Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kellington, Yorkshire

Kellington 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
HUTCHINSON144.530779.77
FOULDS103.2362478.47
BOOTH103.236232.81
NEWBY103.2362323.62
JAQUES92.9126393.01
COPLEY92.9126376.57
STACY92.91261,000.00
COLLEY72.2654178.57
BRIGGS72.265441.72
LOCKWOOD61.941787.98
BEARD61.941773.80
LISTER61.941768.10
RUSSELL61.941715.91
FARRAR61.9417145.63
BAKER61.94178.86
RHODES61.941741.81
WRIGHT61.94176.05
PRIESTLEY51.618195.60
HOLEY51.61812,500.00
STEAD51.618179.11
DEAN51.618123.31
BANKS51.618131.55
THEAKER51.6181694.44
LONGBOTTOM51.6181181.82
JOHNSON51.61814.82
HAIGH41.294537.56
HIRST41.294539.68
HANSON41.294540.12
LIGHTFOOT41.294593.02
TURNER30.97093.49
MORLEY30.970924.29
JORDAN30.970921.98
MOORE30.97094.86
SPEIGHT30.9709119.52
FORDHAM30.9709120.97
MANN30.970918.43
WELL20.64721,111.11
WILKINSON20.64724.24
SPENCE20.647219.57
WATSON20.64722.79
GILL20.64729.15
WIGGLESWORTH20.6472130.72
WALLACE20.64729.45
TINKER20.6472128.21
BRAMHAM20.6472363.64
HERON20.647267.57
BARKER10.32362.47
HALL10.32361.10
SHARPE10.323610.98
LANCASTER10.323613.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLEY2,500.0051.6181
WELL1,111.1120.6472
STACY1,000.0092.9126
THEAKER694.4451.6181
FOULDS478.47103.2362
JAQUES393.0192.9126
COPLEY376.5792.9126
BRAMHAM363.6420.6472
NEWBY323.62103.2362
GAYNOR303.0310.3236
BRIGG204.0810.3236
LONGBOTTOM181.8251.6181
COLLEY178.5772.2654
FARRAR145.6361.9417
WIGGLESWORTH130.7220.6472
TINKER128.2120.6472
FORDHAM120.9730.9709
SPEIGHT119.5230.9709
PRIESTLEY95.6051.6181
LIGHTFOOT93.0241.2945
LOCKWOOD87.9861.9417
BOOTHMAN84.7510.3236
HUTCHINSON79.77144.5307
STEAD79.1151.6181
DENBY78.1310.3236
BEARD73.8061.9417
LISTER68.1061.9417
HERON67.5720.6472
TINSLEY53.1910.3236
RHODES41.8161.9417
BRIGGS41.7272.2654
HANSON40.1241.2945
HIRST39.6841.2945
HAIGH37.5641.2945
BOOTH32.81103.2362
BANKS31.5551.6181
LUNN25.0010.3236
MORLEY24.2930.9709
DEAN23.3151.6181
JORDAN21.9830.9709
SPENCE19.5720.6472
MANN18.4330.9709
FLINT18.0510.3236
AINSWORTH16.3410.3236
RUSSELL15.9161.9417
LANCASTER13.0210.3236
SHARPE10.9810.3236
SWIFT10.4810.3236
WALLACE9.4520.6472
GILL9.1520.6472

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called HOLEY in Kellington 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 1.6181 in Kellington means that 1.6181% of the people in Kellington on census day were called HOLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLEY 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 HOLEY 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 HOLEY 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 HOLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Kellington means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLEY in Kellington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kellington in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  BACKHOUSE (2)  BAINNFORTH (1)  BAKER (6)  BALMFORTH (5)  BANKS (5)  BARKER (1)  BAWSKILL (1)  BAXTER (1)  BEARD (6)  BELL (1)  BELLWOOD (4)  BOOTH (10)  BOOTMAN (2)  BRAMHAM (2)  BRIGGS (7)  BRIGG (1)  BROWNBRIDGE (6)  CLARK (1)  CLAYTON (1)  COLLEY (7)  COPLEY (9)  CROPDALE (2)  DEAN (5)  DENBY (1)  DEPLEDGE (1)  FARRAR (6)  FLINT (1)  FORDHAM (3)  FOULDS (10)  FOX (1)  GAYNOR (1)  GILL (2)  GODDARD (1)  JORDAN (3)  GREEN (1)  HALL (1)  HAMSHAW (4)  HANSON (4)  HARVEY (1)  HAIGH (4)  HERON (2)  HOLEY (5)  HOLMES (1)  HIRST (4)  HUTCHINSON (14)  JAQUES (9)  JEWITT (1)  JOHNSON (5)  BOOTHMAN (1)  LANCASTER (1)  LAUFLIN (1)  LIGHTFOOT (4)  LISTER (6)  LOCKWOOD (6)  LONGBOTTOM (5)  LONGWOOD (1)  LUNN (1)  MANN (3)  MAPPLEBECK (1)  MOORE (3)  MORLEY (3)  NEWBY (10)  NEWTON (1)  POGMORE (4)  POSKETT (6)  PRIESTELY (6)  PRIESTLEY (5)  RAUBY (5)  RHODES (6)  RUSSELL (6)  SCHOLEY (1)  SHARPE (1)  SPEIGHT (3)  SPENCE (2)  STACY (9)  STANLEY (1)  STEAD (5)  SWIFT (1)  THEAKER (5)  THORPE (1)  TINKER (2)  TINSLEY (1)  TURNER (3)  WALLACE (2)  WATSON (2)  WELL (2)  WIGGLESWORTH (2)  WILKINSON (2)  WRIGHT (6)