Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wintersett, Yorkshire

Wintersett 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
WRIGHT148.484826.45
OLIVER116.666793.46
HOUGH95.4545316.90
FRYER95.4545294.12
ERRINGTON74.2424760.87
SLATER74.242470.07
NICHOLSON74.242459.73
BRIGGS74.242478.13
WILSON63.63647.92
ROBINSON63.636411.40
NUSSEY63.63645,454.55
BRIER53.03031,851.85
KENYON53.0303144.93
ORMISTON42.4242851.06
CROSSLEY42.424288.30
COCKER31.8182222.22
JOHNSON31.81825.41
TAYLOR31.81822.84
MORRIS21.21215.45
HALL21.21214.12
HUTCHINGS10.606132.26
BARON10.606158.48
SCOTT10.60612.40
HAMPSHIRE10.6061107.53
DICKINSON10.606114.18
MERRILL10.6061212.77
BROADHEAD10.606182.64
WALKER10.60611.81
HUTTON10.606120.28
BAUM10.6061384.62
HEPTINSTALL10.6061833.33
THORNTON10.606112.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NUSSEY5,454.5563.6364
BRIER1,851.8553.0303
ORMISTON851.0642.4242
HEPTINSTALL833.3310.6061
ERRINGTON760.8774.2424
BAUM384.6210.6061
HOUGH316.9095.4545
FRYER294.1295.4545
COCKER222.2231.8182
MERRILL212.7710.6061
KENYON144.9353.0303
HAMPSHIRE107.5310.6061
OLIVER93.46116.6667
CROSSLEY88.3042.4242
BROADHEAD82.6410.6061
BRIGGS78.1374.2424
SLATER70.0774.2424
NICHOLSON59.7374.2424
BARON58.4810.6061
HUTCHINGS32.2610.6061
WRIGHT26.45148.4848
HUTTON20.2810.6061
DICKINSON14.1810.6061
THORNTON12.0510.6061
ROBINSON11.4063.6364
WILSON7.9263.6364
MORRIS5.4521.2121
JOHNSON5.4131.8182
HALL4.1221.2121
TAYLOR2.8431.8182
SCOTT2.4010.6061
WALKER1.8110.6061

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called NUSSEY in Wintersett 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 3.6364 in Wintersett means that 3.6364% of the people in Wintersett on census day were called NUSSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NUSSEY 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 NUSSEY 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 NUSSEY 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 NUSSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,454.55 in Wintersett means that you are 5,454.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NUSSEY in Wintersett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wintersett in 1881

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

BARON (1)  BAUM (1)  BRIER (5)  BRIGGS (7)  BROADHEAD (1)  COCKER (3)  CROSSLEY (4)  DICKINSON (1)  ERRINGTON (7)  FRYER (9)  GAWTHORPE (21)  HALL (2)  HAMPSHIRE (1)  HEPTINSTALL (1)  HOUGH (9)  HUTCHINGS (1)  HUTTON (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KENYON (5)  MC KNIGHT (1)  LUFORD (5)  MERRILL (1)  MORRIS (2)  NICHOLSON (7)  NUSSEY (6)  OLIVER (11)  ORMISTON (4)  PORTENS (1)  ROBINSON (6)  SCOTT (1)  SLATER (7)  TAMWISE (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THORNTON (1)  WALKER (1)  WILKNSON (1)  WILSON (6)  WORMALD (3)  WRIGHT (14) 

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