Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weel, Yorkshire

Weel 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
SELLERS97.89471,022.73
TENNISON97.894715,000.00
LOFT76.14042,413.79
HUTCHINSON76.1404108.02
FIDLER65.2632821.92
WALKER65.263215.72
ATKINSON54.386045.05
PEARSON43.508830.21
CANHAM43.5088784.31
WATSON43.508815.13
CARE32.63161,200.00
SMITH32.63161.86
WELBURN32.63161,363.64
SHORT32.631667.42
FOX21.754418.90
WILSON21.75443.82
WARDELL21.7544444.44
CLARK21.75445.84
TOMLINSON21.754438.02
STEPHENSON10.877215.34
HUNSLEY10.87721,250.00
PICKERING10.877224.33
DRAYTON10.8772250.00
NAYLOR10.877223.26
KIRBY10.877223.09
HOLDEN10.877216.03
SCARR10.8772454.55
DEAN10.877212.64
MOORE10.87724.39
STOREY10.877234.48
HARRISON10.87723.95
REED10.877212.02
EDMOND10.8772263.16
PADGET10.8772625.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TENNISON15,000.0097.8947
LOFT2,413.7976.1404
WELBURN1,363.6432.6316
HUNSLEY1,250.0010.8772
CARE1,200.0032.6316
SELLERS1,022.7397.8947
FIDLER821.9265.2632
CANHAM784.3143.5088
PADGET625.0010.8772
SCARR454.5510.8772
WARDELL444.4421.7544
EDMOND263.1610.8772
DRAYTON250.0010.8772
HUTCHINSON108.0276.1404
SHORT67.4232.6316
ATKINSON45.0554.3860
TOMLINSON38.0221.7544
STOREY34.4810.8772
PEARSON30.2143.5088
PICKERING24.3310.8772
NAYLOR23.2610.8772
KIRBY23.0910.8772
FOX18.9021.7544
HOLDEN16.0310.8772
WALKER15.7265.2632
STEPHENSON15.3410.8772
WATSON15.1343.5088
DEAN12.6410.8772
REED12.0210.8772
CLARK5.8421.7544
MOORE4.3910.8772
HARRISON3.9510.8772
WILSON3.8221.7544
SMITH1.8632.6316

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called TENNISON in Weel 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 7.8947 in Weel means that 7.8947% of the people in Weel on census day were called TENNISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TENNISON 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 TENNISON 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 TENNISON 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 TENNISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in Weel means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TENNISON in Weel than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weel in 1881

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

ACKLAM (5)  ATKINSON (5)  BROADLEY (1)  CANHAM (4)  CARE (3)  CLARK (2)  DEAN (1)  DRAYTON (1)  EDMOND (1)  FIDLER (6)  FOX (2)  HARRISON (1)  HOLDEN (1)  HUNSLEY (1)  HUTCHINSON (7)  KIRBY (1)  LOFT (7)  MEADLEY (6)  MEGSON (1)  MOORE (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NORTHGRAVES (1)  PADGET (1)  PEARSON (4)  PICKERING (1)  REED (1)  ROSLIN (1)  SCARR (1)  SELLERS (9)  SHORT (3)  SMITH (3)  STATTERS (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOREY (1)  TENNISON (9)  TOMLINSON (2)  WALKER (6)  WARDELL (2)  WATSON (4)  WELBURN (3)  WILSON (2)