Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lockton, Yorkshire

Lockton 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
THOMPSON317.750025.87
METCALF205.0000246.91
SMITH194.75003.36
MORLEY194.7500118.82
TAYLOR153.75005.86
SEDMAN153.75003,260.87
ALLANSON143.50001,794.87
ROBINSON133.250010.19
MIDDLETON102.500047.62
MACKLEY92.25001,451.61
BURNETT82.000072.27
OWSTON82.00002,962.96
MARSHALL71.750010.43
ALLAN71.750027.88
WARRINER71.7500598.29
COLLEY61.5000118.34
DODDS61.500071.26
BALLARD61.5000100.00
WILSON61.50003.27
WHITE51.25003.89
HOGGARD51.25001,190.48
LUFF51.2500193.80
JACKSON51.25004.47
DIXON51.250011.41
FARROW41.000053.26
HICK41.0000215.05
CROFT41.000042.33
WALKINGTON41.0000833.33
HARDWICK41.000065.36
LANE41.000014.51
HUGILL30.7500300.00
MARTIN30.75003.04
JOHNSON30.75002.23
COLLINSON30.750063.97
PICKERING30.750020.79
CHESTER30.750061.22
HALL30.75002.55
BROWN30.75001.14
SELLARS30.7500120.97
MERCER30.750028.57
VENTRESS30.75002,727.27
WILKINSON20.50003.28
SELLAR20.5000210.53
LUND20.500046.19
LINTON20.500060.79
BURN20.500037.17
SHERWOOD20.500039.22
FRANK20.5000118.34
SADDLER20.5000166.67
HART20.50005.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEDMAN3,260.87153.7500
OWSTON2,962.9682.0000
VENTRESS2,727.2730.7500
ALLANSON1,794.87143.5000
MACKLEY1,451.6192.2500
HOGGARD1,190.4851.2500
WALKINGTON833.3341.0000
WARRINER598.2971.7500
STELLING322.5810.2500
HUGILL300.0030.7500
METCALF246.91205.0000
HICK215.0541.0000
SELLAR210.5320.5000
LUFF193.8051.2500
AVISON172.4110.2500
SADDLER166.6720.5000
BIELBY158.7310.2500
HANSELL125.0010.2500
BOYNTON123.4610.2500
SELLARS120.9730.7500
MORLEY118.82194.7500
FRANK118.3420.5000
COLLEY118.3461.5000
BALLARD100.0061.5000
BURNETT72.2782.0000
DODDS71.2661.5000
HARDWICK65.3641.0000
AGAR64.9410.2500
COLLINSON63.9730.7500
CHESTER61.2230.7500
LINTON60.7920.5000
FARROW53.2641.0000
COCKERILL51.8110.2500
MIDDLETON47.62102.5000
LUND46.1920.5000
CROFT42.3341.0000
LOWTHER40.9810.2500
SHERWOOD39.2220.5000
BURN37.1720.5000
MERCER28.5730.7500
ALLAN27.8871.7500
THOMPSON25.87317.7500
PICKERING20.7930.7500
TEMPLE19.0510.2500
REDMAN18.9810.2500
SHIELDS16.1810.2500
LANE14.5141.0000
BOULTON13.8710.2500
DIXON11.4151.2500
MARSHALL10.4371.7500

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called SEDMAN in Lockton 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 3.7500 in Lockton means that 3.7500% of the people in Lockton on census day were called SEDMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEDMAN 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 SEDMAN 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 SEDMAN 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 SEDMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,260.87 in Lockton means that you are 3,260.87 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEDMAN in Lockton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lockton in 1881

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

AGAR (1)  ALLAN (7)  ALLANSON (14)  BALLARD (6)  BALMFORTH (4)  BARNES (1)  BIELBY (1)  BERRIMAN (20)  BOULTON (1)  BOYNTON (1)  BRECKON (9)  BROWN (3)  BURNETT (8)  BURN (2)  CHESTER (3)  MACKLEY (9)  COCKERILL (1)  COLLEY (6)  COLLINSON (3)  CROFT (4)  DIXON (5)  DODDS (6)  AVISON (1)  FARROW (4)  FLINTOFT (1)  FRANK (2)  GATUS (4)  GILL (1)  GRAY (1)  HALL (3)  HAMMOND (1)  HANSELL (1)  HARDWICK (4)  HARRISON (1)  HART (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HICK (4)  HILL (1)  HOGGARD (5)  HUGILL (3)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (3)  KILVINGTON (1)  KIRBY (1)  LANE (4)  LINTON (2)  LOWTHER (1)  LUFF (5)  LUND (2)  MARSHALL (7)  MARTIN (3)  MAYMAN (1)  MERCER (3)  METCALF (20)  MIDDLETON (10)  MORLEY (19)  MACNIEL (4)  OWSTON (8)  PEARSON (1)  PICKERING (3)  PRATT (1)  REDMAN (1)  ROBINSON (13)  RUSSELL (1)  SADDLER (2)  SEDMAN (15)  SELLAR (2)  SELLARS (3)  SHERWOOD (2)  SHIELDS (1)  SMITH (19)  SNARY (1)  STELLING (1)  STOVIN (1)  TAYLOR (15)  TEMPLE (1)  THOMPSON (31)  TURNERCLIFF (1)  WALLIS (1)  WARCUP (1)  WARRINER (7)  WHITE (5)  WALKINGTON (4)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (6)  WINSPEAR (2)  VENTRESS (3)