Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birkby, Yorkshire

Birkby 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
TODD811.4286224.72
PHILLIPS811.428663.90
ROBINSON57.142922.40
NEWTON34.285755.97
BURNELL34.2857714.29
MILLER22.857115.97
FARRA22.857120,000.00
LANCASTER22.8571114.94
HOLMES22.857123.47
SHAW22.857115.55
CLARKSON11.428653.76
WILSON11.42863.11
ATKINSON11.428614.66
WALL11.428640.82
KITSON11.4286178.57
FOSTER11.428610.68
ROSE11.428619.27
CROFT11.428660.61
BURT11.428660.24
WHITEHOUSE11.428654.95
WALKER11.42864.27
HUDSON11.428617.45
SIMCOCK11.4286500.00
ROME11.4286714.29
COOK11.42867.19
PHILIPS11.428676.92
WARD11.42866.54
WADDINGTON11.428687.72
DINSDALE11.4286277.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FARRA20,000.0022.8571
ROME714.2911.4286
BURNELL714.2934.2857
SIMCOCK500.0011.4286
DINSDALE277.7811.4286
TODD224.72811.4286
KITSON178.5711.4286
LANCASTER114.9422.8571
WADDINGTON87.7211.4286
PHILIPS76.9211.4286
PHILLIPS63.90811.4286
CROFT60.6111.4286
BURT60.2411.4286
NEWTON55.9734.2857
WHITEHOUSE54.9511.4286
CLARKSON53.7611.4286
WALL40.8211.4286
HOLMES23.4722.8571
ROBINSON22.4057.1429
ROSE19.2711.4286
HUDSON17.4511.4286
MILLER15.9722.8571
SHAW15.5522.8571
ATKINSON14.6611.4286
FOSTER10.6811.4286
COOK7.1911.4286
WARD6.5411.4286
WALKER4.2711.4286
WILSON3.1111.4286

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called FARRA in Birkby 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 2.8571 in Birkby means that 2.8571% of the people in Birkby on census day were called FARRA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FARRA 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 FARRA 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 FARRA 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 FARRA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Birkby means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FARRA in Birkby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birkby in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BURNELL (3)  BURT (1)  BYWELL (5)  CLARKSON (1)  COOK (1)  CROFT (1)  DINSDALE (1)  FARRA (2)  FOSTER (1)  HOLMES (2)  HUDSON (1)  KITSON (1)  LANCASTER (2)  LEFTLEY (6)  MILLER (2)  NEWTON (3)  PHILLIPS (8)  PHILIPS (1)  ROBINSON (5)  ROME (1)  ROSE (1)  SHAW (2)  SIMCOCK (1)  SIMCOCKS (1)  STAINDROP (2)  TODD (8)  WADDINGTON (1)  WALKER (1)  WALL (1)  WARD (1)  WHITEHOUSE (1)  WILSON (1)