Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upper Helmsley, Yorkshire

Upper Helmsley 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
LEADMAN57.042350,000.00
DOUGHTY45.6338444.44
HUDSON34.225451.64
ADDISON34.2254306.12
HERBERT34.2254113.21
FOSTER34.225431.61
ALFORD34.2254500.00
SHIRES34.22541,500.00
HERRON34.22541,200.00
GRAY22.816919.72
SETTLE11.4085416.67
NOBLE11.408533.90
GRAVES11.408592.59
WRIGHT11.40854.39
DIXON11.408512.85
WARD11.40856.45
JONES11.40851.24
ANDERSON11.40857.13
STEPHENS11.408525.38
HINTON11.4085105.26
RANCE11.4085384.62
HARRISON11.40856.35
NEWHAM11.4085384.62
WHITFIELD11.408570.42
KIRBY11.408537.17
BRYER11.40851,111.11
TOCK11.40853,333.33
JOHNSON11.40854.19
PATTISON11.408588.50
METCALFE11.408561.73
WATSON11.40856.07
KENDALL11.408565.36
BENNETT11.40858.57
STOKEL11.408510,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEADMAN50,000.0057.0423
STOKEL10,000.0011.4085
TOCK3,333.3311.4085
SHIRES1,500.0034.2254
HERRON1,200.0034.2254
BRYER1,111.1111.4085
ALFORD500.0034.2254
DOUGHTY444.4445.6338
SETTLE416.6711.4085
NEWHAM384.6211.4085
RANCE384.6211.4085
ADDISON306.1234.2254
HERBERT113.2134.2254
HINTON105.2611.4085
GRAVES92.5911.4085
PATTISON88.5011.4085
WHITFIELD70.4211.4085
KENDALL65.3611.4085
METCALFE61.7311.4085
HUDSON51.6434.2254
KIRBY37.1711.4085
NOBLE33.9011.4085
FOSTER31.6134.2254
STEPHENS25.3811.4085
GRAY19.7222.8169
DIXON12.8511.4085
BENNETT8.5711.4085
ANDERSON7.1311.4085
WARD6.4511.4085
HARRISON6.3511.4085
WATSON6.0711.4085
WRIGHT4.3911.4085
JOHNSON4.1911.4085
JONES1.2411.4085

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called LEADMAN in Upper Helmsley 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 7.0423 in Upper Helmsley means that 7.0423% of the people in Upper Helmsley on census day were called LEADMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEADMAN 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 LEADMAN 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 LEADMAN 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 LEADMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Upper Helmsley means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEADMAN in Upper Helmsley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upper Helmsley in 1881

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

ADDISON (3)  ALFORD (3)  ANDERSON (1)  MAC ARTHUR (1)  BENNETT (1)  BRYER (1)  DIXON (1)  DOUGHTY (4)  ELLAWELL (1)  FOSTER (3)  GRAY (2)  GRAVES (1)  HARRISON (1)  HERBERT (3)  HERRON (3)  HINTON (1)  HUDSON (3)  INCHBOARD (5)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KENDALL (1)  KIRBY (1)  LEADMAN (5)  METCALFE (1)  NEWHAM (1)  NOBLE (1)  PATTISON (1)  RANCE (1)  SCOTSON (1)  SETTLE (1)  SHIRES (3)  SOMERSGILL (7)  STEPHENS (1)  STOKEL (1)  TOCK (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WRIGHT (1)