Top surnames from the 1881 census in Low Abbotside, Yorkshire

Low Abbotside 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
ATKINSON129.230894.79
SCARR96.92313,600.00
ASH96.9231418.60
SKINNER75.3846106.06
HOLMES75.384644.22
GIBSON64.615438.02
THOMPSON64.615415.41
BELL53.846220.47
POTTER53.846259.31
WILLIS43.076957.89
BLAKEY43.0769384.62
KETTLEWELL32.3077750.00
HOGG32.307763.83
LAMBERT32.307742.25
SPENCER32.307725.27
BARROW32.3077109.09
CHAPMAN21.538510.83
COATES21.538541.24
HASTINGS21.5385120.48
KIRKBRIDE21.5385526.32
ROBINSON21.53854.83
ALDERSON10.769255.56
MIDDLETON10.769214.66
COOPER10.76923.16
LAWSON10.769213.05
BENNETT10.76924.68
PRATT10.769213.39
DINSDALE10.7692149.25
METCALFE10.769233.67
CALVERT10.769237.74
IVESON10.7692270.27
DENT10.769240.32
MASON10.76925.72
CLEASBY10.7692714.29
WEBSTER10.76928.84
SMITH10.76920.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCARR3,600.0096.9231
KETTLEWELL750.0032.3077
CLEASBY714.2910.7692
KIRKBRIDE526.3221.5385
ASH418.6096.9231
BLAKEY384.6243.0769
IVESON270.2710.7692
DINSDALE149.2510.7692
HASTINGS120.4821.5385
BARROW109.0932.3077
SKINNER106.0675.3846
ATKINSON94.79129.2308
HOGG63.8332.3077
POTTER59.3153.8462
WILLIS57.8943.0769
ALDERSON55.5610.7692
HOLMES44.2275.3846
LAMBERT42.2532.3077
COATES41.2421.5385
DENT40.3210.7692
GIBSON38.0264.6154
CALVERT37.7410.7692
METCALFE33.6710.7692
SPENCER25.2732.3077
BELL20.4753.8462
THOMPSON15.4164.6154
MIDDLETON14.6610.7692
PRATT13.3910.7692
LAWSON13.0510.7692
CHAPMAN10.8321.5385
WEBSTER8.8410.7692
MASON5.7210.7692
ROBINSON4.8321.5385
BENNETT4.6810.7692
COOPER3.1610.7692
SMITH0.5410.7692

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called SCARR in Low Abbotside 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 6.9231 in Low Abbotside means that 6.9231% of the people in Low Abbotside on census day were called SCARR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCARR 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 SCARR 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 SCARR 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 SCARR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,600.00 in Low Abbotside means that you are 3,600.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCARR in Low Abbotside than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Low Abbotside in 1881

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

AIREY (5)  ALDERSON (1)  ASCOUGH (1)  ASH (9)  ATKINSON (12)  BELL (5)  BENNETT (1)  BIRKBECK (7)  BLAKEY (4)  BARROW (3)  CALVERT (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLEASBY (1)  COATES (2)  COOPER (1)  DENT (1)  DINSDALE (1)  GIBSON (6)  HASTINGS (2)  HOGG (3)  HOLMES (7)  IVESON (1)  KETTLEWELL (3)  KIRKBRIDE (2)  KEARTON (1)  LAMBERT (3)  LAWSON (1)  MASON (1)  METCALFE (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  PONTEFRACT (2)  POTTER (5)  PRATT (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SCARR (9)  SKINNER (7)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (3)  THOMPSON (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WILLIS (4)