Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pickton, Yorkshire

Pickton 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
WALKER87.339421.92
RICHARDSON87.339443.10
REED76.422087.94
BALEY65.50466,000.00
ALCOCK43.6697254.78
NICHOLSON43.669751.68
KING43.669716.84
KELLETT43.6697421.05
WOOD32.75238.64
RUSSELL21.834915.03
WHITELEY21.8349102.04
MELLER21.83491,111.11
SMITH21.83491.30
CHAPMAN21.834912.92
ROSE21.834924.75
WILSON21.83494.00
WALLS10.917476.34
HARRISON10.91744.13
WATKINSON10.917478.13
GILL10.917412.97
SANDERSON10.917422.22
METCALF10.917445.25
WARD10.91744.20
SPENCE10.917427.70
COX10.91746.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALEY6,000.0065.5046
MELLER1,111.1121.8349
KELLETT421.0543.6697
ALCOCK254.7843.6697
WHITELEY102.0421.8349
REED87.9476.4220
WATKINSON78.1310.9174
WALLS76.3410.9174
NICHOLSON51.6843.6697
METCALF45.2510.9174
RICHARDSON43.1087.3394
SPENCE27.7010.9174
ROSE24.7521.8349
SANDERSON22.2210.9174
WALKER21.9287.3394
KING16.8443.6697
RUSSELL15.0321.8349
GILL12.9710.9174
CHAPMAN12.9221.8349
WOOD8.6432.7523
COX6.0510.9174
WARD4.2010.9174
HARRISON4.1310.9174
WILSON4.0021.8349
SMITH1.3021.8349

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called BALEY in Pickton 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 5.5046 in Pickton means that 5.5046% of the people in Pickton on census day were called BALEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALEY 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 BALEY 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 BALEY 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 BALEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,000.00 in Pickton means that you are 6,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALEY in Pickton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pickton in 1881

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

ALCOCK (4)  BALEY (6)  CHAPMAN (2)  COX (1)  ESTHROP (1)  FLINTOFF (3)  GILL (1)  GOCARSTON (1)  HANSWORTH (2)  HARRISON (1)  HETHRINGTON (4)  HIND OR WIND (2)  JEFFELS (7)  KELLETT (4)  KING (4)  LABURON (1)  MACKDONNL (1)  MACKLAIN (5)  MELLER (2)  METCALF (1)  MORTE (1)  NICHOLSON (4)  REAH (5)  REED (7)  RICHARDSON (8)  RITTOL (1)  ROSE (2)  RUSSELL (2)  SANDERSON (1)  SETSON (1)  SMITH (2)  SPENCE (1)  WALKER (8)  WALLS (1)  WARD (1)  WATKINSON (1)  WELFOR (1)  WHITHEAD (2)  WHITELEY (2)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (3)