Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hensall, Yorkshire

Hensall 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
ROBINSON133.631311.39
MASON102.793320.77
LAWSON102.793347.37
BEAN102.7933215.98
STEPHENSON92.514043.95
BULLOCK92.514077.25
HEAP82.2346131.80
WALKER82.23466.68
BEAUMONT82.234675.40
CHALLENGER82.23461,126.76
FOSTER82.234616.71
HIRST82.234668.49
BARTLETT71.955344.64
BARKER71.955314.94
KNOWLES71.955336.61
BELL71.955310.41
JUBB61.6760335.20
HEMMINGWAY61.67601,111.11
POCKLINGTON61.67601,176.47
KILLINGBECK61.67602,307.69
FAIRBAIRN61.6760227.27
OXLEY61.6760119.76
PRIESTLEY51.396682.51
COTTON51.396658.48
GARLICK51.3966158.73
JOHNSON51.39664.16
FARRAR51.3966104.82
ELLIS51.39669.62
WALTON51.396619.84
TURNER41.11734.01
HAWKINS41.117315.43
COOPER41.11734.59
BAINBRIDGE41.117379.52
PYBUS41.1173377.36
BOULTON41.117362.02
THOMPSON41.11733.73
CLARK30.83802.79
SYKES30.838017.46
WOOD30.83802.63
ANSON20.5587150.38
SCHOFIELD20.558710.30
FIRTH20.558716.82
BOOTHROYD20.5587108.11
JACKSON20.55872.00
WATSON20.55872.41
BROOK20.558714.49
WAINWRIGHT20.558726.42
HUTCHINSON20.55879.83
LEE20.55873.42
SMITH20.55870.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KILLINGBECK2,307.6961.6760
ENDERS2,000.0010.2793
POCKLINGTON1,176.4761.6760
CHALLENGER1,126.7682.2346
HEMMINGWAY1,111.1161.6760
PYBUS377.3641.1173
JUBB335.2061.6760
FAIRBAIRN227.2761.6760
BEAN215.98102.7933
GARLICK158.7351.3966
GOODWILL158.7310.2793
ANSON150.3820.5587
HEAP131.8082.2346
OXLEY119.7661.6760
BOOTHROYD108.1120.5587
FARRAR104.8251.3966
LEVITT83.3310.2793
PRIESTLEY82.5151.3966
BAINBRIDGE79.5241.1173
BULLOCK77.2592.5140
BEAUMONT75.4082.2346
HIRST68.4982.2346
SPURR66.6710.2793
BOULTON62.0241.1173
COTTON58.4851.3966
LAWSON47.37102.7933
BARTLETT44.6471.9553
STEPHENSON43.9592.5140
HEMINGWAY41.6710.2793
KNOWLES36.6171.9553
JENKINSON31.9020.5587
WAINWRIGHT26.4220.5587
MASON20.77102.7933
VARLEY20.3310.2793
WALTON19.8451.3966
SYKES17.4630.8380
FIRTH16.8220.5587
FOSTER16.7182.2346
HAWKINS15.4341.1173
BARKER14.9471.9553
BROOK14.4920.5587
ROBINSON11.39133.6313
TERRY10.9310.2793
BELL10.4171.9553
SCHOFIELD10.3020.5587
HUTCHINSON9.8320.5587
ELLIS9.6251.3966
NORTON8.4010.2793
HAIGH8.1010.2793
NAYLOR7.4110.2793

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called KILLINGBECK in Hensall 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 1.6760 in Hensall means that 1.6760% of the people in Hensall on census day were called KILLINGBECK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KILLINGBECK 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 KILLINGBECK 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 KILLINGBECK 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 KILLINGBECK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,307.69 in Hensall means that you are 2,307.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KILLINGBECK in Hensall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hensall in 1881

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

ANSON (2)  ARMYTAGE (9)  AUSTWICK (8)  AUCOCK (5)  BACKHOUSE (7)  BAINBRIDGE (4)  BARKER (7)  BARTLETT (7)  BEAN (10)  BEAUMONT (8)  BELL (7)  BELLWOOD (2)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOULTON (4)  BOOTHROYD (2)  BROOK (2)  BULLOCK (9)  CAMPSTILL (3)  CHALLENGER (8)  CLARK (3)  COLLINS (1)  COOPER (4)  COTTON (5)  DOBSON (1)  EASENBY (4)  ELLIS (5)  ENDERS (1)  FAIRBAIRN (6)  FAIRBAIRNS (17)  FARRAR (5)  FIRTH (2)  FOSTER (8)  GARLICK (5)  GOODWILL (1)  HAWKINS (4)  HAIGH (1)  HEAP (8)  HEMMINGWAY (6)  HEMINGWAY (1)  HOOLE (2)  HIRST (8)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JACKSON (2)  JENKINSON (2)  JOHNSON (5)  JUBB (6)  KETTON (1)  KILLINGBECK (6)  KNOWLES (7)  LAWSON (10)  LEE (2)  LEVITT (1)  LINSDELL (8)  LINSDELLL (1)  MASON (10)  MORRITT (1)  MOTHERBY (3)  NAYLOR (1)  NORTON (1)  OXLEY (6)  POCKLINGTON (6)  PRIESTLEY (5)  PYBUS (4)  ROBINSON (13)  SCHOFIELD (2)  SMITH (2)  SPURR (1)  STEELS (1)  STEPHENSON (9)  SYKES (3)  TERRY (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNTON (1)  TURNER (4)  VARLEY (1)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WALKER (8)  WALTON (5)  WATSON (2)  WHITE (1)  WILLOWS (1)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (1)