Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodsetts, Yorkshire

Woodsetts 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
TAYLOR249.756115.26
SPENCER176.910675.69
INMAN114.4715658.68
BELLAMY104.0650278.55
HERRINGTON93.6585967.74
HAYSE93.658511,250.00
MOORE83.252016.26
KAY72.845554.77
RAY72.8455143.74
BOWLES62.4390149.25
WOOD62.43907.66
ROSE52.032527.41
BETTS52.032595.06
HULME52.032595.06
WILSON41.62603.54
HURST41.626045.56
PEARSON41.626014.00
JEPSON41.6260165.98
CLARKSON41.626061.35
ROGERS31.21959.39
FEATHERSTONE31.2195135.75
BROWN31.21951.85
WARING31.219597.09
ASKEW20.813071.94
CLARK20.81302.70
PETERS20.813023.18
VICKERS20.813031.65
DANGERFIELD20.8130277.78
SIMPSON20.81304.65
WRAGG20.813087.72
DALLEY20.8130327.87
ELSON10.406564.94
LOCKWOOD10.406518.42
CROSSLAND10.406546.30
SMITH10.40650.29
GOODWIN10.40657.72
BELL10.40652.16
MOSEY10.4065526.32
STEEL10.40659.97
COX10.40652.68
BURLEY10.406542.92
HEAPS10.406593.46
WATSON10.40651.75
TURNER10.40651.46
BARNES10.40653.38
SEWALL10.40653,333.33
PARKER10.40652.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAYSE11,250.0093.6585
SEWALL3,333.3310.4065
HERRINGTON967.7493.6585
INMAN658.68114.4715
MOSEY526.3210.4065
DALLEY327.8720.8130
BELLAMY278.55104.0650
DANGERFIELD277.7820.8130
JEPSON165.9841.6260
BOWLES149.2562.4390
RAY143.7472.8455
FEATHERSTONE135.7531.2195
WARING97.0931.2195
HULME95.0652.0325
BETTS95.0652.0325
HEAPS93.4610.4065
WRAGG87.7220.8130
SPENCER75.69176.9106
ASKEW71.9420.8130
ELSON64.9410.4065
CLARKSON61.3541.6260
KAY54.7772.8455
CROSSLAND46.3010.4065
HURST45.5641.6260
BURLEY42.9210.4065
VICKERS31.6520.8130
ROSE27.4152.0325
PETERS23.1820.8130
LOCKWOOD18.4210.4065
MOORE16.2683.2520
TAYLOR15.26249.7561
PEARSON14.0041.6260
STEEL9.9710.4065
ROGERS9.3931.2195
GOODWIN7.7210.4065
WOOD7.6662.4390
SIMPSON4.6520.8130
WILSON3.5441.6260
BARNES3.3810.4065
CLARK2.7020.8130
COX2.6810.4065
BELL2.1610.4065
PARKER2.1410.4065
BROWN1.8531.2195
WATSON1.7510.4065
TURNER1.4610.4065
SMITH0.2910.4065

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called HAYSE in Woodsetts 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 3.6585 in Woodsetts means that 3.6585% of the people in Woodsetts on census day were called HAYSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAYSE 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 HAYSE 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 HAYSE 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 HAYSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,250.00 in Woodsetts means that you are 11,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAYSE in Woodsetts than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodsetts in 1881

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

ASKEW (2)  BARNES (1)  BELL (1)  BELLAMY (10)  BETTS (5)  BOWLES (6)  BROWN (3)  BURLEY (1)  CAWKWELL (12)  CLARK (2)  CLARKSON (4)  CUSSENS (1)  COX (1)  CROSSLAND (1)  DALLEY (2)  DANGERFIELD (2)  DRABLE (2)  ELSON (1)  FEATHERSTONE (3)  FIMBOW (5)  JEPSON (4)  GILLOTT (3)  GOACHER (6)  GOODWIN (1)  HERRINGTON (9)  HAYSE (9)  HEAPS (1)  HULME (5)  HURST (4)  INMAN (11)  KAY (7)  LOCKWOOD (1)  MALLENDER (2)  MELLARS (13)  MOORE (8)  MOSEY (1)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (4)  PETERS (2)  RAY (7)  ROBERON (1)  ROGERS (3)  ROSE (5)  SARNDERS (7)  SEWALL (1)  SHATFORD (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (17)  STEEL (1)  TAYLOR (24)  TURNER (1)  VICKERS (2)  WARING (3)  WATSON (1)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (6)  WRAGG (2) 

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