Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melbourne, Yorkshire

Melbourne 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
SMITH296.27714.45
SIMPSON245.194829.70
COOK204.329021.79
KIDD153.2468159.57
OGLE122.5974810.81
EASTWOOD91.948182.34
DAY91.948120.69
DALTON81.731675.47
THOMAS81.73164.20
FLETCHER81.731615.17
DALES81.7316555.56
CLARK71.51525.04
ALDEN71.5152588.24
HUDSON71.515218.50
BECKETT71.515276.00
BRUCE61.298727.73
CLARKSON61.298748.98
STOCKTON51.0823178.57
CHRISTIE51.082333.38
STUBBINS51.0823657.89
HODGSON51.082315.62
CHAPMAN51.08237.62
CONSTABLE40.865878.28
STORY40.8658139.86
JONES40.86580.76
WILSON40.86581.89
BELL40.86584.61
BARROW40.865840.86
GRANT40.86588.72
CRAWFORD40.865817.69
HAW40.8658261.44
TODD40.865817.01
CRAVEN30.649433.63
ROBINSON30.64942.04
WHITFIELD30.649432.50
HARVEY30.64946.08
MYERS30.649424.90
LEAK30.6494168.54
SYKES30.649413.53
RINGROSE30.6494265.49
LAWLEY30.6494107.91
BRAITHWAITE30.649455.97
GADD30.649497.40
PEACOCK30.649418.21
GARWOOD20.432988.50
AKERS20.432989.29
FOWLER20.43297.58
JAMES20.43292.20
THOMPSON20.43291.45
BROWN20.43290.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TARPY909.0910.2165
OGLE810.81122.5974
WELMAN666.6710.2165
STUBBINS657.8951.0823
ALDEN588.2471.5152
DALES555.5681.7316
VAUSE281.6920.4329
RINGROSE265.4930.6494
HAW261.4440.8658
LOUTH181.8210.2165
WRIGHTON181.8220.4329
STOCKTON178.5751.0823
LEAK168.5430.6494
ROOM163.9310.2165
KIDD159.57153.2468
IRISH148.1520.4329
STORY139.8640.8658
HIGHLEY135.1410.2165
GANT120.4820.4329
DUKES116.9620.4329
LAWLEY107.9130.6494
GADD97.4030.6494
TOWLER97.0920.4329
AKERS89.2920.4329
GARWOOD88.5020.4329
EASTWOOD82.3491.9481
CONSTABLE78.2840.8658
BECKETT76.0071.5152
DALTON75.4781.7316
RANDS74.0710.2165
SAVORY58.4810.2165
BRAITHWAITE55.9730.6494
HOAR52.6310.2165
CLARKSON48.9861.2987
SMALLWOOD46.9520.4329
BARROW40.8640.8658
CAMP37.5910.2165
CRAVEN33.6330.6494
CHRISTIE33.3851.0823
WHITFIELD32.5030.6494
FOUNTAIN31.5510.2165
SIMPSON29.70245.1948
BRUCE27.7361.2987
HARLAND25.9710.2165
MYERS24.9030.6494
SNOWDEN24.3310.2165
APPLEYARD23.7010.2165
BEAL23.0410.2165
COOK21.79204.3290
DAY20.6991.9481

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called TARPY in Melbourne 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 0.2165 in Melbourne means that 0.2165% of the people in Melbourne on census day were called TARPY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TARPY 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 TARPY 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 TARPY 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 TARPY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 909.09 in Melbourne means that you are 909.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TARPY in Melbourne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Melbourne in 1881

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

AKERS (2)  ALDEN (7)  ALLEN (1)  APPLEYARD (1)  ATKINS (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BARKER (1)  BEAL (1)  BECKETT (7)  BELL (4)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAITHWAITE (3)  BRAVINDER (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (6)  BARROW (4)  CAMP (1)  CAMPLEJOHN (1)  CARLING (4)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHRISTIE (5)  CLARK (7)  CLARKE (2)  CLARKSON (6)  CONSTABLE (4)  COOK (20)  COURT (1)  CRAVEN (3)  CRAWFORD (4)  CROSS (1)  DALES (8)  DALTON (8)  DAY (9)  DOBSON (1)  DUKES (2)  EASTWOOD (9)  FALKINGHAM (4)  FLETCHER (8)  FORDER (5)  FOUNTAIN (1)  FOWLER (2)  FRATSON (8)  GARDHAM (2)  GARWOOD (2)  GATHERCOLE (3)  GANT (2)  GADD (3)  GORWOOD (5)  GOSPEL (3)  GOUNDRILL (1)  GRANT (4)  GRAVES (1)  HARLAND (1)  HARVEY (3)  HAW (4)  HAINES (1)  HESSLEWOOD (2)  HIGHLEY (1)  HOAR (1)  HODGSON (5)  HOMLEY (5)  HOPWOOD (1)  HOWARD (1)  HUDSON (7)  HUNTER (1)  IRISH (2)  JACKSON (2)  JAMES (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (4)  KIDD (15)  LEAK (3)  LAVERICK (1)  LAWLEY (3)  LAWSON (1)  LAWTON (2)  LORRIMAN (2)  LOUTH (1)  LUND (1)  MC GARRITY (1)  MOATE (4)  MYERS (3)  MYHEM (1)  MYTUM (4)  NAYE (1)  NICHOLLS (2)  OGLE (12)  OXTOBY (5)  PALFREEMAN (10)  PALMER (1)  PEACOCK (3)  PICKERING (1)  POWTON (2)  RANDS (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RINGROSE (3)  ROBINSON (3)  ROOM (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SAVORY (1)  SCOURFIELD (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SHAINTON (1)  SHAVEN (1)  SIMPSON (24)  SMALLWOOD (2)  SMITH (29)  SNELL (1)  SNOWDEN (1)  STOCKTON (5)  STORY (4)  STUBBINS (5)  SYKES (3)  TARPY (1)  THEAKSTON (8)  THOMAS (8)  THOMPSON (2)  TODD (4)  TOWLER (2)  TURNER (1)  VAUSE (2)  WARD (2)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (1)  WHATTAM (1)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITFIELD (3)  WILBERFORCE (3)  WELMAN (1)  WILSON (4)  WRIGHT (1)  WRIGHTON (2)