Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wombleton, Yorkshire

Wombleton 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
SMITH248.16335.78
MASON165.442240.48
BOYES165.4422521.17
ADAMS113.741525.39
BARKER113.741528.59
WILSON113.74158.15
BOWES103.4014370.37
HOLMES103.401427.93
WARD82.721112.46
SHIELDS82.7211176.21
DODDS62.040896.93
RICHARDSON62.040811.99
BEST62.040875.76
GIBSON51.700714.01
SWALES51.7007242.72
YOUNG51.70077.92
BULMER51.7007214.59
WIND51.70073,846.15
MORTIMER41.360565.04
LEAMAN41.3605634.92
SADLER41.360557.72
CRAVEN41.360570.42
HILL41.36055.34
GRAY41.36059.53
EWBANK41.36051,081.08
SHAW41.36057.41
CARPENTER31.020429.76
FERGUSON31.020414.40
SLATER31.020416.85
WHITE31.02043.17
DIXON31.02049.31
THOMPSON31.02043.41
FOSTER31.02047.63
ECCLES20.680342.55
RAINE20.680381.63
HOWARD20.68036.93
DOWSON20.6803124.22
PARKER20.68033.58
LITTLE20.680314.39
HARRISON10.34011.53
WARING10.340127.10
DAVISON10.34019.51
JACKSON10.34011.22
HOLIDAY10.3401120.48
GROVES10.340112.09
GARBUTT10.340147.17
STEPHENSON10.34015.95
LAINE10.3401416.67
FENTRESS10.3401
BILTON10.340180.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WIND3,846.1551.7007
EWBANK1,081.0841.3605
LEAMAN634.9241.3605
BOYES521.17165.4422
LAINE416.6710.3401
BOWES370.37103.4014
SWALES242.7251.7007
BULMER214.5951.7007
SHIELDS176.2182.7211
DOWSON124.2220.6803
HOLIDAY120.4810.3401
DODDS96.9362.0408
RAINE81.6320.6803
BILTON80.0010.3401
BEST75.7662.0408
CRAVEN70.4241.3605
MORTIMER65.0441.3605
SADLER57.7241.3605
GARBUTT47.1710.3401
ECCLES42.5520.6803
MASON40.48165.4422
KEITH31.7510.3401
CARPENTER29.7631.0204
BARKER28.59113.7415
HOLMES27.93103.4014
WARING27.1010.3401
ADAMS25.39113.7415
SLATER16.8531.0204
FERGUSON14.4031.0204
LITTLE14.3920.6803
GIBSON14.0151.7007
WARD12.4682.7211
GROVES12.0910.3401
RICHARDSON11.9962.0408
GRAY9.5341.3605
DAVISON9.5110.3401
DIXON9.3131.0204
WILSON8.15113.7415
YOUNG7.9251.7007
FOSTER7.6331.0204
SHAW7.4141.3605
HOWARD6.9320.6803
STEPHENSON5.9510.3401
SMITH5.78248.1633
HILL5.3441.3605
WEBSTER3.9110.3401
PARKER3.5820.6803
THOMPSON3.4131.0204
WHITE3.1731.0204
DAWSON3.0910.3401

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called WIND in Wombleton 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 1.7007 in Wombleton means that 1.7007% of the people in Wombleton on census day were called WIND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WIND 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 WIND 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 WIND 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 WIND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,846.15 in Wombleton means that you are 3,846.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WIND in Wombleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wombleton in 1881

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

ADAMS (11)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (11)  BEST (6)  BILTON (1)  BOWES (10)  BOYES (16)  BRATRAM (1)  BULMER (5)  CARPENTER (3)  COOPER (1)  CRAVEN (4)  DAVISON (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (3)  DODDS (6)  DOWSON (2)  ECCLES (2)  AYDON (6)  EWBANK (4)  FENTRESS (1)  FERGUSON (3)  FOSTER (3)  GARBUTT (1)  GIBSON (5)  GRAY (4)  GROVES (1)  HOLIDAY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HILL (4)  HOLMES (10)  HOWARD (2)  JACKSON (1)  KEITH (1)  LAINE (1)  LEAMAN (4)  LITTLE (2)  MASON (16)  MC GEE (4)  MEDD (5)  MORTIMER (4)  PARKER (2)  PILMOOR (9)  PLOUGHMAN (4)  RAINE (2)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBINSON (1)  SADLER (4)  SCOLLETT (4)  SHAW (4)  SHIELDS (8)  SIGSWORTH (1)  SLATER (3)  SMAILES (2)  SMITH (24)  SONLEY (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  SUMMERSGILL (5)  SWALES (5)  THOMPSON (3)  WARD (8)  WARING (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (3)  WILSON (11)  WIND (5)  WYRELL (2)  YOUNG (5) 

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