Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishop Thornton, Yorkshire

Bishop Thornton 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
ATKINSON367.515777.17
THOMPSON255.219217.42
JACKSON204.175414.94
SCHOFIELD183.757869.31
WRAY163.3403248.45
WILSON142.92286.36
SWALES112.2965328.36
STEAD102.0877102.04
HARKER102.0877198.41
LUND91.8789173.41
LUMLEY91.8789308.22
HARDCASTLE91.8789212.77
MATTERSON81.67012,666.67
MURRAY81.670113.47
CARRINGTON81.6701158.42
KENT81.670139.64
PEACOCK81.670146.84
HUTCHINSON81.670129.40
FALLIS71.461411,666.67
WALKER71.46144.37
BAGSHAW61.2526157.07
HALL61.25264.26
NORTH61.252637.78
THRELFALL61.2526276.50
KIRBY61.252633.02
PLANT51.043847.21
HAXBY51.04381,162.79
STUART51.043843.74
SNOW51.043877.16
STOTT51.043833.42
INSLEY40.8351533.33
WEATHERILL40.8351363.64
MOSS40.835113.55
DALBY40.8351103.09
PETTY40.835184.39
HAINSWORTH40.8351131.15
BILTON40.8351197.04
FRYER40.835144.99
LEAKE40.8351203.05
HIGHAM40.835181.97
STUBBS40.835131.62
BOOKER30.626352.26
RUSHWORTH30.626375.76
REYNARD30.6263375.00
WALSH30.626311.76
MORRELL30.626366.67
MARSHALL30.62633.73
POTTER30.62639.66
LIGHT30.626367.87
KIPLING30.6263263.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FALLIS11,666.6771.4614
MATTERSON2,666.6781.6701
LENN1,428.5710.2088
HAXBY1,162.7951.0438
ALLENSON909.0910.2088
INSLEY533.3340.8351
FRAWLEY500.0010.2088
REYNARD375.0030.6263
WEATHERILL363.6440.8351
SWALES328.36112.2965
LUMLEY308.2291.8789
THRELFALL276.5061.2526
KIPLING263.1630.6263
WRAY248.45163.3403
KELK227.2710.2088
HARDCASTLE212.7791.8789
LEAKE203.0540.8351
HARKER198.41102.0877
BILTON197.0440.8351
LUND173.4191.8789
CARRINGTON158.4281.6701
BAGSHAW157.0761.2526
HAINSWORTH131.1540.8351
DALBY103.0940.8351
STEAD102.04102.0877
PETTY84.3940.8351
HIGHAM81.9740.8351
ATKINSON77.17367.5157
SNOW77.1651.0438
RUSHWORTH75.7630.6263
SCHOFIELD69.31183.7578
KETTLEWELL68.0310.2088
LIGHT67.8730.6263
MORRELL66.6730.6263
IBBOTSON60.7920.4175
LUPTON57.8020.4175
DENNING54.3510.2088
BOOKER52.2630.6263
PLANT47.2151.0438
SCAIFE47.1710.2088
PEACOCK46.8481.6701
FRYER44.9940.8351
STUART43.7451.0438
GAUNT42.3720.4175
KENT39.6481.6701
NORTH37.7861.2526
GRANGE36.3610.2088
STOTT33.4251.0438
KIRBY33.0261.2526
STUBBS31.6240.8351

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called FALLIS in Bishop Thornton 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 1.4614 in Bishop Thornton means that 1.4614% of the people in Bishop Thornton on census day were called FALLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FALLIS 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 FALLIS 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 FALLIS 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 FALLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,666.67 in Bishop Thornton means that you are 11,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FALLIS in Bishop Thornton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishop Thornton in 1881

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

HAINSWORTH (4)  ALLENSON (1)  ASHTON (1)  ATKINSON (36)  BAGSHAW (6)  BAMBER (1)  BARRETT (1)  BENSON (1)  BILTON (4)  BOOKER (3)  BROWN (1)  CAMBBELL (1)  CARRINGTON (8)  CARTER (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  COOK (1)  CROSSLEY (2)  DALBY (4)  DARMBROOK (1)  DEMAIN (1)  DENNING (1)  DOBBY (1)  DODWORTH (2)  DRIFFY (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLISON (1)  EMSLEY (4)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FALLIS (7)  FORTON (7)  FRAWLEY (1)  FRYER (4)  GAUNT (2)  GELDART (1)  GEURTS (1)  GOLDSBRO (2)  GRANGE (1)  GUDGON (1)  HALL (6)  HARDCASTLE (9)  HARKER (10)  HARRINGTON (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAXBY (5)  HIGHAM (4)  HILDYARD (1)  HOLDSWORTH (2)  HOLDESWORTH (1)  HOLMES (2)  HUTCHINSON (8)  IBBOTSON (2)  INSLEY (4)  JACKSON (20)  KEESON (1)  KELK (1)  KELLY (1)  KENT (8)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KIPLING (3)  KIRBY (6)  LEAKE (4)  LANE (1)  LEE (1)  LIGHT (3)  LUMLEY (9)  LUND (9)  LUPTON (2)  LENN (1)  MANN (1)  MARSDEN (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MATTERSON (8)  MICKMAN (2)  MOORE (1)  MORRELL (3)  MOSS (4)  MARGATROYD (1)  MURPHY (1)  MURRAY (8)  NORTH (6)  ODDY (1)  PEACOCK (8)  PETTY (4)  PLANT (5)  POTTER (3)  WRAY (16)  REYNARD (3)  RIDSDALE (3)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RUSHWORTH (3)  SANDERSON (1)  SKAIFE (5)  SCAIFE (1)  SCATHARD (1)  SCHOFIELD (18)  SIMPSON (1)  SKIRROW (2)  SNOW (5)  STEAD (10)  STUART (5)  STILLINGFLEET (1)  STOTT (5)  STUBBS (4)  SWALES (11)  THOMPSON (25)  THORP (2)  THRELFALL (6)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (7)  WALSH (3)  WEST (1)  WEATHERILL (4)  WHARTON (2)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILSON (14)  WINCUP (4)  WRIGGLESWORTH (1)  YATES (2)