Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sawley In Clitheroe, Yorkshire

Sawley In Clitheroe 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
HOLGATE3117.41572,094.59
LAWSON168.9888152.53
PROCTOR116.1798251.14
WALKER105.618016.78
SMALLEY105.6180621.12
DICKINSON95.0562118.42
BLEAZARD95.056211,250.00
LAW63.370874.53
WARD52.809012.86
FORT52.80901,190.48
CARR52.809038.94
HIGSON42.2472350.88
HARKER42.2472213.90
PORTER42.247229.94
HARGREAVES42.247253.91
LORD31.685436.54
PARKINSON31.685435.13
WILKINSON31.685411.05
KENYON31.685480.65
CARTER21.12366.69
TAYLOR21.12361.76
KENDAL21.1236289.86
SANDISON21.1236444.44
DAWSON21.123610.19
DIXON21.123610.26
BATTY10.561836.76
HARGRAVES10.5618161.29
NUTTER10.561873.53
WILSON10.56181.22
TATTERSALL10.561840.49
BLACKBURN10.561814.90
ROBINSON10.56181.76
LITTLE10.561811.88
CROSDALE10.56182,500.00
TOMLINSON10.561812.18
BRIDGE10.561827.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLEAZARD11,250.0095.0562
CROSDALE2,500.0010.5618
HOLGATE2,094.593117.4157
FORT1,190.4852.8090
SMALLEY621.12105.6180
SANDISON444.4421.1236
HIGSON350.8842.2472
KENDAL289.8621.1236
PROCTOR251.14116.1798
HARKER213.9042.2472
HARGRAVES161.2910.5618
LAWSON152.53168.9888
DICKINSON118.4295.0562
KENYON80.6531.6854
LAW74.5363.3708
NUTTER73.5310.5618
HARGREAVES53.9142.2472
TATTERSALL40.4910.5618
CARR38.9452.8090
BATTY36.7610.5618
LORD36.5431.6854
PARKINSON35.1331.6854
PORTER29.9442.2472
BRIDGE27.7810.5618
WALKER16.78105.6180
BLACKBURN14.9010.5618
WARD12.8652.8090
TOMLINSON12.1810.5618
LITTLE11.8810.5618
WILKINSON11.0531.6854
DIXON10.2621.1236
DAWSON10.1921.1236
CARTER6.6921.1236
ROBINSON1.7610.5618
TAYLOR1.7621.1236
WILSON1.2210.5618

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called BLEAZARD in Sawley In Clitheroe 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 5.0562 in Sawley In Clitheroe means that 5.0562% of the people in Sawley In Clitheroe on census day were called BLEAZARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLEAZARD 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 BLEAZARD 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 BLEAZARD 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 BLEAZARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,250.00 in Sawley In Clitheroe means that you are 11,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLEAZARD in Sawley In Clitheroe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sawley In Clitheroe in 1881

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

BATTY (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLEAZARD (9)  BRIDGE (1)  CARR (5)  CARTER (2)  CROSDALE (1)  DAWSON (2)  DICKINSON (9)  DIXON (2)  EMOT (1)  FORT (5)  HARGREAVES (4)  HARGRAVES (1)  HARKER (4)  HIGSON (4)  HOLGATE (31)  KENDAL (2)  KENYON (3)  LAW (6)  LAWSON (16)  LITTLE (1)  LORD (3)  NUTTER (1)  ODDIE (2)  PARKINSON (3)  PORTER (4)  PROCTOR (11)  ROBINSON (1)  SANDISON (2)  SLEADING (1)  SMALLEY (10)  TATTERSALL (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TOMMAS (4)  THORNBER (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  WALKER (10)  WARD (5)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (1)