Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire

Kirkby Malham 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
MOSS85.517289.49
MALLINSON85.5172666.67
REDFERN74.8276346.53
HARRISON74.827621.75
MORELAND74.82762,187.50
NEWHOUSE64.13793,750.00
KNOWLES64.137977.52
BROWN64.13796.28
CLARK64.137913.77
PEACOCK53.448396.71
PARKER53.448318.13
HENLEY42.7586360.36
HARPER32.069032.33
PROCTER32.0690159.57
LISTER21.379348.43
CATON21.3793289.86
HOLGATE21.3793166.67
PARRINGTON21.37931,052.63
HARGRAVES21.3793392.16
COATES21.379336.97
STANDING21.3793217.39
HODGSON21.379319.90
JONES21.37931.22
BELL10.68973.67
ALDERSON10.689749.75
METCALFE10.689730.21
DAWSON10.68976.26
WALKER10.68972.06
BATESON10.6897109.89
HAWKINS10.68979.52
ANDERSON10.68973.49
GILL10.68979.75
WILSON10.68971.50
LUND10.689763.69
ROE10.689735.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEWHOUSE3,750.0064.1379
MORELAND2,187.5074.8276
PARRINGTON1,052.6321.3793
MALLINSON666.6785.5172
HARGRAVES392.1621.3793
HENLEY360.3642.7586
REDFERN346.5374.8276
CATON289.8621.3793
STANDING217.3921.3793
HOLGATE166.6721.3793
PROCTER159.5732.0690
BATESON109.8910.6897
PEACOCK96.7153.4483
MOSS89.4985.5172
KNOWLES77.5264.1379
LUND63.6910.6897
ALDERSON49.7510.6897
LISTER48.4321.3793
COATES36.9721.3793
ROE35.4610.6897
HARPER32.3332.0690
METCALFE30.2110.6897
HARRISON21.7574.8276
HODGSON19.9021.3793
PARKER18.1353.4483
CLARK13.7764.1379
GILL9.7510.6897
HAWKINS9.5210.6897
BROWN6.2864.1379
DAWSON6.2610.6897
BELL3.6710.6897
ANDERSON3.4910.6897
WALKER2.0610.6897
WILSON1.5010.6897
JONES1.2221.3793

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called NEWHOUSE in Kirkby Malham 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 4.1379 in Kirkby Malham means that 4.1379% of the people in Kirkby Malham on census day were called NEWHOUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEWHOUSE 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 NEWHOUSE 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 NEWHOUSE 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 NEWHOUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,750.00 in Kirkby Malham means that you are 3,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEWHOUSE in Kirkby Malham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkby Malham in 1881

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

AIREY (3)  ALDERSON (1)  ANDERSON (1)  AYRTON (5)  BATESON (1)  BELL (1)  BRAYSHAY (1)  BROWN (6)  CATON (2)  CLARK (6)  COATES (2)  DAWSON (1)  GILL (1)  GREENBANK (1)  HARGRAVES (2)  HARPER (3)  HARRISON (7)  HAWKINS (1)  HASLEDEN (2)  HENLEY (4)  HODGSON (2)  HOLGATE (2)  JONES (2)  KNOWLES (6)  LANBY (1)  LISTER (2)  LUND (1)  MALLINSON (8)  METCALFE (1)  MORELAND (7)  MOSS (8)  NEWHOUSE (6)  PARKER (5)  PARRINGTON (2)  PEACOCK (5)  PROCTER (3)  REDFERN (7)  REDMAYNE (5)  ROE (1)  SERJEANTSON (1)  STANDING (2)  WALKER (1)  WELLOCK (9)  WHINRAY (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOLER (5) 

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