Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ulrome, Yorkshire

Ulrome 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
BROWN147.142910.84
SMITH126.12244.34
WATSON115.612224.19
HORNBY105.1020448.43
MYERS73.5714136.99
ROE73.5714183.25
WATTS73.571442.61
BOYNTON63.06121,500.00
WHITING52.5510132.63
ROBSON52.551038.76
DANBY52.5510595.24
BRIGHAM52.55101,219.51
ROBINSON52.55108.00
CARPENTER42.040859.52
KNAGGS42.0408784.31
DAY42.040821.68
MORRIS42.04089.17
SHORT42.040852.22
FOSTER42.040815.26
PEARSON42.040817.57
DALTON31.530666.67
MANN31.530629.07
GIBBON31.5306150.75
MERCER31.530658.37
SHARP31.530618.37
THOMPSON21.02043.41
RICHARDSON21.02045.99
SOWDEN21.0204180.18
HOOD21.020436.83
DIXON10.51024.66
ABBOT10.5102107.53
JORDON10.5102113.64
METCALF10.510225.19
SIMPSON10.51022.92
HARRISON10.51022.30
LONG10.51027.86
BARRAN10.5102833.33
WALKER10.51021.52
JONES10.51020.45
CROZIER10.5102108.70
LYON10.510224.33
HANCE10.5102400.00
BILTON10.5102120.48
LEAPER10.5102434.78
ALLAN10.51028.13
KELSEY10.510268.97
TWIGG10.510272.99
MILLAR10.510213.99
JACKSON10.51021.83
COOK10.51022.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOYNTON1,500.0063.0612
BRIGHAM1,219.5152.5510
BARRAN833.3310.5102
KNAGGS784.3142.0408
DANBY595.2452.5510
HORNBY448.43105.1020
LEAPER434.7810.5102
HANCE400.0010.5102
MARTON277.7810.5102
ROE183.2573.5714
SOWDEN180.1821.0204
HEBDEN163.9310.5102
GIBBON150.7531.5306
MYERS136.9973.5714
LATIMER133.3310.5102
WHITING132.6352.5510
BILTON120.4810.5102
LYNE116.2810.5102
JORDON113.6410.5102
CROZIER108.7010.5102
ABBOT107.5310.5102
TWIGG72.9910.5102
KELSEY68.9710.5102
DALTON66.6731.5306
CARPENTER59.5242.0408
MERCER58.3731.5306
SHORT52.2242.0408
WATTS42.6173.5714
ROBSON38.7652.5510
HOOD36.8321.0204
MANN29.0731.5306
METCALF25.1910.5102
LYON24.3310.5102
WATSON24.19115.6122
DAY21.6842.0408
SHARP18.3731.5306
PEARSON17.5742.0408
FOSTER15.2642.0408
MILLAR13.9910.5102
BROWN10.84147.1429
MORRIS9.1742.0408
ALLAN8.1310.5102
ROBINSON8.0052.5510
LONG7.8610.5102
RICHARDSON5.9921.0204
DIXON4.6610.5102
SMITH4.34126.1224
THOMPSON3.4121.0204
SIMPSON2.9210.5102
BELL2.7210.5102

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called BOYNTON in Ulrome 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 3.0612 in Ulrome means that 3.0612% of the people in Ulrome on census day were called BOYNTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOYNTON 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 BOYNTON 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 BOYNTON 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 BOYNTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,500.00 in Ulrome means that you are 1,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOYNTON in Ulrome than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ulrome in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  ALLAN (1)  ALLERSTON (2)  BARRAN (1)  BELL (1)  BILTON (1)  BOVILL (3)  BOYNTON (6)  BRIGHAM (5)  BROWN (14)  CARPENTER (4)  COOK (1)  CROZIER (1)  DALTON (3)  DANBY (5)  DAY (4)  DIXON (1)  FOSTER (4)  FRANKISH (2)  GIBBON (3)  GLENTON (2)  JORDON (1)  HALL (1)  HANCE (1)  HARRISON (1)  HEBDEN (1)  HOOD (2)  HORNBY (10)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (1)  KELSEY (1)  KNAGGS (4)  LATIMER (1)  LEAPER (1)  LYNE (1)  LONG (1)  LYON (1)  MANN (3)  MARTON (1)  MERCER (3)  METCALF (1)  MILLAR (1)  MORRIS (4)  MYERS (7)  PEARSON (4)  PLYFOOT (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (5)  ROBSON (5)  ROE (7)  SAWDEN (1)  SHARP (3)  SHORT (4)  SIMPSON (1)  SLINGSBY (1)  SMITH (12)  STATHER (5)  SOWDEN (2)  THOMPSON (2)  TICKELL (1)  TOWES (1)  TWIGG (1)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (11)  WATTS (7)  WHITING (5) 

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