Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Kilvington, Yorkshire

South Kilvington 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
FERGUSON124.597764.86
ALMOND114.2146339.51
HAW93.44831,046.51
SKELTON93.4483236.84
NORMAN83.065166.12
WETHERILL83.06512,285.71
METCALFE72.6820117.45
RYMER72.68201,129.03
WARE72.6820163.17
BARKER72.682020.50
JOHNSON62.29896.84
DALE62.298954.40
BARNETT51.915742.48
WRIGHT51.91575.97
NEWSTEAD51.9157549.45
SHIELDS41.532699.26
HEBRON41.53261,739.13
STRICKLAND41.5326192.31
SCOTT41.53266.06
LAZENBY41.5326325.20
KENDALL41.532671.17
PREST31.1494370.37
ATKINSON31.149411.80
SELLERS31.1494149.25
MASON31.14948.55
MOODY31.149443.99
WELBURN31.1494588.24
JACKSON20.76632.74
COULSON20.766342.74
SCARTH20.7663434.78
HARDY20.766312.80
LAMBERT20.766314.04
SLACK20.766348.66
HUDSON20.76639.36
CLARK20.76632.55
MORRELL20.766381.63
BROWN20.76631.16
KINGSLEY20.7663434.78
PAYNE20.76638.51
BENNETT20.76634.66
DOUGLAS10.38317.91
PATTISON10.383124.10
AGAR10.3831100.00
WOOD10.38311.20
NELSON10.38317.91
WHITEHEAD10.38315.67
CALVERT10.383118.80
WEATHERILL10.3831166.67
ROBSON10.38315.82
BATTY10.383125.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WETHERILL2,285.7183.0651
HEBRON1,739.1341.5326
RYMER1,129.0372.6820
HAW1,046.5193.4483
WELBURN588.2431.1494
NEWSTEAD549.4551.9157
KINGSLEY434.7820.7663
SCARTH434.7820.7663
PREST370.3731.1494
FOUND344.8310.3831
ALMOND339.51114.2146
LAZENBY325.2041.5326
SKELTON236.8493.4483
STRICKLAND192.3141.5326
WEATHERILL166.6710.3831
WARE163.1772.6820
SELLERS149.2531.1494
METCALFE117.4572.6820
AGAR100.0010.3831
SHIELDS99.2641.5326
MORRELL81.6320.7663
KENDALL71.1741.5326
NORMAN66.1283.0651
FERGUSON64.86124.5977
DALE54.4062.2989
SLACK48.6620.7663
HARLAND45.8710.3831
MOODY43.9931.1494
COULSON42.7420.7663
BARNETT42.4851.9157
HARDWICK25.0610.3831
BATTY25.0610.3831
PATTISON24.1010.3831
BARKER20.5072.6820
CALVERT18.8010.3831
LAMBERT14.0420.7663
CHARLTON13.3710.3831
HARDY12.8020.7663
ATKINSON11.8031.1494
HUDSON9.3620.7663
MASON8.5531.1494
PAYNE8.5120.7663
NELSON7.9110.3831
DOUGLAS7.9110.3831
PRESTON7.6710.3831
JENNINGS7.5610.3831
WILLIS7.2010.3831
JOHNSON6.8462.2989
STEPHENSON6.7010.3831
SCOTT6.0641.5326

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called WETHERILL in South Kilvington 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 3.0651 in South Kilvington means that 3.0651% of the people in South Kilvington on census day were called WETHERILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WETHERILL 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 WETHERILL 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 WETHERILL 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 WETHERILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,285.71 in South Kilvington means that you are 2,285.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WETHERILL in South Kilvington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Kilvington in 1881

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

AGAR (1)  ALMOND (11)  ATKINSON (3)  BARKER (7)  BARNETT (5)  BATTY (1)  BENNETT (2)  BOSOMWORTH (5)  BROWN (2)  CALVERT (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (2)  COULSON (2)  DALE (6)  DAVIDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DURSDILL (1)  AYTON (8)  ELLIS (1)  FAWBERT (1)  FERGUSON (12)  FOUND (1)  FOXTON (1)  GOWLAND (1)  HARDWICK (1)  HARDY (2)  HARLAND (1)  HAW (9)  HEBRON (4)  HODGSON (1)  HUDSON (2)  JACKSON (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (6)  KENDALL (4)  KINGSLEY (2)  LAMBERT (2)  LAZENBY (4)  MASON (3)  METCALFE (7)  MOODY (3)  MORRELL (2)  MOTHERSDILL (2)  MOTHERSILL (6)  NELSON (1)  NEWSTEAD (5)  NORMAN (8)  PALLISER (9)  PARNABY (3)  PATTISON (1)  PAYNE (2)  PECKETT (10)  PLEWS (2)  PREST (3)  PRESTON (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RYMER (7)  ROBSON (1)  ROSE (1)  SCARTH (2)  SCOTT (4)  SELLERS (3)  SHIELDS (4)  SKELTON (9)  SLACK (2)  SLIGHTS (3)  SMITH (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STRICKLAND (4)  WALKER (1)  WARE (7)  WEIGHELL (2)  WELBURN (3)  WETHERILL (8)  WEATHERILL (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILDON (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIS (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (5)