Top surnames from the 1881 census in Neswick, Yorkshire

Neswick 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
BOOTH68.333384.51
KITCHEN68.3333487.80
ALLANSON56.94443,571.43
TAYLOR56.944410.86
NEAL45.5556187.79
WRAY34.1667309.28
FORTH22.77781,111.11
PIERCEY22.77782,857.14
WALKER22.77788.30
WILSON11.38893.02
KIRBY11.388936.63
SHIELDS11.388990.09
DALE11.388932.89
LONGBOTTOM11.3889156.25
HAWKINS11.388919.19
STEPHENSON11.388924.27
FIELD11.388927.93
SHARP11.388916.67
BROWN11.38892.11
NEWBY11.3889138.89
BAKER11.38896.34
THOMPSON11.38894.64
GRANDON11.388910,000.00
SNOWDEN11.3889156.25
DOBSON11.388931.45
SANDERSON11.388933.67
BOYES11.3889133.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRANDON10,000.0011.3889
ALLANSON3,571.4356.9444
PIERCEY2,857.1422.7778
FORTH1,111.1122.7778
KITCHEN487.8068.3333
WRAY309.2834.1667
NEAL187.7945.5556
SNOWDEN156.2511.3889
LONGBOTTOM156.2511.3889
NEWBY138.8911.3889
BOYES133.3311.3889
SHIELDS90.0911.3889
BOOTH84.5168.3333
KIRBY36.6311.3889
SANDERSON33.6711.3889
DALE32.8911.3889
DOBSON31.4511.3889
FIELD27.9311.3889
STEPHENSON24.2711.3889
HAWKINS19.1911.3889
SHARP16.6711.3889
TAYLOR10.8656.9444
WALKER8.3022.7778
BAKER6.3411.3889
THOMPSON4.6411.3889
WILSON3.0211.3889
BROWN2.1111.3889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called GRANDON in Neswick 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 1.3889 in Neswick means that 1.3889% of the people in Neswick on census day were called GRANDON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Neswick in 1881

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

ALLANSON (5)  ATERILL (1)  BAKER (1)  BOOTH (6)  BOYES (1)  BROWN (1)  CUNDILL (1)  DALE (1)  DOBSON (1)  EGGITT (1)  FIELD (1)  FORTH (2)  GOWLAND (6)  GRANDON (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HESP (1)  HOUGHT (1)  JOWCEY (1)  KIRBY (1)  KITCHEN (6)  LEGOOD (4)  LEVIT (1)  LONGBOTTOM (1)  NEAL (4)  NEWBY (1)  OLSTEAD (1)  PIERCEY (2)  WRAY (3)  SANDERSON (1)  SARGARSON (1)  SHARP (1)  SHIELDS (1)  SNOWDEN (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (2)  WILSON (1)