Top surnames from the 1881 census in Carlton In Wharfedale, Yorkshire

Carlton In Wharfedale 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
FLETCHER910.000087.63
NEWBY88.8889888.89
JACKSON77.777827.83
SHEPHERD77.7778106.22
LAVELL66.66676,000.00
BARSTOW55.55563,125.00
LANGLEY55.5556253.81
TAYLOR55.55568.69
JARVIS55.5556123.76
RENTON44.4444727.27
JOHNSON44.444413.23
BROWN33.33335.06
KIRK22.222251.28
WHITAKER11.111139.37
JENNINGS11.111121.93
PICKFORD11.1111136.99
MILLER11.11116.21
WAITE11.111153.48
SPAFFORD11.11112,000.00
RHOADS11.11115,000.00
PHILLIPS11.11116.21
THORNTON11.111122.12
SIMPSON11.11116.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAVELL6,000.0066.6667
RHOADS5,000.0011.1111
BARSTOW3,125.0055.5556
SPAFFORD2,000.0011.1111
NEWBY888.8988.8889
RENTON727.2744.4444
LANGLEY253.8155.5556
PICKFORD136.9911.1111
JARVIS123.7655.5556
SHEPHERD106.2277.7778
FLETCHER87.63910.0000
WAITE53.4811.1111
KIRK51.2822.2222
WHITAKER39.3711.1111
JACKSON27.8377.7778
THORNTON22.1211.1111
JENNINGS21.9311.1111
JOHNSON13.2344.4444
TAYLOR8.6955.5556
SIMPSON6.3511.1111
PHILLIPS6.2111.1111
MILLER6.2111.1111
BROWN5.0633.3333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called LAVELL in Carlton In Wharfedale 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 6.6667 in Carlton In Wharfedale means that 6.6667% of the people in Carlton In Wharfedale on census day were called LAVELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAVELL 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 LAVELL 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 LAVELL 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 LAVELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,000.00 in Carlton In Wharfedale means that you are 6,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAVELL in Carlton In Wharfedale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Carlton In Wharfedale in 1881

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

AKROYD (1)  ALMGILL (4)  BARSTOW (5)  BROWN (3)  DIBB (1)  ENDERSBY (4)  FLETCHER (9)  JACKSON (7)  JARVIS (5)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KIRK (2)  LANGLEY (5)  LAVELL (6)  MILLER (1)  NEWBY (8)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKFORD (1)  RENTON (4)  RHOADS (1)  SHEPHERD (7)  SIMPSON (1)  SPAFFORD (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THORNTON (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WAITE (1)