Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beswick, Yorkshire

Beswick 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
WARD145.668025.95
HUNT93.643727.43
BROOKS83.238933.13
RAWLING83.2389888.89
RANSOM72.8340522.39
PETCH72.8340642.20
DAWSON72.834025.71
GRAY72.834019.85
TOMLINSON72.834061.46
BAILEY72.834018.82
BOWMAN62.429193.02
BAYLEY62.4291150.75
RAMSDEN62.4291133.33
SUGGITT62.42913,000.00
NORRIS52.024347.13
JENKINSON52.0243115.47
DONKIN52.0243543.48
BEACHELL41.619420,000.00
HAYTON41.6194330.58
MAW41.6194444.44
HARRISON41.61947.30
CAWTHORNE41.6194588.24
THOMPSON31.21464.05
WILSON31.21462.64
ADCOCK20.809781.97
DALES20.8097259.74
WILKINSON20.80975.31
FISHER20.80976.92
NICHOL20.809775.19
HOBSON10.404915.60
SPINK10.404950.25
DIXON10.40493.70
MORRIS10.40491.82
ROEBUCK10.404959.88
MARSHALL10.40492.41
GRICE10.404939.22
KENNISON10.40492,000.00
WAILES10.4049416.67
DREW10.404915.34
NICHOLSON10.40495.70
HILL10.40491.59
SMITHSON10.404942.19
REED10.40495.55
KNOWLES10.40497.58
BRADLEY10.40495.04
FENTON10.404920.28
OGRAM10.40491,000.00
BENTLEY10.40499.57
HOLLIDAY10.404930.86
HEWARD10.4049212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEACHELL20,000.0041.6194
SUGGITT3,000.0062.4291
KENNISON2,000.0010.4049
OGRAM1,000.0010.4049
RAWLING888.8983.2389
PETCH642.2072.8340
CAWTHORNE588.2441.6194
DONKIN543.4852.0243
RANSOM522.3972.8340
MAW444.4441.6194
WAILES416.6710.4049
HAYTON330.5841.6194
DALES259.7420.8097
MARTON222.2210.4049
HEWARD212.7710.4049
BAYLEY150.7562.4291
RAMSDEN133.3362.4291
JENKINSON115.4752.0243
BOWMAN93.0262.4291
THURLOW84.0310.4049
ADCOCK81.9720.8097
NICHOL75.1920.8097
TOMLINSON61.4672.8340
ROEBUCK59.8810.4049
BULMER51.2810.4049
SPINK50.2510.4049
NORRIS47.1352.0243
SMITHSON42.1910.4049
GRICE39.2210.4049
BOYES38.7610.4049
PINDER33.5610.4049
BROOKS33.1383.2389
DAVY32.7910.4049
HOLLIDAY30.8610.4049
HUNT27.4393.6437
WARD25.95145.6680
DAWSON25.7172.8340
FENTON20.2810.4049
GRAY19.8572.8340
BAILEY18.8272.8340
GEE15.8710.4049
HOBSON15.6010.4049
DREW15.3410.4049
KIRBY10.6710.4049
BENTLEY9.5710.4049
KNOWLES7.5810.4049
HARRISON7.3041.6194
FISHER6.9220.8097
HARPER6.3310.4049
WALLACE5.9110.4049

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BEACHELL in Beswick 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 1.6194 in Beswick means that 1.6194% of the people in Beswick on census day were called BEACHELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEACHELL 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 BEACHELL 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 BEACHELL 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 BEACHELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Beswick means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEACHELL in Beswick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beswick in 1881

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

ADCOCK (2)  BAYLEY (6)  BAILEY (7)  BARMBY (10)  BEACHELL (4)  BECKITT (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BINNINGTON (1)  BOWMAN (6)  BOYES (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BROOKS (8)  BULMER (1)  CAWTHORNE (4)  DALES (2)  DAVY (1)  DAWSON (7)  DIXON (1)  DOSSER (1)  DREW (1)  DUGGLEBY (7)  DONKIN (5)  DUNN (1)  ELLERKER (7)  ELVITT (5)  ESCRITT (3)  FENTON (1)  FISHER (2)  GEE (1)  GODSEN (1)  GRAY (7)  GRICE (1)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (4)  HAYTON (4)  HEWARD (1)  HILL (1)  HOBSON (1)  HUNT (9)  JACKSON (1)  JENKINSON (5)  KENNISON (1)  KIRBY (1)  KNOWLES (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTON (1)  MAW (4)  MORRIS (1)  NICHOL (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORRIS (5)  OGRAM (1)  PETCH (7)  PINDER (1)  RAILTON (2)  RAMSDEN (6)  RANSOM (7)  REED (1)  ROEBUCK (1)  RAWLING (8)  SHEALES (1)  SISSONS (8)  SMITH (1)  SMITHSON (1)  SMITTESCAR (1)  SPINK (1)  SUGGITT (6)  THOMPSON (3)  THURLOW (1)  TOMLINSON (7)  WAILES (1)  WOLLAS (8)  WALLACE (1)  WARD (14)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (3)  WOODMANSEY (1)