Top surnames from the 1881 census in Halton Gill, Yorkshire

Halton Gill 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
KNOWLES1213.9535261.44
LISTER78.1395285.71
MITTON55.81402,000.00
ALLEN44.651224.62
TAYLOR44.65127.27
DOLPHIN44.65121,250.00
HAMMOND33.488461.22
COWAN33.4884171.43
COULTHARD33.4884625.00
PROCTER22.3256178.57
TODD22.325645.66
BUSHBY11.1628294.12
TENNANT11.1628108.70
HOLMES11.16289.55
SPENCE11.162835.21
NOWELL11.1628250.00
DEAN11.162816.75
LOFTHOUSE11.1628156.25
CLARKE11.16285.74
WALLER11.162846.08
BRISCOE11.1628181.82
HARTLEY11.162818.55
GILL11.162816.42
LODGE11.162864.10
CHAPMAN11.16288.19
HOLT11.162817.36
BARKER11.16288.89
SUMMERS11.162841.49
HANNAM11.1628384.62
PARKER11.16286.11
METCALFE11.162851.02
WISEMAN11.162884.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MITTON2,000.0055.8140
DOLPHIN1,250.0044.6512
COULTHARD625.0033.4884
HANNAM384.6211.1628
BUSHBY294.1211.1628
LISTER285.7178.1395
KNOWLES261.441213.9535
NOWELL250.0011.1628
BRISCOE181.8211.1628
PROCTER178.5722.3256
COWAN171.4333.4884
LOFTHOUSE156.2511.1628
TENNANT108.7011.1628
WISEMAN84.7511.1628
LODGE64.1011.1628
HAMMOND61.2233.4884
METCALFE51.0211.1628
WALLER46.0811.1628
TODD45.6622.3256
SUMMERS41.4911.1628
SPENCE35.2111.1628
ALLEN24.6244.6512
HARTLEY18.5511.1628
HOLT17.3611.1628
DEAN16.7511.1628
GILL16.4211.1628
HOLMES9.5511.1628
BARKER8.8911.1628
CHAPMAN8.1911.1628
TAYLOR7.2744.6512
PARKER6.1111.1628
CLARKE5.7411.1628

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called MITTON in Halton Gill 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 5.8140 in Halton Gill means that 5.8140% of the people in Halton Gill on census day were called MITTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MITTON 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 MITTON 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 MITTON 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 MITTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Halton Gill means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MITTON in Halton Gill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Halton Gill in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  BARKER (1)  BRISCOE (1)  BUSHBY (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (1)  COULTHARD (3)  COWAN (3)  DEAN (1)  DOLPHIN (4)  EASTERBY (4)  FALSHAW (1)  GILL (1)  HAMMOND (3)  HANNAM (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOLT (1)  INGLEBY (9)  KNOWLES (12)  NOWELL (1)  LISTER (7)  LODGE (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  METCALFE (1)  MITTON (5)  PARKER (1)  PROCTER (2)  REDMAYNE (1)  SPENCE (1)  SUMMERS (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TENNANT (1)  TODD (2)  WALLER (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOODRUP (1)