Top surnames from the 1881 census in Plompton, Yorkshire

Plompton 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
LUND84.8193444.44
FENWICK74.2169321.10
SMITH74.21692.99
CASS74.2169593.22
PLUMMER74.2169315.32
HUDSON74.216951.51
ATKINSON63.614537.11
MORLAND63.61451,276.60
MARSTON63.6145387.10
BURROWS53.012068.78
JOHNSON53.01208.97
DAWSON42.409621.86
WALKER42.40967.20
CLAPHAM42.4096279.72
RICHMOND42.4096109.89
GALLEMORE42.409620,000.00
RAYNE42.40962,857.14
ROBINSON31.80725.67
RAWLINSON31.8072151.52
JONES31.80721.60
WELLS31.807221.72
SHEPPARD21.204834.78
WHITAKER21.204842.64
COOPER21.20484.95
FRANKLIN10.602418.15
LONSDALE10.602472.46
DRURY10.602437.88
WILLIS10.602411.33
PLANT10.602427.25
HOUSEMAN10.6024263.16
MAWSON10.602474.63
GILL10.60248.51
MARR10.602452.91
LEAMING10.60241,111.11
DOBSON10.602413.66
RATHMELL10.60241,111.11
DALBY10.602474.63
PARVIN10.6024555.56
HALL10.60242.05
MASON10.60244.48
SCAIFE10.6024135.14
BARNARD10.602424.27
FAWCETT10.602431.15
KEMP10.602410.86
DIXON10.60245.50
GREENWOOD10.60247.76
SIGGINS10.60241,250.00
CARTWRIGHT10.602415.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALLEMORE20,000.0042.4096
RAYNE2,857.1442.4096
MORLAND1,276.6063.6145
SIGGINS1,250.0010.6024
LEAMING1,111.1110.6024
RATHMELL1,111.1110.6024
CASS593.2274.2169
PARVIN555.5610.6024
LUND444.4484.8193
MARSTON387.1063.6145
FENWICK321.1074.2169
PLUMMER315.3274.2169
CLAPHAM279.7242.4096
HOUSEMAN263.1610.6024
RAWLINSON151.5231.8072
SCAIFE135.1410.6024
RICHMOND109.8942.4096
MAWSON74.6310.6024
DALBY74.6310.6024
LONSDALE72.4610.6024
BURROWS68.7853.0120
MARR52.9110.6024
HUDSON51.5174.2169
WHITAKER42.6421.2048
DRURY37.8810.6024
ATKINSON37.1163.6145
SHEPPARD34.7821.2048
FAWCETT31.1510.6024
PLANT27.2510.6024
BARNARD24.2710.6024
DAWSON21.8642.4096
WELLS21.7231.8072
FRANKLIN18.1510.6024
CARTWRIGHT15.8010.6024
DOBSON13.6610.6024
WILLIS11.3310.6024
KEMP10.8610.6024
JOHNSON8.9753.0120
GILL8.5110.6024
GREENWOOD7.7610.6024
WALKER7.2042.4096
ROBINSON5.6731.8072
DIXON5.5010.6024
COOPER4.9521.2048
MASON4.4810.6024
SMITH2.9974.2169
HALL2.0510.6024
JONES1.6031.8072

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called GALLEMORE in Plompton 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 2.4096 in Plompton means that 2.4096% of the people in Plompton on census day were called GALLEMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALLEMORE 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 GALLEMORE 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 GALLEMORE 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 GALLEMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Plompton means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALLEMORE in Plompton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Plompton in 1881

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

ACOMB (6)  ATKINSON (6)  BARNARD (1)  BICKERDIKE (1)  BURROWS (5)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CASS (7)  CLAPHAM (4)  COOPER (2)  DALBY (1)  DAWSON (4)  DIXON (1)  DOBSON (1)  DRERY (1)  DRURY (1)  EARLD (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FENWICK (7)  FRANKLIN (1)  GALLEMORE (4)  GILL (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  HALL (1)  HOUSEMAN (1)  HUDSON (7)  IBBITSON (1)  INGLESON (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (3)  KEMP (1)  LEAMING (1)  LONSDALE (1)  LUND (8)  MALTHOUSE (1)  MARSTON (6)  MASON (1)  MAWSON (1)  MORLAND (6)  MARR (1)  MAC NICHOLAS (1)  PARVIN (1)  PAWSON (1)  PLANT (1)  PLEWS (3)  PLUMMER (7)  RAYNE (4)  RATHMELL (1)  RAWLINSON (3)  RICHMOND (4)  ROBINSON (3)  SCAIFE (1)  SHEPPARD (2)  SIGGINS (1)  SMITH (7)  SWALE (7)  WALKER (4)  WELLS (3)  WHITAKER (2)  WHITTERON (5)  WILLIS (1)