Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire

Kirk Smeaton 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
CLARK123.157910.51
CARR112.894740.12
LISTER102.631692.34
FRANCIS102.631644.17
BALDY92.36847,500.00
WOODCOCK92.368483.03
STEPHENSON82.105336.80
BARROW82.105399.38
SMITH82.10531.49
ANSELL82.1053182.23
WALKER82.10536.29
WARD71.84218.43
FLETCHER71.842116.14
CHALKLEY71.8421598.29
MARSHALL61.57899.41
TRIPPETT61.57894,000.00
PARKER61.57898.30
WOOD61.57894.96
PHILLIPSON61.5789425.53
GIBSON51.315810.84
BOND51.315824.86
ELLIOTT51.315815.51
BRISTOW51.315897.28
SWIFT51.315842.59
HALL51.31584.47
KIRBY51.315834.67
SHAW51.31587.16
TURTON41.052693.68
HICKS41.052625.14
TAYLOR41.05261.65
WESTERMAN41.0526322.58
JONES41.05260.93
DAY41.052611.18
FIELDS41.0526218.58
WRIGHT41.05263.28
RAYNES41.0526533.33
HUNTINGTON41.0526363.64
WRAY30.789558.71
CROSS30.789511.47
NEALE30.789533.26
BEDFORD30.789533.26
JOHNSON30.78952.35
BOOTH30.78958.00
THORNTON30.789515.70
WIGGLESWORTH30.7895159.57
MARTIN20.52632.14
LONGFIELD20.5263555.56
WHITE20.52631.64
WRIGLEY20.526341.58
BOULTON20.526329.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALDY7,500.0092.3684
TRIPPETT4,000.0061.5789
BIRDSEY769.2310.2632
CHALKLEY598.2971.8421
LONGFIELD555.5620.5263
RAYNES533.3341.0526
MARWICK434.7820.5263
PHILLIPSON425.5361.5789
HUNTINGTON363.6441.0526
BRETON357.1410.2632
WESTERMAN322.5841.0526
GETTINGS263.1610.2632
FIELDS218.5841.0526
ANSELL182.2382.1053
ARMSTEAD166.6710.2632
WIGGLESWORTH159.5730.7895
HAYLETT149.2510.2632
GOWEN140.8510.2632
HARDEN134.2320.5263
SPIVEY119.0510.2632
HAWTHORNE112.3610.2632
DODGSON108.1120.5263
BEEVERS104.1710.2632
BARROW99.3882.1053
BRISTOW97.2851.3158
WASS97.0920.5263
TURTON93.6841.0526
LISTER92.34102.6316
WOODCOCK83.0392.3684
WHALEY78.1310.2632
POSTLETHWAITE69.4410.2632
SPINK65.1520.5263
WRAY58.7130.7895
CASWELL54.3510.2632
FRANCIS44.17102.6316
SWIFT42.5951.3158
WRIGLEY41.5820.5263
COUPLAND41.4910.2632
CARR40.12112.8947
FOULDS38.9110.2632
STEPHENSON36.8082.1053
KIRBY34.6751.3158
BRITTAIN34.0110.2632
DODSON34.0110.2632
NEALE33.2630.7895
BEDFORD33.2630.7895
BOULTON29.2020.5263
HODSON25.4520.5263
HICKS25.1441.0526
BOND24.8651.3158

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called BALDY in Kirk Smeaton 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 2.3684 in Kirk Smeaton means that 2.3684% of the people in Kirk Smeaton on census day were called BALDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALDY 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 BALDY 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 BALDY 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 BALDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,500.00 in Kirk Smeaton means that you are 7,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALDY in Kirk Smeaton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirk Smeaton in 1881

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

ABDY (1)  ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANSELL (8)  ARMSTEAD (1)  ARMITAGE (1)  AUTY (2)  AXUP (1)  BALDY (9)  BALL (2)  BALMFORTH (1)  BARKER (1)  BASS (1)  BEEVERS (1)  BEDFORD (3)  BIRD (1)  BIRDSEY (1)  BOULTON (2)  BOND (5)  BOOTH (3)  BRISTOW (5)  BRITTAIN (1)  BRETON (1)  BARROW (8)  CAMPLIN (2)  CARR (11)  CARTER (1)  CASWELL (1)  CAWKWELL (1)  CHALKLEY (7)  CLARK (12)  CLOUGH (1)  COOK (1)  COUPLAND (1)  CROSS (3)  DAVISON (1)  DAY (4)  DODSON (1)  DODGSON (2)  DRANSFIELD (1)  DRABBS (4)  ELLIOTT (5)  EVANS (2)  FIELDS (4)  FIRTH (1)  FLETCHER (7)  FOULDS (1)  FOWLER (1)  FRANCIS (10)  GIBSON (5)  GILL (1)  GETTINGS (1)  GODFREY (1)  GOUGH (1)  GOWEN (1)  GREY (1)  HALL (5)  HARDEN (2)  HAWTHORNE (1)  HAYLETT (1)  HEAP (1)  HEDERSTEDT (1)  HEPTONSTALL (1)  HICKS (4)  HODSON (2)  HOPE (1)  HUNTINGTON (4)  HUSCROFT (5)  JEFFCOTT (1)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (4)  KIRBY (5)  KNOX (1)  LANE (1)  LONGFIELD (2)  LEE (1)  LISTER (10)  MARSH (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (2)  MARWICK (2)  MASON (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORRITT (8)  NASH (2)  NEALE (3)  NELSON (1)  PARKER (6)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PHILLIPSON (6)  POSTLETHWAITE (1)  PROSSER (1)  WRAY (3)  RAYNES (4)  RANDERSON (2)  ROCKELL (2)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SHAW (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SMEATON (1)  SMITH (8)  SPINK (2)  SPIVEY (1)  STEPHENSON (8)  SWIFT (5)  TATE (1)  TAYLOR (4)  THORNTON (3)  TRIPPETT (6)  TURTON (4)  WALKER (8)  WHALEY (1)  WARD (7)  WASS (2)  WATSON (1)  WESTERMAN (4)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITE (2)  WHITTLES (5)  WIGGLESWORTH (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILMET (7)  WOOD (6)  WOODCOCK (9)  WRIGHT (4)  WRIGLEY (2)