Top surnames from the 1881 census in Howgrave, Yorkshire

Howgrave 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
TOWLER1128.20516,470.59
TWEEDY717.94878,750.00
GILL410.2564144.93
NELSON37.6923158.73
LEECH37.6923468.75
HOOD37.6923277.78
JORDISON12.56413,333.33
AINSWORTH12.5641129.87
METCALFE12.5641112.36
KITCHING12.5641434.78
WELLS12.564130.86
SMITH12.56411.82
LUMLEY12.5641416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TWEEDY8,750.00717.9487
TOWLER6,470.591128.2051
JORDISON3,333.3312.5641
LEECH468.7537.6923
KITCHING434.7812.5641
LUMLEY416.6712.5641
HOOD277.7837.6923
NELSON158.7337.6923
GILL144.93410.2564
AINSWORTH129.8712.5641
METCALFE112.3612.5641
WELLS30.8612.5641
SMITH1.8212.5641

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called TWEEDY in Howgrave 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 17.9487 in Howgrave means that 17.9487% of the people in Howgrave on census day were called TWEEDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TWEEDY 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 TWEEDY 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 TWEEDY 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 TWEEDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,750.00 in Howgrave means that you are 8,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TWEEDY in Howgrave than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Howgrave in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  ESPINER (1)  GILL (4)  HOOD (3)  JORDISON (1)  KITCHING (1)  LEECH (3)  LUMLEY (1)  METCALFE (1)  NELSON (3)  SMITH (1)  TOWLER (11)  TWEEDY (7)  WELLS (1)