Top surnames from the 1881 census in Copt Hewick, Yorkshire

Copt Hewick 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
ADAMSON114.6025174.05
WILSON114.602510.02
BOWMAN104.1841160.26
METCALFE104.1841183.15
HORNER93.7657197.80
SMITH83.34732.37
BLAKEBOROUGH83.34734,210.53
MASON72.928921.78
WILKS72.9289186.17
HOSLEY72.928917,500.00
TAYLOR62.51053.93
LEE62.510515.36
RICHARDSON52.092112.29
HURST52.092158.62
WARD52.09219.58
HOLDSWORTH41.673699.26
MATSON41.6736689.66
WAITE31.255260.48
BARRON31.255281.08
CLARKE31.25526.19
HANDLEY31.255274.44
RUSSELL20.83686.85
LAWSON20.836814.19
PICKERSGILL20.8368158.73
ASHE20.8368869.57
IBBOTSON20.8368121.95
BLACKBURN10.418411.10
LOFTHOUSE10.418456.18
LEADLEY10.4184312.50
GALE10.418413.97
KING10.41841.92
WHITTON10.418468.03
DAWES10.418430.77
PARKER10.41842.20
BOND10.41847.91
SCOTT10.41841.65
LIDSTER10.4184384.62
HOARE10.418421.46
ROWELL10.418447.85
FLETCHER10.41843.67
JACKSON10.41841.50
WATSON10.41841.80
NASH10.41849.07
HUNT10.41843.15
HOLMES10.41843.44
SAWYER10.418422.68
ROBSON10.41846.36
LAMBERT10.41847.67
EASTWOOD10.418417.70
PEARSON10.41843.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOSLEY17,500.0072.9289
BLAKEBOROUGH4,210.5383.3473
ASHE869.5720.8368
MATSON689.6641.6736
LIDSTER384.6210.4184
LEADLEY312.5010.4184
HORNER197.8093.7657
WILKS186.1772.9289
METCALFE183.15104.1841
ADAMSON174.05114.6025
BOWMAN160.26104.1841
PICKERSGILL158.7320.8368
IBBOTSON121.9520.8368
HOLDSWORTH99.2641.6736
BARRON81.0831.2552
HANDLEY74.4431.2552
WHITTON68.0310.4184
WAITE60.4831.2552
HURST58.6252.0921
LOFTHOUSE56.1810.4184
ROWELL47.8510.4184
DAWES30.7710.4184
SAWYER22.6810.4184
MASON21.7872.9289
HOARE21.4610.4184
EASTWOOD17.7010.4184
LEE15.3662.5105
LAWSON14.1920.8368
GALE13.9710.4184
RICHARDSON12.2952.0921
BLACKBURN11.1010.4184
WILSON10.02114.6025
WARD9.5852.0921
NASH9.0710.4184
BOND7.9110.4184
LAMBERT7.6710.4184
RUSSELL6.8520.8368
ROBSON6.3610.4184
CLARKE6.1931.2552
TAYLOR3.9362.5105
FLETCHER3.6710.4184
PEARSON3.6010.4184
HOLMES3.4410.4184
HUNT3.1510.4184
SMITH2.3783.3473
PARKER2.2010.4184
KING1.9210.4184
WATSON1.8010.4184
SCOTT1.6510.4184
JACKSON1.5010.4184

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called HOSLEY in Copt Hewick 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 2.9289 in Copt Hewick means that 2.9289% of the people in Copt Hewick on census day were called HOSLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOSLEY 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 HOSLEY 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 HOSLEY 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 HOSLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 17,500.00 in Copt Hewick means that you are 17,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOSLEY in Copt Hewick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Copt Hewick in 1881

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

ADAMSON (11)  ASHE (2)  BARRON (3)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLAKEBOROUGH (8)  BLENCO (5)  BOND (1)  BOWMAN (10)  CARLEART (1)  CLARKE (3)  DAWES (1)  EASTWOOD (1)  FLETCHER (1)  GALE (1)  HANDLEY (3)  HARKHOUSE (2)  HAWKSWELL (3)  HAWKSWORTH (1)  HOARE (1)  HOLDSWORTH (4)  HOLMES (1)  HORNER (9)  HOSLEY (7)  HUNT (1)  HURST (5)  IBBOTSON (2)  INGLEBY (21)  JACKSON (1)  JAYCOCK (1)  KILVINGTON (5)  KING (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LAWSON (2)  LEE (6)  LEADLEY (1)  LIDSTER (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  MASON (7)  MATSON (4)  METCALFE (10)  NASH (1)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (1)  PICKERSGILL (2)  REIDS (7)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBSON (1)  ROWELL (1)  RUSSELL (2)  SAWYER (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHIRKELL (7)  SMITH (8)  TAYLOR (6)  THIRKELL (4)  THISTLETHWAITE (1)  WARD (5)  WATSON (1)  WHITTON (1)  WILKS (7)  WILSON (11)  WAITE (3)  WAIT (WAITE) (12)