Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ledstone, Yorkshire

Ledstone 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
SHARPE167.2398245.78
KNOWLES114.977493.22
SIDWELL94.07241,475.41
CLEGG83.6199106.38
TURNER83.619913.00
HILL73.167412.44
SHEPHERD73.167443.24
MOUNTAIN62.7149382.17
RILEY62.714934.31
TOMLINSON62.714958.88
CONNELL62.7149156.25
BULLOCK52.262469.54
FAWCETT52.2624117.10
MIDGLEY52.2624168.92
HUTCHINSON52.262439.84
SUMMERTON41.81001,250.00
WOOLLEY41.810091.12
NICHOLS41.810055.56
STONEHOUSE41.8100412.37
PEART41.8100317.46
GIBSON31.357511.18
WILSON31.35752.96
WALTON20.905012.86
PEARSON20.90507.79
HANDLEY20.905053.62
TAYLOR20.90501.42
SCARR20.9050476.19
BELL10.45252.41
DENTON10.452524.63
SPILLMAN10.45251,000.00
MADDISON10.452546.08
CONWAY10.452524.15
CLARKSON10.452517.06
STONES10.452538.02
CROSLAND10.4525125.00
MACK10.452545.05
SCHOFIELD10.45258.35
JOHNSON10.45251.35
WALKER10.45251.35
CLARK10.45251.51
PENNINGTON10.452530.58
BLYTH10.452528.74
DYER10.452511.68
MARRINER10.4525277.78
CRAWSHAW10.452558.14
LENTON10.452590.91
WATSON10.45251.95
CHAPPELL10.452526.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SIDWELL1,475.4194.0724
SUMMERTON1,250.0041.8100
SPILLMAN1,000.0010.4525
SCARR476.1920.9050
STONEHOUSE412.3741.8100
MOUNTAIN382.1762.7149
PEART317.4641.8100
MARRINER277.7810.4525
SHARPE245.78167.2398
MIDGLEY168.9252.2624
CONNELL156.2562.7149
CROSLAND125.0010.4525
FAWCETT117.1052.2624
CLEGG106.3883.6199
KNOWLES93.22114.9774
WOOLLEY91.1241.8100
LENTON90.9110.4525
BULLOCK69.5452.2624
TOMLINSON58.8862.7149
CRAWSHAW58.1410.4525
NICHOLS55.5641.8100
HANDLEY53.6220.9050
MADDISON46.0810.4525
MACK45.0510.4525
SHEPHERD43.2473.1674
HUTCHINSON39.8452.2624
STONES38.0210.4525
RILEY34.3162.7149
PENNINGTON30.5810.4525
BLYTH28.7410.4525
CHAPPELL26.8110.4525
DENTON24.6310.4525
CONWAY24.1510.4525
CLARKSON17.0610.4525
TURNER13.0083.6199
WALTON12.8620.9050
HILL12.4473.1674
DYER11.6810.4525
GIBSON11.1831.3575
SCHOFIELD8.3510.4525
PEARSON7.7920.9050
WILSON2.9631.3575
BELL2.4110.4525
WATSON1.9510.4525
CLARK1.5110.4525
TAYLOR1.4220.9050
WALKER1.3510.4525
JOHNSON1.3510.4525

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called SIDWELL in Ledstone 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 4.0724 in Ledstone means that 4.0724% of the people in Ledstone on census day were called SIDWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SIDWELL 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 SIDWELL 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 SIDWELL 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 SIDWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,475.41 in Ledstone means that you are 1,475.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SIDWELL in Ledstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ledstone in 1881

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

BELL (1)  BIRKINSHAW (8)  BLYTH (1)  BONNOR (1)  BULLOCK (5)  CHAPPELL (1)  CHEESBROUGH (5)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (1)  CLEGG (8)  CONNELL (6)  CONWAY (1)  CRAWSHAW (1)  CROSLAND (1)  CRYANE (2)  DENTON (1)  DYER (1)  EDLINGTON (4)  ELVIDGE (6)  FAWCETT (5)  GATENBY (1)  GIBSON (3)  GOALBY (3)  HANDLEY (2)  HAWKESWELL (1)  HILL (7)  HUTCHINSON (5)  JOHNSON (1)  KELLORAN (1)  KNOWLES (11)  LIGHTOWLER (3)  LENTON (1)  MADDISON (1)  MARRINER (1)  MACK (1)  MIDGLEY (5)  MYTON (1)  MORRITT (1)  MOUNTAIN (6)  NAREY (1)  NICHOLS (4)  PEARSON (2)  PEART (4)  PENNINGTON (1)  PRIESTMAN (3)  RENNISON (4)  RILEY (6)  SCARR (2)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SHARPE (16)  SHEPHERD (7)  SHIRRIDAN (1)  SIDWELL (9)  SPILLMAN (1)  STONES (1)  STONEHOUSE (4)  STRINGHER (1)  SUMMERTON (4)  TAYLOR (2)  TOMLINSON (6)  TOWNING (7)  TURNER (8)  WALKER (1)  WALTON (2)  WATSON (1)  WILSON (3)  WOOLLEY (4)