Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hirst Courtney, Yorkshire

Hirst Courtney 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
GILLIAM108.92869,090.91
BAXTER98.0357134.93
HILL87.142928.04
DANBY65.35711,250.00
HARTLEY54.464371.23
WHEATER54.46433,571.43
WELBURN54.46432,272.73
BRIGGS54.464382.24
CLAYTON43.571465.68
RICHARDSON43.571420.98
BULMER43.5714449.44
RANDALL43.5714113.96
ISLE43.57148,000.00
TURTON32.6786238.10
LAWSON21.785730.30
COWARD21.7857156.25
MOODY21.785768.49
THORPE10.892922.57
WILLSON10.892979.37
HAGUE10.892956.82
THOMPSON10.89292.98
WILD10.892921.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLIAM9,090.91108.9286
ISLE8,000.0043.5714
WHEATER3,571.4354.4643
WELBURN2,272.7354.4643
DANBY1,250.0065.3571
BULMER449.4443.5714
TURTON238.1032.6786
COWARD156.2521.7857
BAXTER134.9398.0357
RANDALL113.9643.5714
BRIGGS82.2454.4643
WILLSON79.3710.8929
HARTLEY71.2354.4643
MOODY68.4921.7857
CLAYTON65.6843.5714
HAGUE56.8210.8929
LAWSON30.3021.7857
HILL28.0487.1429
THORPE22.5710.8929
WILD21.9310.8929
RICHARDSON20.9843.5714
THOMPSON2.9810.8929

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called GILLIAM in Hirst Courtney 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 8.9286 in Hirst Courtney means that 8.9286% of the people in Hirst Courtney on census day were called GILLIAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLIAM 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 GILLIAM 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 GILLIAM 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 GILLIAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 9,090.91 in Hirst Courtney means that you are 9,090.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLIAM in Hirst Courtney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hirst Courtney in 1881

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

BAXTER (9)  BILBROUGH (4)  BIRKBY (1)  BRIGGS (5)  BULMER (4)  BULLMER (3)  CLAYTON (4)  COWARD (2)  DANBY (6)  GILLIGHER (1)  HAGUE (1)  HARTLEY (5)  HILL (8)  ISLE (4)  LAWSON (2)  MOODY (2)  PRECIOUS (16)  RANDALL (4)  RICHARDSON (4)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (1)  TURTON (3)  WELBURN (5)  WHEATER (5)  WILD (1)  GILLIAM (10)  WILLSON (1)