Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westerdale, Yorkshire

Westerdale 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
FEATHERSTONE3613.53381,506.28
MORTIMER114.1353197.84
BOOTH114.135341.92
COOK114.135320.82
SANDERSON103.759490.99
MERCER103.7594143.27
HARTLEY93.383553.99
JACKSON93.383512.11
HEBRON93.38353,750.00
FRANKLAND93.3835456.85
PEARSON83.007525.89
SMITH83.00752.13
FRANK83.0075714.29
PENNOCK72.63161,666.67
CARTER72.631615.68
COCKERILL72.6316546.88
BROWN62.25563.42
BARKER51.879714.36
WEBSTER51.879721.62
ALDERSON41.5038108.40
KNAGGS41.5038579.71
WOOD41.50384.72
HOLMES31.12789.26
WATSON31.12784.86
CUTHBERT31.127878.53
BUSHBY31.1278288.46
BURROWES20.75191,052.63
MAW20.7519206.19
DOWEY20.75191,176.47
NICHOLSON20.751910.58
HELM20.7519168.07
GILL20.751910.63
BENSON20.751927.74
PEIRSON20.7519465.12
UNDERWOOD20.751927.86
CORNER10.375951.81
TODD10.37597.39
CHILD10.375922.12
TEASDALE10.375944.44
MILBURN10.375942.19
SLATER10.37596.21
MARSHELL10.3759357.14
SALMON10.375916.47
KENADY10.375910,000.00
ATKINSON10.37593.86
HUSBAND10.375964.52
NEWTON10.37594.91
STURGES10.3759156.25
SCOBY10.37593,333.33
BOWES10.375940.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENADY10,000.0010.3759
HEBRON3,750.0093.3835
SCOBY3,333.3310.3759
PENNOCK1,666.6772.6316
FEATHERSTONE1,506.283613.5338
DOWEY1,176.4720.7519
BURROWES1,052.6320.7519
FRANK714.2983.0075
KNAGGS579.7141.5038
COCKERILL546.8872.6316
PEIRSON465.1220.7519
FRANKLAND456.8593.3835
MARSHELL357.1410.3759
BUSHBY288.4631.1278
MAW206.1920.7519
MORTIMER197.84114.1353
HELM168.0720.7519
WEATHERILL163.9310.3759
KEARSLEY161.2910.3759
RAMSDALE156.2510.3759
STURGES156.2510.3759
MERCER143.27103.7594
LENG135.1410.3759
BENNISON133.3310.3759
ALDERSON108.4041.5038
SANDERSON90.99103.7594
CUTHBERT78.5331.1278
HUSBAND64.5210.3759
HARTLEY53.9993.3835
CORNER51.8110.3759
TEASDALE44.4410.3759
MILBURN42.1910.3759
BOOTH41.92114.1353
BOWES40.9810.3759
UNDERWOOD27.8620.7519
BENSON27.7420.7519
PEARSON25.8983.0075
CHILD22.1210.3759
WEBSTER21.6251.8797
COOK20.82114.1353
SALMON16.4710.3759
CARTER15.6872.6316
BARKER14.3651.8797
JACKSON12.1193.3835
GILL10.6320.7519
NICHOLSON10.5820.7519
HOLMES9.2631.1278
TODD7.3910.3759
SLATER6.2110.3759
NEWTON4.9110.3759

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called KENADY in Westerdale 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 0.3759 in Westerdale means that 0.3759% of the people in Westerdale on census day were called KENADY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Westerdale in 1881

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

ALDERSON (4)  ATKINSON (1)  BEARCROFT (4)  BARKER (5)  BENSON (2)  BENNISON (1)  BOOTH (11)  BOWES (1)  BRECKON (2)  BROWN (6)  BURROWES (2)  BUSHBY (3)  CARTER (7)  CHILD (1)  COCKERILL (7)  COOK (11)  CORNER (1)  CRAGGS (1)  CUTHBERT (3)  DOWEY (2)  ELLIS (1)  FEATHERSTONE (36)  FRANKLAND (9)  FRANK (8)  GILL (2)  HARTLEY (9)  HEBRON (9)  HELM (2)  HEWISON (5)  HEWIT (1)  HOLMES (3)  HUSBAND (1)  JACKSON (9)  KEARSLEY (1)  KENADY (1)  KNAGGS (4)  LANGBURN (1)  LENG (1)  MARSHELL (1)  MAW (2)  NAWTON (1)  MERCER (10)  MILBURN (1)  MORTIMER (11)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  PEIRSON (2)  PEARSON (8)  PENNOCK (7)  RAMSDALE (1)  SALMON (1)  SANDERSON (10)  SCOBY (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (8)  STEPHINSON (1)  STURGES (1)  TEASDALE (1)  TODD (1)  UNDERWOOD (2)  WATSON (3)  WELBURY (1)  WEBSTER (5)  WEATHERILL (1)  WOOD (4) 

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