Top surnames from the 1881 census in Askwith, Yorkshire

Askwith 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
KENT99.4737225.00
SIMPSON99.473754.15
WHITAKER99.4737335.82
DALE88.4211199.50
PROCTER66.3158487.80
PHILLIPS66.315835.29
MOSS66.3158102.39
SMITH44.21052.98
NEWALL33.1579555.56
GRANGE33.1579545.45
FORT22.1053909.09
DAVEY22.105351.15
NEWSOME22.1053294.12
GARTH11.0526476.19
MARSTON11.0526113.64
WHARTON11.052675.19
HARPER11.052616.45
WALKER11.05263.14
MORTIMER11.052650.25
KENDALL11.052648.78
SPENCER11.052611.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORT909.0922.1053
NEWALL555.5633.1579
GRANGE545.4533.1579
PROCTER487.8066.3158
GARTH476.1911.0526
WHITAKER335.8299.4737
NEWSOME294.1222.1053
KENT225.0099.4737
DALE199.5088.4211
MARSTON113.6411.0526
MOSS102.3966.3158
WHARTON75.1911.0526
SIMPSON54.1599.4737
DAVEY51.1522.1053
MORTIMER50.2511.0526
KENDALL48.7811.0526
PHILLIPS35.2966.3158
HARPER16.4511.0526
SPENCER11.5311.0526
WALKER3.1411.0526
SMITH2.9844.2105

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called FORT in Askwith 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 2.1053 in Askwith means that 2.1053% of the people in Askwith on census day were called FORT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORT 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 FORT 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 FORT 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 FORT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 909.09 in Askwith means that you are 909.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORT in Askwith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Askwith in 1881

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

CANDERLEY (1)  DALE (8)  DAVEY (2)  DIBB (12)  FORT (2)  GARTH (1)  GRANGE (3)  HARPER (1)  KENDALL (1)  KENT (9)  LONGTHORNE (1)  MARSTON (1)  MORTIMER (1)  MOSS (6)  NEWALL (3)  NEWSOME (2)  PHILLIPS (6)  PROCTER (6)  SIMPSON (9)  SMITH (4)  SPENCER (1)  THACKRAY (3)  UMPBLEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WHARTON (1)  WHITAKER (9)