Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kildale, Yorkshire

Kildale 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
HARRISON134.626320.84
STORY124.2705689.66
KINNEAR103.5587735.29
MILBURN93.2028358.57
SANDERSON82.847068.91
PEACOCK82.847079.84
SMITH72.49111.76
CHRISTON72.49115,000.00
BAXTER72.491141.79
SWALES72.4911357.14
BATH72.4911331.75
ROBINSON72.49117.81
CROFT62.135290.36
JACKSON62.13527.64
CORNFORTH62.1352937.50
DOWSON62.1352389.61
STAMP62.1352289.86
WALLER62.135284.75
CARTER62.135212.72
WHITE51.77945.54
CHAPMAN51.779412.53
FOSTER51.779413.31
GARNETT41.4235114.61
BUSHBY41.4235363.64
WILSON41.42353.10
DARR41.423520,000.00
SUFFIELD31.06761,200.00
WATSON31.06764.60
NORMAN31.067623.04
DICKENSON31.067670.42
WEST31.067611.09
JEFFERSON20.711765.57
ARMSTRONG20.71179.31
PRICE20.71174.07
WALKER20.71172.13
THOMPSON20.71172.38
BEECROFT10.355984.75
HUGILL10.3559142.86
CALVERT10.355917.45
FARMAN10.3559188.68
BLACKBURN10.35599.44
WOOD10.35591.12
HOLT10.35595.32
WARD10.35591.63
PIERCE10.355924.21
TURNER10.35591.28
NICHOLSON10.35595.01
BELL10.35591.89
IVES10.355930.40
WEBSTER10.35594.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DARR20,000.0041.4235
CHRISTON5,000.0072.4911
SUFFIELD1,200.0031.0676
CORNFORTH937.5062.1352
KINNEAR735.29103.5587
STORY689.66124.2705
DOWSON389.6162.1352
BUSHBY363.6441.4235
MILBURN358.5793.2028
SWALES357.1472.4911
BATH331.7572.4911
STAMP289.8662.1352
FARMAN188.6810.3559
DINNING158.7310.3559
HUGILL142.8610.3559
TOLSON125.0010.3559
GARNETT114.6141.4235
CROFT90.3662.1352
BEECROFT84.7510.3559
WALLER84.7562.1352
PEACOCK79.8482.8470
DICKENSON70.4231.0676
SANDERSON68.9182.8470
JEFFERSON65.5720.7117
BRAMWELL62.8910.3559
BAXTER41.7972.4911
IVES30.4010.3559
PIERCE24.2110.3559
NORMAN23.0431.0676
HARRISON20.84134.6263
CALVERT17.4510.3559
FOSTER13.3151.7794
CARTER12.7262.1352
CHAPMAN12.5351.7794
WEST11.0931.0676
FORSTER10.8610.3559
BLACKBURN9.4410.3559
ARMSTRONG9.3120.7117
ROBINSON7.8172.4911
JACKSON7.6462.1352
WHITE5.5451.7794
HOLT5.3210.3559
NICHOLSON5.0110.3559
WATSON4.6031.0676
WEBSTER4.0910.3559
PRICE4.0720.7117
WILSON3.1041.4235
COLLINS2.4810.3559
THOMPSON2.3820.7117
WALKER2.1320.7117

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called DARR in Kildale 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 1.4235 in Kildale means that 1.4235% of the people in Kildale on census day were called DARR.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kildale in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (2)  BATH (7)  BAXTER (7)  BEEFORTH (1)  BEADMAN (1)  BEECROFT (1)  BELL (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BRAMWELL (1)  BUSHBY (4)  CALVERT (1)  CARTER (6)  CHANTREY (7)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHRISTON (7)  COLLINS (1)  CORNFORTH (6)  COWBURN (1)  CROFT (6)  DARR (4)  DINNING (1)  DICKENSON (3)  DOWSON (6)  FARMAN (1)  FETHERSTONE (1)  FORSTER (1)  FOSTER (5)  GARNETT (4)  HARRISON (13)  HIBSON (1)  HOLT (1)  OTTON (6)  HUGILL (1)  HUNTRODS (1)  IVES (1)  JACKSON (6)  JEFFERSON (2)  JEFFLET (1)  JOBLING (6)  KINNEAR (10)  MILBURN (9)  MILLER (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORMAN (3)  OUTHWAITE (1)  PEACOCK (8)  PIERCE (1)  PETLAR (7)  PLEWIS (4)  PRICE (2)  READMAN (2)  ROBINSON (7)  SANDERSON (8)  SIGSWORTH (5)  SMITH (7)  STAMP (6)  STORY (12)  SUFFIELD (3)  SWALES (7)  THOMPSON (2)  TINDALE (2)  TOLSON (1)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (2)  WALLICE (8)  WALLER (6)  WARD (1)  WATSON (3)  WHATT (6)  WEST (3)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (5)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (1)