Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Elmshall, Yorkshire

North Elmshall 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
BUTCHER165.5749132.34
BROWN144.87807.40
PINDER124.1812346.82
RAYNOR103.4843502.51
SPINK93.1359387.93
HILL82.787510.94
WOODCOCK82.787597.68
SHILLITO82.78751,159.42
MARR82.7875244.65
SHAW72.439013.28
JOSS72.43901,346.15
GODFREY72.439082.26
CARR72.439033.80
KNIGHT62.090616.96
WINN62.0906215.05
WILSON62.09064.55
BROWNLOW62.0906689.66
OGLEY62.09062,000.00
STEAD51.742285.18
STOKER51.7422256.41
BOOTH51.742217.66
KNOWLES51.742232.62
WARING41.3937110.80
LAWTON41.393754.05
WADE41.393734.81
DENNISON41.3937180.18
OATES31.045367.11
SMITH31.04530.74
STANLEY31.045327.20
THORNTON31.045320.79
WOOD31.04533.28
STEPHENSON31.045318.27
BEAUMONT31.045335.25
PEARSON20.69696.00
JOHNSTONE20.696915.42
HOBSON20.696926.85
WALKER20.69692.08
RICHARDSON20.69694.09
GREY20.696932.15
JACKSON20.69692.49
DAVIDSON10.34844.14
MIDDLETON10.34846.64
BAKER10.34841.59
COTTON10.348414.60
LEADBEATER10.348484.75
WAIDE10.34841,428.57
HANSON10.348410.80
SWALLOW10.348434.60
GRAVES10.348422.99
ENSOR10.3484156.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BARSHAW10,000.0010.3484
OGLEY2,000.0062.0906
GARNESS1,666.6710.3484
WAIDE1,428.5710.3484
JOSS1,346.1572.4390
SHILLITO1,159.4282.7875
BROWNLOW689.6662.0906
RAYNOR502.51103.4843
SPINK387.9393.1359
PINDER346.82124.1812
STOKER256.4151.7422
MARR244.6582.7875
WINN215.0562.0906
WETHERELL181.8210.3484
DENNISON180.1841.3937
ENSOR156.2510.3484
HAWTHORNE149.2510.3484
MAYFIELD135.1410.3484
BUTCHER132.34165.5749
WARING110.8041.3937
WOODCOCK97.6882.7875
STEAD85.1851.7422
LEADBEATER84.7510.3484
WATERSON83.3310.3484
GODFREY82.2672.4390
OATES67.1131.0453
LAWTON54.0541.3937
PHILIP52.3610.3484
HALLS44.0510.3484
BEAUMONT35.2531.0453
WADE34.8141.3937
SWALLOW34.6010.3484
CARR33.8072.4390
KNOWLES32.6251.7422
GREY32.1520.6969
STANLEY27.2031.0453
HOBSON26.8520.6969
BURN25.9110.3484
GRAVES22.9910.3484
THORNTON20.7931.0453
HORNER18.3210.3484
STEPHENSON18.2731.0453
BOOTH17.6651.7422
BARRATT17.1810.3484
KNIGHT16.9662.0906
JOHNSTONE15.4220.6969
SENIOR15.2210.3484
COTTON14.6010.3484
WALLER13.8310.3484
WEAVER13.4010.3484

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BARSHAW in North Elmshall 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 0.3484 in North Elmshall means that 0.3484% of the people in North Elmshall on census day were called BARSHAW.

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

All the surnames recorded in North Elmshall in 1881

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

ARUNDELL (7)  BAKER (1)  BALMFORTH (2)  BARRATT (1)  BARSHAW (1)  BEAUMONT (3)  BIRKENSHAW (1)  BOOTH (5)  BROWN (14)  BROWNLOW (6)  BURN (1)  BUTCHER (16)  CARR (7)  CLARK (1)  COTTON (1)  CROSSLEY (1)  DALE (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DENNISON (4)  DEPLEDGE (1)  ENSOR (1)  GARNESS (1)  JILLETT (1)  GODFREY (7)  GREY (2)  GRAVES (1)  HALLS (1)  HANSON (1)  HARRISON (1)  HASSALL (1)  HAWTHORNE (1)  HEWLET (1)  HILL (8)  HOBSON (2)  HOLTBY (1)  HORNER (1)  JACKSON (2)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSTONE (2)  JONES (1)  JOSS (7)  KINNILLEY (1)  KNIGHT (6)  KNOWLES (5)  LAWTON (4)  LEADBEATER (1)  MATHEWMAN (1)  MAYFIELD (1)  MC KENNY (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILES (1)  MARR (8)  OATES (3)  OGLEY (6)  PEARCE (1)  PEARSON (2)  PHILIP (1)  PINDER (12)  RAYNOR (10)  RICHARDSON (2)  SAUNDERSON (1)  SCHORAH (2)  SENIOR (1)  SHAW (7)  SHILLITO (8)  SMITH (3)  SPINK (9)  STANLEY (3)  STEAD (5)  STEPHENSON (3)  STOKER (5)  SWALLOW (1)  TAYLES (1)  THORNTON (3)  TUTTY (5)  TOWNEND (5)  WADE (4)  WAIDE (1)  WALKER (2)  WALLER (1)  WARING (4)  WATERSON (1)  WEAVER (1)  WETHERELL (1)  WILSON (6)  WINN (6)  WOOD (3)  WOODCOCK (8)  WRIGGLESWORTH (1)