Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wauldby, Yorkshire

Wauldby 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
HYDE613.6364444.44
THOMPSON511.363637.94
TASKER36.8182638.30
PETCH36.81821,578.95
KING36.818231.28
NOBLE36.8182163.93
COLTON12.2727666.67
KIRBY12.272759.88
HOLROYD12.2727204.08
HARMAN12.2727151.52
WINN12.2727232.56
HILL12.27278.92
HARDY12.272737.88
HEWITT12.272746.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PETCH1,578.9536.8182
COLTON666.6712.2727
TASKER638.3036.8182
HYDE444.44613.6364
WINN232.5612.2727
HOLROYD204.0812.2727
NOBLE163.9336.8182
HARMAN151.5212.2727
KIRBY59.8812.2727
HEWITT46.7312.2727
THOMPSON37.94511.3636
HARDY37.8812.2727
KING31.2836.8182
HILL8.9212.2727

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called PETCH in Wauldby 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 6.8182 in Wauldby means that 6.8182% of the people in Wauldby on census day were called PETCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PETCH 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 PETCH 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 PETCH 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 PETCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,578.95 in Wauldby means that you are 1,578.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PETCH in Wauldby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wauldby in 1881

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

BOTTERILL (7)  COLTON (1)  ELVIDGE (1)  EVISON (4)  HARDY (1)  HARMAN (1)  HEWITT (1)  HILL (1)  HOLROYD (1)  HYDE (6)  KING (3)  KIRBY (1)  NOBLE (3)  PETCH (3)  SWANWICK (1)  TASKER (3)  THOMPSON (5)  WINN (1) 

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