Top surnames from the 1881 census in Heslington St Lawrence, Yorkshire

Heslington St Lawrence 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
WARE124.7244287.08
STABLER124.72442,727.27
NICHOLSON114.330760.94
WILSON103.93708.57
KENDALL93.5433164.53
LITTLE93.543374.94
HARDCASTLE93.5433400.00
PEEL83.1496175.44
DICKSON83.149685.02
JACKSON83.149611.27
WHITTAKER72.755958.19
BROWN72.75594.18
ELTON72.7559686.27
HARPER62.362236.90
GOODALL51.968591.91
WAKEFIELD51.9685109.89
DYSON51.968560.75
STEEL51.968548.31
DIXON51.968517.97
LEE41.57489.64
LAMB31.181122.39
WHITEHEAD31.181117.47
LOCKWOOD20.787435.65
RICHMOND20.787435.97
HORNBY20.787469.20
HARRISON20.78743.55
SHERBURN20.78741,052.63
FREAR20.7874740.74
RICHARDSON20.78744.63
WALLING20.7874392.16
FLINT20.787443.86
HICK20.7874169.49
BOWMAN20.787430.17
WEST20.78748.18
CARR20.787410.91
DOBSON20.787417.86
BLADES10.393769.44
SMITH10.39370.28
DEAN10.39375.67
LANGTON10.393749.51
ARCHER10.39379.51
CONNELL10.393722.68
FORTH10.3937161.29
BUCKLE10.393736.23
BRIGGS10.39377.25
BELL10.39372.10
HARE10.393725.51
COPLEY10.393750.76
CHARLTON10.393713.74
KAY10.39377.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STABLER2,727.27124.7244
PULLON1,111.1110.3937
SHERBURN1,052.6320.7874
FREAR740.7420.7874
ELTON686.2772.7559
HARDCASTLE400.0093.5433
WALLING392.1620.7874
WARE287.08124.7244
PEEL175.4483.1496
HICK169.4920.7874
KENDALL164.5393.5433
FORTH161.2910.3937
HARRIMAN153.8510.3937
STURDY123.4610.3937
HAW119.0510.3937
BRIGHTON111.1110.3937
WAKEFIELD109.8951.9685
GOODALL91.9151.9685
DICKSON85.0283.1496
LITTLE74.9493.5433
BLADES69.4410.3937
HORNBY69.2020.7874
NICHOLSON60.94114.3307
DYSON60.7551.9685
WHITTAKER58.1972.7559
COPLEY50.7610.3937
LANGTON49.5110.3937
STEEL48.3151.9685
FLINT43.8620.7874
BEAL41.8410.3937
HARPER36.9062.3622
BUCKLE36.2310.3937
RICHMOND35.9720.7874
LOCKWOOD35.6520.7874
FRANKS31.5510.3937
BOWMAN30.1720.7874
HARE25.5110.3937
CONNELL22.6810.3937
LAMB22.3931.1811
MORAN21.5110.3937
DIXON17.9751.9685
DOBSON17.8620.7874
WHITEHEAD17.4731.1811
CHARLTON13.7410.3937
NORTH11.8810.3937
JACKSON11.2783.1496
CARR10.9120.7874
KIRBY10.3710.3937
LEE9.6441.5748
ARCHER9.5110.3937

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called STABLER in Heslington St Lawrence 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 4.7244 in Heslington St Lawrence means that 4.7244% of the people in Heslington St Lawrence on census day were called STABLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STABLER 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 STABLER 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 STABLER 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 STABLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,727.27 in Heslington St Lawrence means that you are 2,727.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STABLER in Heslington St Lawrence than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Heslington St Lawrence in 1881

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

AMERS (4)  ARCHER (1)  BEAL (1)  BEILBY (3)  BELL (1)  BENTALL (3)  BEETHAM (1)  BLADES (1)  BOTTERILL (4)  BOWMAN (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BRIGHTON (1)  BROWN (7)  BUCKLE (1)  CARR (2)  CHARLTON (1)  CONNELL (1)  COOPER (1)  COPLEY (1)  COWTON (1)  COWLTRAY (1)  CRUST (1)  DEAN (1)  DIXON (5)  DICKSON (8)  DOBSON (2)  DOUGLAS (1)  DYSON (5)  ELTON (7)  FLINT (2)  FORTH (1)  FRANKS (1)  FREAR (2)  GOODALL (5)  GUNHOUSE (1)  HARDCASTLE (9)  HARE (1)  HARPER (6)  HARRIMAN (1)  HARRISON (2)  HAW (1)  HICK (2)  HORNBY (2)  HUBY (1)  IRONMONGER (1)  JACKSON (8)  KAY (1)  KEMPLAY (5)  KENDALL (9)  KIRBY (1)  LAMB (3)  LANGTON (1)  LEEVES (4)  LEE (4)  LITTLE (9)  LOCKWOOD (2)  MORAN (1)  NICHOLSON (11)  NOBLE (1)  NORTH (1)  PEEL (8)  PULLON (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RICHMOND (2)  ROBINSON (1)  SERGEANTSON (1)  SHERBURN (2)  SMITH (1)  STABLER (12)  STEEL (5)  STURDY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WAKEFIELD (5)  WALKER (1)  WARE (12)  WATHERSTON (6)  WEST (2)  WALLING (2)  WHINCUP (1)  WHITTAKER (7)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WILSON (10) 

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