Top surnames from the 1881 census in Southburn, Yorkshire

Southburn 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
WILSON99.574520.85
NOBLE88.5106205.13
WALKER77.446822.24
POTTER77.4468114.75
FOSTER66.383047.73
JOHNSON44.255312.67
FELLOWS33.1915236.22
DUNNINGTON33.19153,750.00
JACKSON33.191511.42
WARNE22.1277289.86
WOOD22.12776.68
MILNER11.063846.30
ANDERSON11.06385.39
HODGSON11.063815.36
SAVAGE11.063827.70
CLARK11.06383.54
MILLER11.06385.95
JENNISON11.0638588.24
GILL11.063815.04
ROBSON11.063816.16
MOODY11.063840.82
BANKS11.063820.75
JORDAN11.063824.10
TAYLOR11.06381.66
COLLISON11.0638256.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUNNINGTON3,750.0033.1915
JENNISON588.2411.0638
WARNE289.8622.1277
COLLISON256.4111.0638
FELLOWS236.2233.1915
NOBLE205.1388.5106
POTTER114.7577.4468
FOSTER47.7366.3830
MILNER46.3011.0638
MOODY40.8211.0638
SAVAGE27.7011.0638
JORDAN24.1011.0638
WALKER22.2477.4468
WILSON20.8599.5745
BANKS20.7511.0638
ROBSON16.1611.0638
HODGSON15.3611.0638
GILL15.0411.0638
JOHNSON12.6744.2553
JACKSON11.4233.1915
WOOD6.6822.1277
MILLER5.9511.0638
ANDERSON5.3911.0638
CLARK3.5411.0638
TAYLOR1.6611.0638

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called DUNNINGTON in Southburn 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 3.1915 in Southburn means that 3.1915% of the people in Southburn on census day were called DUNNINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUNNINGTON 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 DUNNINGTON 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 DUNNINGTON 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 DUNNINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,750.00 in Southburn means that you are 3,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUNNINGTON in Southburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Southburn in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  BANKS (1)  BEILBY (2)  CLARK (1)  COLLISON (1)  DUNNINGTON (3)  EASTHER (1)  FELLOWS (3)  FOSTER (6)  FUSSEY (3)  GILL (1)  JORDAN (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOTHAM (6)  JACKSON (3)  JENNISON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  LEPPINGTON (1)  LYSCAMBE (1)  MILLER (1)  MILNER (1)  MOODY (1)  NOAD (1)  NOBLE (8)  PETAH (1)  PUCKERING (1)  POTTER (7)  RAMSHAW (1)  ROBSON (1)  SAVAGE (1)  STAVELEY (8)  TAYLOR (1)  WALKER (7)  WARNE (2)  WILSON (9)  WOOD (2)