Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wawne, Yorkshire

Wawne 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
HARDY144.575276.38
BROWN144.57526.94
BREWER144.5752172.41
WALKER123.921611.71
CALVERT103.2680160.26
WRIGHT82.61448.15
WILKINSON72.287614.99
MYERS72.287687.72
ROGERSON72.2876185.68
BELL61.960810.43
HUTCHINSON61.960834.52
ARNETT61.96081,052.63
WRAY61.9608145.99
CHAPMAN51.634011.50
ABRAM51.6340454.55
HOBSON51.634062.97
HANSON51.634050.61
HUDSON51.634019.96
KELLY51.634014.92
JACKSON51.63405.85
MORISE41.307213,333.33
ROBINSON41.30724.10
NAYLOR41.307234.69
NORTH41.307239.45
WOOD30.98043.08
GRAY30.98046.87
TINSLEY30.9804161.29
POOLEY30.9804121.46
THOMPSON30.98043.27
SMITH20.65360.46
WEST20.65366.79
STARK20.653647.73
SINKLER20.653610,000.00
BRIGGS20.653612.03
HARRISON20.65362.94
WHITEHEAD20.65369.67
HANSOME20.653610,000.00
GOODING20.653677.22
LAWS10.326829.41
GREEN10.32681.16
SHEILDS10.3268333.33
BONNER10.326837.17
JUDE10.3268175.44
WAITS10.3268625.00
DOTSON10.32683,333.33
TAYLOR10.32680.51
CORK10.326844.05
ARNOTT10.326838.91
MOORE10.32681.63
LASENBY10.32682,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORISE13,333.3341.3072
HANSOME10,000.0020.6536
SINKLER10,000.0020.6536
DOTSON3,333.3310.3268
LASENBY2,500.0010.3268
BUSCH1,250.0010.3268
ARNETT1,052.6361.9608
WAITS625.0010.3268
ABRAM454.5551.6340
SHEILDS333.3310.3268
BIELBY208.3310.3268
ROGERSON185.6872.2876
JUDE175.4410.3268
BREWER172.41144.5752
WELBURN166.6710.3268
TINSLEY161.2930.9804
CALVERT160.26103.2680
WRAY145.9961.9608
POOLEY121.4630.9804
MYERS87.7272.2876
GOODING77.2220.6536
HARDY76.38144.5752
HOBSON62.9751.6340
HANSON50.6151.6340
STARK47.7320.6536
STAMP44.4410.3268
CORK44.0510.3268
BEESLEY40.6510.3268
NORTH39.4541.3072
ARNOTT38.9110.3268
BONNER37.1710.3268
NAYLOR34.6941.3072
HUTCHINSON34.5261.9608
MITCHEL33.4410.3268
LAWS29.4110.3268
HUDSON19.9651.6340
WILKINSON14.9972.2876
KELLY14.9251.6340
BRIGGS12.0320.6536
WALKER11.71123.9216
CHAPMAN11.5051.6340
BELL10.4361.9608
WHITEHEAD9.6720.6536
HOGG9.0510.3268
WRIGHT8.1582.6144
SANDERSON7.9110.3268
BENTLEY7.7310.3268
BALDWIN7.6610.3268
BROWN6.94144.5752
GRAY6.8730.9804

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called MORISE in Wawne 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 1.3072 in Wawne means that 1.3072% of the people in Wawne on census day were called MORISE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORISE 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 MORISE 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 MORISE 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 MORISE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,333.33 in Wawne means that you are 13,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORISE in Wawne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wawne in 1881

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

ABRAM (5)  ALLOTT (4)  ARKSEY (1)  ARNETT (6)  ARNOTT (1)  AUGHTON (1)  BALDWIN (1)  BEESLEY (1)  BEAULAH (8)  BIELBY (1)  BELL (6)  BENTLEY (1)  BIDWELL (WRAY) (4)  BONNER (1)  BOVILL (2)  BREWER (14)  BRIGGS (2)  BROWN (14)  BUSCH (1)  CALVERT (10)  CALVERTT (2)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARK (1)  CORK (1)  CORLING (2)  DAWSON (1)  DEAIN (1)  DEAN (1)  DOTSON (1)  EDLTON (1)  FARNABY (5)  FUSSEY (1)  GARDHAM (2)  GOFFORTH (8)  GOODING (2)  GRAY (3)  GRAYN (1)  GREEN (1)  GUNNISON (1)  HALLGARTH (8)  HANSOME (2)  HANSON (5)  HARDY (14)  HARRISON (2)  HOBSON (5)  HOGG (1)  HUDSON (5)  HUTCHINSON (6)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (1)  JUDE (1)  KELLY (5)  LAWS (1)  LASENBY (1)  MC LOLIN (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MOORE (1)  MORISE (4)  MYERS (7)  NAYLOR (4)  NORTH (4)  PHILLISON (1)  POOLEY (3)  WRAY (6)  WARAY (WRAY) (2)  RISPIN (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROGERSON (7)  SANDERSON (1)  SHEILDS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SINKLER (2)  SMITH (2)  STAMP (1)  STARK (2)  STEPHENSON (1)  STRANSON (1)  SUDDABY (5)  SYKES (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TENNSISON (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TINSLEY (3)  WALKER (12)  WASLING (1)  WELBURN (1)  WEST (2)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WHITTORN (1)  WHITTERON WHITTORN (8)  WILKINSON (7)  WILLERTON (2)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (8)  WAITS (1) 

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