Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chevet, Yorkshire

Chevet 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
COOPER88.333334.26
BIRKETT66.2500645.16
DRAYTON66.25001,764.71
COOK66.250031.46
MIDGLEY55.2083387.60
MELLOR55.2083147.93
RAVEN55.2083617.28
CROSSLEY44.1667151.52
GASH33.12501,500.00
GIBSON33.125025.75
NICHOLS22.083363.90
COCKING11.0417212.77
WARNER11.041728.57
MARKHAM11.041787.72
FLINT11.041758.14
SUMNER11.041764.52
KENDALL11.041748.31
DEAN11.041715.02
SHORT11.041726.67
JORDAN11.041723.58
PILKINGTON11.041758.14
GRADY11.0417158.73
CLARK11.04173.47
FOWLER11.041718.25
TURPIN11.0417192.31
MANGAN11.04171,000.00
SPINK11.0417129.87
KEEN11.041752.08
CUTTS11.0417133.33
SADLER11.041744.25
JEPSON11.0417106.38
PALMS11.0417
WYNN11.0417120.48
CALL11.0417833.33
FOSTER11.04177.79
TURNER11.04173.74
LAVERN11.0417
DOWNING11.041759.88
SMITH11.04170.74
KAY11.041720.04
HINDS11.0417151.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DRAYTON1,764.7166.2500
GASH1,500.0033.1250
MANGAN1,000.0011.0417
CALL833.3311.0417
BIRKETT645.1666.2500
RAVEN617.2855.2083
MIDGLEY387.6055.2083
COCKING212.7711.0417
TURPIN192.3111.0417
GRADY158.7311.0417
CROSSLEY151.5244.1667
HINDS151.5211.0417
MELLOR147.9355.2083
CUTTS133.3311.0417
SPINK129.8711.0417
WYNN120.4811.0417
JEPSON106.3811.0417
MARKHAM87.7211.0417
SUMNER64.5211.0417
NICHOLS63.9022.0833
DOWNING59.8811.0417
PILKINGTON58.1411.0417
FLINT58.1411.0417
KEEN52.0811.0417
KENDALL48.3111.0417
SADLER44.2511.0417
COOPER34.2688.3333
COOK31.4666.2500
WARNER28.5711.0417
SHORT26.6711.0417
GIBSON25.7533.1250
JORDAN23.5811.0417
KAY20.0411.0417
FOWLER18.2511.0417
DEAN15.0211.0417
FOSTER7.7911.0417
TURNER3.7411.0417
CLARK3.4711.0417
SMITH0.7411.0417
LAVERN11.0417
PALMS11.0417

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called DRAYTON in Chevet 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 6.2500 in Chevet means that 6.2500% of the people in Chevet on census day were called DRAYTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DRAYTON 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 DRAYTON 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 DRAYTON 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 DRAYTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,764.71 in Chevet means that you are 1,764.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DRAYTON in Chevet than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chevet in 1881

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

BIRKETT (6)  BRANNELLY (1)  CALL (1)  CLARK (1)  COCKING (1)  COOK (6)  COOPER (8)  CUTTS (1)  CROSSLEY (4)  DEAN (1)  DOWNING (1)  DRAYTON (6)  FLINT (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLER (1)  GASH (3)  GIBSON (3)  JEPSON (1)  JORDAN (1)  GRADY (1)  GRAEBY (1)  HINDS (1)  KAY (1)  KEEN (1)  KENDALL (1)  LAVERN (1)  MARKHAM (1)  MACHELL (1)  MELLOR (5)  MIDGLEY (5)  MANGAN (1)  NICHOLS (2)  PALMS (1)  PILKINGTON (1)  RAVEN (5)  REACHER (1)  REACHES (6)  RETERICK (1)  SADLER (1)  SHORT (1)  SMITH (1)  SPINK (1)  SUMNER (1)  TURNER (1)  TURPIN (1)  TYNE (1)  WARNER (1)  WEARNLEY (1)  WYNN (1) 

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