Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arthington, Yorkshire

Arthington 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
MYERS255.5679213.49
BEEVERS163.56351,415.93
WADE143.118077.91
CLAPHAM112.4499284.24
LAMB112.449946.43
SANDS102.2272198.81
MAWSON102.2272276.24
BARKER102.227217.02
GILL92.004528.33
HALL92.00456.81
NEWSOME92.0045278.64
TURNER81.78176.40
WOOD81.78175.59
PROCTER71.5590120.07
STUBBS71.559059.02
HUDDLESTON71.5590555.56
CHILD71.559091.74
WATERHOUSE71.5590102.34
JOHNSON71.55904.64
CLAY71.559075.92
GREAVES61.336345.59
FOX61.336314.39
TAYLOR61.33632.09
YEADON61.3363487.80
COATES61.336335.84
CALVERT61.336365.50
DALBY51.1136137.36
BLAKELEY51.1136268.82
DARWIN51.1136581.40
HEMSLEY51.1136222.22
HALEY51.113693.46
NEWBOLD51.1136152.91
BALLANCE51.11361,351.35
SHARPER51.11365,555.56
HARTLEY51.113617.77
DRESSER51.1136909.09
BURNARD40.8909526.32
FAIRBURN40.8909344.83
STURDY40.8909281.69
WATKINSON40.890976.05
GARNETT40.890971.68
ATKINSON40.89099.15
RHODES40.890919.18
ANDERSON40.89094.51
HARRISON30.66823.01
MANBY30.6682612.24
HUDSON30.66828.16
HOBSON30.668225.75
HULBERT30.6682121.95
LUPTON30.668292.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARPER5,555.5651.1136
LENOX2,727.2730.6682
BEEVERS1,415.93163.5635
BALLANCE1,351.3551.1136
HILBERT909.0920.4454
DRESSER909.0951.1136
LONGFIELD697.6730.6682
LONGFELLOW645.1620.4454
MANBY612.2430.6682
DARWIN581.4051.1136
FENNEL571.4320.4454
HUDDLESTON555.5671.5590
BURNARD526.3240.8909
EASTBURN526.3210.2227
DILLINGHAM500.0010.2227
YEADON487.8061.3363
RATHMELL400.0010.2227
HANCE357.1420.4454
FAIRBURN344.8340.8909
BRIDEN294.1210.2227
CLAPHAM284.24112.4499
STURDY281.6940.8909
NEWSOME278.6492.0045
MAWSON276.24102.2272
BLAKELEY268.8251.1136
NEWSOM238.1010.2227
HEMSLEY222.2251.1136
MYERS213.49255.5679
SANDS198.81102.2272
MUCKLE196.0810.2227
NEWBOLD152.9151.1136
DALBY137.3651.1136
HOYLES128.2110.2227
HULBERT121.9530.6682
BODDY120.4830.6682
PROCTER120.0771.5590
RENTON109.0930.6682
WATERHOUSE102.3471.5590
CAWOOD94.3410.2227
HALEY93.4651.1136
LUPTON92.3130.6682
CHILD91.7471.5590
WADE77.91143.1180
WATKINSON76.0540.8909
CLAY75.9271.5590
GARNETT71.6840.8909
DALES71.4310.2227
BOLLAND67.1110.2227
INMAN65.5720.4454
CALVERT65.5061.3363

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called SHARPER in Arthington 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 1.1136 in Arthington means that 1.1136% of the people in Arthington on census day were called SHARPER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHARPER 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 SHARPER 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 SHARPER 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 SHARPER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,555.56 in Arthington means that you are 5,555.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHARPER in Arthington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arthington in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  HAINSWORTH (1)  ANDERSON (4)  ATKINSON (4)  AUSTIN (1)  BALLANCE (5)  BARBER (1)  BARKER (10)  BURNARD (4)  BEEVERS (16)  BELLERBY (1)  BLAKELEY (5)  BODDY (3)  BOLLAND (1)  BRIDEN (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BULMER (2)  CALVERT (6)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CAWOOD (1)  CHILD (7)  CLAPHAM (11)  CLAY (7)  COATES (6)  COCKER (1)  COWAN (1)  CULLEN (1)  DALBY (5)  DALES (1)  DARWIN (5)  DIX (1)  DILLINGHAM (1)  DONALDSON (2)  DRESSER (5)  DUNN (2)  EASTBURN (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ENGLAND (1)  FAIRBURN (4)  FENNEL (2)  FOX (6)  FRANKLAND (1)  FRAZER (1)  GARNETT (4)  GILL (9)  GREAVES (6)  GRAVES (1)  HALL (9)  HANCE (2)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (3)  HARTLEY (5)  HALEY (5)  HEMSLEY (5)  HEYWOOD (1)  HILBERT (2)  HOBSON (3)  HOLDSTOCK (1)  HOYLES (1)  HUDDLESTON (7)  HUDSON (3)  HUGHES (1)  HULBERT (3)  ILLINGWORTH (1)  INGHAM (1)  INMAN (2)  JACKSON (2)  JEWITT (2)  JOBLING (1)  JOHNSON (7)  KNIGHTSON (1)  LAMB (11)  LONGFIELD (3)  LEETALL (4)  LENOX (3)  LENNOX (1)  LINFOOT (1)  LONGFELLOW (2)  LUPTON (3)  MALLORIE (6)  MANBY (3)  MERRITT (1)  MAWSON (10)  MILNES (2)  MOORE (1)  MORLEY (1)  MOUNTAIN (2)  MUCKLE (1)  MUDD (1)  MYERS (25)  NEWBOLD (5)  NEWSOM (1)  NEWSOME (9)  PATTISON (1)  PENNINGTON (2)  PICKARD (1)  PROCTER (7)  RATHMELL (1)  RENTON (3)  RHODES (4)  SANDS (10)  SHANN (4)  SHARPER (5)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SHELTON (1)  SMITH (2)  SPENCER (1)  STUBBS (7)  STURDY (4)  SWANN (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TROWSDALE (1)  TURNER (8)  WADE (14)  WAINES (1)  WALKER (1)  WALTON (1)  WATERHOUSE (7)  WATKINSON (4)  WIGGLESWORTH (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINTERINGHAM (1)  WOFFINDALE (3)  WOOD (8)  WOODHEAD (1)  YEADON (6)  YEOMAN (1)