Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kelfield, Yorkshire

Kelfield 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
POOL236.7055579.35
DODSWORTH226.41401,538.46
HODGSON174.956371.52
BINNS133.7901228.87
ARCHER113.207077.52
HORNSHAW102.91557,692.31
LEAPER92.62392,307.69
HAGUE92.6239166.98
HOPE92.623977.12
FRANKS82.3324186.92
BARKER72.040815.60
THOMPSON72.04086.81
REED72.040827.96
SMITH72.04081.45
FOSTER61.749313.08
DUNN61.749321.03
FISHER61.749314.94
HIRST61.749353.62
WHITE61.74935.44
NICHOLSON51.457720.52
GAMBLE51.4577101.83
SHEPARD51.4577510.20
BROWN51.45772.21
DAWSON41.166210.58
SKINNER41.166222.98
WALKER41.16623.48
WHITTAKER41.166224.63
NEWTON41.166215.22
HORSFALL30.874686.71
WORMLEY30.87466,000.00
WARD30.87464.00
DRESSER30.8746714.29
WITTY30.8746441.18
BARRETT20.58318.68
WILSON20.58311.27
HARRIS20.58312.29
BRYAN20.583123.50
SUMMERS20.583120.79
CARR20.58318.08
RUDD20.583136.97
DIXON20.58315.32
WALLS20.583148.43
FEARN20.583178.13
PROCTER10.291522.47
SPIVEY10.2915131.58
PATTON10.291581.97
ALLISON10.291510.26
WATSON10.29151.26
GRAY10.29152.04
CLARK10.29150.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORNSHAW7,692.31102.9155
WORMLEY6,000.0030.8746
LEAPER2,307.6992.6239
DODSWORTH1,538.46226.4140
DRESSER714.2930.8746
TESSEYMAN625.0010.2915
POOL579.35236.7055
SHEPARD510.2051.4577
WITTY441.1830.8746
BINNS228.87133.7901
FRANKS186.9282.3324
RUDDY178.5710.2915
HAGUE166.9892.6239
SPIVEY131.5810.2915
WAITES116.2810.2915
GAMBLE101.8351.4577
HORSFALL86.7130.8746
PATTON81.9710.2915
FEARN78.1320.5831
ARCHER77.52113.2070
HOPE77.1292.6239
HODGSON71.52174.9563
HIRST53.6261.7493
WALLS48.4320.5831
TINDALL48.0810.2915
TONGE45.8710.2915
RUDD36.9720.5831
SMITHSON30.4010.2915
REED27.9672.0408
LUND26.8810.2915
BUCKLE26.8110.2915
DALEY24.7510.2915
WHITTAKER24.6341.1662
BRYAN23.5020.5831
SKINNER22.9841.1662
PROCTER22.4710.2915
DUNN21.0361.7493
SUMMERS20.7920.5831
NICHOLSON20.5251.4577
BARKER15.6072.0408
NEWTON15.2241.1662
FISHER14.9461.7493
FOSTER13.0861.7493
BEST10.8210.2915
DAWSON10.5841.1662
ALLISON10.2610.2915
BARRETT8.6820.5831
HAIGH8.4610.2915
CARR8.0820.5831
STEEL7.1510.2915

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called HORNSHAW in Kelfield 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 2.9155 in Kelfield means that 2.9155% of the people in Kelfield on census day were called HORNSHAW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORNSHAW 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 HORNSHAW 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 HORNSHAW 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 HORNSHAW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,692.31 in Kelfield means that you are 7,692.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORNSHAW in Kelfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kelfield in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  ARCHER (11)  ATLEY (4)  BARKER (7)  BARRETT (2)  BEST (1)  BINNS (13)  BIRD (1)  BROWN (5)  BROWNBRIDGE (1)  BRYAN (2)  BUCKLE (1)  BUTHIE (1)  LE BUTT (2)  CARR (2)  CAUKILL (1)  CAWTHRAY (3)  CLARK (1)  CLAYFORTH (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CORDUKES (2)  DALEY (1)  DAWSON (4)  DIXON (2)  DOBSON (1)  DODSWORTH (22)  DRESSER (3)  DUNHOW (1)  DUNN (6)  FEARN (2)  FISHER (6)  FOSTER (6)  FRANKS (8)  GAMBLE (5)  GRANGEN (1)  GRAY (1)  HAGUE (9)  HARRIS (2)  HAIGH (1)  HODGSON (17)  HOPE (9)  HORNSHAW (10)  HORSFALL (3)  HIRST (6)  IBBOSON (3)  INNAGAN (1)  JACKSON (1)  LEAPER (9)  LUND (1)  MUNKNOW (1)  NEWTON (4)  NICHOLSON (5)  OUTHWAITE (6)  PATTON (1)  PAYNE (1)  POOL (23)  PROCTER (1)  REED (7)  RIDSDILL (6)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (1)  RUDD (2)  RUDDY (1)  SARGINSON (5)  SEARGISON (1)  SCHOLEY (2)  SHARP (1)  SHEPARD (5)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (7)  SMITHSON (1)  SPIVEY (1)  SPIVIEY (4)  STEELS (1)  STEEL (1)  SUMMERS (2)  TESSEYMAN (1)  THEAKSON (5)  THOMPSON (7)  TINDALL (1)  TONGE (1)  WALKER (4)  WALLS (2)  WARD (3)  WATSON (1)  WHITTAKER (4)  WHITE (6)  WILSON (2)  WITTY (3)  WORMLEY (3)  WAITES (1) 

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