Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Little Preston, Yorkshire

Great Little Preston 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
FIRTH364.3373130.58
LONGBOTTOM242.8916325.20
SMART222.650658.22
JACKSON222.65069.48
VARLEY172.0482149.12
OLDHAM161.9277109.74
GILL161.927727.24
WILSON151.80723.93
GREEN151.80726.42
BOOTH151.807218.32
FAWCETT141.686787.23
WATKINSON141.6867144.03
PARKER121.44587.60
COLLEY121.4458114.07
HENSHAW111.3253155.59
TODD101.204823.68
THOMPSON101.20484.02
GOODALL101.204856.24
SMITH101.20480.85
WILLIAMS101.20481.68
ROBINSON101.20483.78
STREET91.084346.44
BELL91.08435.77
CARTER91.08436.46
FAIRBURN80.9639372.09
DODSWORTH80.9639231.21
EVANS80.96392.21
DOUGLASS80.9639151.80
WIGGLESWORTH80.9639195.12
WILKS70.843453.64
PAGE70.843410.55
CROMACK70.8434666.67
NICHOLSON70.843411.87
DICKINSON70.843419.75
ASHURST70.8434238.10
SHIRES60.7229259.74
HINSON60.7229298.51
WHITFORD60.7229231.66
JOHNSON60.72292.15
HARTIS60.722912,000.00
TOFT60.7229184.62
NORTON60.722921.74
RUSHWORTH60.722987.46
ASHTON50.602412.30
TURTON50.602453.65
BOOKER50.602450.25
HOWSON50.602496.53
COOPER50.60242.48
TRIGG50.6024107.30
BLAKELY50.6024352.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARTIS12,000.0060.7229
CROMACK666.6770.8434
LAVAN571.4320.2410
NEWBORN400.0020.2410
FAIRBURN372.0980.9639
BLAKELY352.1150.6024
LONGBOTTOM325.20242.8916
DONLON303.0310.1205
HINSON298.5160.7229
SHIRES259.7460.7229
TEE245.4040.4819
ASHURST238.1070.8434
WHITFORD231.6660.7229
DODSWORTH231.2180.9639
WIGGLESWORTH195.1280.9639
SPARLING185.1920.2410
TOFT184.6260.7229
GORDAN175.4410.1205
HENSHAW155.59111.3253
DOUGLASS151.8080.9639
VARLEY149.12172.0482
WATKINSON144.03141.6867
FIRTH130.58364.3373
WHITELOCK125.5230.3614
CROKER120.9730.3614
WHITCOMB114.9410.1205
ADKIN114.2920.2410
COLLEY114.07121.4458
OLDHAM109.74161.9277
TRIGG107.3050.6024
SOMERS106.7630.3614
WEATHERILL105.2620.2410
HOWSON96.5350.6024
WESTMORLAND96.1510.1205
RUSHWORTH87.4660.7229
FAWCETT87.23141.6867
ASQUITH82.3040.4819
INMAN70.8040.4819
KILBURN70.0930.3614
NOONAN69.9310.1205
ATWOOD65.7910.1205
DENISON63.2920.2410
WELBURN61.3510.1205
HAMBLETON59.3520.2410
SMART58.22222.6506
GOODALL56.24101.2048
TURTON53.6550.6024
WILKS53.6470.8434
SAVILLE53.0540.4819
BOOKER50.2550.6024

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called HARTIS in Great Little Preston 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 0.7229 in Great Little Preston means that 0.7229% of the people in Great Little Preston on census day were called HARTIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARTIS 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 HARTIS 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 HARTIS 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 HARTIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,000.00 in Great Little Preston means that you are 12,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARTIS in Great Little Preston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Little Preston in 1881

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

ABBOTT (4)  ADAMSON (1)  ADKIN (2)  ASHTON (5)  ASHURST (7)  ASQUITH (4)  ATWOOD (1)  BARTON (4)  BEARD (1)  BEESTIN (7)  BELL (9)  BENNETT (5)  BETTERIDGE (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLAKELY (5)  BOULTON (1)  BOLTON (BOULTON) (12)  BOOKER (5)  BOOTH (15)  BRITTON (5)  BULINER (1)  BUTCHER (3)  CALVERT (3)  CARTER (9)  CHILTON (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAYFORD (2)  COLLEY (12)  COLLINSON (3)  CONNELL ((INMAN)) (2)  COOPER (5)  CROKER (3)  CROMACK (7)  CROPLAND (1)  CURTIS (3)  DANILES (5)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAVIS (1)  DENISON (2)  DEWIS (2)  DICKINSON (7)  DODSWORTH (8)  DONLON (1)  DOUGLASS (8)  DRIVER (3)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (8)  FAIRBURN (8)  FARRAR (1)  FAWCETT (14)  FIRTH (36)  FLEETHAM (2)  FLIGG (1)  FORD (3)  FOSTER (1)  GELSTHORPE (13)  GILL (16)  GUMMERSON (9)  GOODALL (10)  GOODMAN (3)  GORDAN (1)  GORDON (2)  GOUGH (2)  GOULD (2)  GRANAY (8)  GREEN (15)  GREENHALGH (1)  GUMERSON (5)  HAMBLETON (2)  HANSON (3)  HARRISON (3)  HARTIS (6)  HAVAKAN (1)  HENSHAW (11)  HINSON (6)  HIGGINS (2)  HILL (2)  HOLT (1)  HOWSON (5)  HUNT (1)  HIRST (4)  HUTCHINSON (1)  ILLINGWORTH (4)  INMAN (4)  JACKSON (22)  JENKINS (3)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (2)  KELLY (1)  KILBURN (3)  LANGLEY (2)  LANGTON (1)  LAVAN (2)  LONGBOTTOM (24)  MATHERS (2)  MATTHEWS (3)  O'DONNELL (4)  MELIER (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MORLEY (1)  MOULDING (1)  MUSCROFT (1)  NEWBORN (2)  NICHOLSON (7)  NOONAN (1)  NORTON (6)  OLDHAM (16)  PAGE (7)  PARKER (12)  POUDER (5)  PRINCE (2)  PRYALL (2)  RYE (1)  RAFFARTY (1)  RENTON (2)  RIDER (4)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (10)  ROBSHAW (7)  ROSS (1)  ROWLEY (1)  RUSHWORTH (6)  SANDERS (2)  SAUNDERS (SANDERS) (6)  SAVILLE (4)  SCAUNE (7)  SCOTT (5)  SHIRES (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SISSONS (5)  SLACK (1)  SLYMAN (6)  SMALES (3)  SMART (22)  SMITH (10)  SPARLING (2)  STATAN (1)  STREET (9)  SOMERS (3)  TERRY (1)  THOMPSON (10)  THRACKRAY (1)  TODD (10)  TOFT (6)  TOWNEND (2)  TRIGG (5)  TURTON (5)  TEE (4)  VARLEY (17)  WALKER (1)  WATKINSON (14)  WELBURN (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTMORLAND (1)  WEATHERILL (2)  WHITCOMB (1)  WHITELOCK (3)  WHITFORD (6)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WIGGLESWORTH (8)  WILKS (7)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILSON (15)  WINN (1)  WOODHEAD (1)  YEARLEY (2)  YEARLY (YEARLEY) (12)