Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arkendale, Yorkshire

Arkendale 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
WISE189.3750450.00
THOMPSON136.770822.60
PEACOCK94.6875131.58
STEELE94.6875175.10
SIMPSON94.687526.80
RICHARDSON84.166724.48
HAW84.16671,250.00
BRUCE73.645877.86
FALL73.64581,707.32
NICHOLSON52.604236.66
HILL42.08338.18
POTTER42.083332.13
DERBYSHIRE42.0833200.00
GILL42.083329.43
ELLIOTT31.562518.42
JOHNSON31.56254.65
UPTON31.562581.97
DARBYSHIRE31.5625294.12
KETTLEWELL31.5625508.47
HOWARD31.562515.92
GREENWOOD21.041713.41
WRIGHT21.04173.25
ABBOTT10.520811.81
FLOWER10.520853.19
VESTER10.52083,333.33
MILLER10.52082.91
DAWSON10.52084.73
SHARPER10.52082,500.00
BROADBENT10.520824.27
GOODALL10.520824.33
WINN10.520853.48
MEDOWS10.52082,500.00
SPENCE10.520815.75
INGHAM10.520820.92
SADLER10.520822.08
ADAMSON10.520819.69
PEARSON10.52084.48
WEATHERALL10.5208270.27
MORELAND10.5208238.10
EWBANK10.5208416.67
DEAN10.52087.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VESTER3,333.3310.5208
MEDOWS2,500.0010.5208
SHARPER2,500.0010.5208
FALL1,707.3273.6458
HAW1,250.0084.1667
KETTLEWELL508.4731.5625
WISE450.00189.3750
EWBANK416.6710.5208
DARBYSHIRE294.1231.5625
WEATHERALL270.2710.5208
MORELAND238.1010.5208
DERBYSHIRE200.0042.0833
STEELE175.1094.6875
PEACOCK131.5894.6875
UPTON81.9731.5625
BRUCE77.8673.6458
WINN53.4810.5208
FLOWER53.1910.5208
NICHOLSON36.6652.6042
POTTER32.1342.0833
GILL29.4342.0833
SIMPSON26.8094.6875
RICHARDSON24.4884.1667
GOODALL24.3310.5208
BROADBENT24.2710.5208
THOMPSON22.60136.7708
SADLER22.0810.5208
INGHAM20.9210.5208
ADAMSON19.6910.5208
ELLIOTT18.4231.5625
HOWARD15.9231.5625
SPENCE15.7510.5208
GREENWOOD13.4121.0417
ABBOTT11.8110.5208
HILL8.1842.0833
DEAN7.5010.5208
DAWSON4.7310.5208
JOHNSON4.6531.5625
PEARSON4.4810.5208
WRIGHT3.2521.0417
MILLER2.9110.5208

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called VESTER in Arkendale 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 0.5208 in Arkendale means that 0.5208% of the people in Arkendale on census day were called VESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VESTER 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 VESTER 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 VESTER 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 VESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Arkendale means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VESTER in Arkendale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arkendale in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ADAMSON (1)  BIRKHILL (3)  BROADBENT (1)  BRUCE (7)  DAWSON (1)  DEAN (1)  DARBYSHIRE (3)  DERBYSHIRE (4)  ELLIOTT (3)  EWBANK (1)  FALKINGHAM (1)  FLOWER (1)  GILL (4)  GOODALL (1)  GREENWOOD (2)  HAW (8)  HILL (4)  HOWARD (3)  INGHAM (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KENDALE (4)  KETTLEWELL (3)  LORRIMER (7)  FALL (7)  MEDOWS (1)  MERRINGTON (2)  MILLER (1)  MILNTHORPE (4)  MOISLEY (8)  MORELAND (1)  NICHOLSON (5)  PEACOCK (9)  PEARSON (1)  POTTER (4)  RICHARDSON (8)  SADLER (1)  SKAIFE (1)  SHARPER (1)  SIMPSON (9)  SPENCE (1)  STEELE (9)  SWALE (2)  THOMPSON (13)  UMPLEBY (3)  UPTON (3)  VESTER (1)  WEATHERALL (1)  WHINCUP (7)  WINN (1)  WISE (18)  WRIGHT (2)