Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire

Kirby Wiske 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
SMITH156.75684.79
PEARSON125.405446.53
BODDY94.0541731.71
DUNSMORE83.60361,403.51
WARD83.603616.49
AKERS73.1532648.15
JOHNSON73.15329.38
ROBERTS62.70277.18
BROWN62.70274.10
WINDLE62.7027476.19
CRAVEN62.7027139.86
WALKER52.25236.73
CLARKE52.252311.12
VOKES52.25231,282.05
HARKER52.2523213.68
ROBSON52.252334.22
CAMPBELL52.252313.31
HALL41.80186.12
WORRELL41.8018816.33
THOMPSON31.35144.51
WATERMAN31.3514174.42
LANGTON31.3514170.45
CLARK31.35144.50
EDEN31.3514132.74
STURDY31.3514428.57
SPENCE20.900927.25
HORNER20.900947.28
WRIGHT20.90092.81
HOLMES20.90097.40
NELSON20.900918.60
METCALFE10.450519.72
WILLIAMS10.45050.63
SCOTT10.45051.78
LOFTHOUSE10.450560.61
ROBINSON10.45051.41
POOL10.450538.91
YOUNG10.45052.10
STOCKDALE10.450557.80
BURDEN10.450535.21
PARKER10.45052.37
WOOD10.45051.41
HARRISON10.45052.03
SPEARS10.4505188.68
BARRETT10.45056.71
MAWSON10.450555.87
ELLIS10.45053.10
SCAIFE10.4505102.04
DOVER10.4505100.00
HUTCHINSON10.45057.93
THACKREY10.45051,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUNSMORE1,403.5183.6036
VOKES1,282.0552.2523
THACKREY1,250.0010.4505
WORRELL816.3341.8018
BODDY731.7194.0541
AKERS648.1573.1532
WINDLE476.1962.7027
STURDY428.5731.3514
HARKER213.6852.2523
SPEARS188.6810.4505
WATERMAN174.4231.3514
LANGTON170.4531.3514
CRAVEN139.8662.7027
EDEN132.7431.3514
HINKS111.1110.4505
SCAIFE102.0410.4505
DOVER100.0010.4505
REDPATH97.0910.4505
MANNERS90.9110.4505
LOFTHOUSE60.6110.4505
STOCKDALE57.8010.4505
MAWSON55.8710.4505
HORNER47.2820.9009
PEARSON46.53125.4054
POOL38.9110.4505
BURDEN35.2110.4505
ROBSON34.2252.2523
SPENCE27.2520.9009
PITT21.1010.4505
METCALFE19.7210.4505
NELSON18.6020.9009
WARD16.4983.6036
CAMPBELL13.3152.2523
CLARKE11.1252.2523
JOHNSON9.3873.1532
TODD8.8510.4505
KNOWLES8.4310.4505
HUTCHINSON7.9310.4505
STEPHENSON7.8710.4505
HOLMES7.4020.9009
ROBERTS7.1862.7027
WALKER6.7352.2523
BARRETT6.7110.4505
HALL6.1241.8018
ARMSTRONG5.8910.4505
HUDSON5.5010.4505
SMITH4.79156.7568
THOMPSON4.5131.3514
CLARK4.5031.3514
BROWN4.1062.7027

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called DUNSMORE in Kirby Wiske 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 3.6036 in Kirby Wiske means that 3.6036% of the people in Kirby Wiske on census day were called DUNSMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUNSMORE 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 DUNSMORE 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 DUNSMORE 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 DUNSMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,403.51 in Kirby Wiske means that you are 1,403.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUNSMORE in Kirby Wiske than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirby Wiske in 1881

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

AKERS (7)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BARRETT (1)  BODDY (9)  BURDEN (1)  BROWN (6)  CAMPBELL (5)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (5)  CRAVEN (6)  DOVER (1)  DUNSMORE (8)  EDEN (3)  ELLIS (1)  ESHELBY (1)  FAINT (7)  FENMORE (1)  GATENBY (3)  HALL (4)  HARKER (5)  HARRISON (1)  HINKS (1)  HOLMES (2)  HORNER (2)  HUDSON (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JOHNSON (7)  KNOWLES (1)  LANGTON (3)  LASCELLES (7)  LINFOOT (2)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LUDERLIE (1)  MAWSON (1)  MANNERS (1)  METCALFE (1)  NELSON (2)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (12)  PITT (1)  POOL (1)  PULLEINE (7)  REDPATH (1)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (5)  SCAIFE (1)  SCARF (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHOESMITH (1)  SMITH (15)  SPENCE (2)  SPEARS (1)  STAINTHORPE (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  STURDY (3)  THACKREY (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TODD (1)  VOKES (5)  WALKER (5)  WARD (8)  WATERMAN (3)  WEIGHILL (1)  WHEELHOUSE (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINDLE (6)  WOOD (1)  WORRELL (4)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (1)