Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newsham, Yorkshire

Newsham 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
COATES217.6642205.48
DENT155.4745287.36
NICHOLSON134.744566.77
HIND124.3796346.82
JOHNSON114.014611.95
BERRY103.649646.00
DUNN93.284739.49
SPENCE82.919788.30
WILKINSON82.919719.13
GRAHAM72.554722.25
LIGHTFOOT72.5547183.73
ATKINSON62.189822.48
CARTER62.189813.05
SOWERBY51.8248337.84
CLOSE51.8248209.21
SHIPPEN51.82483,571.43
GLOVER51.824842.81
GARTHWAITE41.4599769.23
PATTERSON41.459941.88
WALKER41.45994.36
TEMPLE41.4599111.11
BLADES41.4599256.41
MOORE31.09495.48
GUY31.094950.00
LODGE31.094960.24
BROWN31.09491.66
MAWSON31.0949135.75
MARTIN31.09494.44
LEITH20.7299140.85
ALLEN20.72993.86
JAMES20.72993.72
BATTY20.729947.73
WALTON20.729910.37
RAINE20.729987.72
SIMPSON20.72994.17
DAWSON20.72996.62
PAYNE20.72998.11
SOUTER20.7299134.23
RICHARDSON20.72994.29
CHAPMAN10.36502.57
STOTT10.365011.68
POWELL10.36502.93
BRUNSKILL10.3650156.25
HEWARD10.3650188.68
SMITHSON10.365038.02
SHARPE10.365012.38
TOMLINSON10.36507.91
GIBBON10.365036.10
KIRTLEY10.3650185.19
STEPHENSON10.36506.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHIPPEN3,571.4351.8248
GARTHWAITE769.2341.4599
STELLING476.1910.3650
MULLANY454.5510.3650
HIND346.82124.3796
SOWERBY337.8451.8248
DENT287.36155.4745
BLADES256.4141.4599
CLOSE209.2151.8248
COATES205.48217.6642
HEWARD188.6810.3650
KIRTLEY185.1910.3650
LIGHTFOOT183.7372.5547
BRUNSKILL156.2510.3650
LEITH140.8520.7299
MAWSON135.7531.0949
SOUTER134.2320.7299
PRESS126.5810.3650
TEMPLE111.1141.4599
BAYNES92.5910.3650
BUSHBY92.5910.3650
SPENCE88.3082.9197
RAINE87.7220.7299
NICHOLSON66.77134.7445
DRYDEN60.6110.3650
LODGE60.2431.0949
GUY50.0031.0949
BATTY47.7320.7299
BERRY46.00103.6496
GLOVER42.8151.8248
GENT42.5510.3650
PATTERSON41.8841.4599
WATKIN41.6710.3650
DUNN39.4993.2847
COLMAN39.2210.3650
SMITHSON38.0210.3650
GIBBON36.1010.3650
USHER33.1110.3650
DOVE31.9510.3650
BAINBRIDGE25.9710.3650
ATKINSON22.4862.1898
APPLEBY22.3710.3650
GRAHAM22.2572.5547
WILKINSON19.1382.9197
HORNE16.7810.3650
CARTER13.0562.1898
SHARPE12.3810.3650
JOHNSON11.95114.0146
STOTT11.6810.3650
WALTON10.3720.7299

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called SHIPPEN in Newsham 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 1.8248 in Newsham means that 1.8248% of the people in Newsham on census day were called SHIPPEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHIPPEN 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 SHIPPEN 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 SHIPPEN 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 SHIPPEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,571.43 in Newsham means that you are 3,571.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHIPPEN in Newsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newsham in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  APPLEBY (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BAYNES (1)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BARKER (1)  BATTY (2)  BELL (1)  BERRY (10)  BLADES (4)  BROWN (3)  BRUNSKILL (1)  BUSHBY (1)  CARTER (6)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLOSE (5)  COATES (21)  COLMAN (1)  CRAGGS (1)  DAWSON (2)  DENT (15)  DOVE (1)  DRYDEN (1)  DUNN (9)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (1)  GARTHWAITE (4)  GENT (1)  GIBBON (1)  GLOVER (5)  GRAHAM (7)  GUY (3)  HALL (1)  HARRIS (1)  HEWARD (1)  HIND (12)  HORNE (1)  JAMES (2)  JOHNSON (11)  KIESHAM (3)  KIRTLEY (1)  LEITH (2)  LIGHTFOOT (7)  LODGE (3)  MULLANY (1)  MARTIN (3)  MAWSON (3)  MOORE (3)  NICHOLSON (13)  PATTERSON (4)  PAYNE (2)  PEARSON (1)  PLEWS (2)  POWELL (1)  PRESS (1)  RAINE (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHIPPEN (5)  SCORER (5)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITHSON (1)  SOUTER (2)  SOWERBY (5)  SPARKE (2)  SPENCE (8)  STELLING (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOTT (1)  SUMMERBELL (5)  TEMPLE (4)  TOMLINSON (1)  USHER (1)  WALKER (4)  WALTON (2)  WAPPET (1)  WATKIN (1)  WESTMARLAND (6)  WILKINSON (8)  WINTERSGILL (3)