Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leathley, Yorkshire

Leathley 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
WATKINSON106.6667568.18
LAMB106.6667126.42
BROWN96.00009.10
LAMBOURNE85.33332,000.00
WATSON85.333322.99
LAVER64.00001,034.48
RHODES53.333371.84
PADGETT53.33331,111.11
BOOTH53.333333.78
NEWBY53.3333333.33
KIRK53.333377.04
FORREST42.6667103.36
HOBSON32.000077.12
LONGSTAFF32.0000283.02
CRYER32.0000361.45
KENDALL32.000092.88
CANHAM21.3333298.51
HUDSON21.333316.29
TODD21.333326.21
BLACKWOOD21.3333229.89
SMITHSON21.3333138.89
ROBINSON21.33334.18
CHILD21.333378.43
MORRELL21.3333141.84
TAYLOR10.66671.04
ATKINSON10.66676.84
SEYMOUR10.666732.57
KING10.66673.06
VERNON10.666740.49
MAWSON10.666782.64
GOODSON10.6667133.33
SPARROW10.666752.63
LEE10.66674.08
DAVIS10.66673.03
ROWLAND10.666723.47
COATES10.666717.89
RENTON10.6667108.70
WALKER10.66671.99
HOLMES10.66675.47
MARSTON10.666771.43
GILL10.66679.43
DAVEY10.666716.21
PICKARD10.666747.85
JAMES10.66673.39
WADE10.666716.67
BRAY10.666719.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAMBOURNE2,000.0085.3333
PADGETT1,111.1153.3333
LAVER1,034.4864.0000
WATKINSON568.18106.6667
CRYER361.4532.0000
NEWBY333.3353.3333
CANHAM298.5121.3333
LONGSTAFF283.0232.0000
BLACKWOOD229.8921.3333
MORRELL141.8421.3333
SMITHSON138.8921.3333
GOODSON133.3310.6667
LAMB126.42106.6667
RENTON108.7010.6667
FORREST103.3642.6667
KENDALL92.8832.0000
MAWSON82.6410.6667
CHILD78.4321.3333
HOBSON77.1232.0000
KIRK77.0453.3333
RHODES71.8453.3333
MARSTON71.4310.6667
SPARROW52.6310.6667
PICKARD47.8510.6667
VERNON40.4910.6667
BOOTH33.7853.3333
SEYMOUR32.5710.6667
TODD26.2121.3333
ROWLAND23.4710.6667
WATSON22.9985.3333
BRAY19.8410.6667
COATES17.8910.6667
WADE16.6710.6667
HUDSON16.2921.3333
DAVEY16.2110.6667
GILL9.4310.6667
BROWN9.1096.0000
ATKINSON6.8410.6667
HOLMES5.4710.6667
ROBINSON4.1821.3333
LEE4.0810.6667
JAMES3.3910.6667
KING3.0610.6667
DAVIS3.0310.6667
WALKER1.9910.6667
TAYLOR1.0410.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called LAMBOURNE in Leathley 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 5.3333 in Leathley means that 5.3333% of the people in Leathley on census day were called LAMBOURNE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAMBOURNE 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 LAMBOURNE 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 LAMBOURNE 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 LAMBOURNE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Leathley means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAMBOURNE in Leathley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leathley in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BLACKWOOD (2)  BOOTH (5)  BRAY (1)  BROWN (9)  CAMBRAY (1)  CANHAM (2)  CHILD (2)  COATES (1)  CRYER (3)  DAVIS (1)  DAVEY (1)  FORREST (4)  GILL (1)  GOODSON (1)  HILLAGE (5)  HOBSON (3)  HOLMES (1)  HUDSON (2)  JAMES (1)  KENDALL (3)  KING (1)  KIRK (5)  LAMB (10)  LAMBOURNE (8)  LEE (1)  LAVER (6)  LONGSTAFF (3)  MARSTON (1)  MAWSON (1)  MC DONALD (5)  MORRELL (2)  NEWBY (5)  ODDY (4)  PADGETT (5)  PICKARD (1)  RENTON (1)  RHODES (5)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWLAND (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SMITHSON (2)  SPARROW (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TODD (2)  UMPLEBY (4)  VERNON (1)  WADE (1)  WALKER (1)  WATKINSON (10)  WATMOUGH (1)  WATSON (8) 

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