Top surnames from the 1881 census in Welburn In Helmsley, Yorkshire

Welburn In Helmsley 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
SHEPHERD107.6923104.93
HEADS96.92316,428.57
KAY86.1538118.52
PARKER86.153832.35
STRICKLAND86.1538769.23
GOODWILL75.38463,043.48
HALL53.846213.07
WARRINER53.84621,315.79
CLARK53.846212.80
HEWITT53.846278.99
FRANK43.0769727.27
DUCK43.0769571.43
COVERDALE43.07691,111.11
SNOWDON43.0769412.37
SAVAGE32.307760.12
POTTER32.307735.59
JOHNSTONE32.307751.02
HARRISON21.53856.93
YOUNG21.53857.16
ABBOTT10.769217.45
DODDS10.769236.50
WILSON10.76921.67
COOPER10.76923.16
TAYLOR10.76921.20
BOYES10.769273.53
GRESHAM10.7692714.29
RICHARDSON10.76924.52
FLETCHER10.76926.74
DENNIS10.769225.97
AGER10.7692196.08
SHEPARD10.7692270.27
RAINE10.769292.59
MASON10.76925.72
TEASDALE10.769290.91
BROWN10.76921.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEADS6,428.5796.9231
GOODWILL3,043.4875.3846
WARRINER1,315.7953.8462
COVERDALE1,111.1143.0769
STRICKLAND769.2386.1538
FRANK727.2743.0769
GRESHAM714.2910.7692
DUCK571.4343.0769
SNOWDON412.3743.0769
SHEPARD270.2710.7692
AGER196.0810.7692
KAY118.5286.1538
SHEPHERD104.93107.6923
RAINE92.5910.7692
TEASDALE90.9110.7692
HEWITT78.9953.8462
BOYES73.5310.7692
SAVAGE60.1232.3077
JOHNSTONE51.0232.3077
DODDS36.5010.7692
POTTER35.5932.3077
PARKER32.3586.1538
DENNIS25.9710.7692
ABBOTT17.4510.7692
HALL13.0753.8462
CLARK12.8053.8462
YOUNG7.1621.5385
HARRISON6.9321.5385
FLETCHER6.7410.7692
MASON5.7210.7692
RICHARDSON4.5210.7692
COOPER3.1610.7692
WILSON1.6710.7692
TAYLOR1.2010.7692
BROWN1.1710.7692

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called HEADS in Welburn In Helmsley 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 6.9231 in Welburn In Helmsley means that 6.9231% of the people in Welburn In Helmsley on census day were called HEADS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEADS 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 HEADS 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 HEADS 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 HEADS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,428.57 in Welburn In Helmsley means that you are 6,428.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEADS in Welburn In Helmsley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Welburn In Helmsley in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  AGER (1)  BOYES (1)  BROWN (1)  CLARK (5)  CONNING (1)  COOPER (1)  CUSSONS (4)  COVERDALE (4)  DENNIS (1)  DODDS (1)  DRING (1)  DUCK (4)  ELLERKER (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANK (4)  GARTHWAIT (1)  GOODWILL (7)  GRESHAM (1)  HALL (5)  HARRISON (2)  HEADS (9)  HEWITT (5)  JOHNSTONE (3)  KAY (8)  KERNMASSON (1)  MASON (1)  PARKER (8)  PILMOOR (1)  POTTER (3)  RACOCK (1)  RAINE (1)  RAMBY (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  SAVAGE (3)  SHEPHERD (10)  SHEPARD (1)  SNOWDON (4)  SPAVIN (1)  STRICKLAND (8)  TAYLOR (1)  TEASDALE (1)  WARRINER (5)  WILSON (1)  YOUNG (2) 

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