Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Heslerton, Yorkshire

West Heslerton 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
LAZENBY144.0230848.48
MILNER123.4483150.38
CARR113.160943.81
SWAIN92.5862134.13
SHEPHERD92.586235.29
STEEL82.298956.42
ADAMS82.298915.60
THOMPSON82.29897.67
BARKER82.298917.57
ELLIS72.011513.85
BEAL72.0115214.07
HUNTER72.011519.59
ABBEY61.7241468.75
ARMSTRONG61.724122.56
MILES61.724129.23
ELSWORTH51.4368390.63
CROSBY51.4368121.36
PIERSON51.4368675.68
FEATHERSTON51.43681,515.15
WHITE51.43684.47
WILSON41.14942.50
HARRISS41.1494176.21
JESSOP41.149496.85
HODGSON41.149416.58
CHAMBERS41.149420.21
SPECK41.1494645.16
NAYLOR41.149430.49
BELT41.1494975.61
STEPHENSON41.149420.09
PATRICK41.149457.72
SMITH41.14940.81
BAKER30.86213.93
BRYANT30.862120.17
TINDALL30.8621142.18
HARRISON30.86213.88
HINES30.8621101.01
REX20.5747363.64
BEAN20.574744.44
WALTON20.57478.17
ALLEN20.57473.04
VASEY20.5747161.29
MARSHALL20.57473.43
TURNER20.57472.06
HERRINGTON20.5747152.67
PRINCE20.574725.41
WARD20.57472.63
BULLER10.287487.72
WAGER10.2874107.53
HOLLIDAY10.287421.93
SCOTT10.28741.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRAMMER10,000.0010.2874
FEATHERSTON1,515.1551.4368
BELT975.6141.1494
LAZENBY848.48144.0230
PIERSON675.6851.4368
SPECK645.1641.1494
CRILLY500.0010.2874
ABBEY468.7561.7241
ELSWORTH390.6351.4368
SEE384.6210.2874
GOLDSBOROUGH370.3710.2874
REX363.6420.5747
BEAL214.0772.0115
BIELBY185.1910.2874
HARRISS176.2141.1494
LANGDALE163.9310.2874
VASEY161.2920.5747
HERRINGTON152.6720.5747
MILNER150.38123.4483
WELBURN147.0610.2874
TINDALL142.1830.8621
BRIGHAM136.9910.2874
SWAIN134.1392.5862
CROSBY121.3651.4368
WAGER107.5310.2874
LENG103.0910.2874
HINES101.0130.8621
JESSOP96.8541.1494
BULLER87.7210.2874
BUTTERY74.6310.2874
DARLEY67.5710.2874
HICK61.7310.2874
PATRICK57.7241.1494
STEEL56.4282.2989
RACE52.6310.2874
FREER52.0810.2874
STORY46.3010.2874
BEAN44.4420.5747
CARR43.81113.1609
SHEPHERD35.2992.5862
NAYLOR30.4941.1494
MILES29.2361.7241
NEWBY28.7410.2874
GRANGER28.0910.2874
MARCH26.6710.2874
PRINCE25.4120.5747
ALMOND23.2010.2874
ARMSTRONG22.5661.7241
HOLLIDAY21.9310.2874
LIGHTFOOT20.6610.2874

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called TRAMMER in West Heslerton 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 0.2874 in West Heslerton means that 0.2874% of the people in West Heslerton on census day were called TRAMMER.

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

All the surnames recorded in West Heslerton in 1881

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

ABBEY (6)  ADAMS (8)  ALLEN (2)  ALMOND (1)  ARMSTRONG (6)  BAKER (3)  BARKER (8)  BEAL (7)  BEAN (2)  BEACROFT (7)  BIELBY (1)  BELT (4)  BLACK (1)  BOTTERILL (3)  BRIGHAM (1)  BRIGNELL (2)  BRYANT (3)  BULLER (1)  BURGESS (1)  BUTTERY (1)  CARR (11)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  COULTRESS (1)  CRANLEY (1)  CRILLY (1)  CROSBY (5)  DARLEY (1)  DIXON (1)  DOUSLAND (6)  EASTERBY (7)  ELLIS (7)  ELSWORTH (5)  FEATHERSTON (5)  FREER (1)  GARICK (1)  GOLDSBOROUGH (1)  GRANGER (1)  GRAILE (1)  GREEN (1)  GRO... (2)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HERRINGTON (2)  HARRISS (4)  HARRISON (3)  HATHERLEY (4)  HESP (17)  HICK (1)  HILL (1)  HINES (3)  HODGSON (4)  HUNTER (7)  INSON (3)  JESSOP (4)  KIRK (1)  LANGDALE (1)  LAYBURN (5)  LAZENBY (14)  LENG (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LOVELL (1)  MARCH (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MASTERS (1)  MEDD (1)  MILES (6)  MILNER (12)  MONKMAN (4)  MORLEY (1)  MYLDFOR (1)  NAYLOR (4)  NEWBY (1)  ASBURN (1)  OUTHAL (6)  PATRICK (4)  PIERSON (5)  PICKHARD (1)  PITWELL (1)  POTTER (1)  PRINCE (2)  RACE (1)  REX (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (1)  SEE (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHEPHERD (9)  SYSON (1)  SMITH (4)  SPECK (4)  STEEL (8)  STEPHENSON (4)  STORY (1)  SWAIN (9)  THOMPSON (8)  TINDALL (3)  TRAMMER (1)  TURNER (2)  VASEY (2)  WAGER (1)  WALKER (1)  WALTON (2)  WARD (2)  WARNER (1)  WELBURN (1)  WHITE (5)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)