Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bossall With, Yorkshire

Bossall With 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
COOK1212.500062.93
DISTANCE99.375090,000.00
KIRBY88.3333219.78
HUTTON55.2083174.22
PALMER55.208344.17
AGAR44.16671,081.08
IRELAND44.1667179.37
WALKER44.166712.45
FARRAR44.1667312.50
WOODRIDGE33.125010,000.00
HICK22.0833444.44
WALTON22.083329.59
CLARK11.04173.47
TATTERSALL11.041775.19
HARRISON11.04174.69
SIMPSON11.04175.96
FOWLER11.041718.25
DAWSON11.04179.45
WITTY11.0417526.32
COOPER11.04174.28
HODGSON11.041715.04
BEADLE11.0417149.25
STABLER11.0417588.24
HARPER11.041716.26
SCHOFIELD11.041719.23
KELLY11.04179.51
CROSBY11.041787.72
WARE11.041763.29
THOMPSON11.04173.48
BARNES11.04178.65
SKELTON11.041771.43
GOWING11.0417416.67
JOHNSON11.04173.10
CRAVEN11.041754.05
HOLMES11.04178.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DISTANCE90,000.0099.3750
WOODRIDGE10,000.0033.1250
AGAR1,081.0844.1667
STABLER588.2411.0417
WITTY526.3211.0417
HICK444.4422.0833
GOWING416.6711.0417
FARRAR312.5044.1667
KIRBY219.7888.3333
IRELAND179.3744.1667
HUTTON174.2255.2083
BEADLE149.2511.0417
CROSBY87.7211.0417
TATTERSALL75.1911.0417
SKELTON71.4311.0417
WARE63.2911.0417
COOK62.931212.5000
CRAVEN54.0511.0417
PALMER44.1755.2083
WALTON29.5922.0833
SCHOFIELD19.2311.0417
FOWLER18.2511.0417
HARPER16.2611.0417
HODGSON15.0411.0417
WALKER12.4544.1667
KELLY9.5111.0417
DAWSON9.4511.0417
BARNES8.6511.0417
HOLMES8.5511.0417
SIMPSON5.9611.0417
HARRISON4.6911.0417
COOPER4.2811.0417
THOMPSON3.4811.0417
CLARK3.4711.0417
JOHNSON3.1011.0417

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called DISTANCE in Bossall With 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 9.3750 in Bossall With means that 9.3750% of the people in Bossall With on census day were called DISTANCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DISTANCE 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 DISTANCE 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 DISTANCE 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 DISTANCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 90,000.00 in Bossall With means that you are 90,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DISTANCE in Bossall With than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bossall With in 1881

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

ACOMB (1)  AGAR (4)  BARNES (1)  BEDALE (1)  BEADLE (1)  CLARK (1)  COOK (12)  COOPER (1)  CRAVEN (1)  CROSBY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DISTANCE (9)  FARRAR (4)  FOWLER (1)  GOWING (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HICK (2)  HODGSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUTTON (5)  IRELAND (4)  JOHNSON (1)  KELLY (1)  KIRBY (8)  MC INTYRE (1)  MC LAWRIE (2)  OXTOBY (2)  PALMER (5)  ROUNTHWAITE (3)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKELTON (1)  STABLER (1)  TATTERSALL (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (4)  WALTON (2)  WARE (1)  WITTY (1)  WOODRIDGE (3)  WOX (1)