Top surnames from the 1881 census in Heck, Yorkshire

Heck 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
THORNTON187.9646158.45
HEPWORTH125.3097465.12
GOODRIDGE93.98231,200.00
BAXTER83.539859.39
LAWSON73.097352.55
FRANK62.6549631.58
TURNER62.65499.54
HARRISON62.654911.96
OGLE52.2124694.44
RODWELL52.2124409.84
SUNDERLAND52.2124193.05
ENGLAND52.2124107.30
MARSHALL41.769910.55
APPLEYARD41.7699193.24
WATSON41.76997.63
SAYLES41.76991,176.47
ROBERTS41.76994.70
BEEVERS41.7699701.75
ROBINSON41.76995.55
TASKER31.3274125.00
BATEMAN31.327451.37
NORTON31.327439.95
SMITH31.32740.94
HUNTINGTON31.3274454.55
GODDARD20.885022.00
VARLEY20.885064.31
SPEIGHT20.8850108.70
JUBB20.8850176.99
HAWLEY20.885090.50
THOMPSON20.88502.95
BALLANCE20.88501,052.63
WHITLEY20.8850108.11
HIRST20.885027.14
TAYLOR10.44250.69
STOREY10.442517.42
LAWRENCE10.44256.81
DURHAM10.442551.28
HOLLIDAY10.442533.78
BUCK10.442520.66
BELLAMY10.442530.40
GRAVES10.442529.15
MAHON10.4425100.00
WARD10.44252.03
DODSON10.442557.14
HOLEY10.4425666.67
BOYLE10.442517.06
RILEY10.44255.59
VAUSE10.4425285.71
CASS10.442562.50
TIERNEY10.4425107.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOODRIDGE1,200.0093.9823
SAYLES1,176.4741.7699
BALLANCE1,052.6320.8850
BEEVERS701.7541.7699
OGLE694.4452.2124
HOLEY666.6710.4425
FRANK631.5862.6549
HEPWORTH465.12125.3097
HUNTINGTON454.5531.3274
RODWELL409.8452.2124
VAUSE285.7110.4425
PIERSON208.3310.4425
APPLEYARD193.2441.7699
SUNDERLAND193.0552.2124
JUBB176.9920.8850
THORNTON158.45187.9646
TASKER125.0031.3274
BOOTHMAN114.9410.4425
SPEIGHT108.7020.8850
WHITLEY108.1120.8850
TIERNEY107.5310.4425
ENGLAND107.3052.2124
MAHON100.0010.4425
HAWLEY90.5020.8850
VARLEY64.3120.8850
CASS62.5010.4425
BAXTER59.3983.5398
DODSON57.1410.4425
LAWSON52.5573.0973
BATEMAN51.3731.3274
DURHAM51.2810.4425
NORTON39.9531.3274
HOLLIDAY33.7810.4425
BELLAMY30.4010.4425
GRAVES29.1510.4425
HIRST27.1420.8850
GODDARD22.0020.8850
BUCK20.6610.4425
STOREY17.4210.4425
BOYLE17.0610.4425
HARRISON11.9662.6549
MARSHALL10.5541.7699
TURNER9.5462.6549
WATSON7.6341.7699
LAWRENCE6.8110.4425
RILEY5.5910.4425
ROBINSON5.5541.7699
ROBERTS4.7041.7699
THOMPSON2.9520.8850
WARD2.0310.4425

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called GOODRIDGE in Heck 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 3.9823 in Heck means that 3.9823% of the people in Heck on census day were called GOODRIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOODRIDGE 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 GOODRIDGE 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 GOODRIDGE 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 GOODRIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,200.00 in Heck means that you are 1,200.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOODRIDGE in Heck than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Heck in 1881

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

APPLEYARD (4)  AUSTWICK (17)  BALLANCE (2)  BATEMAN (3)  BAXTER (8)  BEEVOR (1)  BEEVERS (4)  BELLAMY (1)  BOYLE (1)  BUCK (1)  CASS (1)  COCKILL (7)  DODSON (1)  DUNWELL (5)  DURHAM (1)  ENGLAND (5)  FRANK (6)  GABBITASS (1)  GODDARD (2)  GOODRIDGE (9)  GRASSBY (7)  GRAVES (1)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HARRISON (6)  HAWLEY (2)  HEPWORTH (12)  HOGLEY (5)  HOLEY (1)  HUNTINGTON (3)  HIRST (2)  JUBB (2)  BOOTHMAN (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAWSON (7)  MAHON (1)  MARSHALL (4)  NORTON (3)  OGLE (5)  PIERSON (1)  RILEY (1)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (4)  RODWELL (5)  SAYLES (4)  SMITH (3)  SPEIGHT (2)  STOREY (1)  SUNDERLAND (5)  TASKER (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNTON (18)  THURTOM (1)  TURNER (6)  TIERNEY (1)  VAREY (8)  VARLEY (2)  VAUSE (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (4)  WAUDE (1)  WHITLEY (2)  WOODHALL (1) 

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