Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yafforth, Yorkshire

Yafforth 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
WATSON147.407431.93
CARR136.878395.31
ATKINSON115.820159.75
TWEDDLE105.29101,538.46
FRENCH94.761997.51
DAWSON63.174628.80
APPLETON63.1746202.70
TAYLOR52.64554.14
GIBSON52.645521.80
MATSON42.1164869.57
DODSWORTH42.1164506.33
HARDAKER42.1164615.38
BRITTON42.1164119.40
BALL42.116425.62
THACKREY42.11645,714.29
DINSDALE31.5873309.28
DAVISON31.587344.38
DUNNING31.5873187.50
BAINES31.587382.87
JOHNSON31.58734.72
ROUTLEDGE31.5873186.34
ADDISON21.058276.34
WETHERILL21.0582800.00
ROBSON21.058216.08
FOSTER21.05827.91
SMITH21.05820.75
ANDERSON21.05825.36
CAWTHORN21.0582555.56
PICKLES21.058252.08
MAYNES21.05824,000.00
HOBSON21.058240.82
CLARK10.52911.76
QUIGLEY10.5291103.09
GLOVER10.529112.41
PATTERSON10.529115.17
WAIN10.529162.89
BELL10.52912.82
AUTON10.5291500.00
JARVIS10.529111.79
CHADWICK10.529112.09
PLACE10.5291101.01
WEBSTER10.52916.08
NEVISON10.5291454.55
MASTERMAN10.5291212.77
HORN10.529123.31
ROBINSON10.52911.66
HARDACRE10.5291222.22
WILKINSON10.52913.47
GARTHWAITE10.5291277.78
BLAKEY10.529165.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THACKREY5,714.2942.1164
MAYNES4,000.0021.0582
TWEDDLE1,538.46105.2910
MATSON869.5742.1164
WETHERILL800.0021.0582
ASKWITH625.0010.5291
HARDAKER615.3842.1164
CAWTHORN555.5621.0582
DODSWORTH506.3342.1164
AUTON500.0010.5291
NEVISON454.5510.5291
DINSDALE309.2831.5873
GARTHWAITE277.7810.5291
HARDACRE222.2210.5291
MASTERMAN212.7710.5291
APPLETON202.7063.1746
DUNNING187.5031.5873
ROUTLEDGE186.3431.5873
BRITTON119.4042.1164
DEIGHTON105.2610.5291
QUIGLEY103.0910.5291
PLACE101.0110.5291
FRENCH97.5194.7619
CARR95.31136.8783
BAINES82.8731.5873
ADDISON76.3421.0582
BLAKEY65.7910.5291
WAIN62.8910.5291
ATKINSON59.75115.8201
PICKLES52.0821.0582
DAVISON44.3831.5873
HOBSON40.8221.0582
WATSON31.93147.4074
DAWSON28.8063.1746
BALL25.6242.1164
HORN23.3110.5291
GIBSON21.8052.6455
ROBSON16.0821.0582
PATTERSON15.1710.5291
GLOVER12.4110.5291
CHADWICK12.0910.5291
JARVIS11.7910.5291
FOSTER7.9121.0582
WEBSTER6.0810.5291
ANDERSON5.3621.0582
JOHNSON4.7231.5873
TAYLOR4.1452.6455
WILKINSON3.4710.5291
BELL2.8210.5291
CLARK1.7610.5291

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called THACKREY in Yafforth 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 2.1164 in Yafforth means that 2.1164% of the people in Yafforth on census day were called THACKREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THACKREY 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 THACKREY 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 THACKREY 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 THACKREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,714.29 in Yafforth means that you are 5,714.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THACKREY in Yafforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yafforth in 1881

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

ADDISON (2)  ANDERSON (2)  APPLETON (6)  ASCOUGH (3)  ASKWITH (1)  ATKINSON (11)  AUTON (1)  BAINES (3)  BALL (4)  BARROBY (1)  BELL (1)  BEVERIT (4)  BLAKEY (1)  BRITTON (4)  CARR (13)  CAWTHORN (2)  CHADWICK (1)  CLARK (1)  CRADOCK (6)  CRAKE (1)  DAVISON (3)  DAWSON (6)  DEIGHTON (1)  DINSDALE (3)  DODSWORTH (4)  DUNNING (3)  FOSTER (2)  FRENCH (9)  GARTHWAITE (1)  GIBSON (5)  GLOVER (1)  GONTON (1)  GOUNDRILL (1)  GREATHEAD (6)  HIGHMOOR (1)  HARDACRE (1)  HARDAKER (4)  HOBSON (2)  HORN (1)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (3)  MAYNES (2)  MASTERMAN (1)  MATSON (4)  MEYNELL (1)  NEVISON (1)  OASTLER (2)  PATTERSON (1)  PICKLES (2)  PLACE (1)  QUIGLEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (2)  ROUTLEDGE (3)  SMITH (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THACKREY (4)  TWEDDLE (10)  WAIN (1)  WATSON (14)  WEBSTER (1)  WETHERILL (2)  WILKINSON (1)