Top surnames from the 1881 census in Green Hammerton, Yorkshire

Green Hammerton 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
DARBYSHIRE144.7458891.72
BENSON113.7288137.50
DANIEL113.7288168.71
BUCKLE103.3898311.53
CARTER93.050818.17
SANDERSON82.711965.63
KETTLEWELL82.7119879.12
IBBETSON82.71191,212.12
PEXTON62.03393,333.33
CAWOOD62.0339857.14
SMITH62.03391.44
COWLING62.0339230.77
WILKINSON62.033913.33
BUCK62.033994.94
BARKER51.694912.95
PRENTIS51.69492,173.91
BAILEY51.694911.25
DRURY51.6949106.61
COTTLE51.6949344.83
BARBER41.355922.52
EDEN41.3559133.33
BAILY41.3559213.90
CASS41.3559191.39
METCALF41.355967.00
BRAMLEY41.3559148.70
WATTS31.016912.13
JACKSON31.01693.64
METCALFE31.016944.51
WOOD31.01693.19
PREST31.0169329.67
WATSON31.01694.38
DUNN31.016912.23
NAYLOR31.016926.98
MARSHALL31.01696.06
COOPER20.67802.79
THOMAS20.67801.64
HARDY20.678011.32
WEST20.67807.04
FOSTER20.67805.07
WADDINGTON20.678041.75
WILSON20.67801.48
KINGHORN10.3390117.65
ATKINSON10.33903.48
TIGHE10.3390147.06
DODSWORTH10.339081.30
CALL10.3390270.27
HORNER10.339017.83
MASON10.33902.52
BROWN10.33900.51
HARVEY10.33903.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEXTON3,333.3362.0339
PRENTIS2,173.9151.6949
IBBETSON1,212.1282.7119
DARBYSHIRE891.72144.7458
KETTLEWELL879.1282.7119
CAWOOD857.1462.0339
TESSEYMAN714.2910.3390
DAGLEY384.6210.3390
COTTLE344.8351.6949
PREST329.6731.0169
BUCKLE311.53103.3898
CALL270.2710.3390
COWLING230.7762.0339
BAILY213.9041.3559
CASS191.3941.3559
DANIEL168.71113.7288
BRAMLEY148.7041.3559
TIGHE147.0610.3390
BENSON137.50113.7288
EDEN133.3341.3559
LINFORD128.2110.3390
KINGHORN117.6510.3390
PYBUS113.6410.3390
DRURY106.6151.6949
BUCK94.9462.0339
MAW92.5910.3390
DODSWORTH81.3010.3390
RAPER80.6510.3390
METCALF67.0041.3559
BROTHERTON66.6710.3390
SANDERSON65.6382.7119
METCALFE44.5131.0169
DODSON43.8610.3390
WADDINGTON41.7520.6780
WINN34.8410.3390
LUND31.2510.3390
DAVY27.4710.3390
NAYLOR26.9831.0169
BARBER22.5241.3559
COWLEY18.4210.3390
CARTER18.1793.0508
HORNER17.8310.3390
SEYMOUR16.5810.3390
WILKINSON13.3362.0339
HOBSON13.0710.3390
BARKER12.9551.6949
DUNN12.2331.0169
WATTS12.1331.0169
HARDY11.3220.6780
BAILEY11.2551.6949

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called PEXTON in Green Hammerton 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 2.0339 in Green Hammerton means that 2.0339% of the people in Green Hammerton on census day were called PEXTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEXTON 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 PEXTON 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 PEXTON 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 PEXTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Green Hammerton means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEXTON in Green Hammerton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Green Hammerton in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BAILY (4)  BAILEY (5)  BARBER (4)  BARKER (5)  BENSON (11)  BOULES (1)  BRAMLEY (4)  BROTHERTON (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (6)  BUCKLE (10)  CALL (1)  CARTER (9)  CASS (4)  CAWOOD (6)  CLARKE (1)  COOPER (2)  COTTLE (5)  COWLEY (1)  COWLING (6)  DAGLEY (1)  DANIEL (11)  DAVY (1)  DARBYSHIRE (14)  DODSON (1)  DODSWORTH (1)  DRURY (5)  DUNN (3)  EASBY (5)  EDEN (4)  FLINTWEST (3)  FOSTER (2)  FOWLER (1)  GOODBURN (4)  HAMMOND (1)  HARDY (2)  HARVEY (1)  HENDARSON (1)  HILL (1)  HOBSON (1)  HOLDFORTH (2)  HORNER (1)  HUNTER (1)  IBBETSON (8)  JACKSON (3)  JONES (1)  KETTLEWELL (8)  KILVINGTON (2)  KINGHORN (1)  LAMPLUGH (6)  LEADHILL (1)  LEDBURY (4)  LINFOOT (1)  LINFORD (1)  LINSKILL (1)  LOADMAN (2)  LONGBONES (2)  LUND (1)  MAGHER (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MAW (1)  METCALF (4)  METCALFE (3)  NAYLOR (3)  OUTHWAITE (4)  PARKINSON (1)  PAWSON (1)  PEXTON (6)  PRENTIS (5)  PREST (3)  PYBUS (1)  QUARTON (1)  RAPER (1)  SANDERSON (8)  SCOTT (1)  SCURR (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SMITH (6)  STUDOR (1)  TASSYMAN (4)  TESSEYMAN (1)  THOMAS (2)  TIGHE (1)  WADDINGTON (2)  WATSON (3)  WATTS (3)  WEST (2)  WHINCUP (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (2)  WINN (1)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (1)  WRIGHTSON (1)  WYAM (6)  YOUNG (1) 

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