Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hudswell, Yorkshire

Hudswell 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
PEARSON168.791275.69
PICKERSGILL147.69231,458.33
JEFFERSON126.5934606.06
DAVISON116.0440168.97
WILSON116.044013.16
HARRISON105.494524.75
PEACOCK105.4945154.08
CARTER105.494532.73
CHANDLER73.8462119.66
HUTCHINSON73.846267.70
WHITTY73.84622,800.00
EDDY63.2967550.46
WHITTLEY63.296715,000.00
TORBETT42.197820,000.00
CLOSE42.1978251.57
WADDINGTON42.1978135.14
LAWSON31.648427.96
LANGSTAFF31.64841,304.35
USHER21.098999.50
DINSDALE21.0989212.77
WHITBY21.0989180.18
HOGG21.098930.44
ALDERSON10.549539.53
ROBINSON10.54951.72
WILBURN10.5495769.23
METCALFE10.549524.04
CROSBY10.549546.51
KING10.54952.52
HORSEMAN10.5495312.50
FRANKLAND10.549574.07
WRIGHT10.54951.71
PARKIN10.549520.45
BURNETT10.549519.84
SIMPSON10.54953.14
NELSON10.549511.34
DARWIN10.5495285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TORBETT20,000.0042.1978
WHITTLEY15,000.0063.2967
WHITTY2,800.0073.8462
PICKERSGILL1,458.33147.6923
LANGSTAFF1,304.3531.6484
WILBURN769.2310.5495
JEFFERSON606.06126.5934
EDDY550.4663.2967
HORSEMAN312.5010.5495
DARWIN285.7110.5495
CLOSE251.5742.1978
DINSDALE212.7721.0989
WHITBY180.1821.0989
DAVISON168.97116.0440
PEACOCK154.08105.4945
WADDINGTON135.1442.1978
CHANDLER119.6673.8462
USHER99.5021.0989
PEARSON75.69168.7912
FRANKLAND74.0710.5495
HUTCHINSON67.7073.8462
CROSBY46.5110.5495
ALDERSON39.5310.5495
CARTER32.73105.4945
HOGG30.4421.0989
LAWSON27.9631.6484
HARRISON24.75105.4945
METCALFE24.0410.5495
PARKIN20.4510.5495
BURNETT19.8410.5495
WILSON13.16116.0440
NELSON11.3410.5495
SIMPSON3.1410.5495
KING2.5210.5495
ROBINSON1.7210.5495
WRIGHT1.7110.5495

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called TORBETT in Hudswell 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 2.1978 in Hudswell means that 2.1978% of the people in Hudswell on census day were called TORBETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TORBETT 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 TORBETT 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 TORBETT 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 TORBETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Hudswell means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TORBETT in Hudswell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hudswell in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  BURNETT (1)  CARTER (10)  CHANDLER (7)  CLOSE (4)  CRADOCK (1)  CROSBY (1)  DARWIN (1)  DAVISON (11)  DINSDALE (2)  DUTCHBURN (1)  EDDY (6)  FRANKLAND (1)  GLENTON (2)  HARRISON (10)  HEUGHGILL (1)  HOGG (2)  HORSEMAN (1)  HUTCHINSON (7)  JEFFERSON (12)  KING (1)  LANGSTAFF (3)  LAWSON (3)  LINFORTH (4)  LUMLY (1)  METCALFE (1)  MEYNELL (1)  NATTRISS (1)  NELSON (1)  PARKIN (1)  PARNABY (2)  PEACOCK (10)  PEARSON (16)  PICKERSGILL (14)  PIRSE (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  TORBETT (4)  USHER (2)  WADDINGTON (4)  WILBURN (1)  WHITBY (2)  WHITTLEY (6)  WILSON (11)  WHITTY (7)  WRIGHT (1)