Top surnames from the 1881 census in Middleton In Wharfedale, Yorkshire

Middleton In Wharfedale 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
MASON138.609364.04
DOVE117.2848635.84
HARRISON85.298023.87
MARSH74.635865.00
PEDLEY74.6358921.05
SCOTT63.973515.70
KENDALL63.9735184.62
PULLAN63.97351,000.00
ALDERSON53.3113238.10
MOORE53.311316.56
WHITTON53.3113537.63
HARDWICK42.6490173.16
SMITH31.98681.41
MIDDLETON31.986837.83
EMMETT31.9868238.10
LISTER31.986869.77
JEFFREY31.9868107.53
JOY31.9868236.22
DENBY21.3245317.46
PARKER21.32456.96
BRADLEY21.324516.50
ROBINSON21.32454.15
CAFFREY21.32451,111.11
NICHOLSON21.324518.64
SCALES21.3245224.72
PEARSON21.324511.40
HUDSON10.66238.09
ROBSON10.662310.06
POPE10.662319.23
KIRTLEY10.6623333.33
CARNEY10.662372.99
JOHNSON10.66231.97
TAYLOR10.66231.04
NETTLETON10.6623153.85
HOLMES10.66235.44
COATES10.662317.76
STEEL10.662316.26
BELL10.66233.52
MOSS10.662310.74
KNOWLES10.662312.41
CARTER10.66233.94
BURNELL10.6623109.89
NICHOLS10.662320.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAFFREY1,111.1121.3245
PULLAN1,000.0063.9735
PEDLEY921.0574.6358
DOVE635.84117.2848
WHITTON537.6353.3113
KIRTLEY333.3310.6623
DENBY317.4621.3245
ALDERSON238.1053.3113
EMMETT238.1031.9868
JOY236.2231.9868
SCALES224.7221.3245
KENDALL184.6263.9735
HARDWICK173.1642.6490
NETTLETON153.8510.6623
BURNELL109.8910.6623
JEFFREY107.5331.9868
CARNEY72.9910.6623
LISTER69.7731.9868
MARSH65.0074.6358
MASON64.04138.6093
MIDDLETON37.8331.9868
HARRISON23.8785.2980
NICHOLS20.3310.6623
POPE19.2310.6623
NICHOLSON18.6421.3245
COATES17.7610.6623
MOORE16.5653.3113
BRADLEY16.5021.3245
STEEL16.2610.6623
SCOTT15.7063.9735
KNOWLES12.4110.6623
PEARSON11.4021.3245
MOSS10.7410.6623
ROBSON10.0610.6623
HUDSON8.0910.6623
PARKER6.9621.3245
HOLMES5.4410.6623
ROBINSON4.1521.3245
CARTER3.9410.6623
BELL3.5210.6623
JOHNSON1.9710.6623
SMITH1.4131.9868
TAYLOR1.0410.6623

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called CAFFREY in Middleton In Wharfedale 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 1.3245 in Middleton In Wharfedale means that 1.3245% of the people in Middleton In Wharfedale on census day were called CAFFREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAFFREY 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 CAFFREY 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 CAFFREY 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 CAFFREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,111.11 in Middleton In Wharfedale means that you are 1,111.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAFFREY in Middleton In Wharfedale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Middleton In Wharfedale in 1881

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

ALDERSON (5)  BELL (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BURNELL (1)  CARNEY (1)  CARTER (1)  COATES (1)  O CONNER (1)  DENBY (2)  DENBIGH (2)  DOVE (11)  EMMETT (3)  HARDWICK (4)  HARRISON (8)  HIBB (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUDSON (1)  JEFFREY (3)  JOHNSON (1)  JOY (3)  KEMPLEY (4)  KENDALL (6)  KETLEY (1)  KIRTLEY (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LISTER (3)  MARSH (7)  MASON (13)  CAFFREY (2)  MIDDLETON (3)  MOORE (5)  MOSS (1)  NETTLETON (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  PARKER (2)  PAWSON (6)  PEARSON (2)  PEDLEY (7)  POPE (1)  PULLAN (6)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  SCOTT (6)  SCALES (2)  SMITH (3)  STEEL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEALE (1)  VAUVILLE (1)  WHITTON (5) 

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