Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bowland Forest Low, Yorkshire

Bowland Forest Low 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
FRANKLAND154.9342666.67
SEED134.2763590.91
COWGILL113.61841,428.57
ELLISON113.6184171.34
DUGDALE113.6184526.32
HARTLEY103.289552.49
JACKSON103.289511.77
KINGMAN82.63162,500.00
ROBINSON82.63168.25
SLATER72.302638.04
CORBRIDGE72.30262,333.33
HOYLE61.973785.47
SIMPSON61.973711.28
ECCLES61.9737123.46
THWAITES61.9737329.67
SLINGER61.9737652.17
WHALLEY61.9737125.26
BLACKBURN51.644743.63
ALSTON41.3158202.02
STEPHENSON41.315823.00
PARKER41.31586.92
HIGSON41.3158206.19
DILWORTH41.3158454.55
SMITH41.31580.93
GRAINGER41.315885.65
HARGREAVES41.315831.57
BATTERSBY41.3158186.05
PORTER41.315817.54
MYERS41.315850.44
BENTHAM20.6579143.88
ROBERTS20.65791.75
ILLINGWORTH20.657958.14
CHAPMAN20.65794.63
MARSDEN20.657915.89
HAMILTON20.65798.77
COUPE20.657994.34
RYDER20.657938.02
WALKER20.65791.97
DICKINSON20.657915.41
MERCER10.328912.53
TURNER10.32891.18
HANSON10.328910.19
LEEMING10.328953.19
GRAVES10.328921.69
PLACE10.328962.89
COOKE10.32895.96
FOWLER10.32895.76
WILSON10.32890.72
SAGAR10.328981.30
ELLIS10.32892.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KINGMAN2,500.0082.6316
CORBRIDGE2,333.3372.3026
COWGILL1,428.57113.6184
FRANKLAND666.67154.9342
SLINGER652.1761.9737
SEED590.91134.2763
DUGDALE526.32113.6184
BRIDE454.5510.3289
DILWORTH454.5541.3158
THWAITES329.6761.9737
HINSLEY222.2210.3289
HIGSON206.1941.3158
ALSTON202.0241.3158
BATTERSBY186.0541.3158
ELLISON171.34113.6184
PASSEY153.8510.3289
MARKLAND147.0610.3289
BENTHAM143.8820.6579
WHALLEY125.2661.9737
ECCLES123.4661.9737
COUPE94.3420.6579
GRAINGER85.6541.3158
HOYLE85.4761.9737
SAGAR81.3010.3289
EYLES71.4310.3289
PEDLEY64.9410.3289
PLACE62.8910.3289
HICKLING61.3510.3289
ILLINGWORTH58.1420.6579
LEEMING53.1910.3289
HARTLEY52.49103.2895
MYERS50.4441.3158
TOPHAM45.0510.3289
BLACKBURN43.6351.6447
SLATER38.0472.3026
RYDER38.0220.6579
HARGREAVES31.5741.3158
STEPHENSON23.0041.3158
GRAVES21.6910.3289
RUDD20.8810.3289
HICKMAN19.5710.3289
ROTHWELL17.8910.3289
PORTER17.5441.3158
MARSDEN15.8920.6579
DICKINSON15.4120.6579
GREY15.1710.3289
MERCER12.5310.3289
JACKSON11.77103.2895
SIMPSON11.2861.9737
HANSON10.1910.3289

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called KINGMAN in Bowland Forest Low 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 2.6316 in Bowland Forest Low means that 2.6316% of the people in Bowland Forest Low on census day were called KINGMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KINGMAN 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 KINGMAN 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 KINGMAN 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 KINGMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Bowland Forest Low means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KINGMAN in Bowland Forest Low than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bowland Forest Low in 1881

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

ALSTON (4)  BALDERSTONE (1)  BATTERSBY (4)  BELL (1)  BENTHAM (2)  BLACKBURN (5)  BRENNAND (1)  BRENNARD (1)  BRIDE (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BULCOCK (1)  CARBILIDGE (1)  CARR (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  COLEMAN (1)  COOK (1)  COOKE (1)  CORBRIDGE (7)  CHARNOCK (10)  COULTHURST (3)  COUPE (2)  COWGILL (11)  CULSHAW (2)  CURWEN (6)  DICKINSON (2)  DILWORTH (4)  DOUTHWAITE (1)  DUGDALE (11)  EYLES (1)  ECCLES (6)  ELLIS (1)  ELLISON (11)  FOOLE (1)  FOWLER (1)  FRANKLAND (15)  GORNALL (2)  GRAINGER (4)  GREY (1)  GRAVES (1)  HAMILTON (2)  HANSON (1)  HARGREAVES (4)  HAROCY (1)  HARTLEY (10)  HECKINGBOTTOM (2)  HICKLING (1)  HICKMAN (1)  HIGSON (4)  HINSLEY (1)  HOYLE (6)  ILLINGWORTH (2)  JACKSON (10)  KINGMAN (8)  LAKELAND (1)  LEEMING (1)  MARKLAND (1)  MARSDEN (2)  MAUDSLEY (1)  MERCER (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRISON (1)  MYERS (4)  PASSEY (1)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (4)  PEDLEY (1)  PIDDER (1)  PLACE (1)  PORTER (4)  PRESTON (1)  RYDER (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (8)  ROTHWELL (1)  ROUSLEY (1)  RUDD (1)  SANDHAM (1)  SAGAR (1)  SEED (13)  SEEDALL (9)  SIMPSON (6)  SLATER (7)  SLINGER (6)  SLOIR (1)  SMITH (4)  STEPHENSON (4)  TOMMAS (6)  THWAITES (6)  TOPHAM (1)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (2)  WHALLEY (6)  WELLS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)