Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rufforth, Yorkshire

Rufforth 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
SMITH217.66425.43
MIDGLEY155.4745408.72
WADE82.919772.93
MORRIS82.919713.12
RHODES72.554755.03
DEAN72.554736.80
EASTWOOD72.5547108.02
PARKER72.554713.43
HODGSON72.554736.86
THOMPSON72.55478.53
HORNER72.5547134.10
TINDALL72.5547421.69
LEAF62.18981,276.60
HAINSWORTH62.1898344.83
SPENCER51.824819.98
COATES51.824848.92
CLARK51.82486.07
ROBINSON51.82485.72
ALLAN51.824829.07
SNOWDEN51.8248204.92
MOUNTAIN41.4599206.19
BULMER41.4599184.33
DIXON41.459913.32
DARBYSHIRE41.4599275.86
SMART41.459932.05
WEBSTER41.459916.79
TESSEYMAN41.45993,076.92
COWPER41.4599333.33
JACKSON41.45995.22
AKERS31.0949225.56
FARRINGTON31.0949127.66
WARD31.09495.01
HOPWOOD20.729964.10
DODSWORTH20.7299175.44
MOAT20.7299377.36
WEST20.72997.58
IVES20.729962.31
MORTIMER20.729934.90
SPEARING20.7299377.36
DYKES20.7299106.38
MUSGRAVE20.7299120.48
HILL20.72992.87
DICKINSON20.729917.09
ENGLAND10.365017.70
THORNTON10.36507.26
HARTLEY10.36505.82
GROVES10.365012.99
ROWLING10.3650185.19
HARPER10.36505.70
WILSON10.36500.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TESSEYMAN3,076.9241.4599
LEAF1,276.6062.1898
LAVAN909.0910.3650
TINDALL421.6972.5547
MIDGLEY408.72155.4745
MOAT377.3620.7299
SPEARING377.3620.7299
HAINSWORTH344.8362.1898
COWPER333.3341.4599
DARBYSHIRE275.8641.4599
AKERS225.5631.0949
MOUNTAIN206.1941.4599
SNOWDEN204.9251.8248
ROWLING185.1910.3650
BULMER184.3341.4599
DODSWORTH175.4420.7299
HORNER134.1072.5547
FARRINGTON127.6631.0949
MUSGRAVE120.4820.7299
EASTWOOD108.0272.5547
DYKES106.3820.7299
WADE72.9382.9197
CARLTON70.9210.3650
HOPWOOD64.1020.7299
IVES62.3120.7299
RHODES55.0372.5547
COATES48.9251.8248
ETHERINGTON48.3110.3650
HODGSON36.8672.5547
DEAN36.8072.5547
MORTIMER34.9020.7299
RUSH34.0110.3650
SMART32.0541.4599
ALLAN29.0751.8248
SPENCER19.9851.8248
WHEATLEY17.9210.3650
ENGLAND17.7010.3650
DICKINSON17.0920.7299
WEBSTER16.7941.4599
PARKER13.4372.5547
DIXON13.3241.4599
MORRIS13.1282.9197
GROVES12.9910.3650
FIRTH10.9910.3650
THOMPSON8.5372.5547
WEST7.5820.7299
THORNTON7.2610.3650
CLARK6.0751.8248
HARTLEY5.8210.3650
ROBINSON5.7251.8248

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called TESSEYMAN in Rufforth 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 1.4599 in Rufforth means that 1.4599% of the people in Rufforth on census day were called TESSEYMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TESSEYMAN 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 TESSEYMAN 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 TESSEYMAN 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 TESSEYMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,076.92 in Rufforth means that you are 3,076.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TESSEYMAN in Rufforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rufforth in 1881

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

HAINSWORTH (6)  AKERS (3)  ALLAN (5)  BICKERDIKE (3)  BULMER (4)  CAMMIDGE (7)  CARLTON (1)  CLARK (5)  COATES (5)  COWPER (4)  COOPER (DARBYSHIRE) (4)  CUSSANS (5)  CUNDALL (3)  DEAN (7)  DARBYSHIRE (4)  DYKES (2)  DICKINSON (2)  DIXON (4)  DODSWORTH (2)  EASTWOOD (7)  ENGLAND (1)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FARRINGTON (3)  FIRTH (1)  FORRINGTON (1)  FOSTER (1)  GROVES (1)  HARPER (1)  HARROWSMITH (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HILL (2)  HODGSON (7)  HOPWOOD (2)  HORNER (7)  IVES (2)  JACKSON (4)  LEAF (6)  LAVAN (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MIDDLEWOOD (6)  MIDGLEY (15)  MOAT (2)  MORRIS (8)  MORTIMER (2)  MOUNTAIN (4)  MUSGRAVE (2)  PARKER (7)  RHODES (7)  ROBINSON (5)  ROWLING (1)  RUSH (1)  SISSONS (1)  SMART (4)  SMITH (21)  SNOWDEN (5)  SPEARING (2)  SPENCER (5)  TESSEYMAN (4)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (1)  TINDALL (7)  WADE (8)  WARD (3)  WEBSTER (4)  WEST (2)  WHEATLEY (1)  WIDLAKE (4)  WILSON (1)  WILLSTROP (1)  WINTERBURN (2)  WORSNIP (1)  WRIGHTSON (3)