.88
WHITLEY10.416750.76
HALL10.41671.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EIDSON15,000.0031.2500
DUNKIN3,043.4872.9167
REYNARD2,750.00114.5833
POUNDER1,025.6483.3333
NEWBOLD971.43177.0833
SWAILES740.7420.8333
TEAL652.1762.5000
PRESS579.7141.6667
LUMB352.4283.3333
SEDGWICK287.3652.0833
CONSTANTINE285.7120.8333
PREST270.2720.8333
WHITELEY185.6183.3333
SMITHSON173.9141.6667
STOREY163.93104.1667
WISEMAN121.2141.6667
LAYCOCK121.2141.6667
BLAND120.4862.5000
WHITAKER117.9983.3333
BOYS106.3810.4167
BIRCH101.73104.1667
BOWER90.9141.6667
LIGHT90.5020.8333
TEMPEST89.2910.4167
LEECH76.7331.2500
HIRST76.6362.5000
HARGREAVES70.0072.9167
RIPLEY62.8910.4167
WALL59.5952.0833
WHITLEY50.7610.4167
GILL47.1183.3333
HODGSON30.0752.0833
STANTON20.8810.4167
METCALFE18.2510.4167
CHAPMAN17.6062.5000
ASHTON17.0120.8333
HUDSON15.2731.2500
PRATT14.5020.8333
HANSON12.9010.4167
WALTON11.8420.8333
HARRISON11.2662.5000
WILLIAMSON9.2920.8333
SYKES8.6810.4167
HOLMES6.8420.8333
LEE5.1020.8333
KING3.8220.8333
WATSON3.5920.8333
SIMPSON2.3810.4167
HALL1.4210.4167
CLARK1.3910.4167

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called EIDSON in Appletreewick 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 1.2500 in Appletreewick means that 1.2500% of the people in Appletreewick on census day were called EIDSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EIDSON 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 EIDSON 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 EIDSON 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 EIDSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in Appletreewick means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EIDSON in Appletreewick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Appletreewick in 1881

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

ASHTON (2)  BECKENSHA (1)  BIRCH (10)  BLAND (6)  BOWER (4)  BOYS (1)  BROWN (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLARK (1)  CONSTANTINE (2)  DARNBROUGH (10)  DUNKIN (7)  IDESON (1)  EIDSON (3)  EMSLEY (6)  GILL (8)  HALL (1)  HANSON (1)  HARGREAVES (7)  HARRISON (6)  HODGSON (5)  HOLMES (2)  HUDSON (3)  HIRST (6)  JONES (1)  KING (2)  LAYCOCK (4)  LEECH (3)  LEE (2)  LIGHT (2)  LUMB (8)  MACKWELL (1)  METCALFE (1)  NEWBOLD (17)  POUNDER (8)  PRATT (2)  PRESS (4)  PREST (2)  REYNARD (11)  RIPLEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SEDGWICK (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (1)  SMITHSON (4)  STANTON (1)  STAUDREN (1)  STOREY (10)  SWAILES (2)  SYKES (1)  TEAL (6)  TEMPEST (1)  WALL (5)  WALTON (2)  WATSON (2)  WHITAKER (8)  WHITELEY (8)  WHITLEY (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WISEMAN (4)  WRATHALL (5)