Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leconfield Arram, Yorkshire

Leconfield Arram 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
GRAY123.750026.26
SMITH123.75002.66
HALL113.437511.68
WALKER92.81258.40
WAITE92.8125135.54
TOPHAM92.8125384.62
WILSON92.81256.12
DOWNEY82.5000353.98
PAPE82.5000833.33
HUNSLEY82.50003,636.36
FISHER82.500021.36
MIDDLETON72.187541.67
BAKER72.18759.98
DICKINS72.1875593.22
ALLISON72.187577.01
GRANT72.187522.04
WILLIAMSON61.875020.91
WILKINSON61.875012.29
NICHOLSON61.875026.39
SELLERS61.8750243.90
FOSTER61.875014.02
COLLINSON51.5625132.98
HARRISON51.56257.04
MILNER51.562568.12
HORNBY41.2500109.89
FIELD41.250025.13
GARNESS41.25006,666.67
HAYTON41.2500254.78
TAYLOR41.25001.95
ARNOTT41.2500148.70
WRIGHT30.93752.92
NORRIS30.937521.83
JESSOP20.625052.63
ADAMSON20.625023.64
GILES20.625016.39
STEPHENSON20.625010.92
CLARK20.62502.08
HICK20.6250134.23
RICHARDSON20.62503.67
MARSHALL20.62503.73
HAILSTONE20.6250350.88
PALMER20.62505.30
PEARSON20.62505.38
LANGDALE20.6250357.14
SHARP10.31253.75
NEWBOLD10.312542.92
SELLARS10.312550.51
FLOWERS10.312538.61
BOWLES10.312519.12
TURNER10.31251.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LINSON10,000.0010.3125
JENISON10,000.0010.3125
GARNESS6,666.6741.2500
HUNSLEY3,636.3682.5000
BASIL2,500.0010.3125
DREWER2,500.0010.3125
PAPE833.3382.5000
DICKINS593.2272.1875
TOPHAM384.6292.8125
LANGDALE357.1420.6250
DOWNEY353.9882.5000
HAILSTONE350.8820.6250
HAYTON254.7841.2500
SELLERS243.9061.8750
DREWRY208.3310.3125
BRANTON175.4410.3125
SPECK175.4410.3125
SPIRES151.5210.3125
ARNOTT148.7041.2500
FAIRBANK138.8910.3125
WAITE135.5492.8125
HICK134.2320.6250
COLLINSON132.9851.5625
HORNBY109.8941.2500
DUKES84.7510.3125
ALLISON77.0172.1875
DANBY72.9910.3125
MILNER68.1251.5625
LAZENBY66.2310.3125
BERRIDGE59.5210.3125
JESSOP52.6320.6250
SELLARS50.5110.3125
NUTT43.2910.3125
NEWBOLD42.9210.3125
MIDDLETON41.6772.1875
SHANKS41.1510.3125
FLOWERS38.6110.3125
FLOWER31.9510.3125
ASKEW27.7010.3125
NICHOLSON26.3961.8750
GRAY26.26123.7500
FIELD25.1341.2500
ADAMSON23.6420.6250
GRANT22.0472.1875
NORRIS21.8330.9375
RAWLINGS21.3710.3125
FISHER21.3682.5000
WILLIAMSON20.9161.8750
BOWLES19.1210.3125
PECK18.4810.3125

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called LINSON in Leconfield Arram 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 0.3125 in Leconfield Arram means that 0.3125% of the people in Leconfield Arram on census day were called LINSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Leconfield Arram in 1881

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

ACRED (1)  ADAMSON (2)  ALLISON (7)  ANDERSON (1)  ARNOTT (4)  ASKEW (1)  BAKER (7)  BASIL (1)  BERRIDGE (1)  BOWLES (1)  BRANTON (1)  BRUSBY (7)  CHESWICK (1)  CLARK (2)  COLLINSON (5)  DANBY (1)  DICKINS (7)  DOWNEY (8)  DREWER (1)  DREWRY (1)  DUKES (1)  ELLERKER (4)  EZARD (1)  FAIRBANK (1)  FIELD (4)  FISHER (8)  FLOWERS (1)  FLOWER (1)  FOSTER (6)  GARNESS (4)  GARDHAM (2)  GILES (2)  GOODHILL (4)  GRANT (7)  GRASBY (1)  GRAY (12)  GREAVES (1)  GREENSIDES (1)  HAILSTONE (2)  HALL (11)  HANSON (1)  HARAK (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (5)  HAYTON (4)  HICK (2)  HORNBY (4)  HUNSLEY (8)  IRONMONGER (1)  JENISON (1)  JESSOP (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KING (1)  NUTT (1)  LANGDALE (2)  LAZENBY (1)  LINSON (1)  LOWE (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MEDD (1)  MIDDLETON (7)  MILLER (1)  MILNER (5)  NEWBOLD (1)  NICHOLSON (6)  NORRIS (3)  OUSTON (1)  PALMER (2)  PAPE (8)  PEARSON (2)  PECK (1)  READ (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RISPIN (3)  RODGISSON (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  SELLERS (6)  SELLARS (1)  SEAMER (2)  SHAKESBY (1)  SHANKS (1)  SHARP (1)  SISSONS (8)  SMITH (12)  SPECK (1)  SPIRES (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  TAYLOR (4)  TOPHAM (9)  TURNER (1)  VICKERS (1)  WALKER (9)  WARDILL (1)  WASTLING (1)  WEBSDALE (1)  WEST (1)  WETHERALL (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (9)  WRIGHT (3)  WAITE (9)  YOUNG (1) 

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