Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bardsey Cum Rigton, Yorkshire

Bardsey Cum Rigton 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
SPENCER195.937565.05
MAWSON134.0625503.88
BROGDEN113.43751,037.74
DANIEL103.1250141.44
SIMPSON92.812516.08
SHEPPARD92.812581.23
WEBSTER82.500028.75
WALKER82.50007.47
THOMPSON82.50008.35
WATSON82.500010.78
SCOTT82.50009.88
MYERS61.875071.86
JOHNSON61.87505.58
GRAINGER61.8750121.95
THORNTON61.875037.29
WILSON51.56253.40
STEEL51.562538.34
BRAITHWAITE51.5625134.77
HARGREAVES51.562537.48
BULLOCK51.562548.03
WHARTON51.5625111.61
BRADLEY51.562519.46
HOLGATE51.5625188.68
HARTLEY41.250019.94
VANT41.25001,904.76
FOWLER30.937516.42
GREAVES30.937531.98
CARR30.937512.99
HOLMES30.93757.70
DENT30.937549.18
RAPER30.9375223.88
WALTON30.937513.32
HARROP30.937582.42
MANNERS30.9375189.87
CARTER30.93755.58
WILKINSON30.93756.14
NEWSOME20.625086.96
BLAKEBOROUGH20.6250769.23
RILEY20.62507.90
MIDGLEY20.625046.62
KIRK20.625014.44
PALEY20.6250263.16
CHESTER20.625051.02
KETTLEWELL20.6250204.08
MAHON20.6250140.85
RIDER20.625064.10
LUPTON10.312543.29
HORNER10.312516.42
LITTLE10.31256.61
HEAPS10.312571.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VANT1,904.7641.2500
BROGDEN1,037.74113.4375
PULLON909.0910.3125
BLAKEBOROUGH769.2320.6250
LEDDY714.2910.3125
MAWSON503.88134.0625
LOE434.7810.3125
NEWCOME400.0010.3125
PALEY263.1620.6250
RAPER223.8830.9375
KETTLEWELL204.0820.6250
MANNERS189.8730.9375
HOLGATE188.6851.5625
DANIEL141.44103.1250
MAHON140.8520.6250
BRAITHWAITE134.7751.5625
GRAINGER121.9561.8750
WHARTON111.6151.5625
POUNDER96.1510.3125
NEWSOME86.9620.6250
HARROP82.4230.9375
SHEPPARD81.2392.8125
FREESTONE72.4610.3125
HEAPS71.9410.3125
MYERS71.8661.8750
SPENCER65.05195.9375
RIDER64.1020.6250
CREED56.1810.3125
CHESTER51.0220.6250
DENT49.1830.9375
BULLOCK48.0351.5625
MIDGLEY46.6220.6250
LUPTON43.2910.3125
STEEL38.3451.5625
HARGREAVES37.4851.5625
THORNTON37.2961.8750
MORRELL33.2210.3125
GREAVES31.9830.9375
WEBSTER28.7582.5000
MANLEY27.9310.3125
NOLAN22.9410.3125
HARTLEY19.9441.2500
HAGUE19.8810.3125
BRADLEY19.4651.5625
KITCHEN18.3510.3125
LACEY16.9510.3125
FRYER16.8410.3125
FOWLER16.4230.9375
HORNER16.4210.3125
FLYNN16.3410.3125

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called VANT in Bardsey Cum Rigton 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 Bardsey Cum Rigton means that 1.2500% of the people in Bardsey Cum Rigton on census day were called VANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VANT 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 VANT 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 VANT 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 VANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,904.76 in Bardsey Cum Rigton means that you are 1,904.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VANT in Bardsey Cum Rigton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bardsey Cum Rigton in 1881

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

BIRKENSHAW (1)  BLAKEBOROUGH (2)  BRADLEY (5)  BRAITHWAITE (5)  BROGDEN (11)  BULLOCK (5)  CARR (3)  CARTER (3)  CHESTER (2)  CREED (1)  DANIEL (10)  DENT (3)  DIXON (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FLYNN (1)  FOWLER (3)  FREESTONE (1)  FRYER (1)  GILL (1)  GOODBURN (5)  JORDAN (1)  GRAINGER (6)  GREAVES (3)  GREENALL (1)  HAGUE (1)  HANAM (1)  HARGREAVES (5)  HARRISON (1)  HARROP (3)  HARTLEY (4)  HEAPS (1)  HOLGATE (5)  HOLMES (3)  HORNER (1)  HOWCROFT (2)  HULL (1)  ISSOTT (3)  JOHNSON (6)  KETTLEWELL (2)  KIRK (2)  KITCHEN (1)  LASSEY (3)  LACEY (1)  LEDDY (1)  LEE (1)  LISTER (1)  LITTLE (1)  LOE (1)  LOWE (1)  LUPTON (1)  MAHON (2)  MANLEY (1)  MAWSON (13)  MANNERS (3)  MIDGLEY (2)  MILNER (1)  MORRELL (1)  MUSCROFT (1)  MYERS (6)  NAYLOR (1)  NEWCOME (1)  NEWSOME (2)  NOLAN (1)  OUTHWAITE (8)  PALEY (2)  PALISTER (1)  PICKERING (1)  POUNDER (1)  PULLON (1)  RANDALL (1)  RAPER (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIDER (2)  RIDLEY (1)  RILEY (2)  RINDER (1)  RUNNEY (1)  SCOTT (8)  SHEPPARD (9)  SIMPSON (9)  SPAVIN (4)  SPENCER (19)  STEEL (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TERRY (1)  THURLWELL (1)  THOMPSON (8)  THORNTON (6)  TYZACK (4)  TROWSDALE (1)  TUNNY (6)  VANT (4)  WALKER (8)  WALTON (3)  WATSON (8)  WEBSTER (8)  WHARTON (5)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHTSON (1)