Top surnames from the 1881 census in Topcliffe, Yorkshire

Topcliffe 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
WOOD243.908812.27
CALVERT203.2573159.74
HENDERSON203.257329.97
JENNINGS182.931657.82
WALKER152.44307.30
DRESSER142.28011,866.67
BARLEY132.1173381.23
HUDSON132.117325.86
APPLETON132.1173135.14
HAYTON132.1173431.89
FALL121.9544909.09
MITCHELL121.95449.63
DALE111.791542.41
ELLIS101.628711.22
SLEIGHT101.6287787.40
SIMPSON91.46588.38
STURDY91.4658461.54
WAIN91.4658174.76
LANCASTER81.302952.42
BUCKLE81.3029119.76
DICKENSON81.302985.93
BROWN81.30291.98
REYNARD81.3029776.70
SHIELDS71.140173.76
KIRK71.140126.34
WEATHERILL71.1401496.45
CLAXTON71.1401179.95
BATTY71.140174.63
JOHNSON60.97722.91
PARKER60.97725.14
YEADON60.9772357.14
BARKER60.97727.47
JACKSON60.97723.50
HARLAND50.814397.66
LISTER50.814328.57
SMITH50.81430.58
MILBURN50.814391.24
TURNER50.81432.93
YEATES50.8143147.49
FENWICK40.651549.69
LEGGITT40.65152,222.22
RAPER40.6515155.04
ALDERSON40.651546.95
RAISBECK40.6515689.66
HAWKINS40.65159.00
EDMONSON40.6515606.06
PARVIN40.6515615.38
GIBSON40.65155.37
ARNOT40.6515211.64
WINN30.488650.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEGGITT2,222.2240.6515
DRESSER1,866.67142.2801
GAVAGAN1,666.6710.1629
SAILS1,000.0010.1629
FALL909.09121.9544
SLEIGHT787.40101.6287
REYNARD776.7081.3029
RAISBECK689.6640.6515
PARVIN615.3840.6515
EDMONSON606.0640.6515
IMESON517.2430.4886
WEATHERILL496.4571.1401
STURDY461.5491.4658
HAYTON431.89132.1173
BARLEY381.23132.1173
PAYLOR370.3710.1629
YEADON357.1460.9772
RAINFORTH312.5010.1629
SPARLING250.0020.3257
LISHMAN238.1030.4886
ARNOT211.6440.6515
CLAXTON179.9571.1401
WAIN174.7691.4658
CALVERT159.74203.2573
RAPER155.0440.6515
YEATES147.4950.8143
APPLETON135.14132.1173
WETHERILL123.4610.1629
BUCKLE119.7681.3029
HARLAND97.6650.8143
MILBURN91.2450.8143
GAINES90.0910.1629
DICKENSON85.9381.3029
TINDALL80.6530.4886
BOYNTON80.0010.1629
BATTY74.6371.1401
SHIELDS73.7671.1401
IBBETSON72.9910.1629
TRUEMAN71.0930.4886
AKERS67.1120.3257
JENNINGS57.82182.9316
DUNNING57.5830.4886
THWAITES54.5020.3257
BRAMLEY53.4830.4886
KETTLEWELL53.1910.1629
LANCASTER52.4281.3029
WINN50.3430.4886
FENWICK49.6940.6515
ALDERSON46.9540.6515
TROTTER46.5830.4886

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called LEGGITT in Topcliffe 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 0.6515 in Topcliffe means that 0.6515% of the people in Topcliffe on census day were called LEGGITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEGGITT 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 LEGGITT 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 LEGGITT 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 LEGGITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,222.22 in Topcliffe means that you are 2,222.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEGGITT in Topcliffe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Topcliffe in 1881

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

AKERS (2)  ALDERSON (4)  APPLETON (13)  ARKWITH (1)  ARMIN (1)  ARNOT (4)  BAMLETT (3)  BARKER (6)  BARLEY (13)  BATTY (7)  BINSLEY (5)  BLANCHARD (1)  BLAND (2)  BOYNTON (1)  BRANSBY (4)  BRAY (1)  BRAMLEY (3)  BROWN (8)  BUCKLE (8)  CALVERT (20)  CARTER (2)  CARVER (1)  CASS (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHAPPELOW (2)  CHAPLIN (1)  CLAXTON (7)  CLAYTON (1)  COATES (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  CROSBY (1)  DALE (11)  DAWSON (1)  DEIGHTON (1)  DICKENSON (8)  DODSWORTH (1)  DRESSER (14)  DUNNING (3)  DURHAM (1)  EDMONSON (4)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (10)  EVANS (2)  FENWICK (4)  FOSTER (1)  FRANKS (1)  GARBUT (3)  GARBUTT (1)  GAVAGAN (1)  GAVAKIN (4)  GIBSON (4)  GILL (3)  GREENHILL (1)  HALLIDAY (2)  HALSTEAD (1)  HARGROVES (2)  HARLAND (5)  HAWKINS (4)  HAWKSBY (2)  HAYTON (13)  HENDERSON (20)  HEWISON (1)  HODGSHON (1)  HOLGATE (2)  HUDSON (13)  HEUGH (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  IBBETSON (1)  IMESON (3)  JACKSON (6)  GAINES (1)  JENNINGS (18)  JOHNSON (6)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KIDSON (1)  KILDEN (1)  KILHAM (6)  KILVINGTON (2)  KIRK (7)  KEARTON (1)  LANCASTER (8)  LANGFORD (3)  LEGGITT (4)  LISHMAN (3)  LEWIS (1)  LISTER (5)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LONG (1)  LONGMAN (1)  MALLINSON (1)  MASON (2)  FALL (12)  MENWELL (4)  METCALFE (2)  MIDDLETON (2)  MILBURN (5)  MILNER (1)  MITCHELL (12)  MOUNTAIN (1)  NELSON (2)  KNEVIT (6)  NORMAN (1)  PARKER (6)  PARVIN (4)  PATCHETT (1)  PAYLOR (1)  PEARSON (2)  PRATT (1)  RAINFORTH (1)  RAISBECK (4)  RAPER (4)  REYNARD (8)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIPLEY (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  SAILS (1)  SCHOFIELD (3)  SCOTT (1)  SEVIL (1)  SHIELDS (7)  SHIPLEY (2)  SIMPSON (9)  SLATER (2)  SLEIGHT (10)  SMALES (1)  SMITH (5)  SPARLING (2)  SPENCE (2)  STOCKDALE (1)  STURDY (9)  THACKRAY (1)  THWAITES (2)  TINDALE (1)  TINDALL (3)  TOWLER (1)  TROTTER (3)  TRUEMAN (3)  TURNER (5)  VASY (1)  WADDINGTON (1)  WAIN (9)  WAKE (2)  WALBRAN (1)  WALKER (15)  WALLS (3)  WALLACE (2)  WARD (2)  WATSON (3)  WELCH (1)  WEATHERILL (7)  WEATHERELL (1)  WETHERILL (1)  WINN (3)  WOOD (24)  WRIGGLESWORTH (5)  WILLEY (1)  YEATES (5)  YEADON (6)