Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gowdall, Yorkshire

Gowdall 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
RHODES146.7308144.93
JACKSON136.250022.36
PLATTS83.8462575.54
MITCHELL83.846218.96
DENT83.8462202.02
WATSON83.846216.58
WRIGHT73.365410.49
HUTCHINSON73.365459.22
SUTCLIFFE73.365485.16
COOKE73.365460.98
ASHTON62.884658.88
RICHARDSON62.884616.94
GREEN62.884610.24
DOUGHTY62.8846226.42
SUNDERLAND52.4038209.21
BURTON41.923122.57
ROBERTS41.92315.11
BRIGGS41.923135.40
NORTON41.923157.80
MARSHALL31.44238.60
GARLICK20.9615109.29
TAYLOR20.96151.50
STRICKLAND20.9615120.48
CHAMBERS20.961516.91
BARKER20.96157.35
JORDAN20.961521.76
HARRISON10.48082.17
WILD10.480811.81
TURNER10.48081.73
LIVESEY10.480849.02
COOK10.48082.42
RAIKES10.4808909.09
HAIGH10.480813.95
FRANK10.4808113.64
COTTON10.480820.12
KNOWLES10.48089.00
WILSON10.48081.05
POSKITT10.4808625.00
WARD10.48082.20
MOODY10.480818.42
MAKIN10.480855.87
SHILLITO10.4808200.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAIKES909.0910.4808
POSKITT625.0010.4808
PLATTS575.5483.8462
DOUGHTY226.4262.8846
SUNDERLAND209.2152.4038
DENT202.0283.8462
SHILLITO200.0010.4808
RHODES144.93146.7308
STRICKLAND120.4820.9615
FRANK113.6410.4808
GARLICK109.2920.9615
SUTCLIFFE85.1673.3654
COOKE60.9873.3654
HUTCHINSON59.2273.3654
ASHTON58.8862.8846
NORTON57.8041.9231
MAKIN55.8710.4808
LIVESEY49.0210.4808
BRIGGS35.4041.9231
BURTON22.5741.9231
JACKSON22.36136.2500
JORDAN21.7620.9615
COTTON20.1210.4808
MITCHELL18.9683.8462
MOODY18.4210.4808
RICHARDSON16.9462.8846
CHAMBERS16.9120.9615
WATSON16.5883.8462
HAIGH13.9510.4808
WILD11.8110.4808
WRIGHT10.4973.3654
GREEN10.2462.8846
KNOWLES9.0010.4808
MARSHALL8.6031.4423
BARKER7.3520.9615
ROBERTS5.1141.9231
COOK2.4210.4808
WARD2.2010.4808
HARRISON2.1710.4808
TURNER1.7310.4808
TAYLOR1.5020.9615
WILSON1.0510.4808

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called RAIKES in Gowdall 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 0.4808 in Gowdall means that 0.4808% of the people in Gowdall on census day were called RAIKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAIKES 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 RAIKES 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 RAIKES 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 RAIKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 909.09 in Gowdall means that you are 909.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAIKES in Gowdall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gowdall in 1881

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

ASHTON (6)  BARKER (2)  BELLWOOD (2)  BOVILL (2)  BRIGGS (4)  BURTON (4)  CHAMBERS (2)  COOKE (7)  COOK (1)  COTTON (1)  DENT (8)  DOUGHTY (6)  DUCKLES (1)  DUCKELS (DUCKLES) (10)  EARLESS (4)  FRANK (1)  GARLICK (2)  JORDAN (2)  GREEN (6)  HARRISON (1)  HAWDON (3)  HAIGH (1)  HUTCHINSON (7)  JACKSON (13)  KNOWLES (1)  LAPIDGE (1)  LAVERACK (6)  LIVESEY (1)  MAKIN (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MICKLETHWAITE (3)  MITCHELL (8)  MITCHELE (1)  MOODY (1)  NORTON (4)  PYCOTT (1)  PLATTS (8)  POSKITT (1)  RAIKES (1)  RHODES (14)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBERTS (4)  SHILLITO (1)  SMALES (4)  STRICKLAND (2)  SUTCLIFFE (7)  SUNDERLAND (5)  TAYLOR (2)  TURNER (1)  TWIBILE (2)  TWIBILL (5)  WARD (1)  WATSON (8)  WILD (1)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (7)