Top surnames from the 1881 census in Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire

Middleton Quernhow 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
LANCASTER1012.0482485.44
PEACOCK78.4337236.49
PARKER67.228938.00
STEEL56.0241147.93
BODDY44.8193869.57
MARSTON44.8193519.48
WILTON44.8193500.00
HUTCHINSON44.819384.93
ECCLES44.8193300.75
KETTLEWELL33.61451,200.00
GARBUTT33.6145500.00
INGRAM22.409679.05
THORPE22.409660.98
BOLTON22.409656.02
WALKER22.40967.20
WALBURN11.20483,333.33
STEAD11.204858.82
BRITAIN11.20482,000.00
MARSDEN11.204829.07
FENWICK11.204891.74
REED11.204816.50
METCALFE11.204852.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALBURN3,333.3311.2048
BRITAIN2,000.0011.2048
KETTLEWELL1,200.0033.6145
BODDY869.5744.8193
MARSTON519.4844.8193
WILTON500.0044.8193
GARBUTT500.0033.6145
LANCASTER485.441012.0482
ECCLES300.7544.8193
PEACOCK236.4978.4337
STEEL147.9356.0241
FENWICK91.7411.2048
HUTCHINSON84.9344.8193
INGRAM79.0522.4096
THORPE60.9822.4096
STEAD58.8211.2048
BOLTON56.0222.4096
METCALFE52.6311.2048
PARKER38.0067.2289
MARSDEN29.0711.2048
REED16.5011.2048
WALKER7.2022.4096

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called WALBURN in Middleton Quernhow 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 1.2048 in Middleton Quernhow means that 1.2048% of the people in Middleton Quernhow on census day were called WALBURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALBURN 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 WALBURN 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 WALBURN 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 WALBURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Middleton Quernhow means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALBURN in Middleton Quernhow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Middleton Quernhow in 1881

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

BENTALL (2)  BODDY (4)  BOLTON (2)  BRITAIN (1)  ECCLES (4)  FENWICK (1)  GARBUTT (3)  HEDDON (4)  HUTCHINSON (4)  INGRAM (2)  KETTLEWELL (3)  LANCASTER (10)  MARSDEN (1)  MARSTON (4)  METCALFE (1)  PARKER (6)  PEACOCK (7)  REED (1)  STEAD (1)  STEEL (5)  THORPE (2)  TIFFNEY (8)  WALBURN (1)  WALKER (2)  WILTON (4)