Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirby Knowle, Yorkshire

Kirby Knowle 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
KENNY119.6491802.92
MILNER108.7719383.14
PREST87.01752,285.71
ALMOND87.0175567.38
HOLLOWAY65.2632171.92
BARKER54.386033.51
ALLSOP54.3860427.35
WILKINSON54.386028.74
CLOSE43.5088404.04
TAYLOR32.63164.12
BOYS32.6316666.67
JEFFERSON32.6316241.94
KIRK21.754440.49
GORING21.7544588.24
LISLE21.7544689.66
GARBUTT10.8772121.95
CLAXTON10.8772138.89
LEAF10.8772526.32
JOHNSON10.87722.61
ANDRUS10.877210,000.00
WRIGHT10.87722.73
HALL10.87722.98
DICKINSON10.877220.53
METCALF10.877243.29
CARTER10.87725.22
BAYNES10.8772222.22
PEARSON10.87727.55
BUZZARD10.87721,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANDRUS10,000.0010.8772
PREST2,285.7187.0175
BUZZARD1,250.0010.8772
KENNY802.92119.6491
LISLE689.6621.7544
BOYS666.6732.6316
GORING588.2421.7544
ALMOND567.3887.0175
LEAF526.3210.8772
ALLSOP427.3554.3860
CLOSE404.0443.5088
MILNER383.14108.7719
JEFFERSON241.9432.6316
BAYNES222.2210.8772
HOLLOWAY171.9265.2632
CLAXTON138.8910.8772
GARBUTT121.9510.8772
METCALF43.2910.8772
KIRK40.4921.7544
BARKER33.5154.3860
WILKINSON28.7454.3860
DICKINSON20.5310.8772
PEARSON7.5510.8772
CARTER5.2210.8772
TAYLOR4.1232.6316
HALL2.9810.8772
WRIGHT2.7310.8772
JOHNSON2.6110.8772

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ANDRUS in Kirby Knowle 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 0.8772 in Kirby Knowle means that 0.8772% of the people in Kirby Knowle on census day were called ANDRUS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kirby Knowle in 1881

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

ALLSOP (5)  ALMOND (8)  ANDRUS (1)  ATTAY (2)  BAYNES (1)  BAYNS (1)  BARKER (5)  BOSOMWORTH (2)  BOYS (3)  BUZZARD (1)  CARTER (1)  CLAXTON (1)  CLOSE (4)  DENNISS (3)  DICKINSON (1)  ELSLEY (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GORING (2)  HALL (1)  HOLEYDAY (1)  HOLLOWAY (6)  JEFFERSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KENNY (11)  KIRK (2)  LEAF (1)  LISLE (2)  METCALF (1)  MILNER (10)  PEARSON (1)  PREST (8)  PYMER (1)  STOKILL (12)  STOKILE (1)  TAYLOR (3)  WILKINSON (5)  WRIGHT (1)