Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ripley, Yorkshire

Ripley 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
ATKINSON123.833939.36
SMITH113.51442.49
BLAND103.1949154.08
ADAMS92.875419.51
CLAYTON92.875452.88
METCALF92.8754141.96
THOMPSON92.87549.60
MUDD82.5559606.06
CHAMBERS72.236439.33
WILSON61.91694.17
SOWERBY61.9169355.03
SANDERSON61.916946.40
PATRICK61.916996.15
JOHNSON61.91695.71
LAWSON51.597427.10
WADE51.597439.90
THORPE51.597440.42
FIELDING51.597471.53
WILLIAMSON51.597417.82
SHEPHERD51.597421.81
MITCHELL51.59747.88
ROBINSON51.59745.01
PRATT51.597427.81
STEEDMAN51.5974617.28
PEARSON41.278011.00
KEITH41.2780119.40
MORRELL41.2780136.05
BOUCHER41.2780242.42
HARRISON41.27805.76
TURNER41.27804.59
BILTON30.9585225.56
BURRELL30.958573.53
BRYANT30.958522.44
STOTT30.958530.67
NICHOLSON30.958513.49
PALMER30.95858.13
SETTLE30.9585277.78
ABBOTT20.639014.49
CLARK20.63902.13
LAMB20.639012.11
WALDRAM20.63901,333.33
ARMSTRONG20.63908.36
JARRATT20.6390277.78
CLAXTON20.6390101.01
RICHMOND20.639029.15
BUCK10.319514.90
SWAIN10.319516.58
DUNN10.31953.84
BOWSER10.3195217.39
COUPLAND10.319550.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REICHARDT3,333.3310.3195
SMIDDY2,000.0010.3195
WALDRAM1,333.3320.6390
MILLES769.2310.3195
STEEDMAN617.2851.5974
MUDD606.0682.5559
SOWERBY355.0361.9169
SETTLE277.7830.9585
JARRATT277.7820.6390
BOUCHER242.4241.2780
BILTON225.5630.9585
BOWSER217.3910.3195
BLAND154.08103.1949
METCALF141.9692.8754
MORRELL136.0541.2780
KEITH119.4041.2780
CLAXTON101.0120.6390
PATRICK96.1561.9169
GAFFNEY94.3410.3195
BURRELL73.5330.9585
FIELDING71.5351.5974
AKERS65.7910.3195
CLAYTON52.8892.8754
COUPLAND50.5110.3195
SANDERSON46.4061.9169
TOPHAM43.6710.3195
ABRAHAMS42.1910.3195
THORPE40.4251.5974
BULMER40.3210.3195
WADE39.9051.5974
ATKINSON39.36123.8339
CHAMBERS39.3372.2364
CLAPHAM37.0410.3195
STOTT30.6730.9585
RICHMOND29.1520.6390
PRATT27.8151.5974
LAWSON27.1051.5974
BRYANT22.4430.9585
SHEPHERD21.8151.5974
EASTON21.0510.3195
ADAMS19.5192.8754
WILLIAMSON17.8251.5974
DENTON17.3910.3195
FRYER17.2110.3195
SWAIN16.5810.3195
WAINWRIGHT15.1110.3195
BUCK14.9010.3195
ABBOTT14.4920.6390
NICHOLSON13.4930.9585
WALLER12.6710.3195

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called REICHARDT in Ripley 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 0.3195 in Ripley means that 0.3195% of the people in Ripley on census day were called REICHARDT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REICHARDT 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 REICHARDT 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 REICHARDT 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 REICHARDT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Ripley means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REICHARDT in Ripley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ripley in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ABRAHAMS (1)  ADAMS (9)  EACOTT (6)  AKERS (1)  ELLERTON (1)  ANNAKIN (1)  ARMSTRONG (2)  ATKINSON (12)  BANKS (1)  BARDNER (5)  BENSON (1)  BILTON (3)  BLAND (10)  BOWSER (1)  BROWN (1)  BRYANT (3)  BUCK (1)  BULMER (1)  BURRELL (3)  BOUCHER (4)  CAPSTICK (5)  CHAMBERS (7)  CLAPHAM (1)  CLARK (2)  CLAYTON (9)  CLAXTON (2)  COUPLAND (1)  CUNDELL (3)  DAWSON (1)  DENTON (1)  DEVANNY (1)  DOBBY (1)  DUNN (1)  EASTON (1)  FIELDING (5)  FLETCHER (1)  FRYER (1)  GAFFNEY (1)  JARRATT (2)  GILL (1)  HARRISON (4)  HAYLLAR (1)  HOWARD (1)  JOHNSON (6)  KEITH (4)  KING (1)  LAMB (2)  LAWSON (5)  METCALF (9)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLES (1)  MITCHELL (5)  MORRELL (4)  MUDD (8)  NICHOLSON (3)  NOBLE (1)  PALMER (3)  PATRICK (6)  PEARSON (4)  PEDLER (1)  PRATT (5)  REICHARDT (1)  RICHMOND (2)  ROBINSON (5)  SANDERSON (6)  SETTLE (3)  SHEPHERD (5)  SLATER (1)  SMAILES (6)  SMIDDY (1)  SMITH (11)  SOWERBY (6)  SOWRAY (11)  SPAVINS (9)  STEEDMAN (5)  STOTT (3)  SWAIL (1)  SWALE (1)  SWAIN (1)  THOMPSON (9)  THORPE (5)  TOPHAM (1)  TURNER (4)  TWINEHAM (1)  WADE (5)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALDRAM (2)  WALLER (1)  WESSAN (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILSON (6)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (1) 

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