Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upper Poppleton, Yorkshire

Upper Poppleton 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
WALKER186.338018.93
LEADLEY134.57753,421.05
POWELL113.873231.05
WOOD103.521111.05
CAWOOD93.16901,343.28
KENDALL82.8169130.93
ALEXANDER82.816953.23
HAWKINS82.816938.91
DALTON82.8169122.70
WHITEHOUSE82.8169108.25
RICHMOND72.4648112.54
CARR72.464834.16
RICHARDSON62.112712.41
LEDLEY62.112730,000.00
TRAVIS62.1127180.18
ATKINSON62.112721.69
MOOR62.1127150.75
BARNES62.112717.55
STEAD62.1127103.27
COLLEY51.7606138.89
MASON51.760613.09
HAWKES41.408587.34
HAYES41.408522.65
KIRK41.408532.52
METCALF31.056352.17
TAYLOR31.05631.65
SLATER31.056317.45
LANCASTER31.056342.49
WAIN31.0563126.05
DUNNINGTON20.7042800.00
MOUNTAIN20.704299.01
SHEPHERD20.70429.61
WHITEHEAD20.704210.42
CARLTON20.7042136.99
NOTTINGHAM20.7042263.16
FOSTER20.70425.27
PORTER20.70429.39
ERNEST20.70422,222.22
JOLLY20.704249.63
METCALFE20.704230.86
GOTT20.7042162.60
FLINT20.704239.22
ALDOUS10.352186.96
ILLINGWORTH10.352131.15
DIXON10.35213.21
GILL10.35214.98
KITCHING10.352160.61
FENWICK10.352126.88
SMITH10.35210.25
DOWNEY10.352149.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEDLEY30,000.0062.1127
LEADLEY3,421.05134.5775
ERNEST2,222.2220.7042
CAWOOD1,343.2893.1690
DUNNINGTON800.0020.7042
NOTTINGHAM263.1620.7042
TRAVIS180.1862.1127
GOTT162.6020.7042
MOOR150.7562.1127
COLLEY138.8951.7606
CARLTON136.9920.7042
KENDALL130.9382.8169
WAIN126.0531.0563
DALTON122.7082.8169
RICHMOND112.5472.4648
WHITEHOUSE108.2582.8169
STEAD103.2762.1127
MOUNTAIN99.0120.7042
HAWKES87.3441.4085
ALDOUS86.9610.3521
DEIGHTON70.4210.3521
PURNELL67.1110.3521
KITCHING60.6110.3521
MUSGRAVE58.1410.3521
ALEXANDER53.2382.8169
METCALF52.1731.0563
DOWNEY49.7510.3521
JOLLY49.6320.7042
LUPTON48.7810.3521
LANCASTER42.4931.0563
FLINT39.2220.7042
HAWKINS38.9182.8169
CARR34.1672.4648
KIRK32.5241.4085
ILLINGWORTH31.1510.3521
POWELL31.05113.8732
METCALFE30.8620.7042
DOUGHTY27.7010.3521
FENWICK26.8810.3521
HAYES22.6541.4085
ATKINSON21.6962.1127
WALKER18.93186.3380
BARNES17.5562.1127
SLATER17.4531.0563
MASON13.0951.7606
RICHARDSON12.4162.1127
WOOD11.05103.5211
WHITEHEAD10.4220.7042
PEACOCK9.8810.3521
SHEPHERD9.6120.7042

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called LEDLEY in Upper Poppleton 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 2.1127 in Upper Poppleton means that 2.1127% of the people in Upper Poppleton on census day were called LEDLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEDLEY 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 LEDLEY 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 LEDLEY 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 LEDLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Upper Poppleton means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEDLEY in Upper Poppleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upper Poppleton in 1881

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

ACOMB (2)  ALDOUS (1)  ALEXANDER (8)  ATKINSON (6)  BARNES (6)  BILBOROUGH (2)  BILBROUGH (11)  BRADLEY (1)  CAMMIDGE (4)  CARR (7)  CAWOOD (9)  CARLTON (2)  COLLEY (5)  DALTON (8)  DEIGHTON (1)  DIXON (1)  DOUGHTY (1)  DOWNEY (1)  DUNNINGTON (2)  EASBY (7)  ERNEST (2)  EZART (4)  FENWICK (1)  FLINT (2)  FOGGIN (2)  FOSTER (2)  FEARBY (1)  GILL (1)  GOTT (2)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKES (4)  HAWKINS (8)  HAYES (4)  ILLINGWORTH (1)  JOLLY (2)  KENDALL (8)  KENNEDY (1)  KIRK (4)  KITCHING (1)  LANCASTER (3)  LEDLEY (6)  LEADLEY (13)  LUPTON (1)  MASON (5)  METCALF (3)  METCALFE (2)  MOOR (6)  MOUNTAIN (2)  MUSGRAVE (1)  NOTTINGHAM (2)  PEACOCK (1)  PUCKERING (1)  PINDAR (7)  PORTER (2)  POWELL (11)  PURNELL (1)  RHODES (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RICHMOND (7)  ROBINSON (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SLATER (3)  SMITH (1)  STEAD (6)  TAYLOR (3)  TORVELL (1)  TRAVIS (6)  TREVVETT (2)  WAIN (3)  WALKER (18)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WHITEHOUSE (8)  WILKINSON (1)  WOOD (10) 

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