Top surnames from the 1881 census in Osmotherley, Lancashire

Osmotherley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lancashire

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
JACKSON336.962024.91
COWARD234.8523423.57
HODGSON122.531636.53
HIGGIN122.53161,052.63
GASKELL112.3207226.34
KENNEDY102.109734.99
ATKINSON102.109721.66
DICKINSON81.687839.53
MYERS81.687864.72
SYMONS71.4768107.53
RICHARDS71.47689.78
CLOSE71.4768169.08
FARRER71.4768222.93
HUGHES71.47685.27
JEWELL71.4768140.56
RIGG71.4768175.44
CRANK61.2658625.00
BARWICK61.2658297.03
NELSON61.265826.13
GARNETT61.2658101.87
WINDER61.2658192.93
SMITH61.26580.90
BARROW61.265859.76
BECK61.265854.15
GRENFELL51.0549632.91
DEWHURST51.054988.81
ROBINSON51.05493.31
REDHEAD51.0549193.80
WOODEND51.05491,041.67
BURROW51.0549153.85
PENNINGTON40.843956.98
CADDY40.8439296.30
TYSON40.843964.72
STUART40.843935.37
FLEMING40.843920.30
BRADSHAW40.843920.54
FOY40.8439102.30
BOAST40.8439421.05
WALKER40.84392.52
MURPHY30.63297.92
THORNBOROUGH30.63291,200.00
JOHNSON30.63291.88
SHAW30.63293.45
HAYES30.632910.18
DODGSON30.6329130.43
MARSHALL30.63293.77
CLEMENT30.632962.89
PEARSON30.63295.45
HANNAY30.6329256.41
SAWREY30.63291,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAWREY0.474741500.0000
THORNBOROUGH0.474741200.0000
HIGGIN0.474741052.6316
WOODEND0.474741041.6667
GRENFELL0.47474632.9114
CRANK0.47474625.0000
ARMER0.47474508.4746
COWARD0.47474423.5727
BOAST0.47474421.0526
TERRELL0.47474375.0000
BARWICK0.47474297.0297
CADDY0.47474296.2963
HANNAY0.47474256.4103
GASKELL0.47474226.3374
FARRER0.47474222.9299
MORSON0.47474212.7660
WINWARD0.47474200.0000
REDHEAD0.47474193.7984
WINDER0.47474192.9260
QUINLAN0.47474192.3077
HADWIN0.47474188.6792
RIGG0.47474175.4386
CLOSE0.47474169.0821
MEDCALF0.47474162.1622
BURROW0.47474153.8462
BUCHANNAN0.47474149.2537
JEWELL0.47474140.5622
DODGSON0.47474130.4348
SYMONS0.47474107.5269
FOY0.47474102.3018
GARNETT0.47474101.8676
MARSHAL0.47474100.0000
BIDDULPH0.4747494.3396
DEWHURST0.4747488.8099
TYSON0.4747464.7249
MYERS0.4747464.7249
CLEMENT0.4747462.8931
BARROW0.4747459.7610
PENNINGTON0.4747456.9801
BECK0.4747454.1516
LIVESEY0.4747443.1034
BOUCHER0.4747440.0000
DICKINSON0.4747439.5257
KIRKBY0.4747437.3134
HODGSON0.4747436.5297
CASSON0.4747435.4610
STUART0.4747435.3669
KENNEDY0.4747434.9895
DUCKETT0.4747433.1126
HOW0.4747432.3625

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 474 people called SAWREY in Osmotherley 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 1500.0000 in Osmotherley means that 1500.0000% of the people in Osmotherley on census day were called SAWREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAWREY 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 SAWREY 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 SAWREY 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 SAWREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Osmotherley means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAWREY in Osmotherley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Osmotherley in 1881

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

ALKIER (1)  APPLETON (1)  ARMER (3)  ASHBURNER (8)  ATKINSON (10)  BARR (1)  BARWICK (6)  BECK (6)  BENSON (1)  BIDDULPH (1)  BOAST (4)  BOULTON (1)  BEWSHER (1)  BRADSHAW (4)  BRENNAN (1)  BUCHANAN (1)  BUCHANNAN (1)  BURNS (1)  BURROW (5)  BARROW (6)  BOUCHER (1)  BUTLER (2)  CADDY (4)  CASSON (1)  CLEMENT (3)  CLOSE (7)  COLE (2)  CORNTHWAITE (5)  COWARD (23)  CRANK (6)  DAVIES (1)  DEWHURST (5)  DICKINSON (8)  DIXON (2)  DODGSON (3)  DOWNWARD (4)  DUCKETT (1)  FARRER (7)  FISHER (3)  FLEMING (4)  FOX (2)  FOY (4)  GARNETT (6)  GASKELL (11)  GIBSON (2)  GRENFELL (5)  GRIARS (1)  HADWIN (1)  HANNAY (3)  HAYES (3)  HEWERTSON (4)  HIGGIN (12)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (12)  HOW (1)  HEWARTSON (1)  HUGHES (7)  ABBOTSON (1)  JACKSON (33)  JEWELL (7)  JOHNS (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KELLETT (1)  KENNEDY (10)  KIRBY (2)  KIRKBY (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LAUGTON (1)  LIVESEY (2)  MALONE (1)  MARSHAL (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MASON (1)  DONALD (1)  MEROZ (1)  MEDCALF (3)  MORCOM (1)  MORSON (1)  MURPHY (3)  MYERS (8)  NELSON (6)  ORMANDY (1)  PATTINSON (1)  PEARSON (3)  PENNINGTON (4)  PICKTHALL (18)  QUINLAN (2)  ROCKLIFFE (8)  REDHEAD (5)  RUCASTLE (5)  RICHARDS (7)  RIDDING (1)  RIGG (7)  RIRCHNER (1)  ROBINSON (5)  ROWLEY (1)  SAWREY (3)  SCOTT (1)  SEARLE (1)  SEDGWICK (1)  SHAW (3)  SYMONS (7)  SINKINSON (2)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (6)  SPEIGHT (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STUART (4)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNBOROUGH (3)  TROUGHTON (1)  TRYSON (5)  TURNER (1)  TERRELL (3)  TYSON (4)  WALKER (4)  WHARTON (1)  WHEATMAN (9)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILSON (1)  WINDER (6)  WINWARD (1)  WOODEND (5)  YATES (2)