Top surnames from the 1881 census in Castle Bolton, Yorkshire

Castle Bolton 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
HORN2816.5680729.17
STOREY2313.6095536.13
PEACOCK127.1006199.34
MASON95.325439.61
WALLER84.7337187.79
DINSDALE74.1420804.60
HORNER63.5503186.34
SHIELDS63.5503229.89
RUSSELL63.550329.08
FOWLER52.958651.81
BELL42.366912.59
FAWCETT42.3669122.32
HORSFIELD31.7751265.49
HESLOP31.7751206.90
MOORE31.77518.88
TOMLIN31.7751198.68
PYBUS21.1834400.00
THOMPSON21.18343.95
METCALF10.591729.24
ROBINSON10.59171.86
CHERRY10.591757.80
HARLAND10.591770.92
METCALFE10.591725.91
BLADES10.5917104.17
WILSON10.59171.29
HUTCHINSON10.591710.42
HALL10.59172.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DINSDALE804.6074.1420
HORN729.172816.5680
STOREY536.132313.6095
PYBUS400.0021.1834
HORSFIELD265.4931.7751
SHIELDS229.8963.5503
HESLOP206.9031.7751
PEACOCK199.34127.1006
TOMLIN198.6831.7751
WALLER187.7984.7337
HORNER186.3463.5503
FAWCETT122.3242.3669
BLADES104.1710.5917
HARLAND70.9210.5917
CHERRY57.8010.5917
FOWLER51.8152.9586
MASON39.6195.3254
METCALF29.2410.5917
RUSSELL29.0863.5503
METCALFE25.9110.5917
BELL12.5942.3669
HUTCHINSON10.4210.5917
MOORE8.8831.7751
THOMPSON3.9521.1834
HALL2.0110.5917
ROBINSON1.8610.5917
WILSON1.2910.5917

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called DINSDALE in Castle Bolton 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 4.1420 in Castle Bolton means that 4.1420% of the people in Castle Bolton on census day were called DINSDALE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DINSDALE 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 DINSDALE 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 DINSDALE 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 DINSDALE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 804.60 in Castle Bolton means that you are 804.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DINSDALE in Castle Bolton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Castle Bolton in 1881

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

BELL (4)  BLADES (1)  CHERRY (1)  CRADOCK (4)  DINSDALE (7)  ELGIE (1)  FAWCETT (4)  FOWLER (5)  HALL (1)  HARLAND (1)  HESELTINE (1)  HESLOP (3)  HORN (28)  HORNER (6)  HORSFIELD (3)  HUTCHINSON (1)  KILDING (2)  LIGHTBURN (6)  MASON (9)  MC GREGOR (5)  METCALF (1)  METCALFE (1)  MOORE (3)  PEACOCK (12)  PLEWS (6)  PYBUS (2)  REEAS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RUSSELL (6)  SHIELDS (6)  STOREY (23)  THOMPSON (2)  TOMLIN (3)  WALLER (8)  WILSON (1)