Top surnames from the 1881 census in Reedness, Yorkshire

Reedness 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
DRURY153.0303190.84
COOPER142.828311.63
CLARK102.02026.72
BELL102.020210.75
COWLING91.8182206.42
SHEPPARD91.818252.48
DUNN91.818221.86
HILL91.81827.14
THOMPSON91.81826.07
PIGGOTT91.8182250.00
GREEN81.61625.74
HOBSON81.616262.31
LEEMAN81.61621,111.11
HINDS81.6162234.60
BURKETT71.4141700.00
POWELL71.414111.34
WALLACE71.414120.65
HEAD61.212149.79
FLYNN61.212163.36
SMITH61.21210.86
MAWSON61.2121150.38
RICHARDSON61.21217.12
WILSON61.21212.64
LUMB61.2121128.48
MASON61.21219.01
ARNOLD51.010118.74
LEE51.01016.18
JOHNSON51.01013.01
SCUTT51.0101396.83
CRUMP51.010193.46
ROBINSON40.80812.53
DEIGHTON40.8081161.29
BRADLEY40.808110.07
CROWSON40.8081373.83
SNOWDEN40.808190.70
MIDDLEBROOK40.8081439.56
JACKSON30.60612.17
BELLAMY30.606141.55
SYKES30.606112.63
FOSTER30.60614.53
MCCALLUM20.40401,818.18
CLAY20.404019.69
WINDLE20.404071.17
MARTIN20.40401.64
STANIFORTH20.4040106.38
HUNTINGTON20.4040138.89
SNOWDON20.404054.20
HOLMES20.40403.32
PEART20.404070.92
JUBB20.404080.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEVEL5,000.0010.2020
TOWLEY2,000.0010.2020
MCCALLUM1,818.1820.4040
FILBURN1,250.0020.4040
LEEMAN1,111.1181.6162
ISLE909.0920.4040
TRENHOLME833.3310.2020
BURKETT700.0071.4141
MIDDLEBROOK439.5640.8081
TENNISON416.6710.2020
SCUTT396.8351.0101
CROWSON373.8340.8081
SKERRETT344.8310.2020
PIGGOTT250.0091.8182
KINNEY250.0010.2020
HINDS234.6081.6162
COWLING206.4291.8182
DRURY190.84153.0303
DEIGHTON161.2940.8081
TUNE161.2910.2020
PRIMROSE153.8510.2020
MAWSON150.3861.2121
HUNTINGTON138.8920.4040
LUMB128.4861.2121
STANIFORTH106.3820.4040
CURREY98.0410.2020
EMPSON94.3410.2020
CRUMP93.4651.0101
KITCHIN93.4610.2020
SNOWDEN90.7040.8081
JUBB80.6520.4040
WINDLE71.1720.4040
PEART70.9220.4040
FLYNN63.3661.2121
HOBSON62.3181.6162
HORNSBY62.1120.4040
HEMINGWAY60.2420.4040
FRETWELL59.5210.2020
FARNELL55.2510.2020
SNOWDON54.2020.4040
SHEPPARD52.4891.8182
HEAD49.7961.2121
TAPP47.1710.2020
BELLAMY41.5530.6061
KENNEY36.6310.2020
YARDLEY31.8510.2020
HADDOCK31.4510.2020
BRISTOW29.8520.4040
SNOW29.8520.4040
CRAWSHAW25.9710.2020

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called NEVEL in Reedness 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 0.2020 in Reedness means that 0.2020% of the people in Reedness on census day were called NEVEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEVEL 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 NEVEL 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 NEVEL 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 NEVEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Reedness means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEVEL in Reedness than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Reedness in 1881

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

ARNOLD (5)  BELL (10)  BELLAMY (3)  BURKETT (7)  BIRTWISTLE (1)  BLANCHARD (1)  BLETCHER (1)  BOYCE (1)  BRADLEY (4)  BRAISBY (8)  BRIGGS (1)  BRISTOW (2)  BRUNYEE (4)  BRUNYER (1)  BULLAS (20)  BURTON (2)  BUTTERILL (8)  CAWKWELL (5)  CLARK (10)  CLAY (2)  COLE (1)  COOPER (14)  COWLING (9)  CRAWSHAW (1)  CROWSON (4)  CRUMP (5)  CURREY (1)  DEIGHTON (4)  DRURY (15)  DUCKLES (2)  DUCKELS (2)  DUNN (9)  EASTON (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  EMPSON (1)  EVERETT (1)  FARNELL (1)  FILBURN (2)  FISHER (1)  FLYNN (6)  FOSTER (3)  FEATHERBY (8)  FRANKLIN (1)  FRETWELL (1)  GODFREY (1)  GREEN (8)  GRINGLEY (1)  HADDOCK (1)  HALLIDAY (1)  HANLEY (1)  HARRISON (HOBSON) (2)  HEAD (6)  HEMINGWAY (2)  HILL (9)  HINDS (8)  HOBSON (8)  HOLMES (2)  HORNSBY (2)  HULY (1)  HUNT (1)  HUNTINGTON (2)  IRELAND (1)  ISLE (2)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (5)  JUBB (2)  KAY (1)  KENNEY (1)  KINNEY (1)  KITCHIN (1)  LAVERACK (3)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAZONBY (1)  LEE (5)  LEGGOTT (3)  LEEMAN (8)  LEVERMAN (1)  LONGBOURN (5)  LUMB (6)  MAPPLES (7)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (6)  MAWSON (6)  MCCALLUM (2)  DONALD (1)  MIDDLEBROOK (4)  MOODY (1)  MORFITT (3)  NAYLOR (2)  NEVEL (1)  NEWLORN (2)  NOTHARD (8)  OUTWIN (2)  OUTWISE (8)  PANOTT (1)  PEART (2)  PEIRCY (2)  PIGGOTT (9)  PORDELL (1)  POWELL (7)  PRIMROSE (1)  PURVIS (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RICCALL (1)  ROBINSON (4)  SAUNDERSON (1)  SCUTT (5)  SEATON (1)  SETTRINGTON (4)  SHEPPARD (9)  SHERRIFF (6)  SKERRETT (1)  SMITH (6)  SNIDLO (5)  SNOW (2)  SNOWDON (2)  SNOWDEN (4)  SPENCE (2)  SPENCER (2)  STANIFORTH (2)  SYKES (3)  TAPP (1)  TEMPERTON (8)  TENNISON (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (9)  TUNE (1)  TOWLEY (1)  TREATERLAND (2)  TRENHOLME (1)  WALKER (2)  WALLACE (7)  WARD (1)  WITTON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (6)  WINDLE (2)  WOOD (1)  YARDLEY (1)  YOULE (7)