Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newland, Yorkshire

Newland 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
GILES196.7616177.40
BARKER196.761651.67
STONES124.2705359.28
TOMLINSON113.914684.88
WATERS103.558788.57
LAZENBY103.5587751.88
HANCOCK93.202870.42
THOMPSON93.202810.69
ARNOLD72.491146.20
PARROT72.49112,187.50
WATSON72.491110.74
THORNTON62.135242.46
WALKER62.13526.38
ATKINSON62.135221.92
BRISTOW62.1352157.89
TURNER51.77946.39
BIELBY51.77941,136.36
BROWN51.77942.70
DRURY41.423589.69
MOORE41.42357.12
WOODALL41.4235176.99
CHATHAM41.4235909.09
BART41.42352,352.94
CLAYTON31.067619.63
BEDFORD31.067644.98
MARSHALL31.06766.37
RICHARDSON20.71174.18
JACKSON20.71172.55
BURTON20.71178.35
STANLEY20.711718.52
GARNER20.711722.52
HARRISON20.71173.21
TWIGG20.7117101.52
NICHOLSON20.711710.02
TOCK20.71172,000.00
MARKHAM20.711759.70
FRANCE10.355923.42
LETSON10.35595,000.00
WOODHEAD10.355918.98
PEACOCK10.35599.98
LIGHTFOOT10.355925.58
ELLIOT10.355913.95
PHILIPS10.355919.23
HOPKINSON10.355921.79
HAIGH10.355910.32
LEVITT10.3559106.38
EARLE10.355957.14
SIMPSON10.35592.03
KENNY10.355929.76
PETTINGER10.3559322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LETSON5,000.0010.3559
BART2,352.9441.4235
PARROT2,187.5072.4911
TOCK2,000.0020.7117
BIELBY1,136.3651.7794
CHATHAM909.0941.4235
LAZENBY751.88103.5587
STONES359.28124.2705
PETTINGER322.5810.3559
GILES177.40196.7616
WOODALL176.9941.4235
BRISTOW157.8962.1352
GROOMBRIDGE140.8510.3559
LEVITT106.3810.3559
TWIGG101.5220.7117
DRURY89.6941.4235
WATERS88.57103.5587
TOMLINSON84.88113.9146
HANCOCK70.4293.2028
MARKHAM59.7020.7117
EARLE57.1410.3559
BARKER51.67196.7616
ARNOLD46.2072.4911
BEDFORD44.9831.0676
THORNTON42.4662.1352
KENNY29.7610.3559
LIGHTFOOT25.5810.3559
FRANCE23.4210.3559
GARNER22.5220.7117
ATKINSON21.9262.1352
HOPKINSON21.7910.3559
CLAYTON19.6331.0676
PHILIPS19.2310.3559
WOODHEAD18.9810.3559
STANLEY18.5220.7117
ELLIOT13.9510.3559
WATSON10.7472.4911
THOMPSON10.6993.2028
HAIGH10.3210.3559
NICHOLSON10.0220.7117
PEACOCK9.9810.3559
BURTON8.3520.7117
MOORE7.1241.4235
TURNER6.3951.7794
WALKER6.3862.1352
MARSHALL6.3731.0676
RICHARDSON4.1820.7117
HARRISON3.2120.7117
BROWN2.7051.7794
JACKSON2.5520.7117

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called LETSON in Newland 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 0.3559 in Newland means that 0.3559% of the people in Newland on census day were called LETSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LETSON 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 LETSON 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 LETSON 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 LETSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Newland means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LETSON in Newland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newland in 1881

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

ARNOLD (7)  ATKINSON (6)  BARKER (19)  BART (4)  BEDFORD (3)  BIELBY (5)  BIRKITT (3)  BRABS (1)  BRISTOW (6)  BROWN (5)  BROWNBRIGE (BROWNBRIDGE) (22)  BROWNBRIDGE (1)  BURTON (2)  CHATHAM (4)  CLAYTON (3)  DILCOCK (5)  DRURY (4)  EARLE (1)  ELLIOT (1)  FRANCE (1)  GARNER (2)  GILES (19)  GOULTON (1)  GROOMBRIDGE (1)  HANCOCK (9)  HARRISON (2)  HAIGH (1)  HOPKINSON (1)  HORSEFIELD (1)  JACKSON (2)  KENNY (1)  LAVERACK (1)  LAZENBY (10)  LETSON (1)  LEVITT (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  MARKHAM (2)  MARSHALL (3)  MOORE (4)  MORTISHER (1)  MURDAY (2)  MORFITT (2)  NICHOLSON (2)  PARROT (7)  PEACOCK (1)  PECKITT (8)  PHILIPS (1)  PETTINGER (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  SHIRTCLIFFE (1)  SIMPSON (1)  STANLEY (2)  STONES (12)  THOMPSON (9)  THORNTON (6)  TOCK (2)  TOMLINSON (11)  TRIPPITT (4)  TURNER (5)  TWIGG (2)  WALKER (6)  WASHAD (1)  WATERS (10)  WATSON (7)  WATTAM (4)  WOODALL (4)  WOODHEAD (1)