Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weston, Yorkshire

Weston 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
HOLMES186.164450.62
ENGLAND113.7671182.72
INGLE113.7671924.37
BROWN103.42475.20
DAWSON103.424731.07
CROWTHER82.739791.74
PROCTOR82.7397111.42
WATKINSON72.3973204.68
WISE72.3973114.94
SIMPSON62.054811.75
MOSS62.054833.33
WHARTON62.0548146.70
SHARPE62.054869.69
LIGHT62.0548223.05
SMITH62.05481.46
CROSBY62.0548173.41
HOOK51.7123115.74
LUMLEY51.7123280.90
PICKERING51.712347.44
SPENCE51.712351.76
CROOK41.369947.68
WOOD41.36994.30
THOMPSON41.36994.57
COOPER41.36995.63
THORNTON41.369927.25
WHITTAKER41.369928.92
BRAMLEY41.3699149.81
COLLINS31.02747.16
HARRISON31.02744.63
PETTY31.0274103.81
TAYLOR31.02741.61
DOVE31.027489.82
GARTON31.0274208.33
DALE20.684916.21
KENDALL20.684931.80
BAILEY20.68494.55
FORREST20.684926.56
STEPHENSON20.684911.98
LAND20.684994.79
MOON20.684932.47
PARKER20.68493.60
TURNER20.68492.46
FISHER20.68495.85
HUDSON20.68498.36
STOREY20.684926.95
HIBBARD20.6849235.29
TOWERS10.342529.59
ILLINGWORTH10.342530.30
SCARLETT10.3425101.01
FAWCETT10.342517.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
INGLE924.37113.7671
ELIOT625.0010.3425
MATTERSON555.5610.3425
DEMAINE384.6210.3425
LUMLEY280.9051.7123
HIBBARD235.2920.6849
LIGHT223.0562.0548
GARTON208.3331.0274
WATKINSON204.6872.3973
ENGLAND182.72113.7671
CROSBY173.4162.0548
MAUD151.5210.3425
BRAMLEY149.8141.3699
WHARTON146.7062.0548
TIPTON140.8510.3425
WESSON131.5810.3425
EDMUNDSON120.4810.3425
HARDISTY119.0510.3425
HOOK115.7451.7123
WISE114.9472.3973
PROCTOR111.4282.7397
PETTY103.8131.0274
SCARLETT101.0110.3425
LAND94.7920.6849
BOWLING92.5910.3425
CROWTHER91.7482.7397
DOVE89.8231.0274
FOOTE89.2910.3425
SHARPE69.6962.0548
DEIGHTON68.4910.3425
WAREHAM61.3510.3425
WILDMAN56.1810.3425
HAINSWORTH53.7610.3425
SPENCE51.7651.7123
HOLMES50.62186.1644
CANNING48.3110.3425
CROOK47.6841.3699
PICKERING47.4451.7123
CLAPHAM39.6810.3425
SNOWDEN38.4610.3425
MOSS33.3362.0548
MOON32.4720.6849
KENDALL31.8020.6849
DAWSON31.07103.4247
ILLINGWORTH30.3010.3425
COWARD29.8510.3425
TOWERS29.5910.3425
WHITTAKER28.9241.3699
THORNTON27.2541.3699
STOREY26.9520.6849

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called INGLE in Weston 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 3.7671 in Weston means that 3.7671% of the people in Weston on census day were called INGLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called INGLE 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 INGLE 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 INGLE 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 INGLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 924.37 in Weston means that you are 924.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of INGLE in Weston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weston in 1881

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

HAINSWORTH (1)  BAILEY (2)  BARNETT (1)  BELLWOOD (4)  BOWLING (1)  BROADBENT (1)  BRAMLEY (4)  BROWN (10)  CANNING (1)  CLAPHAM (1)  COLLINS (3)  COOPER (4)  COWARD (1)  CROOK (4)  CROSBY (6)  CROWTHER (8)  DALE (2)  DAWSON (10)  DEIGHTON (1)  DEMAINE (1)  DISBERRY (1)  DIBB (1)  DOVE (3)  EDMUNDSON (1)  ELIOT (1)  ENGLAND (11)  FAWCETT (1)  FISHER (2)  FOOTE (1)  FORREST (2)  GARTON (3)  GREAVES (1)  GRENWOOD (2)  HARDISTY (1)  HARRISON (3)  HIBBARD (2)  HOLMES (18)  HUDSON (2)  HUNT (1)  HOOK (5)  ILLINGWORTH (1)  INGLE (11)  JACKSON (1)  JOWET (1)  KENDALL (2)  KNOWLES (1)  LAND (2)  LAYCOCK (1)  LIGHT (6)  LISTER (1)  LUMLEY (5)  MASON (1)  MATTERSON (1)  MAUD (1)  MONKMAN (4)  MOON (2)  MOSS (6)  NORTHMORE (3)  NUNWICK (1)  PARKER (2)  PARR (1)  PEARCE (1)  PEARSON (1)  PETTY (3)  PICKERING (5)  PRATT (1)  PROCTOR (8)  PROCTER (1)  RISDALE (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROUNDELL (3)  SCARLETT (1)  SHARP (1)  SHARPE (6)  SIMPSON (6)  SKIRROW (3)  SMITH (6)  SNOWDEN (1)  SPENCE (5)  STEELE (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  STOREY (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNTON (4)  TIPTON (1)  TOWERS (1)  TURNER (2)  UMPLEBY (2)  WAREHAM (1)  WATKINSON (7)  WESSON (1)  WHARTON (6)  WHITTAKER (4)  WILDMAN (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WISE (7)  WOOD (4)