Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Ribston, Yorkshire

Little Ribston 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
BROGDEN94.97241,500.00
WILKINSON73.867425.34
KING73.867417.74
SANDERSON73.867493.58
ROBERTS73.867410.28
HORNSBY63.3149508.47
HOLMES52.762422.69
JENNINGS52.762454.47
SAVAGE42.209957.55
FERGUSSON42.2099434.78
CASS42.2099312.50
HOUSEMAN42.2099952.38
TOPHAM42.2099303.03
WARD31.65757.59
GREAVES31.657556.50
DICKINSON31.657538.81
JOHNSON21.10503.29
HUDSON21.105013.50
TRAVES21.10501,818.18
WRIGHTON21.1050465.12
NASH21.105023.95
WHITEHEAD21.105016.35
JOPLIN21.10501,818.18
BURNETT21.105039.92
GOODYEAR21.1050208.33
OSBORNE10.552511.57
WESTMORELAND10.5525344.83
WEST10.55255.74
HUNTER10.55255.38
WINTERTON10.5525243.90
MASON10.55254.11
CAWOOD10.5525232.56
WETHERILL10.5525416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JOPLIN1,818.1821.1050
TRAVES1,818.1821.1050
BROGDEN1,500.0094.9724
HOUSEMAN952.3842.2099
HORNSBY508.4763.3149
WRIGHTON465.1221.1050
FERGUSSON434.7842.2099
WETHERILL416.6710.5525
WESTMORELAND344.8310.5525
CASS312.5042.2099
TOPHAM303.0342.2099
WINTERTON243.9010.5525
CAWOOD232.5610.5525
GOODYEAR208.3321.1050
SANDERSON93.5873.8674
SAVAGE57.5542.2099
GREAVES56.5031.6575
JENNINGS54.4752.7624
BURNETT39.9221.1050
DICKINSON38.8131.6575
WILKINSON25.3473.8674
NASH23.9521.1050
HOLMES22.6952.7624
KING17.7473.8674
WHITEHEAD16.3521.1050
HUDSON13.5021.1050
OSBORNE11.5710.5525
ROBERTS10.2873.8674
WARD7.5931.6575
WEST5.7410.5525
HUNTER5.3810.5525
MASON4.1110.5525
JOHNSON3.2921.1050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called JOPLIN in Little Ribston 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 1.1050 in Little Ribston means that 1.1050% of the people in Little Ribston on census day were called JOPLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JOPLIN 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 JOPLIN 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 JOPLIN 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 JOPLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,818.18 in Little Ribston means that you are 1,818.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JOPLIN in Little Ribston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Ribston in 1881

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

BATTYE (2)  BROGDEN (9)  BUCKTON (4)  BURNETT (2)  CASS (4)  CAWOOD (1)  DICKINSON (3)  DUNWELL (2)  FERGUSSON (4)  GOODYEAR (2)  GREAVES (3)  HODGEST (1)  HALLOWAYS (1)  HOLMES (5)  HORNSBY (6)  HOUSEMAN (4)  HUDSON (2)  HUNTER (1)  JENNINGS (5)  JOHNSON (2)  JOPLIN (2)  KILVINGTON (6)  KING (7)  MACKRITH (5)  MASON (1)  MERRIE (2)  NASH (2)  OSBORNE (1)  RENNISON (2)  RIDSDALE (24)  RYDILL (1)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBSHAW (4)  RULLEY (1)  SANDERSON (7)  SAVAGE (4)  THACKRAY (2)  TIPLING (11)  TOPHAM (4)  TRAVES (2)  TRIFFITT (3)  WARD (3)  WEST (1)  WESTMORELAND (1)  WETHERILL (1)  WHINCUP (2)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILKINSON (7)  WINTERTON (1)  WRIGHTON (2)