Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langthorpe, Yorkshire

Langthorpe 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
LAMBERT123.508864.27
SHEPHERD123.508847.89
HARRISON113.216414.49
COATES113.216486.27
ALLAN102.924046.58
MAXWELL92.6316110.70
HODGSON92.631637.97
GREEN92.63169.34
ROBINSON82.33927.34
EDWARDS82.33928.39
WOOD82.33927.34
LEEMING72.0468330.19
MARSH72.046828.69
BLACK72.046831.60
JOHNSON72.04686.09
PALMER72.046817.37
THOMPSON61.75445.86
SAMPSON61.7544102.92
DINSDALE61.7544340.91
WADDINGTON61.7544108.11
BURRELL61.7544134.53
SPENCE51.462044.21
GREAVES51.462049.85
TAYLOR51.46202.29
WOODWARD51.462029.64
PEASE51.4620387.60
LOWTHER51.4620239.23
YEATES41.1696211.64
JAMES41.16965.95
SHAW41.16966.37
STOTT30.877228.09
SIMPSON30.87725.02
ANTILL30.8772681.82
SCOTT30.87723.47
LANGLEY30.877240.00
BURTON30.877210.30
STOCKTON30.8772144.23
KNOTT30.877244.25
STEVENSON30.877212.50
ABBOTT20.584813.26
FENWICK20.584844.64
CALVERT20.584828.69
BURLEY20.584861.73
LONG20.58489.01
DIXON20.58485.34
BOWMAN20.584822.40
HUTCHINSON20.584810.29
DAWSON20.58485.31
SANDERS20.584812.90
NEAL20.584819.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RISSELL10,000.0010.2924
NEAD3,333.3310.2924
ANTILL681.8230.8772
PEASE387.6051.4620
DINSDALE340.9161.7544
LEEMING330.1972.0468
LOWTHER239.2351.4620
YEATES211.6441.1696
CASSELLS178.5710.2924
SULIVAN158.7310.2924
STOCKTON144.2330.8772
BURRELL134.5361.7544
FINDLEY111.1110.2924
MAXWELL110.7092.6316
WADDINGTON108.1161.7544
NORFOLK106.3810.2924
SAMPSON102.9261.7544
COATES86.27113.2164
MAW80.0010.2924
WEIGHTMAN74.6310.2924
LAMBERT64.27123.5088
BURLEY61.7320.5848
GREAVES49.8551.4620
BECKWITH49.7510.2924
SHEPHERD47.89123.5088
ALLAN46.58102.9240
FENWICK44.6420.5848
KNOTT44.2530.8772
SPENCE44.2151.4620
LANGLEY40.0030.8772
POULTER39.3710.2924
LOFTHOUSE39.2210.2924
HODGSON37.9792.6316
DURHAM33.9010.2924
WILLEY32.4710.2924
CARVER32.2610.2924
BLACK31.6072.0468
WOODWARD29.6451.4620
DIX29.5910.2924
CALVERT28.6920.5848
MARSH28.6972.0468
STOTT28.0930.8772
RAMSEY26.8810.2924
LANCASTER23.5320.5848
SPARROW23.0910.2924
BOWMAN22.4020.5848
WARWICK21.1410.2924
NEAL19.7620.5848
RUTTER19.1910.2924
BOWLES17.8910.2924

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called RISSELL in Langthorpe 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 0.2924 in Langthorpe means that 0.2924% of the people in Langthorpe on census day were called RISSELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RISSELL 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 RISSELL 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 RISSELL 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 RISSELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Langthorpe means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RISSELL in Langthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langthorpe in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ALLAN (10)  ANTILL (3)  BECKWITH (1)  BLACK (7)  BOLTON (1)  BOWLES (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BURLEY (2)  BURNSIDES (7)  BURRELL (6)  BURTON (3)  CALVERT (2)  CARPENTER (1)  CARVER (1)  CASSELLS (1)  COATES (11)  COOK (1)  DALE (2)  DAWSON (2)  DINNES (4)  DIX (1)  DINSDALE (6)  DIXON (2)  DURHAM (1)  DYSON (1)  EDWARDS (8)  FENWICK (2)  FINDLEY (1)  FLEETHAM (8)  GREAVES (5)  GREEN (9)  HACKERY (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (11)  HODGSON (9)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JAMES (4)  JOHNSON (7)  KNOTT (3)  LAMBERT (12)  LANCASTER (2)  LANGLEY (3)  LEEMING (7)  LENTY (2)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LONG (2)  LOWTHER (5)  MARSH (7)  MARSHALL (1)  MAW (1)  MAXWELL (9)  METCALF (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MOISELEY (4)  MOISLEY (1)  MORRIS (1)  NEAL (2)  NEAD (1)  NORFOLK (1)  PALMER (7)  PARKER (1)  PEASE (5)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (1)  POULTER (1)  RAMSEY (1)  RISSELL (1)  ROBINSON (8)  RUSHTON (1)  RUTTER (1)  SAMPSON (6)  SANDERS (2)  SCOTT (3)  SHAW (4)  SHEPHERD (12)  SIMPSON (3)  SLATER (1)  SPARROW (1)  SPENCE (5)  STEVENSON (3)  STOCKTON (3)  STOTT (3)  SULIVAN (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THIRKILL (2)  THOMPSON (6)  TITLEY (1)  VILLIE OR WILLIE (2)  WADDINGTON (6)  WALKER (1)  WARWICK (1)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  WILDERS (1)  WITHWELL (4)  WOOD (8)  WOODWARD (5)  WRIGGLESWORTH (3)  WILLEY (1)  YEATES (4)