Top surnames from the 1881 census in Malham, Yorkshire

Malham 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
BENSON117.4324274.31
COULTHARD96.08111,084.34
COATES96.0811163.04
GREENWOOD96.081178.33
BROWN74.72977.18
YEOMAN64.0541645.16
BOLLAND64.05411,224.49
CHESTER42.7027220.99
PEACOCK42.702775.76
ATKINSON42.702727.74
LUND42.7027250.00
GILL32.027028.65
ROBINSON21.35144.24
HARGREAVES21.351432.41
LODGE21.351474.35
CHAPMAN21.35149.51
PROCTER21.3514104.17
HARRISON21.35146.09
PARKER21.35147.10
METCALFE21.351459.17
DAWSON21.351412.26
LEECH21.351482.99
ROWLAND21.351447.51
PRATT21.351423.53
SUMNER10.675741.67
ARMSTRONG10.67578.84
JACKSON10.67572.42
HART10.67577.92
BURNETT10.675724.45
WOODHOUSE10.675728.49
BIRCH10.675716.50
MYERS10.675725.91
FOTHERGILL10.6757117.65
WATSON10.67572.91
BEAUMONT10.675722.78
SEDGWICK10.675793.46
HUNTER10.67576.58
WISEMAN10.675749.26
BENT10.675792.59
WALKER10.67572.02
CHEW10.6757133.33
HOWARTH10.675714.06
CAMM10.6757212.77
HARPER10.675710.55
WRAY10.675750.25
OSBORN10.675732.47
WHITEFIELD10.6757322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOLLAND1,224.4964.0541
COULTHARD1,084.3496.0811
YEOMAN645.1664.0541
WHITEFIELD322.5810.6757
BENSON274.31117.4324
LUND250.0042.7027
CHESTER220.9942.7027
CAMM212.7710.6757
COATES163.0496.0811
CHEW133.3310.6757
FOTHERGILL117.6510.6757
PROCTER104.1721.3514
SEDGWICK93.4610.6757
BENT92.5910.6757
LEECH82.9921.3514
GREENWOOD78.3396.0811
PEACOCK75.7642.7027
LODGE74.3521.3514
METCALFE59.1721.3514
WRAY50.2510.6757
WISEMAN49.2610.6757
ROWLAND47.5121.3514
SUMNER41.6710.6757
OSBORN32.4710.6757
HARGREAVES32.4121.3514
GILL28.6532.0270
WOODHOUSE28.4910.6757
ATKINSON27.7442.7027
MYERS25.9110.6757
BURNETT24.4510.6757
PRATT23.5321.3514
BEAUMONT22.7810.6757
BIRCH16.5010.6757
HOWARTH14.0610.6757
DAWSON12.2621.3514
HARPER10.5510.6757
CHAPMAN9.5121.3514
ARMSTRONG8.8410.6757
HART7.9210.6757
BROWN7.1874.7297
PARKER7.1021.3514
HUNTER6.5810.6757
HARRISON6.0921.3514
ROBINSON4.2421.3514
WATSON2.9110.6757
JACKSON2.4210.6757
WALKER2.0210.6757

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called BOLLAND in Malham 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 4.0541 in Malham means that 4.0541% of the people in Malham on census day were called BOLLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOLLAND 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 BOLLAND 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 BOLLAND 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 BOLLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,224.49 in Malham means that you are 1,224.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOLLAND in Malham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Malham in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (4)  AYRTON (4)  BEAUMONT (1)  BENSON (11)  BENT (1)  BIRCH (1)  BOLLAND (6)  BROWN (7)  BURNETT (1)  CAMM (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHESTER (4)  CHEW (1)  COATES (9)  COULTHARD (9)  DAWSON (2)  FOTHERGILL (1)  GILL (3)  GREENWOOD (9)  HARGREAVES (2)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (2)  HART (1)  HURTLEY (2)  HESELTINE (1)  HOWARTH (1)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (1)  LEECH (2)  LODGE (2)  LUND (4)  MC KINNELL (1)  METCALFE (2)  MYERS (1)  OSBORN (1)  PARKER (2)  PEACOCK (4)  PRATT (2)  PROCTER (2)  WRAY (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWLAND (2)  SEDGWICK (1)  SPENCELEY (1)  STRATTAN (1)  SUMNER (1)  SWINBANK (5)  THEXSTON (1)  THORNBER (8)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITEFIELD (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOOF (1)  YEOMAN (6)