Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire

Bishopthorpe 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
JOHNSON244.308812.82
SMALLWOOD173.0521330.74
HUDSON101.795321.93
HARRISON101.79538.09
WHITELEY91.615889.91
HORNER91.615884.91
KIRK91.615837.31
WOODWARD91.615832.75
BUCKLE91.6158148.51
BARKER81.436310.98
COLE81.436315.77
HUTTON81.436348.08
FOUNTAIN81.4363208.88
YOUNG71.25675.85
TAYLOR71.25671.97
AKERS71.2567258.30
ROBSON71.256719.09
DIXON71.256711.47
WALES71.2567155.21
WILLIAMSON61.077212.02
ADDISON61.077277.82
BURNELL61.0772179.64
BEEDHAM61.07721,000.00
WRIGHT61.07723.36
CROSBY61.077291.05
MEEK61.077292.59
STEAD61.077252.68
WALKER61.07723.22
MARSH61.077215.10
SPINK61.0772133.63
BEAUCHAMP61.0772315.79
CLINT61.07721,463.41
PARKER61.07725.66
BENSON50.897733.11
STEEL50.897722.03
THOMPSON50.89773.00
ELLIS50.89776.18
LANGDALE50.8977515.46
BELL50.89774.78
EVANS40.71811.64
BROWN40.71811.09
FLETCHER40.71816.29
COOPER40.71812.95
GREAVES40.718124.49
CLARK40.71812.39
CROFT40.718130.40
EALAND40.71812,105.26
COX40.71814.74
LOFTHOUSE40.718196.39
ALLISON30.538618.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURDSALL2,500.0010.1795
EALAND2,105.2640.7181
WILKSON1,764.7130.5386
CLINT1,463.4161.0772
BEEDHAM1,000.0061.0772
PEW740.7420.3591
BLUM666.6710.1795
LANGDALE515.4650.8977
TROUSDALE400.0010.1795
WAUD344.8310.1795
SMALLWOOD330.74173.0521
LEAF315.7930.5386
BEAUCHAMP315.7961.0772
CARLETON294.1210.1795
AKERS258.3071.2567
PRENTIS232.5610.1795
FOUNTAIN208.8881.4363
CREASER188.6810.1795
BURNELL179.6461.0772
COLBECK160.0020.3591
WALES155.2171.2567
BUCKLE148.5191.6158
PEGLER139.8620.3591
SPINK133.6361.0772
KETTLEWELL116.9620.3591
LAZENBY114.0730.5386
BLOUNT104.7120.3591
LOFTHOUSE96.3940.7181
MEEK92.5961.0772
CROSBY91.0561.0772
WHITELEY89.9191.6158
HORNER84.9191.6158
DARLEY84.3920.3591
ADDISON77.8261.0772
SEDGWICK74.2630.5386
WAKE66.9630.5386
BROCKLEHURST65.7920.3591
STEAD52.6861.0772
RAWLING49.2610.1795
HUTTON48.0881.4363
BLACKIE43.8610.1795
MARSON39.3710.1795
SAXBY37.8810.1795
KIRK37.3191.6158
BENSON33.1150.8977
WOODWARD32.7591.6158
COLLINSON30.5820.3591
CROFT30.4040.7181
STEWARD27.9320.3591
LOCKHART25.7710.1795

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BURDSALL in Bishopthorpe 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 0.1795 in Bishopthorpe means that 0.1795% of the people in Bishopthorpe on census day were called BURDSALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURDSALL 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 BURDSALL 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 BURDSALL 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 BURDSALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Bishopthorpe means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURDSALL in Bishopthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishopthorpe in 1881

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

ADDISON (6)  AKERS (7)  ALEXANDER (1)  EALAND (4)  ALLISON (3)  ANDREWS (1)  APPLEBY (1)  APPLEBY (MACKERETH) (6)  ARCHER (2)  ASH (2)  BARKER (8)  BEAUCHAMP (6)  BECK (3)  BEEDHAM (6)  BELL (5)  BENNETT (2)  BENSON (5)  BURDSALL (1)  BLACKBURN (ELLIS) (2)  BLACKIE (1)  BLOUNT (2)  BLUM (1)  BOWES (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRITTON (1)  BROCKLEHURST (2)  BROWN (4)  BUCKLE (9)  BURNELL (6)  CAMERON (1)  CARBERT (9)  CARR (1)  CATTLEY (10)  CARLETON (1)  CLARK (4)  CLARKSON (2)  CLINT (6)  COLBECK (2)  COLE (8)  COLLINSON (2)  COOKSHAW (1)  COOPER (4)  COPLEY (1)  COX (4)  CRAWFORD (1)  CREASER (1)  CROFT (4)  CROSBY (6)  DANIELS (1)  DARLEY (2)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (1)  DAY (2)  DIXON (7)  DOBSON (1)  DOHERTY (1)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (4)  EXELBY (1)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FOLDING (1)  FOUNTAIN (8)  FRANCE (1)  FUGUAL (6)  FUTTY (1)  GALLAGHER (1)  GOWTHORPE (8)  GELDARD (3)  GRAY (1)  GREAVES (4)  HARPER (2)  HERREMAN (1)  HARRISON (10)  HARTAS (1)  HAWKRIDGE (1)  HILL (2)  HOBMAN (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOLT (2)  HORNER (9)  HUDSON (10)  HURST (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  HUTTON (8)  GEKILL (4)  JEFFERSON (1)  JOHNSON (24)  JONES (1)  KELLETT (1)  KETTLEWELL (2)  KIRBY (2)  KIRK (9)  LAMB (2)  LANGDALE (5)  LASCELLES (4)  LAZENBY (3)  LEAF (3)  LEWIS (1)  LOCKHART (1)  LOFTHOUSE (4)  MACKERETH (4)  MARSH (6)  MARSON (1)  MASON (1)  MC LELLAN (1)  MEEK (6)  MILES (1)  MITCHEL (1)  NIXON (1)  NOBLE (1)  OLDFIELD (1)  OWEN (1)  PARKER (6)  PAVER (9)  PEGLER (2)  PRENTIS (1)  PEW (2)  PULLEYN (1)  READ (1)  RISDALE (1)  ROBSON (7)  RAWLING (1)  ROWLANDS (1)  RUSHTON (1)  SAXBY (1)  SCHOLEY (5)  SEDGWICK (3)  SEYMOUR (1)  SHORE (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SINGLETON (1)  SMAILES (3)  SMALLWOOD (17)  SMITH (1)  SPINK (6)  STEAD (6)  STEEL (5)  STEWARD (2)  SULLEVAN (1)  SUMMERSGILL (1)  SWALES (1)  SWANN (1)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMSON (1)  THOMPSON (5)  THORGOOD (4)  TROUSDALE (1)  WAKE (3)  WALKER (6)  WALES (7)  WAUD (1)  WEBSTER (3)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WHITELEY (9)  WILKINSON (2)  WILKSON (3)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WOODWARD (9)  WORMALD (1)  WRIGHT (6)  WRIGHTSON (3)  YATES (1)  YOUNG (7)