Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wadworth, Yorkshire

Wadworth 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
THOMPSON274.728515.78
OLIVER193.327546.65
HUTCHINSON193.327558.57
MULLINS152.6270274.73
CARR142.451833.98
ADAMS132.276715.45
OGDEN132.276780.55
GREEN132.27678.09
BIRLEY111.92641,264.37
BATTEY111.92642,000.00
POTTER101.751327.01
TAYLOR91.57622.46
MIDGLEY81.4011104.58
MAXFIELD81.4011529.80
TRAVIS81.4011119.40
CLAYTON81.401125.77
PENNY71.225968.90
GREENWOOD71.225915.79
KAY71.225923.59
EYRE71.2259102.34
DICKSON71.225933.11
SAYLES71.2259823.53
MORRIS61.05084.72
SANDERSON61.050825.43
PALEY61.0508441.18
WHALEY61.0508312.50
BARNES61.05088.73
SMITH61.05080.74
FENWICK61.050880.21
HEPWORTH61.050892.17
SKELTON61.050872.20
YATES61.050815.29
WILKINSON50.87575.74
ROEBUCK50.8757129.20
DENTON50.875747.66
NEEDHAM50.875741.15
BARLOW50.875716.22
WHITE50.87572.72
SNOWDON50.8757117.37
STUBBS40.700526.53
BOOTH40.70057.10
NICHOLSON40.70059.86
WOOLDRIDGE40.7005128.21
PORTER40.70059.34
KENDALL30.525424.41
JACQUES30.525461.98
MARR30.525446.08
WRIGHT30.52541.64
CULLEN30.525429.97
BEST30.525419.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BATTEY2,000.00111.9264
LEMAIRE1,428.5710.1751
BIRLEY1,264.37111.9264
PAYE1,000.0010.1751
SAYLES823.5371.2259
MAXFIELD529.8081.4011
PALEY441.1861.0508
WHALEY312.5061.0508
ATHEY298.5120.3503
MULLINS274.73152.6270
BISBY243.9010.1751
OTLEY208.3320.3503
HALIFAX204.0810.1751
ROEBUCK129.2050.8757
WOOLDRIDGE128.2140.7005
TRAVIS119.4081.4011
SNOWDON117.3750.8757
STUBBINS106.3810.1751
MIDGLEY104.5881.4011
EYRE102.3471.2259
LIVERSEDGE96.1510.1751
DOLBY93.9020.3503
HEPWORTH92.1761.0508
OGDEN80.55132.2767
FENWICK80.2161.0508
NEWSOME72.9930.5254
SKELTON72.2061.0508
PENNY68.9071.2259
JACQUES61.9830.5254
RAWLINS60.2420.3503
HUTCHINSON58.57193.3275
PARKS50.5130.5254
CASS49.3820.3503
DENTON47.6650.8757
OLIVER46.65193.3275
MARR46.0830.5254
NEEDHAM41.1550.8757
LAYCOCK38.2230.5254
CARR33.98142.4518
LAUDER33.3310.1751
DICKSON33.1171.2259
STOCKS32.2120.3503
CULLEN29.9730.5254
SAXTON29.6710.1751
BOWER28.6830.5254
POTTER27.01101.7513
STUBBS26.5340.7005
CLAYTON25.7781.4011
SANDERSON25.4361.0508
KENDALL24.4130.5254

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called BATTEY in Wadworth 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 1.9264 in Wadworth means that 1.9264% of the people in Wadworth on census day were called BATTEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BATTEY 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 BATTEY 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 BATTEY 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 BATTEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Wadworth means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BATTEY in Wadworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wadworth in 1881

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

ADAMS (13)  ALDERSON (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLISON (1)  ATHEY (2)  BAINES (1)  BARKER (2)  BARLOW (5)  BARNES (6)  BASSENDALE (1)  BATES (2)  BATTEY (11)  BAXTER (2)  BENNETT (1)  BEST (3)  BISBY (1)  BLETCHER (1)  BOOTH (4)  BOTTOMLEY (1)  BOWER (3)  BRODLEY (1)  BIRLEY (11)  BUTLER (1)  CARR (14)  CASS (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLAYTON (8)  COOKE (1)  CUCKSON (2)  COOPER (2)  CRABTREE (1)  CREDLAND (1)  CULLEN (3)  CURTIS (3)  DORLING (1)  DENNISON (1)  DENTON (5)  DICKSON (7)  DOLBY (2)  DUNWELL (2)  EASTON (1)  EDLINGTON (1)  ELVIDGE (3)  EYRE (7)  FENWICK (6)  FROST (1)  GARRITT (13)  GELDERT (5)  GLEADALL (2)  GREEN (13)  GREENWOOD (7)  HALIFAX (1)  AMPS (1)  HANSTOCK (8)  HAWSON (1)  HEBDITCH (5)  HEPWORTH (6)  HOLLAND (1)  HORNBY (1)  HORTON (2)  HIRST (1)  HUTCHINSON (19)  JACQUES (3)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KAY (7)  KEMSHALL (4)  KENDALL (3)  KELLICK (1)  KITCHEN (1)  LANE (1)  LAUDER (1)  LAYCOCK (3)  LEMAIRE (1)  LINDLEY (1)  LIVERSEDGE (1)  LUARD (3)  MARSHALL (2)  MAXFIELD (8)  MIDGLEY (8)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (6)  MULLINS (15)  MARR (3)  NEEDHAM (5)  NEWSOME (3)  NICHOLSON (4)  NORTON (2)  NUNN (1)  OGDEN (13)  OLIVER (19)  OSBORNE (1)  PALEY (6)  PALMER (2)  PARKS (3)  PASK (1)  PAYE (1)  PEEL (2)  PENNY (7)  POTTER (10)  PORTER (4)  RAMSDEN (1)  ROWLINSON (5)  RIMMINGTON (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROEBUCK (5)  ROWE (1)  RAWLINS (2)  RUSHTON (2)  SAYLES (7)  SANDERSON (6)  SARGENT (1)  SARGESON (2)  SURR (7)  SENISCALL (1)  SAXTON (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHIRTCLIFFE (1)  SINGLETON (2)  SKELTON (6)  SMEDLEY (1)  SMITH (6)  SNOWDON (5)  SPENCER (3)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOCKS (2)  STUBBINS (1)  STUBBS (4)  TAYLOR (9)  TEALE (1)  THOMPSON (27)  THORPE (3)  TISSINGTON (2)  TRAVIS (8)  TYAS (2)  OTLEY (2)  VICKERS (1)  WADWORTH (2)  WHALEY (6)  WATSON (2)  WEST (1)  WHITE (5)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILKINSON (5)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOOLDRIDGE (4)  WRIGHT (3)  YATES (6)