Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burnby, Yorkshire

Burnby 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
ROBSON118.8710134.80
SCOTT118.871035.07
ADAMSON86.4516243.90
STOKES75.6452133.59
CAWOOD64.83872,068.97
WILLIAMS54.03235.61
STEWARD54.0323314.47
TRUMAN43.2258519.48
SNOW43.2258238.10
TOWSE43.22582,500.00
SMITH32.41941.71
WOOD21.61295.06
JOHNSON21.61294.80
WILSON10.80651.76
JOBSON10.8065136.99
SWALLOW10.806580.00
HOLMES10.80656.62
STABLER10.8065476.19
DARNELL10.8065285.71
WRAY10.806559.88
SKELTON10.806555.56
BURTON10.80659.47
PRATT10.806514.04
TRUEMAN10.8065117.65
JACKSON10.80652.89
FENTON10.806540.32
CRAVEN10.806541.84
BLYTH10.806551.28
WAKE10.8065100.00
IBBOTSON10.8065117.65
DICKENSON10.806553.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOWSE2,500.0043.2258
CAWOOD2,068.9764.8387
TRUMAN519.4843.2258
STABLER476.1910.8065
STEWARD314.4754.0323
DARNELL285.7110.8065
ADAMSON243.9086.4516
SNOW238.1043.2258
JOBSON136.9910.8065
ROBSON134.80118.8710
STOKES133.5975.6452
IBBOTSON117.6510.8065
TRUEMAN117.6510.8065
WAKE100.0010.8065
SWALLOW80.0010.8065
WRAY59.8810.8065
SKELTON55.5610.8065
DICKENSON53.1910.8065
BLYTH51.2810.8065
CRAVEN41.8410.8065
FENTON40.3210.8065
SCOTT35.07118.8710
PRATT14.0410.8065
BURTON9.4710.8065
HOLMES6.6210.8065
WILLIAMS5.6154.0323
WOOD5.0621.6129
JOHNSON4.8021.6129
JACKSON2.8910.8065
WILSON1.7610.8065
SMITH1.7132.4194

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called TOWSE in Burnby 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 3.2258 in Burnby means that 3.2258% of the people in Burnby on census day were called TOWSE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Burnby in 1881

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

ADAMSON (8)  BLYTH (1)  BURTON (1)  CAWOOD (6)  COWSIT (1)  CRAVEN (1)  DARNELL (1)  DICKENSON (1)  FENTON (1)  FAWKES (1)  GRISWOOD (8)  HARRINSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  IBBOTSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOBSON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KILVINGTON (3)  PLAYFORTH (1)  POTTAGE (11)  PRATT (1)  WRAY (1)  ROBSON (11)  SCOTT (11)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (3)  SNOW (4)  SOUTHCOATE (1)  STABLER (1)  STEWARD (5)  STOKES (7)  SWALLOW (1)  THEAKSON (6)  TOWSE (4)  TRIFFET (1)  TRUMAN (4)  TRUEMAN (1)  WAKE (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (2)