Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kennythorpe, Yorkshire

Kennythorpe 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
WRAY816.00001,194.03
FISK714.00002,692.31
MOORING36.00007,500.00
CARR36.000083.10
WARD36.000027.47
HOPPER24.0000281.69
SELLERS24.0000526.32
OGLE24.00001,250.00
WILSON12.00004.36
BARR12.000082.64
SCHOLES12.0000172.41
YOUNGMAN12.0000666.67
ROBSON12.000030.40
HUDSON12.000024.45
HEALY12.0000303.03
BOWMAN12.000076.34
HORSLEY12.0000212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOORING7,500.0036.0000
FISK2,692.31714.0000
OGLE1,250.0024.0000
WRAY1,194.03816.0000
YOUNGMAN666.6712.0000
SELLERS526.3224.0000
HEALY303.0312.0000
HOPPER281.6924.0000
HORSLEY212.7712.0000
SCHOLES172.4112.0000
CARR83.1036.0000
BARR82.6412.0000
BOWMAN76.3412.0000
ROBSON30.4012.0000
WARD27.4736.0000
HUDSON24.4512.0000
WILSON4.3612.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called MOORING in Kennythorpe 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 6.0000 in Kennythorpe means that 6.0000% of the people in Kennythorpe on census day were called MOORING.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kennythorpe in 1881

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

BARR (1)  BOWMAN (1)  CARR (3)  FISK (7)  HAYSTEAD (2)  HEALY (1)  HOPPER (2)  HORSLEY (1)  HUDSON (1)  MOORING (3)  OGLE (2)  PECKERSGILL (1)  WRAY (8)  ROBSON (1)  SCHOLES (1)  SELLERS (2)  THISTLETON (8)  WARD (3)  WILSON (1)  YOUNGMAN (1)