Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishop Burton, Yorkshire

Bishop Burton 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
CURTIS163.485861.42
DUCK163.4858650.41
HAYTON143.0501622.22
HARRISON122.614411.78
WILSON112.39655.22
RICHARDSON102.178612.80
HUDSON102.178626.61
SLATER91.960832.39
SIMPSON81.74299.97
SIDDALL81.7429238.10
WHITE71.52514.74
POCKLINGTON71.52511,060.61
FREAR71.52511,428.57
SWAN71.525158.87
DAVIES71.52513.00
DUNNING71.5251179.49
THOMPSON71.52515.09
WALKER61.30723.90
HORSLEY61.3072139.86
QUEST61.30723,333.33
GUEST61.307261.16
POOL61.3072112.78
PARSONS61.307217.21
BERRIDGE51.0893207.47
TAYLOR40.87151.36
HEWSON40.8715106.67
HARDY40.871514.55
WITTY40.8715439.56
ROBINSON40.87152.73
BARNET30.6536136.36
ADDISON30.653647.24
KIRBY30.653617.22
SHERWOOD30.653651.28
FARMAN30.6536348.84
BUTLER30.65366.70
JACKSON30.65362.34
BENTLEY30.653615.46
NELSON30.653613.50
DUFFIELD30.653675.38
BARROW30.653630.86
HOWARD30.65366.66
MERITT20.43572,222.22
BURLEY20.435745.98
JOHNSON20.43571.30
HALL20.43571.48
HUTCHINSON20.43577.67
GRAY20.43573.05
SOUTHWICK20.4357294.12
BAKER20.43571.99
FLINT20.435724.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
QUEST3,333.3361.3072
MERITT2,222.2220.4357
MARCHELL1,666.6710.2179
FREAR1,428.5771.5251
POCKLINGTON1,060.6171.5251
DUCK650.41163.4858
HAYTON622.22143.0501
WITTY439.5640.8715
FARMAN348.8430.6536
WARLEY333.3310.2179
GREENLAW322.5810.2179
HOLL303.0310.2179
SOUTHWICK294.1220.4357
SIDDALL238.1081.7429
DEAKINS212.7710.2179
BERRIDGE207.4751.0893
DEERING200.0010.2179
DUNNING179.4971.5251
BURKS175.4410.2179
HORSLEY139.8661.3072
BARNET136.3630.6536
STUBBINS131.5810.2179
POOL112.7861.3072
MOAT112.3610.2179
HEWSON106.6740.8715
TOWLE82.6410.2179
RANSOM80.6520.4357
BOOTHBY76.9210.2179
DUFFIELD75.3830.6536
TWEDDLE63.2910.2179
CURTIS61.42163.4858
GUEST61.1661.3072
SWAN58.8771.5251
KELL54.3510.2179
BILTON51.2810.2179
SHERWOOD51.2830.6536
WILES50.2520.4357
PARSON48.5410.2179
ADDISON47.2430.6536
BURLEY45.9820.4357
CARLIN42.9210.2179
FORMAN42.3710.2179
CARLISLE41.3210.2179
REVELL37.7410.2179
SLATER32.3991.9608
BARROW30.8630.6536
WALES26.8810.2179
HUDSON26.61102.1786
FLINT24.2720.4357
EMMERSON22.0810.2179

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called QUEST in Bishop Burton 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 1.3072 in Bishop Burton means that 1.3072% of the people in Bishop Burton on census day were called QUEST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called QUEST 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 QUEST 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 QUEST 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 QUEST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Bishop Burton means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of QUEST in Bishop Burton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishop Burton in 1881

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

ADDISON (3)  ADWICK (1)  AKESTER (10)  ARKSEY (1)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (2)  BARNET (3)  BEAN (1)  BECKETT (1)  BENTLEY (3)  BERRIDGE (5)  BILTON (1)  BURKS (1)  BOOTHBY (1)  BOTTERILL (6)  BRATTAN (4)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BURLEY (2)  BARROW (3)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (3)  CARREY (1)  CARLIN (1)  CARLISLE (1)  CARTER (1)  CLARK (1)  COLLINGSWOOD (1)  COLLINS (1)  COLLINSON (1)  CROFT (1)  CROSER (1)  CURTIS (16)  CURTES (2)  DAVIES (7)  DAVEY (1)  DAVYE (1)  DEAKINS (1)  DEERING (1)  DIXON (1)  DREW (1)  DUFFIELD (3)  DUGGLEBY (1)  DUCK (16)  DUNN (1)  DUNNING (7)  DXON (1)  ELLERINGTON (6)  ELLERKER (8)  EMMERSON (1)  FARMAN (3)  FIELD (1)  FLINT (2)  FORMAN (1)  FOSTER (1)  FREAR (7)  GARDHAM (1)  GLOVER (1)  GODDARD (1)  GRAY (2)  GREENLAW (1)  GUEST (6)  HOLL (1)  HALL (2)  HANSEY (5)  HARDWICK (1)  HARDY (4)  HARRISON (12)  HAYTON (14)  HEWSON (4)  HOGG (1)  HORSLEY (6)  HOTTHAM (1)  HOULGATE (1)  HOWARD (3)  HUDSON (10)  HUTCHINSON (2)  INGHAM (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  KELL (1)  KIRBY (3)  LONSBROUG (1)  LONSBROUGH (5)  LYON (1)  MAFFIN (1)  MERITT (2)  MARCHELL (1)  METCALF (1)  MILNER (1)  MOAT (1)  NELSON (3)  NEWLOVE (4)  NORRIS (1)  OATES (1)  OUSTON (8)  OXTOBY (2)  PALMER (2)  PARSONS (6)  PARSON (1)  PICKERING (1)  POCKLINGTON (7)  POOL (6)  PREASTMAN (1)  PRIESTMAN (1)  QUEST (6)  RANSOM (2)  RODMELL (4)  REVELL (1)  REXHAM (1)  RICHARDSON (10)  RISEHAM (7)  ROBINSON (4)  ROWLAND (1)  RUDD (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHAW (2)  SHERWOOD (3)  SIDDALL (8)  SIMPSON (8)  SLATER (9)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHWICK (2)  STAINSBY (4)  STUBBINS (1)  STUFFIN (3)  SUSLEY (1)  SWAN (7)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (1)  TOWLE (1)  TWEDDLE (1)  WALKER (6)  WALES (1)  WARLEY (1)  WASLIN (8)  WASTLIN (8)  WATSON (1)  WEATHERAL (1)  WHITE (7)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILES (2)  WILSON (11)  WITTY (4)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)