Top surnames from the 1881 census in Low Worsall, Yorkshire

Low Worsall 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
SMITH189.04526.41
STANGER126.03022,400.00
CLARKE115.527627.28
DOBBIN84.02012,580.65
WALKER84.020112.01
HOOD73.5176127.04
GRAHAM73.517630.63
BAINBRIDGE73.5176250.00
FAIRWEATHER73.5176454.55
WILSON73.51767.66
BARKER73.517626.88
YARROW63.01511,538.46
THOMPSON52.51268.39
BAINES52.5126131.23
CHAPMAN42.010114.15
SWANN42.0101184.33
CHARLTON31.507552.63
WILKINSON31.50759.88
COATES31.507540.43
GILL31.507521.31
STEPHENSON31.507526.36
STOBBS21.0050344.83
TEMPLE21.005076.63
STEVENSON21.005014.33
WRIGHT21.00503.13
CHANDLER21.005031.30
CRAWFORD10.502510.27
ALDERSON10.502536.23
MITCHELL10.50252.48
CAMPBELL10.50252.97
BELL10.50252.67
RICHMOND10.502522.94
PEAT10.502562.89
JACKSON10.50251.80
HARRISON10.50252.26
CALVERT10.502524.63
BATTY10.502532.89
PYBUS10.5025169.49
CROWSON10.5025232.56
PATTISON10.502531.55
HUNTON10.5025400.00
GRAY10.50253.52
BEST10.502518.66
ROBSON10.50257.63
PICKERSGILL10.502595.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOBBIN2,580.6584.0201
STANGER2,400.00126.0302
YARROW1,538.4663.0151
FAIRWEATHER454.5573.5176
HUNTON400.0010.5025
STOBBS344.8321.0050
BAINBRIDGE250.0073.5176
CROWSON232.5610.5025
SWANN184.3342.0101
PYBUS169.4910.5025
BAINES131.2352.5126
HOOD127.0473.5176
PICKERSGILL95.2410.5025
TEMPLE76.6321.0050
PEAT62.8910.5025
CHARLTON52.6331.5075
COATES40.4331.5075
ALDERSON36.2310.5025
BATTY32.8910.5025
PATTISON31.5510.5025
CHANDLER31.3021.0050
GRAHAM30.6373.5176
CLARKE27.28115.5276
BARKER26.8873.5176
STEPHENSON26.3631.5075
CALVERT24.6310.5025
RICHMOND22.9410.5025
GILL21.3131.5075
BEST18.6610.5025
STEVENSON14.3321.0050
CHAPMAN14.1542.0101
WALKER12.0184.0201
CRAWFORD10.2710.5025
WILKINSON9.8831.5075
THOMPSON8.3952.5126
WILSON7.6673.5176
ROBSON7.6310.5025
SMITH6.41189.0452
GRAY3.5210.5025
WRIGHT3.1321.0050
CAMPBELL2.9710.5025
BELL2.6710.5025
MITCHELL2.4810.5025
HARRISON2.2610.5025
JACKSON1.8010.5025

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called DOBBIN in Low Worsall 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 4.0201 in Low Worsall means that 4.0201% of the people in Low Worsall on census day were called DOBBIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DOBBIN 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 DOBBIN 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 DOBBIN 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 DOBBIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,580.65 in Low Worsall means that you are 2,580.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DOBBIN in Low Worsall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Low Worsall in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  BAINES (5)  BAINBRIDGE (7)  BARKER (7)  BATTY (1)  BELL (1)  BEST (1)  BUNKALL (1)  CALVERT (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CHANDLER (2)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHARLTON (3)  CLARKE (11)  COATES (3)  COATESWORTH (6)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROWSON (1)  DOBBIN (8)  EASBY (1)  FAIRWEATHER (7)  GILL (3)  GRAHAM (7)  GRAY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HOOD (7)  HUNTON (1)  JACKSON (1)  KEILLY (10)  MEDD (2)  MITCHELL (1)  NATTRASS (1)  PATTISON (1)  PEAT (1)  PICKERSGILL (1)  PYBUS (1)  RICHMOND (1)  ROBSON (1)  SANDICK (3)  SMITH (18)  SNAITH (1)  STANGER (12)  STEVENSON (2)  STEPHENSON (3)  STOBBS (2)  SWANN (4)  TEMPLE (2)  THOMPSON (5)  WALDY (7)  WALKER (8)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (2)  YARROW (6)