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

Heslington St Paul 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
COTTOM146.27803,684.21
BELL125.381228.64
CONNELL104.4843257.73
FORTH62.69061,090.91
BELT62.69062,307.69
MELROSE62.6906697.67
DICKSON62.690672.64
COOPER62.690611.06
ROBSON62.690640.87
BECKETT52.2422112.61
SHAW52.242212.21
GANT52.2422625.00
CRAMPTON52.2422458.72
FOSTER52.242216.77
PEACOCK52.242262.89
RICHMOND41.793781.80
PARSONS41.793723.61
GREGG41.7937254.78
RUSHWORTH41.7937217.39
RICHARDSON41.793710.54
WILLY41.79371,600.00
JOHNSON31.34534.00
WARD31.34536.16
BROWN31.34532.04
HEARON31.345310,000.00
MURPHY20.896911.23
BUCKLE20.896982.30
HODGSON20.896912.95
HARRISON20.89694.04
CUTHBERTSON20.8969116.28
NICHOLSON20.896912.62
SIMPSON20.89695.13
KIRBY20.896923.64
WHITELEY20.896949.88
CAWTHORNE20.8969327.87
HAGUE10.448428.49
COX10.44842.96
LUND10.448441.32
ALDERMAN10.4484113.64
WILLIS10.44848.43
SAWNEY10.44842,000.00
STEAD10.448421.93
DIXON10.44844.09
SKELTON10.448430.77
BATESON10.448471.43
WILSON10.44840.98
SHARP10.44845.38
LITTLE10.44849.48
WILKINSON10.44842.94
FOWLER10.44847.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEARON10,000.0031.3453
COTTOM3,684.21146.2780
BELT2,307.6962.6906
SAWNEY2,000.0010.4484
WILLY1,600.0041.7937
FORTH1,090.9162.6906
MELROSE697.6762.6906
GANT625.0052.2422
MARE500.0010.4484
CRAMPTON458.7252.2422
CAWTHORNE327.8720.8969
SELLER294.1210.4484
CONNELL257.73104.4843
GREGG254.7841.7937
RUSHWORTH217.3941.7937
CUTHBERTSON116.2820.8969
ALDERMAN113.6410.4484
BECKETT112.6152.2422
BUCKLE82.3020.8969
RICHMOND81.8041.7937
DICKSON72.6462.6906
BATESON71.4310.4484
PEACOCK62.8952.2422
WHITELEY49.8820.8969
SMALLWOOD48.5410.4484
LUND41.3210.4484
SWANN41.1510.4484
ROBSON40.8762.6906
SKELTON30.7710.4484
BELL28.64125.3812
HAGUE28.4910.4484
KIRBY23.6420.8969
PARSONS23.6141.7937
FAWCETT23.2010.4484
STEAD21.9310.4484
FOSTER16.7752.2422
CHARLTON15.6510.4484
HODGSON12.9520.8969
NICHOLSON12.6220.8969
DAVISON12.5510.4484
SHAW12.2152.2422
MURPHY11.2320.8969
COOPER11.0662.6906
RICHARDSON10.5441.7937
LITTLE9.4810.4484
WILLIS8.4310.4484
FOWLER7.8610.4484
HARPER7.0010.4484
GILL6.3410.4484
WARD6.1631.3453

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called HEARON in Heslington St Paul 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 1.3453 in Heslington St Paul means that 1.3453% of the people in Heslington St Paul on census day were called HEARON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEARON 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 HEARON 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 HEARON 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 HEARON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Heslington St Paul means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEARON in Heslington St Paul than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Heslington St Paul in 1881

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

ALDERMAN (1)  BAILEY (1)  BATESON (1)  BECKETT (5)  BELL (12)  BELT (6)  BOOTH (1)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLE (2)  CALBERRY (1)  CAWTHORNE (2)  CHARLTON (1)  CONNELL (10)  COOPER (6)  COTTOM (14)  COX (1)  CRAMPTON (5)  CUTHBERTSON (2)  DAVISON (1)  DICKSON (6)  DIXON (1)  FATOURN (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FORTH (6)  FOSTER (5)  FOWLER (1)  GANT (5)  GILL (1)  GREGG (4)  HA... (5)  HAGUE (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (2)  HILL (1)  HEARON (3)  HODGSON (2)  HUDSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KENDIA (1)  KIRBY (2)  LITTLE (1)  LOLLY (1)  LUND (1)  MADGETT (1)  MELROSE (6)  MURPHY (2)  MARE (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  OSTICK (3)  PARSONS (4)  PEACOCK (5)  PENTY (7)  RIBBLESDEN (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  RICHMOND (4)  ROBSON (6)  RUSHWORTH (4)  SAWNEY (1)  SELLER (1)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (5)  SIMPSON (2)  SKELTON (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (1)  SMORFIT (5)  SOBLET (1)  STATHER (1)  STEAD (1)  SWANN (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WARD (3)  WATHERSTON (3)  WHITELEY (2)  WILMAN (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (1)  WILLY (4) 

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