Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton Upon Ouse, Yorkshire

Newton Upon Ouse 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
ARCHER162.707365.44
METCALF162.7073133.67
BURTON142.368927.81
DICKINSON142.368955.47
SIMPSON122.030511.61
KENNY122.0305169.49
WHITFIELD122.0305101.69
EASTWOOD122.030585.84
DAWSON111.861316.88
NELSON111.861338.42
WALKINGTON101.69201,428.57
MORRELL101.6920179.86
FOSTER91.522811.39
SNOWDON91.5228204.55
COATS81.3536299.63
KNOWLES71.184422.18
PARKIN71.184444.05
ROOKE61.0152137.61
THOMPSON61.01523.39
PETTY61.0152102.56
SPINK61.0152125.79
ALDERSON61.015273.17
HUNT61.01527.64
GIBSON61.01528.36
KIRBY61.015226.76
TINSLEY61.0152167.13
COUPLAND61.0152160.43
FOWLER61.015217.78
HEADLEY50.8460312.50
LARKIN50.846094.16
HODGSON50.846012.21
REYNOLDS50.84609.77
TASKER50.846079.62
DOBSON50.846019.18
KEENE50.8460143.27
ALLISON50.846029.76
GREEN40.67682.40
COWPER40.6768154.44
WRIGHT40.67682.11
BELL40.67683.60
WATSON40.67682.92
WILLIS40.676812.73
MITCHEL40.676869.20
CORCORAN40.6768140.35
STEPHENSON40.676811.83
HARLAND40.676881.14
MARR30.507644.51
WATTERSON30.5076157.07
CROSBY30.507642.92
BRETT30.507626.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NICHELSON3,333.3320.3384
ENGLES2,000.0010.1692
WALKINGTON1,428.57101.6920
KERNS400.0010.1692
HEATHERINGTON377.3620.3384
HEADLEY312.5050.8460
COATS299.6381.3536
HEBDON243.9010.1692
SNOWDON204.5591.5228
MORRELL179.86101.6920
KENNY169.49122.0305
TINSLEY167.1361.0152
WALLINGTON162.1630.5076
COUPLAND160.4361.0152
MARSHELL158.7310.1692
WATTERSON157.0730.5076
COWPER154.4440.6768
KEENE143.2750.8460
CORCORAN140.3540.6768
ROOKE137.6161.0152
METCALF133.67162.7073
SPINK125.7961.0152
KENDELL120.4810.1692
PETTY102.5661.0152
WHITFIELD101.69122.0305
LARKIN94.1650.8460
WEATHERALL86.9610.1692
EASTWOOD85.84122.0305
JOICE84.0310.1692
MUSGRAVE83.8030.5076
INGLE82.9920.3384
HARLAND81.1440.6768
TASKER79.6250.8460
ALDERSON73.1761.0152
PALEY70.9210.1692
CRAMPTON69.4420.3384
MITCHEL69.2040.6768
ARCHER65.44162.7073
LENG60.6110.1692
CLOVER59.1710.1692
DICKINSON55.47142.3689
DEELEY49.7510.1692
HOWLAND49.5110.1692
LUPTON46.8420.3384
MARR44.5130.5076
PARKIN44.0571.1844
AGAR43.8610.1692
CROSBY42.9230.5076
WELDON42.3710.1692
WATERSON40.4910.1692

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called NICHELSON in Newton Upon Ouse 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 0.3384 in Newton Upon Ouse means that 0.3384% of the people in Newton Upon Ouse on census day were called NICHELSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Newton Upon Ouse in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  AGAR (1)  AKEWES (1)  ALDERSON (6)  ALLINSON (10)  ALLISON (5)  ALMGILL (4)  ANDERSON (1)  ARCHER (16)  ASHBY (1)  BELL (4)  BIGGS (1)  BOND (1)  BRETT (3)  BROADLEY (10)  BURLEY (1)  BURTON (14)  KERNS (1)  CARTER (1)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (1)  CLOVER (1)  COATS (8)  CORCORAN (4)  COLE (1)  COOKE (2)  COWPER (4)  COUPLAND (6)  CRAMPTON (2)  CROSBY (3)  DEELEY (1)  DAWSON (11)  DAY (1)  DICKINSON (14)  DOBSON (5)  DUCK (1)  DUNN (1)  EASTWOOD (12)  ELGIE (3)  ELLIS (1)  FINERAGAN (1)  FLANAGAN (1)  FOSTER (9)  FOTHESGILL (4)  FOWLER (6)  GASCOYNE (1)  JEPSON (1)  GIBSON (6)  GOODHALL (7)  GREEN (4)  GREENHOW (4)  HADDAKIN (15)  HADZBAR (10)  HAMMOND (1)  HARE (1)  HARLAND (4)  HARRISON (1)  HEBDON (1)  HEADLEY (5)  HELLA (1)  HEATHERINGTON (2)  HILL (1)  HOBSON (2)  HODGSON (5)  HOWLAND (1)  HUME (3)  HUNT (6)  HUTCHINSON (1)  INGLE (2)  ENGLES (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOICE (1)  KEENE (5)  KEENDER (1)  KENDELL (1)  KENNY (12)  KIRBY (6)  KIRK (1)  KNOWLES (7)  LARKIN (5)  LENG (1)  LINFOOT (1)  LUMANS (1)  LUPTON (2)  MAPPLEBECK (3)  MARSHELL (1)  MCDERMOT (8)  MELLERSHOP (3)  METCALF (16)  MILLS (1)  MITCHEL (4)  MOORY (7)  MORRELL (10)  MORRIS (1)  MUSGRAVE (3)  MARR (3)  NELSON (11)  NICHELSON (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  PALEY (1)  PARKIN (7)  PEARSON (2)  PETTY (6)  PITTS (1)  ROCKLIFF (6)  RENINSON (13)  REYNOLDS (5)  ROOKE (6)  SCOTT (1)  SHANN (11)  SHARP (1)  SIMPSON (12)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (1)  SNARRY (3)  SNOWDON (9)  SPENCE (1)  SPINK (6)  STEPHENSON (4)  STYAN (10)  TASBER (2)  TASKER (5)  THOMPSON (6)  THOMSON (3)  TINDILL (5)  TINSLEY (6)  TUPMAN (10)  WARD (1)  WATERSON (1)  WATTERSON (3)  WATSON (4)  WALLINGTON (3)  WELLS (2)  WEATHERALL (1)  WEATHERAL (3)  WHARTON (1)  WELDON (1)  WHITTAKER (2)  WHITFIELD (12)  WALKINGTON (10)  WILLIS (4)  WRIGHT (4)  YATES (2)