Top surnames from the 1881 census in Withernwick, Yorkshire

Withernwick 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
BOND153.333362.97
DUNN112.444429.40
CROFT112.4444103.48
TAYLOR112.44443.82
DAWSON102.222220.16
HARRISON102.222210.01
BARR102.222291.91
COUPLAND92.0000315.79
CONNOR92.000067.77
FISHER92.000017.09
THOMPSON92.00006.68
GILES81.777846.65
ROBINSON81.77785.58
FOSTER81.777813.30
CROCKETT71.5556330.19
HEANY71.55565,384.62
PATTERSON71.555644.61
MYERS71.555659.63
ELAND71.55561,346.15
GARTER61.333310,000.00
HAITH61.33332,608.70
CLARK61.33334.44
DAVEY61.333332.43
SMITH61.33330.94
DAY61.333314.16
WICKINGS51.11113,571.43
BROCKLEBANK51.1111454.55
JOHNSON51.11113.31
BATSON51.1111400.00
NEWTON51.111114.50
JACKSON51.11113.98
SAMPSON51.111165.10
KIRK51.111125.67
LAWSON40.888915.08
STANTON40.888944.59
WRAY40.888966.12
FOX40.88899.57
CROSS40.888912.92
MAJOR40.888965.90
KEMPSON30.6667306.12
OMAN30.6667555.56
STORK30.6667405.41
GREEN30.66672.37
PEARCE30.66677.26
STONES30.666756.07
HARRIS30.66672.62
BELL30.66673.55
STODDART20.444453.19
MERCER20.444416.93
SIMONS20.444433.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARTER10,000.0061.3333
HEANY5,384.6271.5556
WICKINGS3,571.4351.1111
HAITH2,608.7061.3333
BULSON1,666.6710.2222
ELAND1,346.1571.5556
MASSER571.4320.4444
OMAN555.5630.6667
EVINS476.1910.2222
BROCKLEBANK454.5551.1111
STORK405.4130.6667
BATSON400.0051.1111
CROCKETT330.1971.5556
COUPLAND315.7992.0000
KEMPSON306.1230.6667
HAGON270.2710.2222
ENNIS162.6020.4444
DANDY120.4810.2222
DARLEY104.1720.4444
CROFT103.48112.4444
BARR91.91102.2222
GARTON90.5020.4444
HEAL83.3320.4444
COULTHARD79.6820.4444
HOLMS78.7410.2222
CONNOR67.7792.0000
WRAY66.1240.8889
MAJOR65.9040.8889
SAMPSON65.1051.1111
BOND62.97153.3333
MYERS59.6371.5556
DOLPHIN59.5210.2222
STONES56.0730.6667
HEWSON54.5020.4444
STODDART53.1920.4444
GILES46.6581.7778
PATTERSON44.6171.5556
STANTON44.5940.8889
COWEN40.4910.2222
KITCHING38.3110.2222
SIMONS33.6720.4444
HOLDER33.0620.4444
DAVEY32.4361.3333
DUNN29.40112.4444
KIRK25.6751.1111
MOON21.0720.4444
DAWSON20.16102.2222
MILNER19.3820.4444
ELLIOT17.4220.4444
FISHER17.0992.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called GARTER in Withernwick 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 1.3333 in Withernwick means that 1.3333% of the people in Withernwick on census day were called GARTER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Withernwick in 1881

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

ELAND (7)  ASPENAYE (1)  ASPRIDGE (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BULSON (1)  BARR (10)  BATSON (5)  BELL (3)  BOND (15)  BROADLEY (6)  BROCKLEBANK (5)  BROWN (1)  BUCKET (1)  BYASS (2)  CARR (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHENERY (3)  CLARK (6)  CONNOR (9)  COOK (2)  COUPLAND (9)  COULTHARD (2)  COWEN (1)  CROCKETT (7)  CROFT (11)  CROSS (4)  DANDY (1)  DARLEY (2)  DAVEY (6)  DAWSON (10)  DAY (6)  DOLPHIN (1)  DOUNES (1)  DOYLE (1)  DUNN (11)  EASINGHAM (4)  EATON (1)  ELLIOT (2)  EVINS (1)  EVERINGHAM (1)  FISHER (9)  FOSTER (8)  FOWLER (1)  FOX (4)  FROWILL (3)  GARTER (6)  GARTON (2)  GIBSON (2)  GILES (8)  JORDAN (1)  JORDAN (PATTERSON) (2)  GRAHAM (2)  GREEN (3)  GREENWOOD (1)  HAGON (1)  HEANY (7)  HANSLIP (5)  HARDBATTLE (6)  HARRIS (3)  HARRISON (10)  HARSLEY (9)  HEAL (2)  HAITH (6)  HERSLY (5)  HEWSON (2)  HOBSON (1)  HOLDER (2)  HOLMS (1)  HOPKINSON (1)  ENNIS (2)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (5)  KAY (2)  KEMPSON (3)  KILVINGTON (5)  KIRK (5)  KITCHING (1)  LAWSON (4)  LOCKERBIE (1)  LONDSBOROUGH (5)  MAJOR (4)  MARKAM (1)  MERCER (2)  MASSER (2)  MYHILL (1)  MILNER (2)  MOON (2)  MYERS (7)  NEWTON (5)  NIGHTINGIRE (4)  NIGHTINGIRL (2)  NORDASS (1)  OMAN (3)  PATTERSON (7)  PEARCE (3)  WRAY (4)  REESEE (4)  RITCHING (6)  ROBINSON (8)  ROUTHIDGE (2)  SAMPSON (5)  SAULER (1)  SIMONS (2)  SMITH (6)  STANTON (4)  STORK (3)  STODDART (2)  STONES (3)  SUDABY (1)  SUNLEY (2)  TAYLOR (11)  THOMPSON (9)  TROWILE (1)  WALDBY (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (2)  WALLAS (1)  WATSON (1)  WEGGLESWORTH (1)  WICKINGS (5)  WISSKER (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)