Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bracewell, Yorkshire

Bracewell 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
TILLOTSON1110.47622,682.93
HARTLEY76.6667106.38
WADDINGTON76.6667409.36
LAMBERT65.7143104.71
COATES54.7619127.88
BAILEY54.761931.61
HOLDSWORTH43.8095225.99
CARR43.809552.77
UNDERWOOD43.8095141.34
ROBERTS32.85717.59
FELL32.8571202.70
PROCTER32.8571220.59
BROWN21.90482.89
ANDERSON21.90489.64
WAITE21.904891.74
HARGREAVES21.904845.66
HOYLE21.904882.64
LOFTHOUSE10.9524128.21
HOWORTH10.9524212.77
TURNER10.95243.42
ROBINSON10.95242.99
MURDICK10.9524
BROOKES10.952440.49
MOOR10.952468.03
HODGSON10.952413.74
ROWSON10.9524263.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TILLOTSON2,682.931110.4762
WADDINGTON409.3676.6667
ROWSON263.1610.9524
HOLDSWORTH225.9943.8095
PROCTER220.5932.8571
HOWORTH212.7710.9524
FELL202.7032.8571
UNDERWOOD141.3443.8095
LOFTHOUSE128.2110.9524
COATES127.8854.7619
HARTLEY106.3876.6667
LAMBERT104.7165.7143
WAITE91.7421.9048
HOYLE82.6421.9048
MOOR68.0310.9524
CARR52.7743.8095
HARGREAVES45.6621.9048
BROOKES40.4910.9524
BAILEY31.6154.7619
HODGSON13.7410.9524
ANDERSON9.6421.9048
ROBERTS7.5932.8571
TURNER3.4210.9524
ROBINSON2.9910.9524
BROWN2.8921.9048
MURDICK10.9524

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called TILLOTSON in Bracewell 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 10.4762 in Bracewell means that 10.4762% of the people in Bracewell on census day were called TILLOTSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TILLOTSON 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 TILLOTSON 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 TILLOTSON 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 TILLOTSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,682.93 in Bracewell means that you are 2,682.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TILLOTSON in Bracewell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bracewell in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  BAILEY (5)  BROOKES (1)  BROWN (2)  CARLING (2)  CARR (4)  COATES (5)  DUGDILL (4)  FELL (3)  HARGREAVES (2)  HARTLEY (7)  HESELTINE (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLDSWORTH (4)  HOWORTH (1)  HOYLE (2)  LAMBERT (6)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  MAUDSLEY (6)  MOOR (1)  MURDICK (1)  PETTYT (2)  PROCTER (3)  ROWSON (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBINSON (1)  SCAMBLE (9)  TILLOTSON (11)  TURNER (1)  UNDERWOOD (4)  WADDINGTON (7)  WAITE (2) 

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