Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Busby, Yorkshire

Great Busby 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
LOWTHER1414.28572,333.33
CHAPMAN1313.265393.39
PEACOCK77.1429200.57
SLATER77.1429118.04
GARBUTT77.1429985.92
SHEPHERD77.142997.49
BENTON55.1020495.05
WISE55.1020245.10
WARDELL33.0612769.23
CASS33.0612434.78
BLACKBURN22.040854.20
ASHTON11.020420.83
HENDERSON11.02049.39
WILKINSON11.02046.68
WATT11.020426.60
BENNISON11.0204357.14
HILLS11.020436.90
FAIRWEATHER11.0204131.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOWTHER2,333.331414.2857
GARBUTT985.9277.1429
WARDELL769.2333.0612
BENTON495.0555.1020
CASS434.7833.0612
BENNISON357.1411.0204
WISE245.1055.1020
PEACOCK200.5777.1429
FAIRWEATHER131.5811.0204
SLATER118.0477.1429
SHEPHERD97.4977.1429
CHAPMAN93.391313.2653
BLACKBURN54.2022.0408
HILLS36.9011.0204
WATT26.6011.0204
ASHTON20.8311.0204
HENDERSON9.3911.0204
WILKINSON6.6811.0204

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called LOWTHER in Great Busby 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 14.2857 in Great Busby means that 14.2857% of the people in Great Busby on census day were called LOWTHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOWTHER 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 LOWTHER 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 LOWTHER 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 LOWTHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,333.33 in Great Busby means that you are 2,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOWTHER in Great Busby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Busby in 1881

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

ASHTON (1)  BENNISON (1)  BENTON (5)  BLACKBURN (2)  CASS (3)  CHAPMAN (13)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  GARBUTT (7)  HALLGATE (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HILLS (1)  LAMPLUGH (9)  LOWTHER (14)  LYNAS (1)  PEACOCK (7)  SHEPHERD (7)  SLATER (7)  THIRKILL (3)  WARDELL (3)  WATT (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WISE (5)