Top surnames from the 1881 census in York St Helen Stonegate, Yorkshire

York St Helen Stonegate 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
WALKER153.386010.11
SMITHSON112.4831258.82
BATMAN102.25735,263.16
LAW92.031644.91
WARD81.80598.27
BARNER81.805911,428.57
FOWLER71.580127.67
HARTLEY71.580125.21
WRIGHT71.58014.93
WHITWELL71.5801534.35
HOLGATE61.3544163.49
SCOTT61.35445.35
WELTON61.3544375.00
DENT61.354471.09
PEW61.35442,727.27
ROBINSON61.35444.25
CROWE61.3544135.75
HANNAN61.3544425.53
BEAN51.128787.26
CROWTHER51.128737.79
BANKS51.128722.01
ROWAN51.1287175.44
WRAY51.128784.03
WILLIAMSON51.128712.59
WORTHINGTON51.128756.31
MORRISON51.128714.36
PICK40.9029141.34
MATTISON40.9029563.38
STEAD40.902944.15
SMITH40.90290.64
ANDERSON40.90294.57
HARE40.902958.48
ASHTON40.902918.43
DOUGLASS40.9029142.35
JOHNSON40.90292.69
MURRAY40.90297.28
ARTHUR40.902941.45
DOUGHTY30.677253.29
DANIEL30.677230.64
COWPER30.6772154.64
MURPHY30.67728.48
MOORE30.67723.39
CLARK30.67722.25
HEPPELL30.6772428.57
SYKES30.677214.11
MARCH30.677262.89
PURNELL30.6772129.31
ALLANSON20.4515229.89
THORPE20.451511.42
COATES20.451512.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEHRLY20,000.0020.4515
BARNER11,428.5781.8059
HEINEY10,000.0010.2257
BATMAN5,263.16102.2573
SHEPPERDSON5,000.0010.2257
STOWMAN3,333.3310.2257
PEW2,727.2761.3544
KAISER833.3310.2257
FALLER714.2910.2257
MATTISON563.3840.9029
WHITWELL534.3571.5801
HEPPELL428.5730.6772
HANNAN425.5361.3544
WELTON375.0061.3544
COCKRILL277.7810.2257
LEAF263.1620.4515
SMITHSON258.82112.4831
ALLANSON229.8920.4515
ROWAN175.4451.1287
HOLGATE163.4961.3544
COWPER154.6430.6772
FITZSIMONS147.0610.2257
DOUGLASS142.3540.9029
PICK141.3440.9029
CROWE135.7561.3544
PURNELL129.3130.6772
ANDERS125.0010.2257
BEAN87.2651.1287
WRAY84.0351.1287
COUPLAND71.1720.4515
DENT71.0961.3544
ROEBUCK66.6720.4515
MARCH62.8930.6772
HARE58.4840.9029
WORTHINGTON56.3151.1287
BICKLEY54.3510.2257
CURRAN53.9120.4515
MUDD53.4810.2257
DOUGHTY53.2930.6772
HICK48.5410.2257
KEATING45.6610.2257
LAW44.9192.0316
BAXENDALE44.2510.2257
STEAD44.1540.9029
SHERWIN42.0210.2257
ROLLINSON41.8410.2257
ARTHUR41.4540.9029
CROWTHER37.7951.1287
BURNELL37.5910.2257
MUSGRAVE37.3110.2257

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called WEHRLY in York St Helen Stonegate 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 0.4515 in York St Helen Stonegate means that 0.4515% of the people in York St Helen Stonegate on census day were called WEHRLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEHRLY 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 WEHRLY 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 WEHRLY 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 WEHRLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in York St Helen Stonegate means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEHRLY in York St Helen Stonegate than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in York St Helen Stonegate in 1881

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

ALLANSON (2)  ANDERS (1)  ANDERSON (4)  ARTHUR (4)  ASHTON (4)  BOLDOCK (1)  BANKS (5)  BARNER (8)  BARNES (2)  BARTON (2)  BATMAN (10)  BAXENDALE (1)  BEAN (5)  BEDINGFELD (1)  BELL (2)  BICKLEY (1)  BINNS (1)  BLAKE (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BROOKE (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (2)  BUCK (1)  BURNELL (1)  CAREY (1)  CARROLL (1)  KAISER (1)  CLARK (3)  COATES (2)  COCKRILL (1)  COCKILL (1)  COLLINS (1)  COWPER (3)  COUPLAND (2)  COWELL (2)  CROSS (1)  CROWE (6)  CROWTHER (5)  CUNDELL (1)  CURRAN (2)  DALBY (1)  DANIEL (3)  DAVIS (2)  DENT (6)  DESBOROUGH (1)  DOUGHTY (3)  DOUGLASS (4)  ELLIS (1)  ELLISON (1)  EVANS (1)  EZARD (2)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FALLER (1)  FENDEL (1)  FOWLER (7)  FROST (1)  GILES (2)  GLAIZE (1)  GLOVER (2)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (1)  HALL (1)  HALLIDAY (2)  HAMILTON (1)  HANFORTH (3)  HANNAN (6)  HEINEY (1)  HORDEN (1)  HARE (4)  HARTLEY (7)  HARTNOLL (1)  HENOKER (1)  HEPPELL (3)  HICK (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLGATE (6)  HOLMES (1)  HOPE (1)  HORNER (2)  HORTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  HIRST (1)  HYAN (1)  JACKSON (1)  JENKINSON (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KEATING (1)  KELLEY (1)  KELLY (1)  KENDALL (1)  KILM (1)  KILVINGTON (5)  KING (2)  LAW (9)  LEACH (1)  LEAF (2)  LEWIS (1)  LORCORNE (3)  LORRIMAN (5)  MADGWICK (3)  MARCH (3)  MERCHANT (1)  MATTISON (4)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAWDESLEY (5)  MAY (1)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (3)  MORRISON (5)  MORROD (6)  MUDD (1)  MURPHY (3)  MURRAY (4)  MUSGRAVE (1)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  NOBLE (1)  NOTON (2)  OBERHOFFER (1)  OSWELL (1)  PALFREEMAN (1)  PARK (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PICK (4)  PINDER (1)  POTTAGE (1)  POYSON (1)  PRICE (1)  PEW (6)  PURNELL (3)  WRAY (5)  ROLLINSON (1)  RICHARD (1)  RILEY (1)  RIPLEY (1)  ROBINSON (6)  ROEBUCK (2)  ROOKLEDGE (3)  ROSKOW (1)  ROWAN (5)  SCOTT (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEPPERDSON (1)  SHERWIN (1)  FITZSIMONS (1)  SINCLAIR (2)  SMITH (4)  SMITHSON (11)  SPOFFORTH (5)  SQUIRE (1)  STEAD (4)  STEVENSON (2)  STOURTON (1)  STOWMAN (1)  SUTTON (1)  SYKES (3)  TATTERSALL (1)  THORPE (2)  TILBURN (2)  TENNISWOOD (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TORVELL (1)  TUDOR (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  USHER (1)  VINOR (2)  WALKER (15)  WALL (1)  WARD (8)  WEHRLY (2)  WELCH (1)  WELTON (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITWELL (7)  WICKS (1)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILSON (2)  WORTHINGTON (5)  WRIGHT (7) 

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