Top surnames from the 1881 census in Litton, Yorkshire

Litton 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
PRESTON1012.3457246.91
GARNETT78.6420693.07
SCARR67.40744,000.00
LODGE67.4074408.16
SLINGER67.40742,500.00
HOLMES56.172850.71
PRATT44.938386.02
COGILL44.938340,000.00
BATTERSBY33.7037526.32
SAYERS33.7037337.08
BENTHAM33.7037810.81
RHODES22.469153.19
LOFTHOUSE11.2346166.67
WILSON11.23462.69
PRITCHARD11.234622.94
BRISCOE11.2346192.31
PICKARD11.234688.50
WILKINSON11.23468.09
FURNESS11.2346153.85
BROWN11.23461.87
NEWHOUSE11.23461,111.11
FAWCETT11.234663.69
BROOK11.234632.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COGILL40,000.0044.9383
SCARR4,000.0067.4074
SLINGER2,500.0067.4074
NEWHOUSE1,111.1111.2346
BENTHAM810.8133.7037
GARNETT693.0778.6420
BATTERSBY526.3233.7037
LODGE408.1667.4074
SAYERS337.0833.7037
PRESTON246.911012.3457
BRISCOE192.3111.2346
LOFTHOUSE166.6711.2346
FURNESS153.8511.2346
PICKARD88.5011.2346
PRATT86.0244.9383
FAWCETT63.6911.2346
RHODES53.1922.4691
HOLMES50.7156.1728
BROOK32.0511.2346
PRITCHARD22.9411.2346
WILKINSON8.0911.2346
WILSON2.6911.2346
BROWN1.8711.2346

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called COGILL in Litton 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 4.9383 in Litton means that 4.9383% of the people in Litton on census day were called COGILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COGILL 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 COGILL 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 COGILL 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 COGILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 40,000.00 in Litton means that you are 40,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COGILL in Litton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Litton in 1881

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

BATTERSBY (3)  STUBBS (BATTERSBY) (2)  BENTHAM (3)  BRISCOE (1)  BROOK (1)  BROWN (1)  COGILL (4)  FAWCETT (1)  FURNESS (1)  GARNETT (7)  LODGE (GARNETT) (2)  HOLMES (5)  LODGE (6)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  NEWHOUSE (1)  NEWISS (1)  PICKARD (1)  PRATT (4)  PRESTON (10)  PRITCHARD (1)  RHODES (2)  SAYERS (3)  SAYER (SAYERS) (2)  SCARR (6)  SLINGER (6)  THWAITE (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WRATHALL (1)