Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hotham, Yorkshire

Hotham 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
WALKER195.107515.26
WILSON143.76348.19
LAWSON112.957050.16
MATHER102.6882108.46
WEBSTER102.688230.91
WRIGHT102.68828.38
KIRBY102.688270.87
MESSENGER102.6882348.43
LEAKE102.6882653.59
PEARSON82.150518.51
CROSS82.150531.25
GRIFFIN82.150545.71
VESSEY71.88171,111.11
DREWERY71.8817886.08
ALLISON61.612956.76
RINGROSE61.6129659.34
THOMPSON61.61295.38
DEAN61.612923.24
CLARK61.61295.37
CHAMBERS51.344123.64
GARLICK51.3441152.44
ANDERSON51.34416.80
FOWLER51.344123.54
HOLT51.344120.07
HALLAM41.075357.64
LOCKWOOD41.075348.66
COLE41.075311.80
CARR41.075314.90
PURDON41.0753579.71
PINCHON41.07533,636.36
POWELL30.80656.46
UNDERWOOD30.806529.88
PETCH30.8065181.82
BALDERSON20.5376281.69
BOARDMAN20.537633.50
POLLARD20.537614.75
HICKS20.537612.85
SAVAGE20.537614.00
SWAIN10.268813.95
GELDER10.268897.09
COOK10.26881.35
EVANS10.26880.62
IRELAND10.268811.57
DYER10.26886.94
PIERCY10.268874.63
HIGHT10.2688500.00
DONKIN10.268872.46
NIELD10.268839.22
BAKER10.26881.23
SMITH10.26880.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PINCHON3,636.3641.0753
VESSEY1,111.1171.8817
DREWERY886.0871.8817
RINGROSE659.3461.6129
LEAKE653.59102.6882
PURDON579.7141.0753
HIGHT500.0010.2688
MESSENGER348.43102.6882
BALDERSON281.6920.5376
DRINKALL250.0010.2688
WALKINGTON227.2710.2688
TOWSE204.0810.2688
PETCH181.8230.8065
GARLICK152.4451.3441
CRAFT121.9510.2688
MATHER108.46102.6882
GELDER97.0910.2688
PIERCY74.6310.2688
DONKIN72.4610.2688
KIRBY70.87102.6882
HALLAM57.6441.0753
ALLISON56.7661.6129
LAWSON50.16112.9570
LOCKWOOD48.6641.0753
CROMBIE47.8510.2688
GRIFFIN45.7182.1505
NIELD39.2210.2688
BOARDMAN33.5020.5376
CROSS31.2582.1505
WEBSTER30.91102.6882
UNDERWOOD29.8830.8065
CHAMBERS23.6451.3441
FOWLER23.5451.3441
DEAN23.2461.6129
HOLT20.0751.3441
HOPPER18.8310.2688
PEARSON18.5182.1505
BATTY17.6110.2688
WALKER15.26195.1075
CARR14.9041.0753
POLLARD14.7520.5376
BRETT14.1610.2688
SAVAGE14.0020.5376
SWAIN13.9510.2688
ENGLAND13.0510.2688
HICKS12.8520.5376
ELLISON12.7210.2688
COLE11.8041.0753
IRELAND11.5710.2688
WRIGHT8.38102.6882

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called PINCHON in Hotham 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 1.0753 in Hotham means that 1.0753% of the people in Hotham on census day were called PINCHON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PINCHON 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 PINCHON 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 PINCHON 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 PINCHON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,636.36 in Hotham means that you are 3,636.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PINCHON in Hotham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hotham in 1881

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

ALLISON (6)  ANDERSON (5)  BAKER (1)  BALDERSON (2)  BATTY (1)  BOARDMAN (2)  BOTHAM (1)  BRABBS (1)  BRETT (1)  BUTTERICK (1)  CARR (4)  CHAMBERS (5)  CLARK (6)  CLEMANT (2)  CLEMANTS (1)  COLE (4)  COOK (1)  CRAFT (1)  CROMBIE (1)  CROSS (8)  CRUMBIE (3)  DEAN (6)  DREWERY (7)  DRINKALL (1)  DONKIN (1)  DYER (1)  ELLISON (1)  ENGLAND (1)  EVANS (1)  FOWLER (5)  GARLICK (5)  GELDER (1)  GOODHALL (1)  GRASBY (10)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (8)  GRIMSTON (1)  HALLAM (4)  HEWER (1)  HICKS (2)  HINDMARCH (3)  HOLBOURN (7)  HOLT (5)  HOLTCHKISS (1)  HOPPER (1)  HOTHAM (2)  HIGHT (1)  IRELAND (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KIRBY (10)  LEAKE (10)  LAWSON (11)  LOCKWOOD (4)  MATHER (10)  MESSENGER (10)  MOVERLEY (1)  NIELD (1)  PEARSON (8)  PETCH (3)  PIERCY (1)  PINCHON (4)  POLLARD (2)  POWELL (3)  PURDON (4)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDSDAL (5)  RINGROSE (6)  RISPIN (2)  SARGESON (8)  SAVAGE (2)  SIDDEL (1)  SISSONS (1)  SMITH (1)  STATHER (17)  SUDDABY (3)  SWAIN (1)  SYKES (1)  THIRSK (6)  THOMPSON (6)  TOWSE (1)  UNDERWOOD (3)  VESSEY (7)  WADDINGHAM (16)  WALKER (19)  WEBSTER (10)  WITHILL (4)  WALKINGTON (1)  WILSON (14)  WRANGHAM (7)  WRIGHT (10) 

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