Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burton Salmon, Yorkshire

Burton Salmon 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
CLAYTON165.8608107.82
DAVIES145.128210.08
SHARP124.395652.75
VAUSE114.02932,619.05
SLEIGHT103.66301,754.39
LAWSON93.296755.94
CHAPMAN93.296723.21
MITCHELL82.930414.45
CHADWICK72.564158.63
JOY72.5641304.35
WILSON72.56415.58
CLARKE62.197810.85
WATSON62.19789.47
YOUNG62.197810.23
RHODES62.197847.32
BROWN62.19783.33
TENNANT51.8315171.82
WOOD51.83155.75
HALLAM51.831598.23
MARTIN51.83157.43
PICKUP51.8315141.64
MIDDLETON51.831534.89
WHITAKER41.465251.88
BARKER41.465211.20
FOWLER41.465225.66
MARSHALL31.09896.55
MORLEY31.098927.50
BRIGGS31.098920.23
LONGBOTTOM31.0989123.46
RANDALL31.098935.09
WEST31.098911.42
HAIGH31.098931.88
HARRISON20.73263.30
GREAVES20.732625.00
PARKER20.73263.85
WESTWOOD20.732643.67
THOMPSON20.73262.45
PRIESTLEY10.366321.65
BENTLEY10.36638.66
CONNELL10.366321.10
PARKINSON10.36637.64
AYRE10.366365.36
WOODALL10.366345.45
MUNDY10.366349.51
SEXTON10.366342.55
REEVES10.36638.94
MAY10.36635.75
TOWNSEND10.36638.62
FAWCETT10.366318.94
PIPER10.366318.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VAUSE2,619.05114.0293
SLEIGHT1,754.39103.6630
JOY304.3572.5641
TENNANT171.8251.8315
PICKUP141.6451.8315
LONGBOTTOM123.4631.0989
CLAYTON107.82165.8608
HALLAM98.2351.8315
AYRE65.3610.3663
MORRISS59.8810.3663
CHADWICK58.6372.5641
LAWSON55.9493.2967
SHARP52.75124.3956
WHITAKER51.8841.4652
MUNDY49.5110.3663
RHODES47.3262.1978
CHEESEMAN46.5110.3663
WOODALL45.4510.3663
WESTWOOD43.6720.7326
SEXTON42.5510.3663
MORRELL38.9110.3663
RANDALL35.0931.0989
MIDDLETON34.8951.8315
HAIGH31.8831.0989
MORLEY27.5031.0989
BUTTERFIELD27.4010.3663
LAYCOCK26.6710.3663
OXLEY26.1810.3663
FOWLER25.6641.4652
GREAVES25.0020.7326
CHAPMAN23.2193.2967
PRIESTLEY21.6510.3663
CONNELL21.1010.3663
BRIGGS20.2331.0989
FAWCETT18.9410.3663
PIPER18.5510.3663
MITCHELL14.4582.9304
BEAUMONT12.3610.3663
WEST11.4231.0989
BARKER11.2041.4652
CLARKE10.8562.1978
YOUNG10.2362.1978
DAVIES10.08145.1282
BLACKBURN9.7210.3663
WATSON9.4762.1978
REEVES8.9410.3663
BENTLEY8.6610.3663
TOWNSEND8.6210.3663
PARKINSON7.6410.3663
MARTIN7.4351.8315

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called VAUSE in Burton Salmon 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 4.0293 in Burton Salmon means that 4.0293% of the people in Burton Salmon on census day were called VAUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VAUSE 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 VAUSE 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 VAUSE 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 VAUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,619.05 in Burton Salmon means that you are 2,619.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VAUSE in Burton Salmon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burton Salmon in 1881

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

ALTASS (2)  BACKHOUSE (6)  BARKER (4)  BEAUMONT (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOGGETT (4)  BRIGGS (3)  BROWN (6)  BUTTERFIELD (1)  CAMPEY (2)  CHADWICK (7)  CHAPMAN (9)  CHEESEMAN (1)  CLARKE (6)  CLAYTON (16)  COLLINS (1)  CONNELL (1)  DAVIES (14)  AYRE (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FOWLER (4)  FRASER (1)  GREAVES (2)  HALLAM (5)  HARRISON (2)  HARSKY (1)  HAIGH (3)  HOBKINSON (2)  JACKSON (1)  JOY (7)  LAWSON (9)  LAYCOCK (1)  LONGBOTTOM (3)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (5)  MAY (1)  MIDDLETON (5)  MITCHELL (8)  MORLEY (3)  MORRELL (1)  MORRISS (1)  MUNDY (1)  OXLEY (1)  PARKER (2)  PARKINSON (1)  PICKUP (5)  PINKUCY (1)  PIPER (1)  PRIESTLEY (1)  RANDALL (3)  REEVES (1)  RHODES (6)  ROBERTS (1)  SEXTON (1)  SHARP (12)  SIMPSON (1)  SLEIGHT (10)  SMITH (1)  STAINBURN (1)  STEELS (4)  STEPHENSON (1)  TENNANT (5)  THOMPSON (2)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (1)  VAUSE (11)  WATSON (6)  WEST (3)  WESTWOOD (2)  WHITAKER (4)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (5)  WOODALL (1)  WORFOLK (8)  YOUNG (6)