Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Witton Within, Yorkshire

East Witton Within 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
RAPER145.40541,284.40
PICKARD124.6332332.41
CROFT114.2471179.74
RYDER103.8610223.21
LANGSTAFF93.47492,812.50
HAMMOND83.088854.24
SPENCE72.702781.68
METCALF72.7027133.33
CLARKSON72.7027101.89
PEACOCK72.702775.84
SHIELDS72.7027175.00
BECKWITH62.3166394.74
ASTWOOD62.31667,500.00
GRAHAM51.930516.81
HUTCHINSON51.930533.99
HARKER51.9305183.15
TOWLER51.9305431.03
EDMUNDSON41.5444547.95
WINN41.5444158.73
WILSON41.54443.36
RILEY41.544419.52
HAMILTON41.544420.59
KENDREW41.54441,250.00
HORNER41.544481.14
FLETCHER41.544413.53
GRANGE31.1583201.34
HESLOP31.1583135.14
AUTON31.15831,071.43
THWAITES31.1583193.55
CHARLESWORTH31.158389.82
BROWN31.15831.76
PRATT31.158320.16
RUMBOLD31.1583526.32
DINSDALE31.1583225.56
MASON20.77225.74
SHAW20.77224.20
MOOR20.772255.10
COLLINSON20.772265.79
LAMBERT20.772214.14
PETTY20.772278.13
MUSGROVE20.7722160.00
HORN20.772233.96
DIXON20.77227.05
CURRY20.772253.91
LOFTHOUSE20.7722103.63
MUDD20.7722183.49
BOWES20.772284.03
BANKS10.38617.53
WILLIAMSON10.38614.31
HARDY10.38616.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ASTWOOD7,500.0062.3166
BRUNE5,000.0010.3861
LANGSTAFF2,812.5093.4749
RAYMER1,666.6710.3861
RAPER1,284.40145.4054
KENDREW1,250.0041.5444
AUTON1,071.4331.1583
EDMUNDSON547.9541.5444
RUMBOLD526.3231.1583
TOWLER431.0351.9305
BECKWITH394.7462.3166
PICKARD332.41124.6332
DINSDALE225.5631.1583
RYDER223.21103.8610
GRANGE201.3431.1583
THWAITES193.5531.1583
MUDD183.4920.7722
HARKER183.1551.9305
CROFT179.74114.2471
GLEW175.4410.3861
SHIELDS175.0072.7027
MUSGROVE160.0020.7722
WINN158.7341.5444
HESLOP135.1431.1583
METCALF133.3372.7027
LOFTHOUSE103.6320.7722
CLARKSON101.8972.7027
CHARLESWORTH89.8231.1583
BETTERIDGE85.4710.3861
BOWES84.0320.7722
ABBOT81.9710.3861
SPENCE81.6872.7027
HORNER81.1441.5444
PETTY78.1320.7722
PEACOCK75.8472.7027
COLLINSON65.7920.7722
LUMLEY63.2910.3861
MOOR55.1020.7722
HAMMOND54.2483.0888
CURRY53.9120.7722
TOPHAM52.9110.3861
JAQUES52.0810.3861
FRITH38.7610.3861
BUSBY36.6310.3861
HUTCHINSON33.9951.9305
HORN33.9620.7722
HORNBY33.9010.3861
HAMILTON20.5941.5444
DENT20.2810.3861
PRATT20.1631.1583

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called ASTWOOD in East Witton Within 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 2.3166 in East Witton Within means that 2.3166% of the people in East Witton Within on census day were called ASTWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ASTWOOD 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 ASTWOOD 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 ASTWOOD 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 ASTWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,500.00 in East Witton Within means that you are 7,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ASTWOOD in East Witton Within than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Witton Within in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  ASTWOOD (6)  AUTON (3)  BANKS (1)  BECKWITH (6)  BETTERIDGE (1)  BOWES (2)  BRUNE (1)  BROWN (3)  BUCKTIN (1)  BUSBY (1)  BYWELL (1)  CHARLESWORTH (3)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (7)  COLLINSON (2)  CRAGGS (3)  CROFT (11)  CURRY (2)  DENT (1)  DINSDALE (3)  DIXON (2)  AYDON (3)  EDMUNDSON (4)  FLETCHER (4)  FRITH (1)  FIRBY (6)  GILL (1)  GLEW (1)  GRAHAM (5)  GRANGE (3)  HAMILTON (4)  HAMMOND (8)  HARDY (1)  HARKER (5)  HESLOP (3)  HODGSON (1)  HORN (2)  HORNBY (1)  HORNER (4)  HUTCHINSON (5)  JAQUES (1)  KENDRAY (4)  KENDREW (4)  LAMBERT (2)  LANGSTAFF (9)  LOFTHOUSE (2)  LUMLEY (1)  MASON (2)  METCALF (7)  MOOR (2)  MUDD (2)  MUSGROVE (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  PEACOCK (7)  PETTY (2)  PICKARD (12)  PRATT (3)  RAPER (14)  RYDER (10)  RILEY (4)  RAYMER (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RUMBOLD (3)  SHAW (2)  SHIELDS (7)  SPENCE (7)  TAYLOR (1)  TERRY (1)  THACKWRAY (1)  THWAITES (3)  TOPHAM (1)  TOWLER (5)  VAYRS (1)  WALKER (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (4)  WINN (4)