Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hilston, Yorkshire

Hilston 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
HUTCHINSON410.0000176.21
FOSTER410.000074.77
FORD37.500076.92
THOMPSON37.500025.04
STOW37.50001,666.67
NEEDLER37.500030,000.00
TOWEY25.00006,666.67
BERRIDGE12.5000476.19
LAWSON12.500042.37
HARTLEY12.500039.84
WARE12.5000151.52
CREASER12.50002,500.00
LATUS12.50005,000.00
HUNTER12.500024.33
BROWNE12.5000136.99
JENNISON12.50001,428.57
HUDSON12.500030.49
WILSON12.50005.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEEDLER30,000.0037.5000
TOWEY6,666.6725.0000
LATUS5,000.0012.5000
CREASER2,500.0012.5000
STOW1,666.6737.5000
JENNISON1,428.5712.5000
BERRIDGE476.1912.5000
HUTCHINSON176.21410.0000
WARE151.5212.5000
BROWNE136.9912.5000
FORD76.9237.5000
FOSTER74.77410.0000
LAWSON42.3712.5000
HARTLEY39.8412.5000
HUDSON30.4912.5000
THOMPSON25.0437.5000
HUNTER24.3312.5000
WILSON5.4412.5000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called NEEDLER in Hilston 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 7.5000 in Hilston means that 7.5000% of the people in Hilston on census day were called NEEDLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEEDLER 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 NEEDLER 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 NEEDLER 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 NEEDLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Hilston means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEEDLER in Hilston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hilston in 1881

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

BERRIDGE (1)  BLENKIN (3)  BROWNE (1)  CREASER (1)  FORD (3)  FOSTER (4)  HARTLEY (1)  HILLERBY (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUTCHINSON (4)  JENNISON (1)  LATUS (1)  LAWSON (1)  NEEDLER (3)  SMALES (1)  STOW (3)  THOMPSON (3)  TOWEY (2)  VOASE (2)  WARE (1)  WILSON (1)