Top surnames from the 1881 census in Middleton Upon Leven, Yorkshire

Middleton Upon Leven 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
SMITH1213.79319.77
COOKE89.1954166.67
DICKINS89.19542,500.00
HARRISON78.046036.25
ORTON78.0460853.66
STODDART66.8966821.92
HUSBAND66.89661,176.47
HART66.896680.86
HUGILL55.74712,272.73
ROBERTSON44.597727.43
TWEDDLE44.59771,333.33
CHARLTON22.298980.32
SHIPLEY22.2989259.74
OWEN11.14949.68
CAINS11.1494909.09
DODSWORTH11.1494277.78
SELBY11.149496.15
HOPPS11.1494833.33
GREEN11.14944.08
GIBBON11.1494113.64
CORNER11.1494158.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DICKINS2,500.0089.1954
HUGILL2,272.7355.7471
TWEDDLE1,333.3344.5977
HUSBAND1,176.4766.8966
CAINS909.0911.1494
ORTON853.6678.0460
HOPPS833.3311.1494
STODDART821.9266.8966
DODSWORTH277.7811.1494
SHIPLEY259.7422.2989
COOKE166.6789.1954
CORNER158.7311.1494
GIBBON113.6411.1494
SELBY96.1511.1494
HART80.8666.8966
CHARLTON80.3222.2989
HARRISON36.2578.0460
ROBERTSON27.4344.5977
SMITH9.771213.7931
OWEN9.6811.1494
GREEN4.0811.1494

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called DICKINS in Middleton Upon Leven 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 9.1954 in Middleton Upon Leven means that 9.1954% of the people in Middleton Upon Leven on census day were called DICKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DICKINS 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 DICKINS 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 DICKINS 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 DICKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Middleton Upon Leven means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DICKINS in Middleton Upon Leven than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Middleton Upon Leven in 1881

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

CAINS (1)  CHARLTON (2)  COOKE (8)  CORNER (1)  DICKINS (8)  DODSWORTH (1)  GIBBON (1)  GREEN (1)  HARRISON (7)  HART (6)  HEAVISIDES (2)  HOPPS (1)  HUGILL (5)  HUSBAND (6)  ORTON (7)  OWEN (1)  ROBERTSON (4)  SELBY (1)  SHIPLEY (2)  SMITH (12)  STODDART (6)  TWEDDLE (4) 

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