Top surnames from the 1881 census in Storwood, Yorkshire

Storwood 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
HESSELL89.523840,000.00
JENNINGS89.5238187.79
OGLE78.33332,592.59
HALL67.142924.28
DANBY67.14291,666.67
ANSON55.95241,612.90
OLIVER55.952483.47
KEMPSON33.57141,666.67
PEXTON33.57146,000.00
SMITH22.38101.69
GARBUTT22.3810327.87
HILL22.38109.35
HUDSON11.190514.53
OWSTON11.19051,666.67
MILLER11.19056.65
COOK11.19055.99
HOLMES11.19059.78
ROBERTS11.19053.16
HERBERT11.190531.85
FARTHING11.1905227.27
KIRKMAN11.1905185.19
BROWN11.19051.81
HUNT11.19058.96
TURNER11.19054.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HESSELL40,000.0089.5238
PEXTON6,000.0033.5714
OGLE2,592.5978.3333
DANBY1,666.6767.1429
KEMPSON1,666.6733.5714
OWSTON1,666.6711.1905
ANSON1,612.9055.9524
GARBUTT327.8722.3810
FARTHING227.2711.1905
JENNINGS187.7989.5238
KIRKMAN185.1911.1905
OLIVER83.4755.9524
HERBERT31.8511.1905
HALL24.2867.1429
HUDSON14.5311.1905
HOLMES9.7811.1905
HILL9.3522.3810
HUNT8.9611.1905
MILLER6.6511.1905
COOK5.9911.1905
TURNER4.2811.1905
ROBERTS3.1611.1905
BROWN1.8111.1905
SMITH1.6922.3810

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called HESSELL in Storwood 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 9.5238 in Storwood means that 9.5238% of the people in Storwood on census day were called HESSELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Storwood in 1881

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

ANSON (5)  BROWN (1)  COOK (1)  DANBY (6)  FARTHING (1)  GARBUTT (2)  GARDHAM (4)  HALL (6)  HESSELL (8)  HERBERT (1)  HILL (2)  HOLMES (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNT (1)  JENNINGS (8)  KEMPSON (3)  KIRKMAN (1)  KNAPTON (3)  LATT (1)  LABURN (1)  MILLER (1)  OGLE (7)  OLIVER (5)  OWSTON (1)  PEXTON (3)  ROBERTS (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHCOAT (6)  TURNER (1)