Top surnames from the 1881 census in Darrington, Yorkshire

Darrington 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
THOMPSON244.554115.20
WALKER183.415610.20
FISHER163.036125.94
DEAN152.846341.01
TAYLOR122.27703.56
SHILLITO122.2770944.88
MANNING122.277071.60
WARD112.08739.55
BROUGHTON112.0873111.90
GEE112.087381.78
SENIOR101.897582.85
SIMPSON91.70789.76
GOUGH91.707858.25
THOMLINSON91.7078937.50
LEE81.51809.29
FROST61.138520.25
SMITH61.13850.81
MORRELL61.1385121.21
FLETCHER61.13859.97
SPINK61.1385141.18
HEPWORTH61.138599.83
MOORHOUSE50.948876.69
SHAW50.94885.17
BARBER50.948815.76
ROBERTS50.94882.52
MILNER50.948841.36
FEATHERSTONE50.9488105.49
POSKITT50.94881,190.48
ENGLAND50.948846.04
BURTON50.948811.14
EXLEY40.7590159.36
LOCKWOOD40.759034.36
LANGFIELD40.7590689.66
FOULDS40.7590112.04
MIDDLETON40.759014.46
PICKUP40.759058.74
DOLBY30.5693153.06
WHITAKER30.569320.15
PETCH30.5693128.21
GLEDHILL30.569338.36
SWALES30.569381.52
WHEELER30.56939.43
HUMPHERY30.5693588.24
DOUGHTY30.569344.78
NORTH30.569317.17
SUTTON30.56938.94
DICKINSON30.569313.33
WEBSTER30.56936.55
WARDELL30.5693143.54
CONEY30.5693200.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOOLEY5,000.0010.1898
POSKITT1,190.4850.9488
SHILLITO944.88122.2770
THOMLINSON937.5091.7078
LANGFIELD689.6640.7590
HUMPHERY588.2430.5693
BALDY588.2410.1898
JEPHSON232.5610.1898
CONEY200.0030.5693
KENDLE181.8210.1898
EXLEY159.3640.7590
DOLBY153.0630.5693
WARDELL143.5430.5693
SPINK141.1861.1385
PETCH128.2130.5693
MORRELL121.2161.1385
FOULDS112.0440.7590
BROUGHTON111.90112.0873
FEATHERSTONE105.4950.9488
CROSLAND104.7120.3795
HEPWORTH99.8361.1385
SENIOR82.85101.8975
GEE81.78112.0873
SWALES81.5230.5693
BOURKE77.5210.1898
MOORHOUSE76.6950.9488
PADDOCK74.0710.1898
MANNING71.60122.2770
BEE67.3420.3795
SALES62.1120.3795
PICKUP58.7440.7590
GOUGH58.2591.7078
CHALK57.4720.3795
TURTON50.6830.5693
ENGLAND46.0450.9488
DOUGHTY44.7830.5693
CROSSLAND43.2020.3795
MILNER41.3650.9488
DEAN41.01152.8463
SMITHSON39.6020.3795
FALLOWS39.5310.1898
GLEDHILL38.3630.5693
EDEN37.3820.3795
KILBURN36.7610.1898
RODWELL35.0910.1898
LOCKWOOD34.3640.7590
COWARD33.1120.3795
YARDLEY29.8510.1898
FISHER25.94163.0361
MCDONALD23.3610.1898

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called GOOLEY in Darrington 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 0.1898 in Darrington means that 0.1898% of the people in Darrington on census day were called GOOLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOOLEY 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 GOOLEY 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 GOOLEY 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 GOOLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Darrington means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOOLEY in Darrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Darrington in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ANDREW (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BALDY (1)  BARBER (5)  BARKER (1)  BAXTER (1)  BEAUMONT (1)  BECKETT (1)  BEDFORD (1)  BEE (2)  BESTFORD (1)  BOURKE (1)  BRABBS (1)  BROUGHTON (11)  BROWN (2)  BREWIS (1)  BURTON (5)  CARR (1)  CHALK (2)  CHARLESWORTH (1)  CLEAVE (1)  COLE (1)  CONEY (3)  COULTARD (1)  COWARD (2)  CROSLAND (2)  CROSSLAND (2)  CROYSLEY (6)  DEAN (15)  DENTON (2)  DIBB (4)  DICKINSON (3)  DOBSON (1)  DOLBY (3)  DOUGHTY (3)  DYSON (1)  EDEN (2)  ENGLAND (5)  EXLEY (4)  FAIRBAINS (2)  FALLOWS (1)  MCFIE (1)  FEATHERSTONE (5)  FIELD (1)  FISHER (16)  FLETCHER (6)  FOSTER (2)  FOULDS (4)  FOWLER (1)  FROST (6)  FURBISHER (2)  GEE (11)  GLEDHILL (3)  GOOLEY (1)  GOUGH (9)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  HALE (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HAIGH (2)  HAYNES (1)  HESELTINE (6)  HEPPLESTON (1)  HEPWORTH (6)  HOBMAN (6)  HOLDER (1)  HOULT (8)  HOLT (2)  HOTTAM (1)  HUBY (10)  HUMPHERY (3)  JEPHSON (1)  JEWITT (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KENDLE (1)  KENNY (1)  KILBURN (1)  LANGFIELD (4)  LAVERACK (6)  LEE (8)  LISTER (1)  LOCKWOOD (4)  LODGE (1)  LOWE (1)  MANN (1)  MANNING (12)  MARSHALL (2)  MCDONALD (1)  MARRELL (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILNER (5)  MOORHOUSE (5)  MORLEY (1)  MORLTON (1)  MORRELL (6)  MAURS (1)  NOBLE (1)  NORTH (3)  PADDOCK (1)  PAPANT (1)  PARISH (1)  PARRY (1)  PETCH (3)  PICKUP (4)  PIMSCELL (1)  POSKITT (5)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  REED (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBSON (1)  RODWELL (1)  SALES (2)  SANDERSON (2)  SCHOLEY (5)  SENIOR (10)  SHAW (5)  SHILLITO (12)  SIMPSON (9)  SMITH (6)  SMITHSON (2)  SPINK (6)  STUBBS (1)  SUTTON (3)  SWALES (3)  TAYLOR (12)  THACKRAY (2)  THOMPSON (24)  TOMLINSON (THOMLINSON) (8)  THOMLINSON (9)  TURTON (3)  TURVER (11)  WALKER (18)  WARD (11)  WARDELL (3)  WARNER (1)  WATSON (2)  WEBSTER (3)  WHEELER (3)  WHITAKER (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WOBEY (5)  WOOBY (1)  WOOD (1)  WRANGHAM (5)  WRIGHT (1)  YARDLEY (1)